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Blasts From The Past
'' Superman: The Animated Series'' is an American television series based on the DC Comics superhero Superman, which was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and originally aired on The WB from 1996 to 2000; lasting 54 episodes. The series is part of what has become known as the DC Animated Universe and was the first after the acclaimed '' Batman: The Animated Series''. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1996–97) All episodes of season one except the first five and last two were shown out of production order when originally aired. Season 2 (1997–98) Episodes of season two originally aired Saturday mornings prior to ''The New Batman/Superman Adventures''. Season 3 (1998–1999) Episodes originally aired in the Kids WB! block of '' The New Batman/Superman Adventures''. Season 4 (1999–2000) Episodes originally aired in the Kids WB! block of '' The New Batman/Superman Adventures''. Crossovers References {{Supergirl Episodes Superman television series ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Animated Series
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lois Lane
Lois Lane is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, she first appeared in ''Action Comics'' #1 (June 1938). Lois is an award-winning journalist for the Metropolis newspaper the ''Daily Planet'' and the primary love interest of the superhero Superman and his alter ego, Clark Kent. In DC continuity, she is also his wife and the mother of their son, Jon Kent, the newest Superboy in the DC Universe. Lois' physical appearance was originally based on Joanne Carter, a model hired by Joe Shuster. For her character, Jerry Siegel was inspired by actress Glenda Farrell's portrayal of the fictional reporter Torchy Blane in a series of films. Siegel took her name from actress Lola Lane. She was also influenced by the real-life journalist Nellie Bly. Depictions of the character have varied spanning the comics and other media adaptations. The original Golden Age version of Lois Lane, as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Goodman
Robert O. Goodman (born 30 November 1956) is a former United States Navy bombardier–navigator. He was shot down in his A-6 Intruder over Lebanon on 4 December 1983. Captured upon ejection from his stricken plane, he was held captive for 30 days. His release on 3 January 1984 was facilitated by Jesse Jackson. Background In October 1983, aircraft carrier was diverted to Beirut, Lebanon, from her planned Indian Ocean deployment, after the Beirut barracks bombing killed 241 US military personnel of the Multinational Force in Lebanon. The ship spent the rest of that year and early 1984 patrolling the region. On 4 December, in response to two U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft having been fired upon the previous day, ten A-6 Intruders of VA-85 ''Black Falcons'' along with A-6 and A-7 Corsair aircraft from USS ''Independence'' (CV-62) took part in a bombing raid over Beirut. Capture While on a bombing mission, the two-man crew from VA-85 was hit by an infrared homing missil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kryptonite
Kryptonite is a fictional material that appears primarily in Superman stories published by DC Comics. In its best-known form, it is a green, crystalline material originating from Superman's home world of Krypton that emits a unique, poisonous radiation that can weaken and even kill Kryptonians. Kryptonite radiation can emit through any element except lead. Thus, Superman has a special lead suit to protect himself from the radiation. There are other varieties of Kryptonite, such as red and gold Kryptonite, which have different but still generally negative effects. Due to Superman's popularity, ''Kryptonite'' has become a byword for an extraordinary exploitable weakness, synonymous with "Achilles' heel". Batman, Lex Luthor, Metallo, and Titano are four notable characters often presented as using Kryptonite — the first carrying the substance as a last-ditch method to stop his ally Superman if he is subject to mind control or otherwise compromised, the next two using the mineral t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshihiko Masuda
Toshihiko is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Toshihiko can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples: *敏彦, "agile, elegant boy" *敏比古, "agile, young man (archaic)" *俊彦, "talented, elegant boy" *俊比古, "talented, young man (archaic)" *利彦, "benefit, elegant boy" *利比古, "benefit, young man (archaic)" *年彦, "year, elegant boy" *年比古, "year, young man (archaic)" *寿彦, "long life, elegant boy" *寿比古, "long life, young man (archaic)" The name can also be written in hiragana としひこ or katakana トシヒコ. Notable people with the name *Toshihiko Fukui (福井 俊彦, born 1935), Japanese economist and banker. *Toshihiko Horiyama (堀山 俊彦), Japanese video game composer. *Toshihiko Itokawa (糸川 敏彦, born 1974), Japanese speed skater. * Toshihiko Iwasaki (岩崎 利彦, born 1967), Japanese hurdler. *Toshihiko Izutsu (井筒 俊彦, 1914–1993), Japanese academic and writer. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyman
