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"Superman should be a huge, positive role model, an almost Christ-like force."
- Grant Morrison
Personal Insights: One of the best pieces I own, an original production cel, on an original background, even the foreground (window seals) are original. When I bought this cel I did not know it was a key-setup, I thought that it would be the cel, with a laser background. Imagine my surprise when I took a look and saw an original background, I partied for seven days and seven nights. Allison, the gallery manager from the Warner Brothers Store in Paramus, New Jersey (formally of Rockaway, New Jersey) got me this cel. I have asked her to let me know when this cel becomes available, and she did.
General Information: An Original Production Cel from "Superman: The Animated Series". Classic animation is the art of bringing to life single drawings to create the illusion of character drama and movement. The original animator's drawing is transferred onto an acetate cel (either by hand - inking or photocopying). The cel is then flipped over and individually hand-painted on the reverse side. Thousands of animation cels are required to create just a few minutes of film. Each work of art in unique.
Series Information: As a follow-up to their hugely successful Batman: The Animated Series, the creative team of Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, and Alan Burnett have transformed the mightiest super-hero of all time into another citizen of their own art-deco D.C. Comics universe. Premiering on television in September, 1996, Superman exists in a world of the future a glittering, gleaming sci-fi Metropolis. But beneath the shiny surface of this seeming utopia is it's sinister, controlling figurehead, Lex Luthor, whose domination is threatened by the sudden appearance of the morally just and apparently invincible Kryptonian, Superman.
Episode Information: From the episode "The Last Son of Krypton: Part 3". Lex Luthor's diabolical plan to sell his EXO-SKEL SUIT 5000 to Kaznian terrorists through corrupt agent John Corben (later Metallo) is foiled by the Man of Steel.