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The New Adventures of Superman (TV series)

The New Adventures of Superman is a series of six-minute animated Superman adventures produced by Filmation that were broadcast Saturday mornings on CBS from September 10, 1966, to September 5, 1970.[1] 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.[2]

The New Adventures of Superman
Title card
GenreSuperhero
Based on
Superman
by
Developed byLou Scheimer
Directed byHal Sutherland
Voices of
Narrated byJackson Beck
Theme music composerJohn Gart
(credited as
"John Marion")
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes68
Production
Producers
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 10, 1966 (1966-09-10) –
September 5, 1970 (1970-09-05)
Related

History edit

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.[3]

The first TV series produced by Filmation Associates, The New Adventures of Superman was extremely popular in its Saturday morning time slot and employed the services of several DC Comics writers including George Kashdan, Leo Dorfman and Bob Haney.[4] Filmation had been approached by DC Comics to develop the new animated Superman series which was part of the broader "superhero morning" initiative for Sturday mornings spearheaded by then head of CBS' daytime programming, Fred Silverman.[5] In contrast to Hanna-Barbera who'd either buy a property outright or create a similar one free of any sort of partner, Filmation opted to do the opposite approach in their business by establishing many partnerships in their projects.[6] 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.

Producer Lou Scheimer also recruited Clayton "Bud" Collyer and Joan Alexander, veterans of the Superman radio show and the Max Fleischer Superman cartoons, for the voices of Clark Kent / Superman and Lois Lane respectively. Jackson Beck, who had narrated, and provided the character voice of Perry White on, the radio show, reprised those same roles for the cartoon version, while Jack Grimes, who had played Jimmy Olsen in its later years, took that part here as well. For this series, Collyer returned to the same vocal technique he had perfected on the radio show to play the Man Of Steel. While in the identity of Clark Kent, Collyer would keep his voice lighter while projecting a sense of weakness. But whenever the mild-mannered reporter would change into his true identity of Superman, Collyer's voice would deepen dramatically into a heroic baritone. Alexander departed after the first season and was replaced by Julie Bennett in later seasons.[1] The theme music for the show was composed by John Marion Gart. Mort Weisinger, editor of the Superman comics, acted as story consultant for the animated series, and made sure to include characters from his era, like Titano and Brainiac.[7]

Despite its success, the series sparked the anger of Action for Children's Television, a grassroots organization formed in 1968 and dedicated to improving the quality of television programming offered to children, due to Superman throwing punches and other action-related violence which the group found objectionable. The series was cancelled not long thereafter with future cartoons also de-emphasizing such comic book violence, however Silverman has said ratings for all Superhero/action series had begun to slip by the end of the 60s and said that was a greater deciding factor for these series being phased out rather than concerns by advocacy groups.[8][9]

Superman subsequently appeared in ABC's long-running animated series Super Friends (1973), produced by Hanna-Barbera, whose rights to DC Comics characters were gradually transferred from Filmation.

Episode list edit

Season 1 (1966–67) edit

The series premiered on September 10, 1966 as a "30-minute" program titled The New Adventures of Superman, featuring two Superman segments with one The Adventures of Superboy short in between.

Thirty-six Superman segments were produced that season:

