#Superman on Television

[kevinpsb00]

That Wink

[gameraboy2]

Adventures of Superman (1952), "A Night of Terror"

[midge-maisell]

David Corenswet on Manly Things (Sort Of)  x

[superectojazzmage]

My Adventures With Superman is honestly a really impressively good example of how you can make an adaptation radically different and new while still doing justice to the source material by just approaching said source from a place of love and respect. The show is unabashedly and upfrontly meant to be a very explorative and experimental take on Superman that does the classic premise in new ways, revamped for another time and medium.

So many of the characters, designs, aesthetics, and world feel so extremely unfamiliar and unlike “traditional” Superman. But it still FEELS like Superman. The core, the spirit, the SOUL is absolutely and unmistakably there. The characters are all incredibly in-character and instantly recognizable. The plotting and writing feels straight off the page of the comic.

Even with major reinventions, this is so obviously and clearly Superman. Not some hoary “deconstruction” or obnoxiously self-aware “parody”, it’s just unabashedly honest-to-God played absolutely straight Superman. Even through all the changes, it’s that same classic, undistilled, nostalgic vibe of a Superman comic with Clark as a lovable, goofy guy with powers trying to be an example to the world, fighting crazy bad guys, helping old ladies across the street, and winking to the reader after Lois and Jimmy fail to see through his disguise yet again before cringing because Perry yelled at him for calling Perry “chief” again.

Hot, overeager tomboy Lois Lane is a bit different from usual but she’s so clearly still that same gorgeous would-be star reporter that every Superman falls in love with. Jimmy has been reimagines as kooky conspiracy buff, but he’s still ultimately Superman’s Pal who gets into wacky situations by virtue of being Superman’s Pal. Perry, Lombard, Ronnie, and Cat are all very different from the comics superficially — hell, Ronnie has had his gender flipped — but they are all still instantly recognizable as the same eccentric bunch of newsfolk they were there. Livewire and the Intergang members are all totally changed but at their center, they’re the same; same powers and gimmicks, etc.. Dr. Ivo is now a douchey techbro and yet he’s still fulfilling the very same role he does in the comics as a self-centered mad scientist who creates things that spiral beyond his control. Even Parasite, the most radically altered of all to the point of no longer being sentient, is still identifiable as his core concept of a monster that feeds on the lifeforce of others and becomes more powerful as he does, while also weakening when he can’t do so.

I really, really like it. It’s a wonderfully imaginative and well-put-together take on a very old series that really brings the concept into the modern age in a way that hasn’t really been done successfully outside the comics since the DCAU back in the 90s and early 2000s. People writing Superman or just superhero fiction in general should absolutely take notes from this show.

[superheroes-or-whatever]

Steel in My Adventures with Superman

[gunwildversuseverything]

Nice Vicki Vale clipping, NERD.

[kryptonbabe]

From I Love Lucy S6E13 - Lucy and Superman (1957).

One of the reasons I love this I Love Lucy episode is because at no point Superman is called "the actor who plays Superman" or "George Reeves", which means he is actually Superman in the universe of Lucy, which means I Love Lucy is part of the DC multiverse.

[demifiendrsa]

My Adventures with Superman | SEASON 2 TRAILER

Season 2 of My Adventures with Superman will premiere on Adult Swim on May 25, 2024 at Midnight (effectively May 26, 2024), followed by streaming on Max the next day.

Poster

[gender-luster]

no moment in dc media ever will top superman speed stealing the guns from the task force x goons and them just sadly going "aww! damnit, superman!"

[arguablysomaya]

just gonna leave this here.

[browsethestacks]

Cartoon Nation

Art by Mike DeCarlo

From ha.com...

Mike began at DC in the 1980s, and has worked on The Simpsons, Cartoon Network, and other animation-based comic books. This commissioned piece features Batman, Superman, Animaniacs, Homer and Bart Simpson, Fred Flintstone, Powerpuff Girls, Scooby-Doo and Shaggy, Daffy Duck, and Bugs Bunny, who is signing an autograph for Bubbles (this would have been Bugs' 75th birthday year).

[retrotariotr]

The Adventures of Superman

[gameraboy2]

The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977)

[midge-maisell]

David Corenswet on Manly Things (Sort Of)  x

[cinelestial]

James Gunn’s SUPERMAN Trailer Records:

✅ Over 250M views across all platforms

✅ Highest social media impressions for a Warner Bros and DC trailer ever.

✅ 3rd most viewed trailer on DC’s YouTube (over 28 million views in the first day alone)

[superheroes-or-whatever]

Unused possessed Superman character designs by Kris Anka