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While doing a recent article about All-Might being anime Superman I came upon an intro for the Japanese dub of Filmation’s The New Adventures Of Superman. Of course I already did the original in a previous installment, and if I had found other Superman shows with Japanese intros I probably wouldn’t have done this article. Even when I did the Transformers intros I stuck to the native country because running so many intros for every country would be a lot of work.
So why make the exception here? Because this is the only Japanese show intro for Superman I could find outside of fan works, and it has original animation. I found out Batman and Scooby-Doo also have intros so I may cover those in their respective article series. Right now, however, it’s Superman.
Filmation did bring a few of their shows to Japan, just as Japanese studios allowed or brought their work to the US. It’s an exchange of ideas, and for Japanese people at the time probably their first exposure to America’s greatest superhero. (Not to be confused with The Greatest American Hero, which was also a superhero.) So what changes did they bring? An original intro and original animation on top of the Filmation clips. Check this out.
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“Look, they retconned mom back to life again!”
Jonny Quest Free Comic Book Day
Dynamite Entertainment (2024)
Three comic previews. In addition to the title one.
“Jonny Quest #0″
WRITER: Joe Casey | ARTIST: Sebastián Piriz | COLORIST: Lorenzo Scaramella | LETTERER: Taylor Eposito | EDITOR: Matt Idelson
“ThunderCats #1”
WRITER: Declan Shalvey | ARTIST: Drew Moss | COLORISTS: Chiara Di Francia & Martina Pignedoli | LETTERER: Jeff Eckleberry | EDITOR: Nate Crosby
“Space Ghost #1”
WRITER: David Pepose | ARTIST: Jonathan Lau | COLORIST: Andrew Dalhouse | LETTERER: Taylor Esposito | EDITOR: Joseph Rybrandt
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It’s not just the change in physical appearance, though making Deathstroke (who isn’t even a Superman villain usually) into a pretty boy is a sin and Steel’s exosuit isn’t as cool to me as the armor in the comics, but that outside of Clark and his Earth parents, nothing is recognizable in appearance or personality from what I’ve seen for decades as a DC fan in general and Superman specifically. Had this been the anime style adventures of Spaceman and a bunch of new characters I’d probably totally be into this show, but when you try to tell me this is Superman and friends (and enemies) I have such a disconnect from it mentally that I just can’t get into it.
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Chapter By Chapter (usually) features me reading one chapter of the selected book at a time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as a read-along book club.
The last five chapters to go. Last time Kirk’s date…didn’t go well. The question is was he left to die or is his date getting help?
As an article writer it’s always the last few chapters I have issues with. I don’t want to spoil anything for someone who just showed up, I already talked about any related subjects to death, and I don’t know what to talk about next. So I’m just going to jump into this, even though it makes the homepage post look a bit weak. Hopefully if you’re here you’ve already come this far, but if you’re new, this is a good book and worth checking out and reading along. I’m hoping that sometime I’ll pick a book people have read and want to discuss a chapter at a time with me, but for now, let’s see what’s happening at Sendet’s trial.
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The Strangers #5
Malibu Comics/Ultraverse (October, 1993)
“Dynamic Tension”
WRITER: Steve Englehart
PENCILER: Rick Hoberg
INKER: Tim Burgard
COLORIST: Rick Schmidt and Foodhammer
LETTERER: Dave Lanphear
EDITOR: Chris Ulm