The Toyman is the name of three supervillains and one adolescent superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, mostly as an adversary for Superman. The most well-known incarnation of the Toyman is Winslow Percival Schott, a criminal who uses toy-based or toy-themed devices and gimmicks in his various crimes. The Toyman made frequent appearances in the Golden Age comics, but has appeared infrequently in ''Superman'' stories since then. In the succeeding years, Jack Nimball briefly took up the mantle after Schott retired while Hiro Okamura uses the name while operating as a superhero despite Schott coming out of retirement by then. Schott, Nimball, and Okamura have made several appearances in DC-related media, with Schott appearing in television series set in the DC Animated Universe, in which he is voiced by Bud Cort, and the live-action television series ''Smallville'', portrayed by Chris Gauthier. Additionally, Schott along with his son and series original character W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno "Ugly" Mannheim
Bruno "Ugly" Mannheim is a supervillain appearing American comic books published by DC Comics. He is an Intergang crime boss who is the son of Moxie Mannheim and one of Superman's enemies. Publication history The character first appeared in '' Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen'' #139 (July 1971) and was created by Jack Kirby. Fictional character biography Pre-Crisis Bruno Mannheim is a member of Intergang working under the clone of Morgan Edge. He is also the son of Moxie "Boss" Mannheim. Mannheim and his minions kidnap Guardian, Goody Rickels, and the Newsboy Legion and has them eat a meal laced with pyro-granulate. After letting them go, Bruno states that they will burn up in 24 hours. Guardian forced Bruno Mannheim into giving up the antidote for the pyro-granulate enabling him to save himself, Jimmy Olsen, and Goody Rickels as wells as the Newsboy Legion. Post-Crisis In the ''Post-Crisis'', Bruno Mannheim is a member of Intergang. While Superman was dealing with a storm, Mannhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marty Isenberg
Martin Elliot Isenberg (born 1963) is an American animation screenwriter, writer. He is best known for his role as co-story editor on ''Beast Machines'' and ''Transformers: Animated'', and for his work on the 2003 ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' series. He also wrote or co-wrote scripts for ''Ben 10'', ''Danny Phantom'', ''Gargoyles (TV series), Gargoyles'', ''Batman: The Animated Series'', ''Action Man (2000 TV series), Action Man'', ''Beetlejuice (TV series), Beetlejuice'', ''The Mask: Animated Series, The Mask'', ''G.I. Joe: Renegades'', ''X-Men: The Animated Series'' and ''Spider-Man (1994 TV series), Spider-Man: The Animated Series''. From 1991-2003, he frequently collaborated with Robert N. Skir. Personal life Isenberg grew up in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science in speech and won the Agnes Nixon Playwriting Award for a full length play that year. He later grad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert N
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhide Tomonaga
is a Japanese director, animator, storyboarder, and cartoonist. he has worked at Toei Animation, Group TAC, Oh! Production, and TMS Entertainment. He is currently a director at Telecom Animation Film Company (a subsidiary of TMS). He is a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). His style inspired another famous animator, . He is best known for his work on the ''Lupin the Third'' franchise; other works he is known for include ''Galaxy Express 999'', '' Castle in the Sky'', '' Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland'', ''Mazinger Z'', ''Space Battleship Yamato'', ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', '' Batman: The Animated Series, Animaniacs, Sonic X, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, ''the intro to ''Inspector Gadget, ''and the video game ''Kingdom Hearts.'' Biography After graduating high school, he spent six months in Osaka working as a salaryman before moving to Tokyo. Career Tomonaga made his start in animation in 1972 with the animated adaption of Devil Man. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Adventures Of Superman
''The New Adventures of Superman'' is a half-hour series of six-minute animated Superman adventures produced by Filmation that were broadcast Saturday mornings on CBS from September 10, 1966, to September 5, 1970. The 68 segments appeared as part of three different programs during that time, packaged with similar shorts featuring '' The Adventures of Superboy'' and other DC Comics superheroes. History These adventures were the first time that Superman (and his guise of Clark Kent), Lois Lane and Perry White had been seen in animated form since the Fleischer brothers had immortalized them in the Superman short films of the 1940s. The first TV series produced by Filmation Associates, ''The New Adventures of Superman'' was extremely popular in its Saturday morning time slot and employed the services of several DC Comics writers including George Kashdan, Leo Dorfman and Bob Haney. Many of the character designs (later based upon the artwork of Superman artist Curt Swan in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Television Network
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, California, on Riverside Drive, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network's secondary offices, and headquarters of its news division, are in New York City, at its broadcast center at 77 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. It is the fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world and the youngest of the American Big Three television networks. The network is sometimes referred to as the Alphabet Network, as its initialism also represents the first three letters of the Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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