Ep Title Directed by: Written by: Original air date
1–11"The Force Phantom"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol, Mort WeisingerSeptember 10, 1966 (1966-09-10)
An alien ship uses an energy creature to attack Earth.
1–32"The Mermen of Emor"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol, Mort WeisingerSeptember 10, 1966 (1966-09-10)
Scuba divers are captured for sport by malevolent fish beings led by Triton.
2–13"The Prehistoric Pterodactyls" *Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol, Mort WeisingerSeptember 17, 1966 (1966-09-17)
Two giant flying monsters are freed from frozen suspension.
2–34"Merlin's Magic Marbles"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerSeptember 17, 1966 (1966-09-17)
Lex Luthor uses a temporal communicator to discover magic powers.
3–15"The Threat of the Thrutans"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol, Mort WeisingerSeptember 24, 1966 (1966-09-24)
An alien space probe trapped in Earth orbit uses force to try to return to its home galaxy.
3–36"The Wicked Warlock"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerSeptember 24, 1966 (1966-09-24)
A male witch called the Warlock must seize a sorcerer's ruby, a rare gem that contains powerful magic.
4–17"The Chimp Who Made It Big" *Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffRoss Braddock, Mort WeisingerOctober 1, 1966 (1966-10-01)
The fusion of two irradiated pieces of space debris fatefully changes a chimpanzee named Toto on board a space craft. When the capsule containing the space craft lands on Earth, the chimpanzee ends up turning into Titano the Super-Ape. Despite Titano causing destruction (and grabbing Lois), Superman must convince the military not to open fire as he thinks he can revert Titano to Toto.
4–38"The Deadly Icebergs"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffJ.W. Doctor, Mort WeisingerOctober 1, 1966 (1966-10-01)
Saboteurs have rigged gigantic icebergs with explosives to rob a luxury liner.
5–19"The Robot of Riga"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol, Mort WeisingerOctober 8, 1966 (1966-10-08)
Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen are kidnapped by alien hunters whose "zoo" is protected by a giant robot.
5–310"The Invisible Raiders"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerOctober 8, 1966 (1966-10-08)
The Sorcerer, a malevolent wizard, uses hirelings using an invisibility field to commit crimes.
6–111"The Neolithic Nightmare"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol, Mort WeisingerOctober 15, 1966 (1966-10-15)
Jimmy Olsen falls into an underground pocket populated by malevolent creatures.
6–312"The Return of Brainiac" *Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerOctober 15, 1966 (1966-10-15)
An alien computer named Brainiac has been capturing different kinds of animals by shrinking them. Brainiac is taking the tiny animals to his dying homeworld on his spaceship a la Noah's Ark. When he also must find a man and woman for repopulation, Brainiac ends up shrinking and capturing Superman and Lois.
7–113"The Magnetic Monster"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol, Mort WeisingerOctober 22, 1966 (1966-10-22)
A magnetic device that melts metal objects is used by alien beings on Earth.
7–314"The Toys of Doom"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerOctober 22, 1966 (1966-10-22)
Phoning in an anonymous tip to lure Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen to an abandoned factory on the outskirts of Metropolis, the Toyman captures Lois and Jimmy to help launch a wave of crime and keep Superman away.
8–115"The Iron Eater" *Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol, Mort WeisingerOctober 29, 1966 (1966-10-29)
A shape-shifting alien creature that emerged from a fallen meteorite and devours iron structures raises havoc.
8–316"The Ape Army of the Amazon"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerOctober 29, 1966 (1966-10-29)
In South America, an exiled military officer named Colonel Vasta and a disgraced scientist named Dr. Rucas control apes, with the transmitter on Dr. Rucas's back, in a plot to rob an underground treasure. Lois is caught, tied to a pillar and gagged, and Rucas activates an Inca statue to crush her.
9–117"The Fire Phantom"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol, Mort WeisingerNovember 5, 1966 (1966-11-05)
A living flame from Earth's core appears and sets off a mammoth forest fire.
9–318"The Deadly Dish" *Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol, Mort WeisingerNovember 5, 1966 (1966-11-05)
Lex Luthor traps Lois, Jimmy, and Perry White so he can lure Superman into range of a kryptonite transmitter.
10–119"Insect Raiders"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerNovember 12, 1966 (1966-11-12)
Criminals who have perfected insect powers must stop Superman from foiling their wave of crime.
10–320"Return of Warlock"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol, Mort WeisingerNovember 12, 1966 (1966-11-12)
The Warlock steals another sorcerer's ruby to wreak havoc on Superman's friends.
11–121"The Abominable Iceman" *Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffWilliam Woolfolk, Mort WeisingerNovember 19, 1966 (1966-11-19)
An ice being freezes tropical Hawaii where Lois Lane is having her vacation.
11–322"The Men from A.P.E."Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerNovember 19, 1966 (1966-11-19)
Lex Luthor, the Warlock, the Toyman, and the Prankster form the organization A.P.E. (short for Allied Perpetrators of Evil) and combine their powers to defeat Superman.
12–123"The Tree Man of Arbora"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerNovember 26, 1966 (1966-11-26)
A tree being brought to life near a meteor crater consumes enormous quantities of water.
12–324"The Image Maker" *Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerNovember 26, 1966 (1966-11-26)
A master criminal scientist named Luna (a.k.a. Professor Leo Nula) captures Lois in order to send her into space within his 4D movie as part of his revenge on her for sending him to prison seven years ago.
13–125"Superman's Double Trouble"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerDecember 3, 1966 (1966-12-03)
A mid-ocean earthquake releases a giant lobster and a giant alligator.
13–326"The Deadly Super-Doll"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerDecember 3, 1966 (1966-12-03)
The Sorcerer uses a voodoo doll to stop Superman.
14–127"Lava Men" *Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffWilliam FingerDecember 10, 1966 (1966-12-10)
In Mexico, a volcano creates living beings of lava.
14–328"Luthor Strikes Again"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerDecember 10, 1966 (1966-12-10)
Lex Luthor uses Jimmy Olsen as bait to use kryptonite laser beam weapons against Superman in a paint factory.
15–129"Mission to Planet Peril"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerDecember 17, 1966 (1966-12-17)
Alien raiders forced to Earth recruit Superman to rescue hostages on their home world.
15–330"The Pernicious Parasite"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol, Mort WeisingerDecember 17, 1966 (1966-12-17)

While breaking into a science lab, a petty criminal named I. C. Harris is exposed to a radioactive isotope and achieves power to drain physical strength from other men. With his new power, he aims to become a "Superman of Crime". But when he discovers the real Superman, Harris's unstoppable greed for physical power proves fatal.

NOTE: Though the series pre-dated Crisis on Infinite Earths, Harris is not to be confused with the Parasite of the Pre-Crisis DC Comics, whose origin story was essentially the same.
16–131"The Two Faces of Superman"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerDecember 24, 1966 (1966-12-24)
The Toyman creates a robot doppelganger of the Man of Steel.
16–332"The Imp-Practical Joker"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol, Mort WeisingerDecember 24, 1966 (1966-12-24)
A carnival is raided by an extra-dimensional prankster known as Mister Mxyzptlk.
17–133"Superman Meets Brainiac" *Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol, Mort WeisingerDecember 31, 1966 (1966-12-31)
Brainiac raids Earth to gather creatures to repopulate a planet devastated by atomic wars.
17–334"Seeds of Disaster"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffArnold Drake, Mort WeisingerDecember 31, 1966 (1966-12-31)
Alien seed pods grow plants that destroy other objects.
18–135"The Malevolent Mummy" *Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol, Mort WeisingerJanuary 7, 1967 (1967-01-07)
An Egyptian sorcerer in mummified form attacks Lois and Superman.
18–336"The Birdmen from Lost Valley"Hal Sutherland, Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerJanuary 7, 1967 (1967-01-07)
Avian beings from a lost valley must raid outside farmlands for survival because a gold raider named Trask and his henchmen hold their populace hostage.

Episodes marked with an asterisk (*) denote episodes in which Julie Bennett voices Lois Lane.

Season 2: The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967–68) edit

The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure was first broadcast on September 9, 1967. This 60-minute program included new Superman segments, and adventures featuring Aquaman and his sidekick Aqualad. It also comprised a rotating series of cartoons featuring the Flash and Kid Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, the Atom, the Justice League of America, and the Teen Titans (Speedy, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl and Aqualad), and new Superboy shorts.

