The New Adventures of Superman

1966
The New Adventures of Superman

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EP1 Luthor's Lethal Laser (1) Sep 14, 1968

Lois and Jimmy are trapped in a rocket by Lex Luthor. They are sent to the moon where Lex Luthor has constructed a secret base. Lex aims an enormous laser at Earth and threatens the leaders of the world. He tells them that if he is not given control of the world, he will melt the ice caps and flood the world's coasts.

EP2 Luthor's Lethal Laser (2) Sep 14, 1968

Superman heads to the moon to stop Luthor's plan to take over the world. He rescues Lois and Jimmy, but Luthor reveals that he is working with Brainiac. The two supervillians try to destroy Superman by shrinking him and exposing him to kryptonite gas. Fortunately, Superman escapes their trap and stops the villians.

EP3 Can a Luthor Change His Spots? (1) Sep 21, 1968

When Lex Luthor turns up at the Daily Planet, he claims to be reformed. He is made science editor by Perry White. Jimmy sneaks into Luthor's laboratory in the Daily Planet and discovers a lightning machine. Luthor claims he built it as a security system for the building. Jimmy, however, continues to distrust Luthor. He becomes even more convinced when he sees Luthor robbing a bank vault and endangering Perry White.

EP4 Can a Luthor Change His Spots? (2) Sep 21, 1968

As Luthor appears to be robbing the bank vault, Superman arrives to stop him. He rescues Perry White, but leaves when Luthor claims he was only involved as part of a demonstration. Jimmy still is not convinced of Luthor's good intentions. He follows Luthor and discovers his real scheme. Luthor wants to launch the Daily Planet building into outer space. Unfortunately, Luthor captures Jimmy and ties him up. Superman must figure out a way of rescuing Jimmy and stopping Lex Luthor before he can launch the building.

EP5 The Team of Terror (1) Sep 28, 1968

An evil alien named Satana arrives on Earth from the planet Quanta. She attempts to steal energy from a nuclear power planet in order to use it to attack her home planet. Superman manages to stop her. Later Satana meets with the Warlock and the two decide to work together. She uses a substance called plasto to make his wand's magic ruby radiate kryptonite rays. The two villians decide to use the wand to destroy Superman.

EP6 The Team of Terror (2) Sep 28, 1968

The Warlock and Satana decide to trap Superman by capturing Lois and Jimmy. When Superman arrives to rescue them, the Warlock attacks Superman with Kryptonite rays. Superman, however, manages to stop the Warlock. He, then, turns his attention to Satana. Satana creates an army of monsters to attack him. Superman makes short work of the monsters and captures the evil Satana.

EP7 Rain of Iron (1) Oct 05, 1968

Lois meets a man named Vamore who is known to be a friend of the escaped criminal Professor Dujy. As Lois follows Vamore to a remote island, Superman must protect Metropolis from a wave of dangerous iron spheres that threaten to destroy the city.

EP8 Rain of Iron (2) Oct 05, 1968

Superman tracks the iron spheres to their source. They come from space, but are being bounced off an asteroid from a remote island in the Pacific. Professor Dujy and Vamore live on the island. When Superman comes to stop them, they try to take Lois hostage. Superman rescues Lois and sends Professor Dujy and Vamore to prison.

EP9 The Mysterious Mr. Mist (1) Oct 12, 1968

Clark Kent and Lois Lane head to Perry White's farm for a picnic. Unfortunately, a strange mist follows them to the farm. The mist is capable of transforming itself into a person when it inhabits clothing. It reveals that it is dangerous when it attacks Lois.

EP10 The Mysterious Mr. Mist (2) Oct 12, 1968

Superman saves Lois from the mysterious must. Unfortunately, it follows Lois back to Metropolis and tries to kidnap her. It wants Lois to be the queen of an underground kingdom. Eventually, the mist gets into the Superman museum and pretends to be Superboy. Superman captures the mist and seals it in the bottom of a very deep well.

