Showing posts with label Superhero TV shows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Superhero TV shows. Show all posts

Marvel Superheroes 'toon finally coming to DVD in U.S.?

Will the 1960s Marvel Superheroes series finally be making it's way to DVD in the U.S.?

This is a step in the right direction: Liberation Entertainment Ltd. has signed a deal with Consumer Products to release Marvel animated programs over here.

Jetix has released a number of Marvel-based 'toons on DVD overseas, including DVD sets compiling the Marvel Superheroes show. Here's a look at what Jetix has released in the U.K.

Here's what the press release on the Liberation/Jetix deal says:

The deal gives Liberation Entertainment exclusive DVD distribution rights for popular Marvel character based animated series including Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men, The Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer and Spider Woman.

Jay Boberg, Liberation Chairman commented: "This deal expands our relationship with Jetix and continues to build Liberation’s ongoing partnership with Marvel. Liberation has already acquired DVD distribution and television sales rights outside the US to Marvel’s new animated Wolverine and the X-Men TV series, and as a result of this deal we will be able to bring the “crown jewels” in Marvel’s animated TV series - including Spider-Man and The Hulk to new audiences, as well as long-time fans. Aggregating these new and classic Super Hero animations will give us leverage in the marketplace to maximize sales.”

Spencer Pollard, Managing Director of Liberation Entertainment commented, “This catalogue represents a huge opportunity for Liberation and I am delighted that we have secured the distribution rights from Jetix Consumer Products. The catalogue has enormous potential – many people grew up with the original Spider-Man series as well as the rest of the catalogue and we believe it is hugely collectable, which will interest both children and adults alike”

DVD compiles Filmation's DC Superhero 'toons

Filmation's Batman, Superman and Aquaman TV series are all out on DVD, now, but those aren't the only the only DC Comics' characters the studio animated. Also featured on the 1960s "Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure" were shorts starring an entire roster of other DC stars.

Those 'toons will be featured on a new DVD, "Super-Heroes: The Filmation Adventures," due out from Warner Home Video in August.

Here's a look at the cover art.

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And, from the Big Cartoon Database, here are the adventures that will likely be included:

The Atom:
Invasion Of The Beetle-Men
The Plant Master
The House Of Doom

The Flash:
The Chemo-Creature
Take A Giant Step
To Catch A Blue Bolt

Green Lantern:
Evil is as Evil Does
The Vanishing World
Sirena, Empress Of Evil

Hawkman:
Peril from Pluto
A Visit To Venus
The Twenty Third Dimension

Justice League of America (Atom, Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Superman):
Between Two Armies
Target Earth
Bad Day On Black Mountain

Teen Titans (Aqualad, Kid Flash, Speedy, Wonder Girl):
The Monster Machine
The Space Beast Round-Up
Operation: Rescue

UPDATED: I'd speculated that three Superboy 'toons Filmation did might be included on this set as well. As Andy Mengels reports in his comment below, they won't. From what Andy says, those shorts aired with the original Filmation Superman series. But they weren't included on the DVD collection for that show. Since they won't appear on this new collection either, it looks like WB Home Video has no intention of releasing them, most likely due to the Phantom Zone status of Superboy, due to legal wranglings between Warner/CD and the estates of Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

Legion of Superheroes 'toon is ending, new Batman series on the way

This will be the last season for the CW's "Legion of Superheroes" cartoon, World's Finest reports.

There are four episodes left. Two will air over the next two weeks, with a two-part series finale yet to be scheduled.

Meanwhile, Warner Bros. Animation is currently working on a new animated Batman team-up series and a number of direct-to-video movies.

Black Canary visits "Smallville"

Actress Alaina Huffman plays Black Canary on the Feb. 7 episode of "Smallville."



Here a synopsis:

"While secretly working for Oliver (guest-star Justin Hartley), Chloe (Allison Mack) intercepts one of Lex¹s (Michael Rosenbaum) project files, but she is attacked by the Black Canary (guest-star Alaina Huffman), a mystery woman with a subsonic cry. Dinah Lance, Black Canary's alter ego, is a conservative talk show host who is working at the Daily Planet and clashes with Lois (Erica Durance). Lex convinces the Black Canary that the Green Arrow and his team are terrorists so she launches an attack on the Green Arrow and Clark (Tom Welling). Meanwhile, Lois discovers Oliver's secret."

The thing I don't get about "Smallville" is why they keep featuring appearances by costumed, or pseudo-costumed DC heroes, yet, they won't go ahead and put Clark Kent in a cape. Is it all related to the lawsuit over the Superboy character (heirs of Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster are fighting DC Comics for the rights)? Do they think an actual Superman/Superboy series wouldn't work? Or they want to "save" Superman for movies and not TV?

I don't know. But the couple of times I've watched the show I've been bored.