From Superman Homepage:Coinciding with Superman's 50th anniversary, Ruby-Spears Enterprises produced a Superman cartoon show which debuted September 17, 1988. It ran on CBS on Saturday mornings. Superman was a half-hour show with each show having one 18 minute Superman adventure, and one 4 minute segment - a continuing series called Superman Family Album that chronicled Clark Kent's life between his actual adoption by Ma and Pa Kent and his public debut as Superman. The idea for the Superman Family Album segments was CBS children's department head Judy Price. The head story editor for the Superman series was Marv Wolfman who had worked as one of the Superman comics writers with writer John Byrne in 1986's revamping of Superman. With Wolfman in charge, the cartoon series would reflect the new comic book version of Superman, while also influenced by the 1940's Fleischer cartoons style. Character design was by long time DC Comics artist Gil Kane. Although well made, this series lasted only one season, in part due to poor scheduling and the high licensing fee being charged.Here are a few clips from the series (which has yet to be released on DVD):
1. Opening credits
2. Scene from episode 8 "Superman and Wonder Woman vs. The Sorceress of Time"
3. "It's Superman," the final Superman Family Album episode.
Linky-dinks:
Ruby-Spears Superman Episode List @ Superman Homepage
Superman (1988 TV Series) @ Wikipedia
Superman (1988) @ TV.com
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