Sixteen Superman segments were produced that season:

Ep Title Directed by: Written by: Original air date
19–11"A.P.E. Strikes Again"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownSeptember 9, 1967 (1967-09-09)
Lex Luthor, Brainiac, and the Warlock come together again as A.P.E. in a plot to steal a crime-detecting computer.
19–32"The Lethal Lightning Bug"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorOscar BensolSeptember 9, 1967 (1967-09-09)
A lightning storm irradiates a lightning bug to create a gigantic energy creature.
20–13"The Prankster"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorOscar BensolSeptember 16, 1967 (1967-09-16)
A petty nuisance called the Prankster creates havoc until Superman uses some tricks of his own.
20–34"The Saboteurs"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownSeptember 16, 1967 (1967-09-16)
Lois and Clark are captured on a freighter by criminals dumping radioactive waste into Metropolis harbor.
21–15"The Wisp of Wickedness"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownSeptember 23, 1967 (1967-09-23)
The spiritual essence of an alien warlord snares innocent men on Earth.
21–36"Superman Meets His Match"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorGeorge KashdanSeptember 23, 1967 (1967-09-23)
A kryptonite meteor crashes into the ocean and releases a giant creature with the same powers as Superman.
22–17"Night of the Octopod"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownSeptember 30, 1967 (1967-09-30)
An unmanned alien probe that resembles a metal octopus attacks Earth near Niagara Falls. After its first defeat, an electric eel reactivates it.
22–38"Brainiac's Bubbles"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownSeptember 30, 1967 (1967-09-30)
Doctor Heckla, the creator of Brainiac, creates powerful bubbles with which he can capture Earth creatures, including Lois Lane and Superman.
23–19"War of the Bee Battalion"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownOctober 7, 1967 (1967-10-07)
Criminals force a scientist who has created a growth ray for honeybees to use the device to attack Metropolis.
23–310"The Toyman's Super Toy"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorGeorge KashdanOctober 7, 1967 (1967-10-07)
The Toyman and his henchman use a gigantic insect robot fitted with a kryptonite beam weapon against Superman at a nuclear facility.
24–111"The Cage of Glass"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownOctober 14, 1967 (1967-10-14)
Brainiac shrinks Metropolis itself to minuscule size and imprisons the city in glass for return to Doctor Heckla's homeworld.[10]
24–312"The Atomic Superman"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownOctober 14, 1967 (1967-10-14)
When Superman innocently tests a powerful liquid fuel by drinking it at the request of a scientist friend, the liquid creates an atomic fire raging inside his body that makes him blast out fire whenever he opens his mouth, forcing him into exile.
25–113"Luthor's Loco Looking Glass"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownOctober 21, 1967 (1967-10-21)
Lex Luthor invents a mirror that can transport people to his hideout at an abandoned amusement park and with it traps Jimmy Olsen.
25–314"The Warlock's Revenge"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownOctober 21, 1967 (1967-10-21)
The Warlock's sister frees him from prison and he launches an all-out campaign against Lois Lane.
26–115"The Halyah of the Himalayas"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownOctober 28, 1967 (1967-10-28)
A giant ice creature in Asia assaults the mountainous regions of India and Pakistan.
26–316"Luthor's Fatal Fireworks"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorOscar Bensol, Mort WeisingerOctober 28, 1967 (1967-10-28)
Lex Luthor captures Jimmy Olsen to lure Superman to the West Coast where he unleashes a bombardment of fireworks laced with kryptonite.

Julie Bennett voices Lois Lane in three episodes - "The Prankster", "The Saboteurs" and "War of the Bee Battalion".

Season 3: The Batman/Superman Hour (1968–69) edit

The Batman/Superman Hour premiered on September 14, 1968, featuring new two-part Superman segments alongside new Superboy shorts and the adventures of Batman, Robin and Batgirl.

Sixteen Superman segments were produced that season:

Ep Title Directed by: Written by: Original air date
27–11"Luthor's Lethal Laser: Part 1"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownSeptember 14, 1968 (1968-09-14)
Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane discover a spacecraft in a nearby canyon, but are captured by Lex Luthor, who flies to the moon to set up a giant laser cannon to attack Earth.
27–32"Luthor's Lethal Laser: Part 2"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownSeptember 14, 1968 (1968-09-14)
When Superman rescues Lois and Jimmy, Lex Luthor escapes and teams up with Brainiac to set a trap.
28–13"Can a Luthor Change His Spots?: Part 1"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownSeptember 21, 1968 (1968-09-21)
To the disbelief of Jimmy Olsen, Lex Luthor has convinced Perry White that he has gone straight, and has thus become the Daily Planet's science editor with a huge experimental lab in the Planet building. Jimmy's disbelief leads him to try and catch Luthor in a deception, but his efforts lead to disasters.
28–34"Can a Luthor Change His Spots?: Part 2"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownSeptember 21, 1968 (1968-09-21)
Thinking he catches Lex Luthor in a bank robbery, Jimmy Olsen jumps Luthor and closes a bank vault, trapping Perry White and the Metropolis Police Chief, before a bigger disaster strikes the Planet building itself.
29–15"The Team of Terror: Part 1"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorOscar BensolSeptember 28, 1968 (1968-09-28)
The exiled Queen Satana from the planet Quanta flies to Earth to drain nuclear energy for use in making plastic objects called Plasto whose molecular structure can be telepathically altered.
29–36"The Team of Terror: Part 2"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorOscar BensolSeptember 28, 1968 (1968-09-28)
To shake off Superman after he thwarts her efforts, Queen Satana teams with the Warlock to destroy Superman while she unleashes nuclear warfare on Quanta.
30–17"Rain of Iron: Part 1"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorOscar BensolOctober 5, 1968 (1968-10-05)
Ostensibly on vacation, Lois Lane follows an associate of a fugitive scientist to the southwestern Pacific, while Metropolis is suddenly attacked by giant balls of solid iron plummeting from space.
30–38"Rain of Iron: Part 2"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorOscar BensolOctober 5, 1968 (1968-10-05)
The fugitive scientist has created a gigantic cannon to launch iron spheres onto Metropolis and has taken island natives hostage to thwart Superman.
31–19"The Mysterious Mr. Mist: Part 1"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownOctober 12, 1968 (1968-10-12)
A being made of a mist-like substance emerges from an old water well on Perry White's farm, and can transform into a perfect duplicate of any human by absorbing into a person's abandoned clothing. He binds and gags Lois Lane, planning to take her through a well to the Underworld.
31–310"The Mysterious Mr. Mist: Part 2"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownOctober 12, 1968 (1968-10-12)
The mist being repeatedly attempts to kidnap Lois Lane to make her the queen of his underground society. He puts her in a sack and again ties her up at the top of a building, but Superman uses a vacuum to catch him, then saves Lois from falling.
32–111"Luminians on the Loose: Part 1"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorOscar BensolOctober 19, 1968 (1968-10-19)
Lex Luthor has created a laser beam transmitter with which he transports two fire beings from a distant star to help him defeat Superman.
32–312"Luminians on the Loose: Part 2"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorOscar BensolOctober 19, 1968 (1968-10-19)
When the fire beings turn on him, Lex Luthor must team with Superman to stop them. Meanwhile, the Lumiaians use Lex's transmitter to get a battalion of Luminians to invade Earth.
33–113"The Ghost of Kilbane Castle: Part 1"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorOscar BensolOctober 26, 1968 (1968-10-26)
In Scotland, Lois and Jimmy run afoul of two twin brothers whose ancestors stole the castle in which they live, and the ghost of the castle's original ruler has emerged for revenge.
33–314"The Ghost of Kilbane Castle: Part 2"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorOscar BensolOctober 26, 1968 (1968-10-26)
Superman teams with the Kilbane ghost to defeat the two evil twins. They have Lois and Jimmy tied up and gagged above spikes on a tower wall, and threaten to cut them loose if Superman tries to stop them.
34–115"The Japanese Sandman: Part 1"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownNovember 2, 1968 (1968-11-02)
In Yokohama, a shipping magnate's businesses are sabotaged by an explosives factory owner and the man summons a Japanese god to help him defeat the magnate.
34–316"The Japanese Sandman: Part 2"Hal Sutherland, Rudy Larriva, Amby Paliwoda, Don Towsley, Lou ZukorUnknownNovember 2, 1968 (1968-11-02)
Superman must defeat the Japanese Sandman when he traps the shipping magnate and Jimmy Olsen.

