Superman and Great Adventures Vol. 1 (Parents Approved 1991)

Title:  Superman and Great Adventures Vol.1

Manufacturer:  Parents Approved

Part #: 1019

Date:  1991

Titles:
Superman
Underground World
Terror On The Midway

VHSRip NEEDED

Superman (Alpha Video, 1991)

Title:  Superman

Manufacturer: Alpha Home Video

Date: 1991

VHSRip contains the following titles:

Mechanical Monsters
Bulleteers
Volcano

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Superman (Kid Pics 1986)

Title: Superman

Manufacturer: Kid Pics

Part #: KP-1001

Titles:
Superman
Bulleteers
Terror on the Midway
Volcano

VHSRip Needed

Superman (Celebrity Home Video 1992)

Title: Superman

Manufacturer: Celebrity Home Video

Date: 1992

VHSRip of Celebrity Home Entertainment's 1992 VHS release of Fleischer Bros./ Famous Studios SUPERMAN animated shorts...
Contains the folling shorts:

Superman
Japoteurs (boxart mistitling it "Saboteurs", possibly an effort by manufacturer to be P.C. ?)
Mechanical Monsters

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The Mystery of Secret Agent in Black and White

I've owned the below VHS release for nearly 23 years (purchased at Greene's Department Store located in West Union, Ohio at some point during the summer of 1989), and one thing about it has always baffled me...

The technical info on this VHS is this:  It was manufactured by Trans-Atlantic Video in 1988 and it's part number is #13019.  What makes it such an oddity is that it contains a transafer of the short "Secret Agent" (probably one of my favorites of the 17 Fleischer/ Famous shorts) that's in black and white instead of the normal color version, with weird, seemingly homemade title cards at the beginning of the short.  My theory for years has been that this transfer was taken from either a 16mm or Super8 reel made for retail distribution.  Anyone out there hve any info on it?

Superman: The Man of Steel (Horizon Entertainment- 70010, 1994)

Title: Superman: The Man of Steel

Manufacturer:  Horizon Entertainment

Part #: 70010

Date: 1994

Love the box art for this release, nice Curt Swan art swipe for the front.  Release supposedly contains the following titles:

Superman
Billion Dollar Limited
Artic Giant

VHSRip NEEDED

Superman Vol. 2 Kid Video (Hep Cat Entertainment 1989)

Title: Superman Vol. 2 (Kid Video)

Manufacturer:  Hep Cat Entertainment

Date: 1989

This release supposedly contains the following shorts: 
Magnetic Telescope
Jungle Drums
Superman
The Mummy Strikes

This is unconfirmed, though, because the quality of the Metropolis Video Store's copy of the cassette is so poor that a decent digital transfer could not be made.  Anyone possessing said VHS release should feel free to contact us to verify the shorts contained on the cassette, as well as anyone who might be helpful enough provide a digital video file of the cassette's contents.

Contact: metropolisvideo@live.com

VHSRip NEEDED

Superman (Superstar Cartoon Video 1987)

Title:  Superman (Superstar Cartoon Video) Volume II Program 16
Manufacturer: Nippon Industries, Inc.
Date: 1987

This cassette, featuring some cool retro artwork swiped from the original pressbook for the series (see below), and contains the following shorts:

The Japoteurs
Underground World
The Mummy Strikes

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All-Star Cartoons Video (Meta Video, 198?)

Title: All Star Cartoons featuring Superman Vol. 8
Manufacturer: Meta Video
Date: 1980s (?)

VHSRip of All-Star Video's 198? VHS release of three the Fleischer Studio animated Superman shorts "Mad Scientist", "Artic Giant", and "Magnetic Telescope".  After this, we are presented with a Warner Bros. Merry Melody, "A Corny Concerto" directed by Bob Clampett, which is uncredited on the VHS box art.

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Welcome to the Metropolis Video Store

Welcome to the Metropolis Video Store, a site dedicated to archiving any and all public domain VHS releases of the early 1940s Fleischer Bros/ Famous Studios animated Superman shorts.  Looking for cover scans and digital video files of said releases.  Feel free to contact the site via e-mail for info on submitting your scans/files.

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Why we do what we do:

The Metropolis Video Store's webmaster, Anthony Wayne Conn, is a comic book historian and enthusiast whose geek-cred stretches back over three decades.  He's written film and DVD reviews for several genre-related websites, and has collected and read funnybooks since the ripe old age of five, circa 1979.  He fell in love with the Fleischer Bros./Famous Studios Superman animated shorts of the 1940s after he discovered them during his teen years, through Gary Grossman's book, Superman: Serial to Cereal and the numerous VHS releases manufactured by distributors who capitialized on the fact that the shorts exist in the public domain rights and licensing-wise, a practice that continues to this day in the DVD format.

The Metropolis Video Store is an effort to preserve this viewing experience, specifically the VHS viewing experience, which for nearly two decades was practically the only way one could be exposed to these classic cartoons. We have a large collection of these cheap VHS format releases, and plan on archiving and sharing box art scans, and if possible in the near future, make available for download digital video files of the contents of said tapes.

Any feedback or comments are welcome.  Feel free to contact the site via e-mail at metropolisvideo@live.com