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author: reilly-smith
title: 'It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Pub Domain Superman!'
date: '2016-09-29 00:06:00'
cover: 'superman-banner.png'
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The grand goal of building the ultimate online library must start with the ultimate free library already in existence: the public domain.

We’re kicking off a trend of LBRY being the number one place to find top public domain content on the planet. It starts with the original Max Fleischer Superman cartoons.

**<p align="center">Re-introducing Superman, from the original 1940s serial cartoons.</p>**

![SUPERMAN](/img/news/superman-inline.png)

>A total of seventeen shorts were produced. They were originally produced by [Fleischer Studios](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleischer_Studios), releasing the pilot and eight cartoons in 1941 and 1942 before being taken over in May by [Famous Studios](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famous_Studios), a successor company, who produced eight more in 1942 and 1943. - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(1940s_cartoons))

These are true gems in the hall of film history. Check out the first nine episodes today:

- [*Superman* (a.k.a. *The Mad Scientist*)](lbry://superman1940-e1)
- [*The Mechanical Monsters*](lbry://superman1940-e2)
- [*Billion Dollar Limited*](lbry://superman1940-e3)
- [*The Arctic Giant*](lbry://superman1940-e4)
- [*The Bulleteers*](lbry://superman1940-e5)
- [*The Magnetic Telescope*](lbry://superman1940-e6)
- [*Electric Earthquake*](lbry://superman1940-e7)
- [*Volcano*](lbry://superman1940-e8)
- [*Terror on the Midway*](lbry://superman1940-e9)

**Not on LBRY yet?** [Get an invite here](https://lbry.io/get). Know some great public domain content to share? Have high-quality scans? Email reilly@lbry.io for a trip to the front of the line.