Superman - The Bulleteers (1942)

Animation : Action : English Superman animated cartoons are from a series of seventeen animated Technicolor short films released by Paramount Pictures and based upon the comic book character Superman.These cartoons are seen as some of the finest, and certainly the most lavishly budgeted, animated cartoons produced during The Golden Age of American animation. In 1994, the series was voted #33 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.These cartoons are responsible for laregly shaping much of the pop culture Superman we know today.For example:The Fleischer cartoons are said to be responsible for Superman being able to fly.When they started work on the series, Superman could only leap from place to place as per the comic (hence "Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound" in the opening)... but they deemed it as "silly looking" after seeing it animated and decided to have him fly instead. It caught on."Its a Bird, its a Plane, its Superman!" was coined in the first episode (Superman - The Mad Scientists) in 1941.The first seven cartoons originated the classic opening line :"Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!"The final Fleischer-produced cartoon and first two of the nine Famous Studios-produced cartoons, the opening was changed to:"Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to soar higher than any plane!".The remaining from Famous Studios have the opening line of:"Faster than a streak of lightning! More powerful than the pounding surf! Mightier than a roaring hurricane!"

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