What? There were 2 versions of the Filmation Superman? I only remember one show. Filmation had 2 Batman shows but not Superman. If these thoughts are in your mind, believe it or not, there were 2 different versions, but it was within the same show. Kind of similar to Batman: The Animated Series where the last episodes had a revamp in character design and animation style.
Filmation produced a total of 68 episodes between 1966 and 1968. The first 36 ran in 1966 and 16 more were in 1967. The main look of the characters and the animation style was in the first 52 episodes, but I feel that Perry White looked awful the way they designed him. Sometimes, everyone else, including Superman himself were sloppily drawn. The worst looking Superman to me was in "Luthor's Fatal Fireworks."
But the other version I was talking about was a slight revamp of the character designs as well as the change in animation style to resemble what they were doing when they animated Batman in 1968. I felt these character designs were much better, including Perry White and Lex Luthor. This new look was used not only in the last 8 episodes (2 part stories) but also in Superman's guest appearance in the Brady Kids as well as in the Sesame Street short.
Like I said, I felt Superman, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen as well as Brainiac looked good in both versions, but I liked the revamped looks in 1968 since they make a better match to the Batman shows. Everybody looked good in those.
Cheers.
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