EP11 Luminians on the Loose (1) Oct 19, 1968

Lex Luthor transports to Earth two aliens that are made of pure light. They are called Luminians and have the capacity to destroy anything they touch. Luthor wants them to destroy Superman but is disappointed to discover that they cannot effect the Man of Steel.

EP12 Luminians on the Loose (2) Oct 19, 1968

When the Luminians discover that they cannot injure Superman, they decide to turn against Lex Luthor. Superman saves Luthor and the two work together in trying to send the Luminians back to their home world.

EP13 The Ghost of Kilbane Castle (1) Oct 26, 1968

Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen are in Scotland. As Clark heads off to sleep at a local inn, Lois and Jimmy head to the mysterious Kilbane Castle. There two twins try to scare the reporters off the property. The twins don't want them to discover that their clan stole the castle from another clan. Unfortunately, their scare tactics manage to awaken a ghost from the other clan.

EP14 The Ghost of Kilbane Castle (2) Oct 26, 1968

The ghost of Kilbane Castle awakens and soon terrorizes Lois and Jimmy. The ghost is upset that another clan has taken over his castle. Superman arrives and rescues Lois and Jimmy. He arrests the twins that awakened the ghost and assures the ghost that the castle will soon be returned to its rightful owner.

EP15 The Japanese Sandman (1) Nov 02, 1968

Clark and Jimmy are in Japan covering a story about how a powerful industrialist is the victim of sabotage. The saboteur calls forth a mysterious Japanese Sandman that has the power of blowing sand that can cause magical sleep. The saboteur wants the Sandman to help him against the industrialist.

EP16 The Japanese Sandman (2) Nov 02, 1968

Superman must stop the Sandman and deal with a saboteur before they can cause any more damage. When they finally meet, Superman fights off the Sandman's powerful sleeping sand and rescues Jimmy from a trap set by the saboteur. In the end, Superman captures the saboteur and defeats the Sandman.
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Released: 10 September 1966 Ended
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The New Adventures of Superman is a series of six-minute animated Superman adventures produced by Filmation that were broadcast on CBS between 1966 and 1970. 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.

