Fleischer Studios' Superman

The Fleischer Superman cartoons are a series of seventeen animated short films released in Technicolor by Paramount Pictures and based upon the comic book character Superman, making them his first animated appearance. They were originally produced by Fleischer Studios, which completed the initial short and eight further cartoons in 1941 and 1942. Production was resumed in May 1942 by Famous Studios, a successor company to Fleischer, which produced eight more cartoons in 1942 and 1943. Superman was the final animated series initiated by Fleischer Studios, before Famous Studios officially took over production. The first short, "Superman" (1941), alternatively known as "The Mad Scientist" would be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short of 1941. All the shorts fell into the public domain when DC Comics (then known as National Comics) failed to renew the copyrights for the shorts. List of shorts: Superman (1941) - alternatively known as "The Mad Scientist", Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Short of 1941 The Mechanical Monsters (1941) Billion Dollar Limited (1942) The Arctic Giant (1942) The Bulleteers (1942) The Magnetic Telescope (1942) Electric Earthquake (1942) Volcano (1942) Terror on the Midway (1942) Japoteurs (1942) Showdown (1942) Eleventh Hour (1942) Destruction, Inc. (1942) The Mummy Strikes (1943) Jungle Drums (1943) The Underground World (1943) Secret Agent (1943) The shorts were originally produced by Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios and were originally distributed by Paramount Pictures, but are all in the public domain, meaning that they are free to use and distribute. Creator: Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios, Paramount Pictures. Rights: Public domain.