Triple-Play
- Studio
- Ruby-Spears Productions
- Animation studio
- Toei Animation, Dai Won Animation
Synopsis
The Prankster steals the World Series by transporting it to a far-away, remote island. He forces Superman to play a game of baseball; otherwise, his friends will die. The game is unfair because Prankster wants to kill them anyway. Superman must stop him.
Characters
Superman/Clark Kent/Superboy, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olson, Perry White, Lex Luthor, Jessica Morganberry, Ma Kent, Pa Kent, Prankster/Oswald Loomis
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Cosmo Anzilotti, Bill Hutten, Tony Love
- Supervising Director
- Charles Nichols (as Charles A. Nichols)
Producing
- Producer
- Larry Huber
- Executive Producers
- Joe Ruby, Ken Spears
- Supervising Producer
- John Dorman
- Associate Producer
- Stacy McLaughlin
Writing
- Writer
- Lawrence G. DiTillio (as Larry DiTillio)
- Story Editor
- Marv Wolfman
- Assistant Story Editor
- Cherie Wilkerson
Voices
- Voice
- Beau Weaver (Superman/Clark Kent/Superboy), Ginny McSwain (Lois Lane), Mark L. Taylor (Jimmy Olson), Stanley Ralph Ross (Perry White), Michael Bell (Lex Luthor), Debi Derryberry (Jessica Morganberry), Tress MacNeille (Ma Kent), Alan Oppenheimer (Pa Kent), Howard Morris (Prankster/Oswald Loomis), William Woodson (Narrator)
Music
- Music
- Ron Jones, Ron Jones
- Additional Music by
- Tom Worrel
Animation
- Animation Supervisors
- Colin Baker, Marlene Robinson May
Art Department
- Production Designer
- Gil Kane
- Storyboard Artists
- Adrian Gonzales, Dick Sebast, Kurt Conner
- Storyboard and Design Supervisor
- Jim Woodring
- Key Storyboard Director
- Dick Sebast
- Main Models
- Duncan Marjoribanks
- Models
- Gil Kane, Sharon Forward, Floro Dery, Ted Blackman, Thomas Hickson, George Goode
- Background Styling
- Eric Semones
- Backgrounds Painted by
- Eric Semones, James Hegedus, Eric Heschong
- Color Key Supervisor
- Bunny Munns
- Color Key
- Suzette Darling
- Graphics
- Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
Sound
- Re-Recording Mixer
- Sergio Myers
- Effects Editors
- Tom Syslo, Pete Grives, Willy Allen
Music Department
- Additional Music by
- Tom Worrell
- Director of Music Supervision
- Joanne Miller
Casting
- Voice Direction
- Ginny McSwain
Production Management
- Production Supervisor
- Loretta High
- Production Coordinators
- Jeanne Silveri Whittle, Cinny Newman-Toepke, Paul Gorniak, Diorena Rock, Jimmel Willis, Kerri Michael
- Supervising Production Coordinator
- Melinda Diner
- Talent Coordinator
- Lynne Batchelor
- Executive in Charge of Post Production
- Chip Yaras
Crew
- Models Supervisor
- Alan B. Huck
- Production Services
- Jeffrey M. Cooke
- Featuring the Voices of
- Beau Weaver, Ginny McSwain, Mark Taylor, Pat Carroll, B. J. Ward, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Michael Bell, Chris Collins, Shawn Donahue, Kenney Hartman, Tress MacNeille, Gabriel Damon, Carl Steven, Kellie Martin, Jennifer Roach
- Negative Consultant
- Mary Duerrstein
Companies and other credits
- Animation Services Provided by: Toei Animation Co. Ltd. and Dai Won Animation Co. Ltd
- © 1988 RUBY-SPEARS ENTERPRISES
- INC
- All rights reserved
- Based on the Comic Books Published by: DC Comics
- Inc
- "SUPERMAN" Created by: Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
Production notes
This was a "Superman Adventure" segment.
As part of the Superman 50th anniversary celebration, Ruby-Spears created a new animated Superman series. Each show featured an 18 minute "Superman Adventure" and a "Superman's Family Album" short.
The shows' music and styles were based on the recent Richard Donner/Richard Lester Superman live action films.
As part of the Superman 50th anniversary celebration, Ruby-Spears created a new animated Superman series. Each show featured an 18 minute "Superman Adventure" and a "Superman's Family Album" short.
The shows' music and styles were based on the recent Richard Donner/Richard Lester Superman live action films.