Season 4 (1969–70) edit

The New Adventures of Superman returned for one last time on CBS, beginning September 13, 1969. The format was the same as before—a "30-minute" program with two Superman segments and one Superboy segment. All episodes were reruns of those that had previously aired.

Cast edit

Production crew edit

  • Directed by Hal Sutherland
  • Produced by Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott
  • Scripts by George Kashdan
  • Based on Characters Created by Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster
  • Story Consultant: Mort Weisinger
  • Storyboard Artists: Harvey Toombs, Bob Maxfield
  • Layouts: Don Christensen, C.L. Hartman, Wes Herschensohn, Ken Hultgren, Raymond Jacobs, Dan Noonan
  • Backgrounds: Erv Kaplan, Ted Littlefield, Lorraine Marue, Takashi Masunaga, Paul Xander
  • Animators: Bill Hajee, Clarke Mallory, Jack Ozark, Virgil Raddatz, Morey Reden, Len Rogers, Don Schloat, Xenia DeMattia, Lou Zukor
  • Animation Checking: Renee Henning, Ann Oliphant, Jane Philippi
  • Ink and Paint Manager: Martha Buckley
  • Camera: Gene Gropper
  • Film Editor: Joseph Simon
  • Sound Supervisor: Jim Bullock
  • Music Composed and Conducted by John Gart
  • Music Supervised by Gordon Zahler
  • Assistant Director: Anatole Kirsanoff
  • Production Coordinator: Joe Lynch
  • Production Assistant: Jack Boasberg
  • Executive Producer: Allen Ducovny
  • Superman Comics are published monthly by DC Comics
  • A Filmation Associates Production In Association With Ducovny, Inc.
  • Copyright(c) Filmation Associates, Inc., 1966-1970.

Home media edit

In 1985, Warner Home Video released seven selected episodes of the series on VHS in the "Super Powers" video collection along with Aquaman, Batman, and Superboy. These videos were re-released in 1996.

On June 26, 2007, Warner Bros. Home Video (via DC Comics Entertainment and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment) released a two-disc DVD box set of The New Adventures of Superman featuring all 36 original, uncut episodes from the first season, and was presented in its original airdate order. However, the 1960s cartoon shorts of The Adventures of Superboy were omitted from the release, due to a battle between Warner Bros. Entertainment and the estate of Jerry Siegel over the rights to the Superboy name that occurred during the time.

On June 3, 2014, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment released seasons 2 & 3 on DVD in Region 1.[11] The 2-disc set features the remaining 32 episodes of the series.

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  6. ^ McCray, Mark (2015-10-26). The Best Saturdays of Our Lives. iUniverse. pp. 79–. ISBN 9781491755075. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  7. ^ Wells, John (2014). American Comic Book Chronicles: 1965-1969. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 108. ISBN 978-1605490557.
  8. ^ "The New Adventures of Superman: Episode List". SupermanHomepage.com. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  9. ^ Sennett, Ted (October 30, 1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. Studio. ISBN 978-0670829781.
  10. ^ This paralleled Brainiac's having reduced the Kryptonian city of Kandor to small enough size to fit into a bottle in the comics.
  11. ^ Warner Announced 'Seasons 2 and 3' of the '60s Filmation Show 2014-02-09 at the Wayback Machine

External links edit

  • The New Adventures of Superman at IMDb  .
  • Superman Homepage - The New Adventures of Superman
  • The New Adventures of Superman at the Big Cartoon DataBase

