Superman (1988– )

The Man of Steel fights evil in the city of Metropolis and beyond

Stars:

Beau Weaver, Ginny McSwain, Mark L. Taylor

Cast

Series cast summary:
Beau Weaver	...	Clark Kent (13 episodes, 1988)
Ginny McSwain	...	Lois Lane (13 episodes, 1988)
Mark L. Taylor	...	Jimmy Olsen (13 episodes, 1988)
Tress MacNeille	...	Martha Kent (13 episodes, 1988)
Stanley Ralph Ross	...	Perry White (11 episodes, 1988)
Alan Oppenheimer	...	Jonathan Kent (9 episodes, 1988)
Michael Bell	...	Lex Luthor (7 episodes, 1988)
Lynne Marie Stewart	...	Jessica Morganberry (6 episodes, 1988)

Storyline

This series, the first since the character's overhaul revision in the comics by John Byrne, shows the adventures of the Man of Steel as he fights villains like the evil head of the mega-corporation Lexcorp, Lex Luthor. In addition, we see the adventures of Clark as a boy in Smallville and all the mischief he causes with his powers.

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Plot Keywords:

dc comics | based on comic | superhero | character name in title

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Ruby-Spears Superman

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ruby-Spears Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (13 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This series is the first other media adaptation of Superman that takes partially into account the major revisions to the character by comics artist/writer, John Byrne in his 1986 relaunch. The most notable elements used are that Clark is no longer Superboy in his youth and Lex Luthor is a villainous business owner armed with a kryptonite ring to ward off Superman.

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Quotes

Cyrene: Fasten your seatbelts... I've never been so humiliated in my life!

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Connections

Referenced in Tiny Toon Adventures: Cinemaniacs! (1990)

User Reviews

Up, up, and away...

I was lucky to find the whole season of this wonderful series. This is one of if not the best Superman cartoon ever. Before Bruce Timm's work there was Ruby Spears and this Superman series. The series uses the song from the Salkind and Donner directed movie which is great because it's one of those memorable themes in pop culture. Don't know why they didn't use it for Superman: The Animated Series. Wonder Woman makes an appearance in the series too and it's great how they bring about Lois Lane's jealousy towards the Amazon. When watching this it's almost as if a comic has come to life and started moving on screen, this may have to do with some comic book people being on the staff of the series, one to mention is Marv Wolfman. Each episode ended with a look into a young Clark's life, but it's more of Superboy's life than Superman's cause in these segments baby Clark is already flying. Too bad not too many people remember this series, if you ever get a chance to watch it, do, cause it's worth it.