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Dalbert Pringle Greetings, all you insatiable, vintage superhero fans - This 2-disc set contains 36 (6-minute) action-packed episodes of pure amusement from "The New Adventures Of Superman" which was first aired on Saturday morning TV back in 1966.Be sure to tune in closely and watch in wonder as the big, brave, and beefy Superman repeatedly saves the day as he heroically conquers such diabolical villains as Toyman and Brainiac and their dastardly deeds.Believe me - These rapid-paced cartoon capers of Superman are guaranteed to keep you thoroughly entertained with all of their high-energy retro-fun from start to finish.
John T. Ryan The Partnership of Comic Book Characters and Television ended abruptly in 1959 with the death of TV's Superman, George Reeves. It had some really wide spread affects, on the viewing public* as well as life and business at "The Webs." (what we insiders use as a slang term for The Networks.) Now, in The Year of Our Lord 1966, we had seen the Batman Series take the nation and a good deal of the world by storm. The two characters were from the same publishers, National Comics AKA Superman DC Comics Publications. The characters crossed over to have adventures together on a regular basis, even though the characters and whole mood of their respective strips were very much un-alike.So, how would the launching of a new Series for the Man of Steel be received? What would be the proper niche for this Superman show? Was the fallout from the death of Mr. George Reeves, which was both so mysterious and tragic, be enough to put any hurt on another show?** Well, a lot of thought went into the planning and execution of this new series. National Comics people okayed a deal with the Television Animation Company, Filmation Associates, and proceeded to create an animated series which had a really good appearance and had stories that were just about the same as those being published in the comics magazines at the time.***The new animations were also populated with many more characters from the comics stories. Hence, we were treated to such enemies as Luthor, Mr. Mxzyptlk and Brainiac.Furthermore, one of three weekly cartoon adventures would feature SUPERBOY,The Adventures of Superman When He Was A Boy! Superboy was joined by Ma & Pa Kent, Lana Lang and Krypto his Superdog from Krypton, all from the comics.We all know about the Superman Theatrical Cartoons of the 1940's. Having been made by Max and Dave Fleischer's Cartoon Studio, and then by Paramount's Famous Studios, each cartoon was a feast of fine animation, music and action. How would the admittedly limited animation of TV hold up in comparison? The National Comics people and the Filmation people really must have put their heads together, because they came up with something that pleased just about everybody.The final product had 3 separate cartoon episodes. There would be 2 Superman and 1 Superboy adventure. The design was either done directly by or patterned after longtime DC illustrator, Curtis Swan. Curt had done Superman, Superboy, Jimmy Olsen Comics as well as most of the cover art for a slew of comics. The animation looked like their comic book counterparts.The casting of proper voice actors involved another master stroke. The Voice Actors cast were Mr. Bud Collyer and Miss Joan Alexander. This pair had voiced Clark Kent/Superman and Lois Lane on the Mutual Radio Network's SUPERMAN Radio Show as well as in the Fleischer/Famous Studio Theatrical Cartoons. They also obtained the services of Jackson Beck as Announcer and voice of Perry White and others. Mr. Beck was also a veteran of the Superman Radio Show.To this cast was added Ted Knight (Nattator), Jack Grimes (Jimmy Olsen), Janet Waldo (Lana Lang) and Bob Hastings (Superboy and young Clark Kent).The parts were all in place and the result was a top rated Saturday Morning for CBS TV Network. And the success continued for several years as the series morphed to an hours length, becoming first "The Superman-Aquaman Hour of Adventure", then "The Batman-Superman Hour." We're pretty sure that the project succeeded far better than expectations would have dictated.* The news was received very badly by the public. I can tell you first hand of one 12 year old boy being brought to tears at this news.** Remember now, this was only 7 short years later.*** At this time, Superman appeared in Action Comics, Adventure Comics, Jimmy Olsen , Lois Lane ,Superboy, Superman and World's Finest Comics (co-starring with Batman & Robin) and appeared as a member in Justice League of America.
voicemaster71 The first time I ever saw these cartoons of both Superman and Superboy was when I was 11 years old.At the time, it was on the Bozo Show on WGN around 1983 I believe it was. Anyway, I liked the character designs. I felt the Superman characters fit the look designed by Curt Swan, the definitive Superman artist of the Silver Age. Well, I did my research and found out about when it originally aired and what format it was in. But for me, I remember the Bozo Show airing Batman on Mondays and Thursdays, Superman on Tuesdays and Fridays, and Superboy on Wednesdays. I never really cared for Bozo the Clown or the like. Heck the only reason I watched it was just to see these Filmation cartoon shorts of the World's Finest.Bud Collyer did a super job as his dual voices of Superman and Clark Kent, but unlike the 40's Fleisher cartoon classics, Collyer has more speaking lines as Superman since the Man of Steel was mostly silent in the 40's shows. And I was just given a surprise to learn that Joan Alexander wasn't the only voice over for Lois Lane. (Read the trivia above the comment line). In comparison, I liked the Superman shows over the Superboy shows, though Superboy can be fun. Animation wise, the shows suck by today's standards. But I loved the character designs and voice overs not to mention the awesome musical scores. These cartoons helped me pick up and read some Superman comics from the 50's and 60's and enabled me to hear the voices of Bud Collyer and Joan Alexander in my mind.If you love the Silver Age Superman, I highly recommend this series and I really wish WB would consider releasing these shows on DVD along with the other DC titles by Filmation. And yes, Superboy too.
lotsafun Listen to Stu from Australia! Stu is absolutely right! This was fun! I loved these cartoons! I loved the Superboy cartoons that were shown along with the New Adventures of Superman too. The Aquaman cartoons featured along with Superman also rocked! Aquaman was at his best and kicked serious butt in those cartoons. It was all extremely exciting stuff and a blast to watch when I was a kid. The voice artists were superb and there was great music too. The pacing of the adventures was fast and thrilling. There was never a dull moment. I'd love to see these again. I'd buy them immediately if they were on DVD. Put 'em out on DVD somebody!