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For the 1990s live action TV series see Lois amp Clark The New Adventures of Superman For other uses see Adventures of Superman disambiguation The New Adventures of Superman is a series of six minute animated Superman adventures produced by Filmation that were broadcast Saturday mornings on CBS from September 10 1966 to September 5 1970 1 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 2 The New Adventures of SupermanTitle cardGenreSuperheroBased onSupermanby Jerry SiegelJoe ShusterDeveloped byLou ScheimerDirected byHal SutherlandVoices ofBud Collyer Joan Alexander Julie Bennett Jackson Beck Jack GrimesNarrated byJackson BeckTheme music composerJohn Gart credited as John Marion Country of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons4No of episodes68ProductionProducersLou Scheimer Norm PrescottProduction companiesFilmation DC ComicsOriginal releaseNetworkCBSReleaseSeptember 10 1966 1966 09 10 September 5 1970 1970 09 05 RelatedThe Adventures of Superboy TV series The Superman Aquaman Hour of Adventure The Batman Superman Hour Contents 1 History 2 Episode list 2 1 Season 1 1966 67 2 2 Season 2 The Superman Aquaman Hour of Adventure 1967 68 2 3 Season 3 The Batman Superman Hour 1968 69 2 4 Season 4 1969 70 3 Cast 4 Production crew 5 Home media 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThese 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 3 The first TV series produced by Filmation Associates The New Adventures of Superman was extremely popular in its Saturday morning time slot and employed the services of several DC Comics writers including George Kashdan Leo Dorfman and Bob Haney 4 Filmation had been approached by DC Comics to develop the new animated Superman series which was part of the broader superhero morning initiative for Sturday mornings spearheaded by then head of CBS daytime programming Fred Silverman 5 In contrast to Hanna Barbera who d either buy a property outright or create a similar one free of any sort of partner Filmation opted to do the opposite approach in their business by establishing many partnerships in their projects 6 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 Producer Lou Scheimer also recruited Clayton Bud Collyer and Joan Alexander veterans of the Superman radio show and the Max Fleischer Superman cartoons for the voices of Clark Kent Superman and Lois Lane respectively Jackson Beck who had narrated and provided the character voice of Perry White on the radio show reprised those same roles for the cartoon version while Jack Grimes who had played Jimmy Olsen in its later years took that part here as well For this series Collyer returned to the same vocal technique he had perfected on the radio show to play the Man Of Steel While in the identity of Clark Kent Collyer would keep his voice lighter while projecting a sense of weakness But whenever the mild mannered reporter would change into his true identity of Superman Collyer s voice would deepen dramatically into a heroic baritone Alexander departed after the first season and was replaced by Julie Bennett in later seasons 1 The theme music for the show was composed by John Marion Gart Mort Weisinger editor of the Superman comics acted as story consultant for the animated series and made sure to include characters from his era like Titano and Brainiac 7 Despite its success the series sparked the anger of Action for Children s Television a grassroots organization formed in 1968 and dedicated to improving the quality of television programming offered to children due to Superman throwing punches and other action related violence which the group found objectionable The series was cancelled not long thereafter with future cartoons also de emphasizing such comic book violence however Silverman has said ratings for all Superhero action series had begun to slip by the end of the 60s and said that was a greater deciding factor for these series being phased out rather than concerns by advocacy groups 8 9 Superman subsequently appeared in ABC s long running animated series Super Friends 1973 produced by Hanna Barbera whose rights to DC Comics characters were gradually transferred from Filmation Episode list editSeason 1 1966 67 edit The series premiered on September 10 1966 as a 30 minute program titled The New Adventures of Superman featuring two Superman segments with one The Adventures of Superboy short in between Thirty six Superman segments were produced that season Nº Ep Title Directed by Written by Original air date1 11 The Force Phantom Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol Mort WeisingerSeptember 10 1966 1966 09 10 An alien ship uses an energy creature to attack Earth 1 32 The Mermen of Emor Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol Mort WeisingerSeptember 10 1966 1966 09 10 Scuba divers are captured for sport by malevolent fish beings led by Triton 2 13 The Prehistoric Pterodactyls Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol Mort WeisingerSeptember 17 1966 1966 09 17 Two giant flying monsters are freed from frozen suspension 2 34 Merlin s Magic Marbles Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerSeptember 17 1966 1966 09 17 Lex Luthor uses a temporal communicator to discover magic powers 3 15 The Threat of the Thrutans Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol Mort WeisingerSeptember 24 1966 1966 09 24 An alien space probe trapped in Earth orbit uses force to try to return to its home galaxy 3 36 The Wicked Warlock Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerSeptember 24 1966 1966 09 24 A male witch called the Warlock must seize a sorcerer s ruby a rare gem that contains powerful magic 4 17 The Chimp Who Made It Big Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffRoss Braddock Mort WeisingerOctober 1 1966 1966 10 01 The fusion of two irradiated pieces of space debris fatefully changes a chimpanzee named Toto on board a space craft When the capsule containing the space craft lands on Earth the chimpanzee ends up turning into Titano the Super Ape Despite Titano causing destruction and grabbing Lois Superman must convince the military not to open fire as he thinks he can revert Titano to Toto 4 38 The Deadly Icebergs Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffJ W Doctor Mort WeisingerOctober 1 1966 1966 10 01 Saboteurs have rigged gigantic icebergs with explosives to rob a luxury liner 5 19 The Robot of Riga Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol Mort WeisingerOctober 8 1966 1966 10 08 Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen are kidnapped by alien hunters whose zoo is protected by a giant robot 5 310 The Invisible Raiders Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerOctober 8 1966 1966 10 08 The Sorcerer a malevolent wizard uses hirelings using an invisibility field to commit crimes 6 111 The Neolithic Nightmare Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol