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The 17 SUPERMAN cartoons were produced by Paramount Pictures and Fleischer Studios, and Famous Studios for the last eight cartoons.

All 17 cartoons originally released in movie theaters from 1941-1943. They featured outstanding use of vivid colors, helped by the fact that most of the adventures took place at night. Superman co-creator and artist Joe Shuster was involved with the design for the series, and Jerome "Jerry" Seigle was credited as well.

The first cartoon cost $50,000 while the remaining were budgeted at $30,000 each.

The breakup of the Fleischer Studios caused the creation of Famous Studios, and Paramount kept many of the Fleischer crew to keep the series going, although with each passing episode, the budgets seemed smaller and smaller.

The cartoons were very popular, although the idea of a "Super-man" was still a very new idea. Prior to this heros were excellent phyisical specimens like "Tarzan" or "Doc Savage". They may have gained mysterious mental powers from the Far East like "the Shadow", or they were very, very smart, like "Sherlock Holmes".

Superman could do what every other hero could do, and more. The "super-man" idea was even stretched further when they decided that his alter ego would be a "mild mannered reporter", named Clark Kent.
A mild mannered reporter? Yeah, right!

Producers: Max Fleischer, Dave Fleischer (1-8)
Directors: Dave Fleisher, I. Sparber, Dan Gordon, Seymour Kneitel
Music Arrangement: Sammy Timberg

CAST
Superman/Clark Kent: Clayton 'Bud' Collyer
Lois Lane:
Joan Alexander
Perry White:
Jackson Bec

Superman (also referred to as The Mad Scientist)
Released September 26, 1941
Director: Dave Fleischer
Writers: Seymour Kneitel ,Izzy Sparber
The Mad Scientist: Jack Mercer

The Mechanical Monsters
Released November 28, 1941
Director: Dave Fleischer
Billion Dollar Limited
Released January 9, 1942
Director: Dave Fleischer
The Arctic Giant
Released February 27, 1942
Director: Dave Fleischer
The Bulleteers
Released March 27, 1942
Director: Dave Fleischer
The Magnetic Telescope
Released April 24, 1942
Director: Dave Fleischer
Electronic Earthquake
Released May 15, 1942
Director: Dave Fleischer
Volcano
Released July 10, 1942
Director: Dave Fleischer
Terror on the Midway
Released August 28, 1942
Director: Dave Fleischer
Japoteurs
Released September 18, 1942
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Showdown
Released October 16, 1942
Director: I. Sparber (Izzy or Isadore)
"The Boss", an uncredited role, sounds suspiciously like a struggling young actor/director named Orson Wells.
Eleventh Hour
Released November 20, 1942
Director: Dan Gordon
Destruction, Inc.
December 25, 1942
Director: I. Sparber (Izzy or Isadore)
The Mummy Strikes
Released February 19, 1943
Director: I. Sparber (Izzy or Isadore)
Jungle Drums
Released March 26, 1943
Director: Dan Gordon
The Underground World
Released June 18, 1943
Director: Semour Kneitel
Secret Agent
Released July 30, 1943
Director: Semour Kneidel

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