Warner Bros. Discovery has remastered Max Fleischer’s animated Superman short film series and will be releasing them digitally on HD and Blu-ray next month. Out on May 16, 2023, Max Fleischer’s ...

Warner Bros. Discovery announced yesterday that they have meticulously remastered Max Fleischer’s beloved animated Superman shorts from the original 35mm source elements, and will release them in high ...

The studio behind the popular 1940s shorts is trying its hand at restoring (and preserving) these important pieces of superhero media. Reading time 2 minutes Superman’s taken on many animated forms ...

Almost since Superman first debuted in 1938's Action Comics #1, he's been adapted into other media. And some of the most famous early adaptations of Superman come from legendary animator Max Fleischer ...

Max Fleischer's landmark 1941 short was the first superhero adaptation to earn an Academy Award nomination. The character of Superman first appeared in Action Comics No. 1 (1938), and his initial ...

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The Max Fleischer Superman cartoons stand among some of the most influential superhero media of all time. Not only did they originate a style that would influence Bruce Timm and others many decades ...

Thanks to vintage cartoons from the 1920s and 1930s, many a young person has gotten their first taste of Dixieland, jazz and swing without even realizing it. This was no more so the case than with the ...

Did you know songwriter E.Y. “Yip” Harburg (lyricist of The Wizard of Oz, Gay Purr-ee and much else) wrote material for the Max Fleischer studio? Neither did I. Harburg historian Nick Markovich of The ...

Observers of pop culture weary of the controversies surrounding Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of “Snow White” can seek some reprieve by going back to the source. No, not the studio’s ...