The New Adventures of Superman: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The New Adventures of Superman was an animated series that premiered on September 10, 1966. The series was produced by Filmation Associates and ran for three seasons. It was based on the popular Superman comics created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series focuses on the adventures of Superman an incredibly powerful superhero from the planet Krypton who defends Earth from all sorts of dangers. Superman's secret identity is Clark Kent a mild-mannered reporter for the newspaper "The Daily Planet". There Superman worked under newspaper editor Perry White with fellow reporter Louis Lane and photographer Jimmy Olsen. The first season of the series ran from 1966 to 1967 under the title The New Adventures of Superman and featured two six minute Superman cartoons with one six minute Superboy cartoon played between them. Thirty-six Superman shorts and eighteen Superboy shorts were produced.

Series details

• Title: The New Adventures of Superman
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Action, Adventure, Children
• Premiere date: 1966-09-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 1968-11-02
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 7076
• TVDB ID: 71451

Cast and credited roles

• Bud Collyer — Clark Kent / Superman

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1966-09-10; final listed air date 1967-01-07; episode order: 36.
• Season 2: premiered 1967-09-09; final listed air date 1967-10-28; episode order: 16.
• Season 3: premiered 1968-09-14; final listed air date 1968-11-02; episode order: 16.

Source and licence

Adapted from The New Adventures of Superman on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.