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, who completed the initial nine cartoons in 1941 and 1942. Production was assumed in 1942 by Famous Studios, a successor company to Fleischer, who produced eight more cartoons in 1942 and 1943.
01. Superman or "The Mad Scientist" (September 26, 1941)