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Superman (1988 TV series)

Superman
Superman 1988 logo.jpg
The logo for Superman.
Genre Action/Adventure
Superhero fiction
Based on Superman by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster
Written by Cherie Wilkerson
Marv Wolfman
Michael Reaves
Larry DiTillio
Buzz Dixon
Martin Pasko
Directed by Cosmo Anzilotti
Bill Hutten
Tony Love
Voices of Beau Weaver
Ginny McSwain
Mark L. Taylor
Stanley Ralph Ross
Michael Bell
Lynne Marie Stewart
Alan Oppenheimer
Tress MacNeille
Narrated by William Woodson (opening narration)
Opening theme "Superman March"
Composer(s) Ron Jones
Country of origin USA
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13
Production
Executive producer(s) Joe Ruby
Ken Spears
Producer(s) Larry Huber
Running time 30 min.
Production company(s) Ruby-Spears Enterprises
DC Comics
Distributor Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network CBS
Audio format Stereo
Original release September 17 – December 10, 1988 (1988-12-10)
External links
Production website

Superman is a 1988 American animated Saturday morning television series produced by Ruby-Spears Productions for Warner Bros. Television that aired on CBS featuring the DC Comics superhero of the same name (coinciding with the character's 50th anniversary, along with the live-action Superboy TV series that year). Veteran comic book writer Marv Wolfman was the head story editor, and noted comic book artist Gil Kane provided character designs.

This series is the third animated Superman series (the second was the Filmation-produced The New Adventures of Superman). It is also notable for being the first appearance of the Superman mythos following John Byrne's major relaunch of the character. The series reflected the new conception with a measured fidelity, such as having his major recurring enemy, Lex Luthor, as a corrupt billionaire industrialist as in the comics. Like the comics, Luthor is fully aware that the ring he wears is fashioned with a kryptonite stone, which he uses to keep Superman from attacking or apprehending him (although this required very close proximity to work).

Other characters include Cybron (a pastiche of Brainiac whose Post-Crisis conception was still undecided at the time) and an appearance of Wonder Woman, which was her first non-print appearance since George Pérez's reworking of William Moulton Marston's superheroine for the post-Crisis era. Syrene the Sorceress of Time was portrayed by voice actress B. J. Ward, who had previously provided her voice as Wonder Woman in the final season of the Super Friends, which was called The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians.


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