SUPERMAN (1940’s) Limited edition - Animation Art cel - #277/500

This cel features Superman as he appeared in the opening title of all "Superman" cartoons produced by the Fleischer Studios in 1940-1942. This special image is Iconic for all Superman fans. Fleischer Superman cartoons are considered to be some of the greatest animation ever made. This cell is hand signed by Fleischer Studios chief animator Myron Waldman. Waldman was instrumental in the creation of cartoons at the studio. Including Betty Boop, Popeye and Superman. Cel, Cell, Celluloid. Hand painted.

Bonus:  Studio issued Certificate of Authenticity mounted on the back.

Cel is all hand painted and hand-inked. DC Comics and Fleischer Studios Logo embossed onto the cel. Numbered 277/500.

This cel has been professionally framed in Superman Colors and ready for display

Other Information:

Myron Waldman (April 23, 1908 – February 4, 2006) was an American animator, best known for his work at Fleischer Studios.  At Fleischer he worked on Betty Boop, Raggedy Ann, Gulliver's Travels, the animated adaptations of Superman, and Popeye. He was head animator on two Academy Award-nominated shorts, Educated Fish (1937) and Hunky and Spunky (1939).

Waldman made the transition when Fleischer Studios was acquired by Paramount Pictures and reorganized as Famous Studios in 1942. At Famous he worked mostly on the Casper the Friendly Ghost series. In 1958 he left Famous to become an animation director at Hal Seeger Productions where he worked on the revival of the Out of the Inkwell series, as well as Milton the Monster, until his retirement in 1968.

Fleischer Superman: The Fleischer Superman cartoons are a series of seventeen animated short films released in Technicolor by Paramount Pictures and based upon the comic book character Superman, making them his first animated appearance.

They were originally produced by Fleischer Studios, which completed the initial short and eight further cartoons in 1941 and 1942. Production was resumed in May 1942 by Famous Studios, a successor company to Fleischer, which produced eight more cartoons in 1942 and 1943. Superman was the final animated series initiated by Fleischer Studios, before Famous Studios officially took over production.