Mort WeisingerOctober 15 1966 1966 10 15 Jimmy Olsen falls into an underground pocket populated by malevolent creatures 6 312 The Return of Brainiac Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerOctober 15 1966 1966 10 15 An alien computer named Brainiac has been capturing different kinds of animals by shrinking them Brainiac is taking the tiny animals to his dying homeworld on his spaceship a la Noah s Ark When he also must find a man and woman for repopulation Brainiac ends up shrinking and capturing Superman and Lois 7 113 The Magnetic Monster Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol Mort WeisingerOctober 22 1966 1966 10 22 A magnetic device that melts metal objects is used by alien beings on Earth 7 314 The Toys of Doom Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerOctober 22 1966 1966 10 22 Phoning in an anonymous tip to lure Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen to an abandoned factory on the outskirts of Metropolis the Toyman captures Lois and Jimmy to help launch a wave of crime and keep Superman away 8 115 The Iron Eater Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol Mort WeisingerOctober 29 1966 1966 10 29 A shape shifting alien creature that emerged from a fallen meteorite and devours iron structures raises havoc 8 316 The Ape Army of the Amazon Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerOctober 29 1966 1966 10 29 In South America an exiled military officer named Colonel Vasta and a disgraced scientist named Dr Rucas control apes with the transmitter on Dr Rucas s back in a plot to rob an underground treasure Lois is caught tied to a pillar and gagged and Rucas activates an Inca statue to crush her 9 117 The Fire Phantom Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol Mort WeisingerNovember 5 1966 1966 11 05 A living flame from Earth s core appears and sets off a mammoth forest fire 9 318 The Deadly Dish Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol Mort WeisingerNovember 5 1966 1966 11 05 Lex Luthor traps Lois Jimmy and Perry White so he can lure Superman into range of a kryptonite transmitter 10 119 Insect Raiders Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerNovember 12 1966 1966 11 12 Criminals who have perfected insect powers must stop Superman from foiling their wave of crime 10 320 Return of Warlock Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol Mort WeisingerNovember 12 1966 1966 11 12 The Warlock steals another sorcerer s ruby to wreak havoc on Superman s friends 11 121 The Abominable Iceman Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffWilliam Woolfolk Mort WeisingerNovember 19 1966 1966 11 19 An ice being freezes tropical Hawaii where Lois Lane is having her vacation 11 322 The Men from A P E Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerNovember 19 1966 1966 11 19 Lex Luthor the Warlock the Toyman and the Prankster form the organization A P E short for Allied Perpetrators of Evil and combine their powers to defeat Superman 12 123 The Tree Man of Arbora Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerNovember 26 1966 1966 11 26 A tree being brought to life near a meteor crater consumes enormous quantities of water 12 324 The Image Maker Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerNovember 26 1966 1966 11 26 A master criminal scientist named Luna a k a Professor Leo Nula captures Lois in order to send her into space within his 4D movie as part of his revenge on her for sending him to prison seven years ago 13 125 Superman s Double Trouble Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerDecember 3 1966 1966 12 03 A mid ocean earthquake releases a giant lobster and a giant alligator 13 326 The Deadly Super Doll Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerDecember 3 1966 1966 12 03 The Sorcerer uses a voodoo doll to stop Superman 14 127 Lava Men Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffWilliam FingerDecember 10 1966 1966 12 10 In Mexico a volcano creates living beings of lava 14 328 Luthor Strikes Again Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerDecember 10 1966 1966 12 10 Lex Luthor uses Jimmy Olsen as bait to use kryptonite laser beam weapons against Superman in a paint factory 15 129 Mission to Planet Peril Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerDecember 17 1966 1966 12 17 Alien raiders forced to Earth recruit Superman to rescue hostages on their home world 15 330 The Pernicious Parasite Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol Mort WeisingerDecember 17 1966 1966 12 17 While breaking into a science lab a petty criminal named I C Harris is exposed to a radioactive isotope and achieves power to drain physical strength from other men With his new power he aims to become a Superman of Crime But when he discovers the real Superman Harris s unstoppable greed for physical power proves fatal NOTE Though the series pre dated Crisis on Infinite Earths Harris is not to be confused with the Parasite of the Pre Crisis DC Comics whose origin story was essentially the same 16 131 The Two Faces of Superman Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerDecember 24 1966 1966 12 24 The Toyman creates a robot doppelganger of the Man of Steel 16 332 The Imp Practical Joker Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol Mort WeisingerDecember 24 1966 1966 12 24 A carnival is raided by an extra dimensional prankster known as Mister Mxyzptlk 17 133 Superman Meets Brainiac Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol Mort WeisingerDecember 31 1966 1966 12 31 Brainiac raids Earth to gather creatures to repopulate a planet devastated by atomic wars 17 334 Seeds of Disaster Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffArnold Drake Mort WeisingerDecember 31 1966 1966 12 31 Alien seed pods grow plants that destroy other objects 18 135 The Malevolent Mummy Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffOscar Bensol Mort WeisingerJanuary 7 1967 1967 01 07 An Egyptian sorcerer in mummified form attacks Lois and Superman 18 336 The Birdmen from Lost Valley Hal Sutherland Anatole KirsanoffMort WeisingerJanuary 7 1967 1967 01 07 Avian beings from a lost valley must raid outside farmlands for survival because a gold raider named Trask and his henchmen hold their populace hostage Episodes marked with an asterisk denote episodes in which Julie Bennett voices Lois Lane Season 2 The Superman Aquaman Hour of Adventure 1967 68 edit The Superman Aquaman Hour of Adventure was first broadcast on September 9 1967 This 60 minute program included new Superman segments and adventures featuring Aquaman and his sidekick Aqualad It also comprised a rotating series of cartoons featuring the Flash and Kid Flash Green Lantern Hawkman the Atom the Justice League of America and the Teen Titans Speedy Kid Flash Wonder Girl and Aqualad and new Superboy shorts Sixteen Superman segments were produced that