{"id":34526,"date":"2023-03-09T02:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T07:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=34526"},"modified":"2023-03-09T02:55:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T07:55:00","slug":"vids-newly-remastered-max-fleischers-superman-1941-1943-comes-to-digital-blu-ray-on-5-16-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=34526","title":{"rendered":"Vids: Newly-Remastered “Max Fleischer’s Superman 1941-1943” comes to Digital & Blu-ray on 5\/16\/23"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warner Bros. Discovery has meticulously \"\"<\/a>remastered Max Fleischer\u2019s treasured set of 17 animated Superman shorts from the original 35mm source elements. Max Fleischer\u2019s Superman 1941-1943 will be available to purchase Digitally on HD and on Blu-ray May 16, 2023.<\/p>\n

Superman made his comic book debut in 1938, appearing in Action Comics #1 (dated June 1938, but officially published on April 18, 1938), and the Man of Steel\u2019s popularity grew with his subsequent radio program. Max Fleischer gave the world\u2019s first Super Hero his initial animated spotlight, producing 17 theatrical animated shorts from September 1941 to July 1943 that further elevated the character\u2019s profile, and added many significant aspects to his canon \u2013 including coining many of Superman\u2019s patented catchphrases and attributes.<\/p>\n

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Warner Bros. Discovery\u2019s advanced remastering process began with a 4K, 16-bit scan of Fleischer\u2019s original 35mm successive exposure negative. Staying true to the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.37-to-1, the highest quality raw image was then scanned and then entered into the recombine process \u2013 utilizing special proprietary software to merge the successive exposure Technicolor negatives into a single RGB color image. The end result are pristine animated shorts that have been restored to the animators\u2019 originally intended production quality.<\/p>\n

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Well known radio actors Clayton \u201cBud\u201d Collyer and Joan Alexander reprised their famed The Adventures of Superman radio show roles for the Fleischer\/Famous Studios animated shorts as Superman\/ Clark Kent and Lois Lane, respectively. Jackson Beck provided the voice of Perry White and the show\u2019s primary narrator. Additional voices, many of whom had participated in the Superman radio program, were provided by Jack Mercer, Grant Richards, Julian Noa, Lee Royce, Max Smith, Sam Parker and Carl Meyer.<\/p>\n

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Max Fleischer\u2019s Superman 1941-1943 will be available on May 16, 2023 to purchase Digitally in HD from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu and more, and on Blu-ray at major retailers both online and in-store.<\/p>\n

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