Title: Ruby Spears Superman Cartoon Post by: Super Monkey on April 07, 2007, 10:43:26 PM I wish this series was on DVD, until then check these videos out:
BTW, the series was based on Pre-Crisis Superman comics (somewhat), not Post-Crisis like some people mistakenly believe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF9b92-T1jM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr9BEi9zM88 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBf5E4n0hFs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3elVP61Mwho Title: Re: Ruby Spears Superman Cartoon Post by: Uncle Mxy on April 08, 2007, 11:56:31 AM I wish more of the Ruby-Spears oldies were out on DVD. Besides Superman, there was Thundarr, and even Plastic Man holds some small perverse appeal.
Title: Re: Ruby Spears Superman Cartoon Post by: Michel Weisnor on April 08, 2007, 01:51:46 PM Fantastic!
Marv Wolfman wrote The Adoption! According to tv.com, Superman 1988 was a celebration of 50 years of Superman and only 13 episodes aired. I wonder who owns the rights? Super Monkey, thanks for posting. I'm always on the lookout for 1960-1980 superhero cartoons. Title: Re: Ruby Spears Superman Cartoon Post by: Ruby Spears Superman on April 08, 2007, 04:41:10 PM This is my favorite version of Superman! I wish the comics were like this! (hence the reason why I named myself after it) Is the reason it's not out on DVD becasue of the Superboy lawsuit?
Title: Re: Ruby Spears Superman Cartoon Post by: Super Monkey on April 08, 2007, 05:19:34 PM I started this thread because of your name :)
Welcome to the boards! Title: Re: Ruby Spears Superman Cartoon Post by: Gangbuster on April 09, 2007, 01:09:29 PM These are the first Superman cartoons I ever saw...of course, as a kindergartner I didn't realize it was Superman's 50th birthday. We watched Superfriends every afternoon, and the Superboy tv show came on saturdays... :)
I really hope that all of Superman's animated catalog eventually comes out on DVD. However, it took 65 years for the Fleischer cartoons to be restored and get a proper home video release. Maybe we'll have to wait until the Ruby Spears catalog is in public domain and the Unknown Bryan Singer of 4500 A.D. makes a movie. Title: Re: Ruby Spears Superman Cartoon Post by: MatterEaterLad on April 09, 2007, 02:11:24 PM I was 27 years old in 1988, so I completely missed these cartoons, but I like what they look like.
What network did they run on? Title: Re: Ruby Spears Superman Cartoon Post by: Johnny Nevada on April 09, 2007, 07:08:14 PM I always assumed this series was meant to show a more post-Crisis-ish Superman (given it's the first animated series made after Byrne's reboot, and the Superman-Photo-Album flashbacks seemed more post-Crisis than pre-Crisis in tone to me [no Superboy])... though I haven't seen it in years.
The series ran for one season only on CBS in 1988-89. Title: Re: Ruby Spears Superman Cartoon Post by: Super Monkey on April 09, 2007, 08:20:18 PM I always assumed this series was meant to show a more post-Crisis-ish Superman (given it's the first animated series made after Byrne's reboot, and the Superman-Photo-Album flashbacks seemed more post-Crisis than pre-Crisis in tone to me [no Superboy])... though I haven't seen it in years. The series ran for one season only on CBS in 1988-89. Not really the Byrne S.I.N.O didn't have any powers growing up and was born on Earth NOT Krypton. Clearly that is not the case here. The film version had a bigger impact on this series than his Man of Steel comics Title: Re: Ruby Spears Superman Cartoon Post by: Ruby Spears Superman on April 11, 2007, 09:19:46 PM Thanks for posting this forum!
Title: Re: Ruby Spears Superman Cartoon Post by: Superman of America on April 13, 2007, 11:46:48 PM It was a combo of Pre-Crisis, Post-Crisis, & Movie Superman. The Pre-Crisis elements like Clark was never a high-school football player but Lex was the Donald Trump Post-Crisis version of himself. Lex had a female sidekick/secretary similar to Ms. Tessmarker from the movies(though I prefer that amazon Mercy,Wooza!!). My favorite episode was the team-up with Wonder Woman. Was the Ruby-Spears Superman able to breath in space? I just can't remember...
Title: Re: Ruby Spears Superman Cartoon Post by: thomas on June 06, 2007, 06:39:17 PM The most Byrne-ish thing about the series (to my admittedly hazy recollection) was the business man Luthor.
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