Don't know if it has been mentioned here before. But, finally, after so many years and pleads for Warner Bros. to release the 80's Ruby-Spears Superman cartoons; It'll be release on Nov 03,2009. This is one of my favorite Superman animated shows. Art was done by the late Gil kane. I really Like the yellow S emblem on the cape.
Last edited by Ivaniski; Aug 29, '09 at 6:17 AM.
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Definitely looking forward to it as well!
Definitely in for this one. After Super Powers steered the Super Friends series to better writing and a more sophisticated storytelling style, this took up the gauntlet until Timm and co. started their shows. I really liked the look of the series too, and the intro melding the John Williams theme and the classic Adventures of Superman voice over dialog is my all time favorite Superman intro!
Chris
Great series. I especially love the Family Album shorts at the end of the main cartoon.
I didn't really embrace this when it first aired (although I loved the comic reboot) so I may check this out to see if I like it better now.
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^ Same here....I think I only watched one or two episodes back when this originally aired....
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I remember watching it but can't remember anything about it.....I will have to pick it up
Alan Scott is the best GL
this show resonated with me with the first episode it was adult enough to watch as a teenager but safe enough for kids to watch. Michael bell's luthor captured the daddy warbucks era luthor of the Byrne reboot well. the only downside to the show is they couldn't used classic supes villians so they created replacements. Luckily the writing and art made up the that weakness. I am so very glad this show is finally coming out
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Gil Kane did the character designs and they were also influenced by the films. The stories were based in the Byrne/Wolfman reboot era.
To me it's the second best TV cartoon version of Superman after the Timm series.
The back-up features to me are better than the leads.
With DC doing back-up series now, I wouldn't mind seeing a Superman when he was young back-up series in one of the books that's currently not featuring Superman.
I just finished viewing the 13 episodes from my friends "Bootleg copy" (he purchased it years ago at a Comic convention), piciture quality is 6 out of 10 (Hopefully they'll clean up the graphics nicely for the new release). To my surprise.....All of the Superman stories were lengthy and very good. The Art work on Superman is "To Die for". Can't wait to get this DVD on November 3rd, for $19.99. I wish all Superman cartoons could look like he did for this release. Supes looks like he was drawn for the comics by kerry Gammil (I Luv it). Gil kane also captured the blue eyes and the yellow emblem on the cape to a tee.
P.S. Clark Kent looks good too!
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