The New Adventures of Superman (TV series)
| The New Adventures of Superman | |
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Title card from The New Adventures of Superman
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| Genre | Superhero fiction |
| Created by |
Lou Scheimer (developer for TV animation) Jerome Siegel (character creator) Joseph Shuster (character designer) |
| Based on | Superman by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster |
| Directed by | Hal Sutherland |
| Voices of |
Bud Collyer Joan Alexander Julie Bennett Jackson Beck Jack Grimes |
| Narrated by | Jackson Beck |
| Theme music composer | John Gart (credited as "John Marion") |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 68 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Lou Scheimer Norm Prescott |
| Production company(s) |
Filmation DC Comics |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 10, 1966 – September 5, 1970 |
The New Adventures of Superman is a series of six-minute animated Superman adventures produced by Filmation that were broadcast on CBS from September 10, 1966, to September 5, 1970. The 68 segments appeared as part of three different programs during that time, packaged with similar shorts featuring The Adventures of Superboy and other DC Comics superheroes.
These adventures were the first time that Superman (and his guise of Clark Kent), Lois Lane and Perry White had been seen in animated form since the Fleischer brothers had immortalized them in the Superman short films of the 1940s.
The first TV series produced by Filmation Associates, The New Adventures of Superman was extremely popular in its Saturday morning time slot and, despite having obviously been developed for young children, employed the services of several DC Comics writers including George Kashdan. Many of the character designs (later based upon the artwork of Superman artist Curt Swan in the show's third season) stayed true to their comic book counterparts; iconic shirt-rip shots and related transformations from Clark Kent into Superman were incorporated into almost every episode, and such lines as "Up, up, and away!" and "This is a job for Superman!" were also borrowed from both the comics and the original Superman radio series. In addition, this series marked the animation debuts of Jimmy Olsen and classic Superman villains such as Lex Luthor, Brainiac, the Toyman, the Prankster, Titano, and Mister Mxyzptlk, as well as the inclusion of new villains like the Warlock and the Sorcerer. Due to a limited production budget, stock animation was often re-used for certain shots of Superman flying (or switching identities from Clark Kent into the Man of Steel), while character movement was often kept at a minimum; this would later become a trademark of Filmation's animated productions.
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