season Nº Ep Title Directed by Written by Original air date19 11 A P E Strikes Again Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownSeptember 9 1967 1967 09 09 Lex Luthor Brainiac and the Warlock come together again as A P E in a plot to steal a crime detecting computer 19 32 The Lethal Lightning Bug Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorOscar BensolSeptember 9 1967 1967 09 09 A lightning storm irradiates a lightning bug to create a gigantic energy creature 20 13 The Prankster Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorOscar BensolSeptember 16 1967 1967 09 16 A petty nuisance called the Prankster creates havoc until Superman uses some tricks of his own 20 34 The Saboteurs Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownSeptember 16 1967 1967 09 16 Lois and Clark are captured on a freighter by criminals dumping radioactive waste into Metropolis harbor 21 15 The Wisp of Wickedness Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownSeptember 23 1967 1967 09 23 The spiritual essence of an alien warlord snares innocent men on Earth 21 36 Superman Meets His Match Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorGeorge KashdanSeptember 23 1967 1967 09 23 A kryptonite meteor crashes into the ocean and releases a giant creature with the same powers as Superman 22 17 Night of the Octopod Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownSeptember 30 1967 1967 09 30 An unmanned alien probe that resembles a metal octopus attacks Earth near Niagara Falls After its first defeat an electric eel reactivates it 22 38 Brainiac s Bubbles Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownSeptember 30 1967 1967 09 30 Doctor Heckla the creator of Brainiac creates powerful bubbles with which he can capture Earth creatures including Lois Lane and Superman 23 19 War of the Bee Battalion Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownOctober 7 1967 1967 10 07 Criminals force a scientist who has created a growth ray for honeybees to use the device to attack Metropolis 23 310 The Toyman s Super Toy Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorGeorge KashdanOctober 7 1967 1967 10 07 The Toyman and his henchman use a gigantic insect robot fitted with a kryptonite beam weapon against Superman at a nuclear facility 24 111 The Cage of Glass Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownOctober 14 1967 1967 10 14 Brainiac shrinks Metropolis itself to minuscule size and imprisons the city in glass for return to Doctor Heckla s homeworld 10 24 312 The Atomic Superman Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownOctober 14 1967 1967 10 14 When Superman innocently tests a powerful liquid fuel by drinking it at the request of a scientist friend the liquid creates an atomic fire raging inside his body that makes him blast out fire whenever he opens his mouth forcing him into exile 25 113 Luthor s Loco Looking Glass Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownOctober 21 1967 1967 10 21 Lex Luthor invents a mirror that can transport people to his hideout at an abandoned amusement park and with it traps Jimmy Olsen 25 314 The Warlock s Revenge Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownOctober 21 1967 1967 10 21 The Warlock s sister frees him from prison and he launches an all out campaign against Lois Lane 26 115 The Halyah of the Himalayas Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownOctober 28 1967 1967 10 28 A giant ice creature in Asia assaults the mountainous regions of India and Pakistan 26 316 Luthor s Fatal Fireworks Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorOscar Bensol Mort WeisingerOctober 28 1967 1967 10 28 Lex Luthor captures Jimmy Olsen to lure Superman to the West Coast where he unleashes a bombardment of fireworks laced with kryptonite Julie Bennett voices Lois Lane in three episodes The Prankster The Saboteurs and War of the Bee Battalion Season 3 The Batman Superman Hour 1968 69 edit The Batman Superman Hour premiered on September 14 1968 featuring new two part Superman segments alongside new Superboy shorts and the adventures of Batman Robin and Batgirl Sixteen Superman segments were produced that season Nº Ep Title Directed by Written by Original air date27 11 Luthor s Lethal Laser Part 1 Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownSeptember 14 1968 1968 09 14 Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane discover a spacecraft in a nearby canyon but are captured by Lex Luthor who flies to the moon to set up a giant laser cannon to attack Earth 27 32 Luthor s Lethal Laser Part 2 Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownSeptember 14 1968 1968 09 14 When Superman rescues Lois and Jimmy Lex Luthor escapes and teams up with Brainiac to set a trap 28 13 Can a Luthor Change His Spots Part 1 Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownSeptember 21 1968 1968 09 21 To the disbelief of Jimmy Olsen Lex Luthor has convinced Perry White that he has gone straight and has thus become the Daily Planet s science editor with a huge experimental lab in the Planet building Jimmy s disbelief leads him to try and catch Luthor in a deception but his efforts lead to disasters 28 34 Can a Luthor Change His Spots Part 2 Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownSeptember 21 1968 1968 09 21 Thinking he catches Lex Luthor in a bank robbery Jimmy Olsen jumps Luthor and closes a bank vault trapping Perry White and the Metropolis Police Chief before a bigger disaster strikes the Planet building itself 29 15 The Team of Terror Part 1 Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorOscar BensolSeptember 28 1968 1968 09 28 The exiled Queen Satana from the planet Quanta flies to Earth to drain nuclear energy for use in making plastic objects called Plasto whose molecular structure can be telepathically altered 29 36 The Team of Terror Part 2 Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorOscar BensolSeptember 28 1968 1968 09 28 To shake off Superman after he thwarts her efforts Queen Satana teams with the Warlock to destroy Superman while she unleashes nuclear warfare on Quanta 30 17 Rain of Iron Part 1 Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorOscar BensolOctober 5 1968 1968 10 05 Ostensibly on vacation Lois Lane follows an associate of a fugitive scientist to the southwestern Pacific while Metropolis is suddenly attacked by giant balls of solid iron plummeting from space 30 38 Rain of Iron Part 2 Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorOscar BensolOctober 5 1968 1968 10 05 The fugitive scientist has created a gigantic cannon to launch iron spheres onto Metropolis and has taken island natives hostage to thwart Superman 31 19 The Mysterious Mr Mist Part 1 Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownOctober 12 1968 1968 10 12 A being made of a mist like substance emerges from an old water well on Perry White s farm and can transform