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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Superman (Kids Klassics)

Title: Superman (Kids Klassics)

Manufacturer: Goodtimes Home Video

Part #: 1516

Date: 1992

This release contains the following titles:
Mechanical Monsters
Terror on the Midway
Bulleteers
The Mummy Strikes
Volcano
The Mad Scientist
Japoteurs
Magnetic Telescope

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Superman Vol. 2 Featuring Jungle Drums (1993)

Title: Superman Vol. 2 Featuring Jungle Drums (1993)

Manufacturer: United American Video Corporation

Part #: 2013

Date: 1993

This release contains the following titles:
Jungle Drums
Magnetic Telescope
Plus, bonus cartoon "Gold Rush Daze"

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Superman Vol. 1 Featuring Mechanical Monsters

Some of the last UAV Fleischer Bros. Superman releases, distributed exclusively through Dollar General Stores in the early 1990s

Title: Superman Vol. 1 Featuring Mechanical Monsters

Manufacturer: United American Video Corporation

Part #: 2012

Date: 1993

This release contains the following titles:
Mechanical Monsters
Volcano
Plus, bonus Tom Thumb cartoon "Mite Makes Right"

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The Adventures of Superman the Man of Steel Vol. 2

Title: The Adventures of Superman the Man of Steel Vol. 2

Manufacturer: United American Video Corporation

Part #: 2013

Date: 1987

This release contains the following titles:
Magnetic Telescope
Jungle Drums
Superman
Mummy Strikes

VHSRip Needed

Superman (Parents Approved Video PA-1020, 1986)

Title: Superman (and Great Adventures) Vol.2

Manufacturer: Parents Approved Video

Part #: PA-1020

Date: 1986

This release contains the following titles:
The Mummy Strikes
Volcano
Bulleteers

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Superman and Great Adventures Vol. 1

An earlier box art version of the Parents Approved release...

Title: Superman and Great Adventures Vol. 1

Manufacturer: Parents Approved Video

Part #: PA-1019

Date: 1986

This release contains the following titles:
The Mad Scientist
Underground World
Terror on the Midway

VHSRip Needed

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Superman #13045 (Trans-Atlantic 1987) Version A

An interesting early variant to one of the late 1980s Trans-Atlantic releases. I'm curious if the other two TA releases from 1988 I own have earlier cover art versions...

Title: Superman (Cartoon Favorites) Version A

Manufacturer: Trans-Atlantic Video

Part #: 13045

Date: 1987

This release contains the following titles:
Volcano
Magnetic Telescope
Bulleteers

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Mission Statement

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. We've also expanded our horizons, hoping to create a venue for a pictorial history of the packaging of superhero and comic strip themed video media from all walks of life...

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