365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 168: DC Radio/TV/Movie Comics House Ads Week, Day 2: You will believe a man can Fleischer

House ad for the Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios Superman cartoon series (1941-1943), printed in World's Finest Comics #7 (Autumn 1942), pencils and inks by Fred Ray. This image has been stitched together from two different sources in an attempt to provide a cleaner, fuller image.


House ad in Superman #19 (November-December 1942), pencils and inks by Fred Ray.


House ad in Superman #16 (May-June 1942)


Theatre lobby card for the Fleischer and Famous Superman cartoon series (1941-1943)
Here's some of the title cards for the Fleischer/Famous Superman cartoons. To amuse you and to eat up my bandwidth, I've turned some of them into animated gifs!












Hey, did you notice the "Superman" logo on the title card?



It's similar to, but at the same time dramatically different than, the logo used on the comic books of that period:



It's from a different angle, and note the rounded corners of some of the letters. In fact, the Superman comic book would not introduce a rounded letter "U" until Superman #386...in 1983!



So, what are you waiting for? Go watch a Fleischer Brothers or Famous Studios Superman cartoon right now! And sing along with me to the words of the Superman Theme Song!:

Superman, Superman
Superman, Superman, Superman!
Superman, Superman
Superman, Superman, Superman!
Da da da da da da
Dahhhhhhhhh
Da da da da da da
Da da da da da
Da da da da da
Da da da da da
Da da da da da da!
Superman, Superman
Superman, Superman, Superman
Superman, Superman, Superman!


Oh, the heck with it...why not watch all of them?