into a perfect duplicate of any human by absorbing into a person s abandoned clothing He binds and gags Lois Lane planning to take her through a well to the Underworld 31 310 The Mysterious Mr Mist Part 2 Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownOctober 12 1968 1968 10 12 The mist being repeatedly attempts to kidnap Lois Lane to make her the queen of his underground society He puts her in a sack and again ties her up at the top of a building but Superman uses a vacuum to catch him then saves Lois from falling 32 111 Luminians on the Loose Part 1 Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorOscar BensolOctober 19 1968 1968 10 19 Lex Luthor has created a laser beam transmitter with which he transports two fire beings from a distant star to help him defeat Superman 32 312 Luminians on the Loose Part 2 Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorOscar BensolOctober 19 1968 1968 10 19 When the fire beings turn on him Lex Luthor must team with Superman to stop them Meanwhile the Lumiaians use Lex s transmitter to get a battalion of Luminians to invade Earth 33 113 The Ghost of Kilbane Castle Part 1 Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorOscar BensolOctober 26 1968 1968 10 26 In Scotland Lois and Jimmy run afoul of two twin brothers whose ancestors stole the castle in which they live and the ghost of the castle s original ruler has emerged for revenge 33 314 The Ghost of Kilbane Castle Part 2 Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorOscar BensolOctober 26 1968 1968 10 26 Superman teams with the Kilbane ghost to defeat the two evil twins They have Lois and Jimmy tied up and gagged above spikes on a tower wall and threaten to cut them loose if Superman tries to stop them 34 115 The Japanese Sandman Part 1 Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownNovember 2 1968 1968 11 02 In Yokohama a shipping magnate s businesses are sabotaged by an explosives factory owner and the man summons a Japanese god to help him defeat the magnate 34 316 The Japanese Sandman Part 2 Hal Sutherland Rudy Larriva Amby Paliwoda Don Towsley Lou ZukorUnknownNovember 2 1968 1968 11 02 Superman must defeat the Japanese Sandman when he traps the shipping magnate and Jimmy Olsen Season 4 1969 70 edit The New Adventures of Superman returned for one last time on CBS beginning September 13 1969 The format was the same as before a 30 minute program with two Superman segments and one Superboy segment All episodes were reruns of those that had previously aired Cast editBud Collyer as Kal El Clark Kent Superman Superman segments Bob Hastings as Young Kal El Clark Kent Superboy Superboy segments Jackson Beck as Narrator Superman segments Perry White Superman segments and Beany Martin Superman segments Ted Knight as Narrator Superboy segments and Pa Kent Superboy segments Joan Alexander as Lois Lane Superman segments Julie Bennett as Ma Kent Superboy segments Ray Owens as Warlock Superman segments and Lex Luthor Superman segments Jack Grimes as Jimmy Olsen Superman segments Gilbert Mack as Mr Mxyzptlk Superman segments and Brainiac Superman segments Janet Waldo as Lana Lang Superboy segments Production crew editDirected by Hal Sutherland Produced by Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott Scripts by George Kashdan Based on Characters Created by Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster Story Consultant Mort Weisinger Storyboard Artists Harvey Toombs Bob Maxfield Layouts Don Christensen C L Hartman Wes Herschensohn Ken Hultgren Raymond Jacobs Dan Noonan Backgrounds Erv Kaplan Ted Littlefield Lorraine Marue Takashi Masunaga Paul Xander Animators Bill Hajee Clarke Mallory Jack Ozark Virgil Raddatz Morey Reden Len Rogers Don Schloat Xenia DeMattia Lou Zukor Animation Checking Renee Henning Ann Oliphant Jane Philippi Ink and Paint Manager Martha Buckley Camera Gene Gropper Film Editor Joseph Simon Sound Supervisor Jim Bullock Music Composed and Conducted by John Gart Music Supervised by Gordon Zahler Assistant Director Anatole Kirsanoff Production Coordinator Joe Lynch Production Assistant Jack Boasberg Executive Producer Allen Ducovny Superman Comics are published monthly by DC Comics A Filmation Associates Production In Association With Ducovny Inc Copyright c Filmation Associates Inc 1966 1970 Home media editIn 1985 Warner Home Video released seven selected episodes of the series on VHS in the Super Powers video collection along with Aquaman Batman and Superboy These videos were re released in 1996 On June 26 2007 Warner Bros Home Video via DC Comics Entertainment and Warner Bros Family Entertainment released a two disc DVD box set of The New Adventures of Superman featuring all 36 original uncut episodes from the first season and was presented in its original airdate order However the 1960s cartoon shorts of The Adventures of Superboy were omitted from the release due to a battle between Warner Bros Entertainment and the estate of Jerry Siegel over the rights to the Superboy name that occurred during the time On June 3 2014 Warner Bros Home Entertainment released seasons 2 amp 3 on DVD in Region 1 11 The 2 disc set features the remaining 32 episodes of the series References edit a b Bruce Scivally 2008 Superman on Film Television Radio and Broadway McFarland amp Co pp 72 136 138 ISBN 978 0 7864 3166 3 Perlmutter David 2018 The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows Rowman amp Littlefield p 615 ISBN 978 1538103739 Woolery George W 1983 Children s Television The First Thirty Five Years 1946 1981 Part 1 Animated Cartoon Series Scarecrow Press pp 278 280 ISBN 0 8108 1557 5 Retrieved 14 March 2020 Erickson Hal 2005 Television Cartoon Shows An Illustrated Encyclopedia 1949 Through 2003 2nd ed McFarland amp Co p 811 ISBN 978 1476665993 Perlmutter David 2014 America Toons In A History of Television Animation McFarland ISBN 9781476614885 McCray Mark 2015 10 26 The Best Saturdays of Our Lives iUniverse pp 79 ISBN 9781491755075 Retrieved 21 March 2016 Wells John 2014 American Comic Book Chronicles 1965 1969 TwoMorrows Publishing p 108 ISBN 978 1605490557 The New Adventures of Superman Episode List SupermanHomepage com Retrieved February 6 2014 Sennett Ted October 30 1989 The Art of Hanna Barbera Fifty Years of Creativity Studio ISBN 978 0670829781 This paralleled Brainiac s having reduced the Kryptonian city of Kandor to small enough size to fit into a bottle in the comics Warner Announced Seasons 2 and 3 of the 60s Filmation Show Archived 2014 02 09 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editThe New Adventures of Superman at IMDb nbsp Superman Homepage The New Adventures of Superman The New Adventures of Superman at the Big Cartoon DataBase Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The New Adventures of Superman TV series amp oldid 1223683112, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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