Warner Brothers has released all 36 shorts from the first 18-episode season. Each half hour would include two Superman shorts with a Superboy short in between. What are not included are the Superboy shorts, or any of the second season episodes. The Superboy episodes are held up in legal matters between Warner and Jerry Siegel's estate. Hopefully, we will get to see those other shorts at some point.
Audio/Video. The episodes are presented in their original aspect ratio and a remixed 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack. It is not perfect, but they look very good considering the age of the shows. The colors are crisp, and they sound good. No room to complain here!
Extras. The lone extra is a 15 minute featurette called "Superman in '66." It features interviews with Mark Waid (a writer for DC), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), and others on how the show was adapted and the impact it had.
Bottom line. This is a nice set — not one that I feel I will watch very often, but it is definitely a treasure of animation history, and the shows are still a lot of fun. They are definitely an outgrowth of the the old radio show, but did a nice job bringing Big Blue to the small screen and helped bring us those Saturday morning cartoons of our youth.
Recommended.
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