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April 25, 2010
 Paramount continues to develop a reboot of the "Mighty Mouse"
cartoon character as a big screen CG feature, for Nickelodeon Movies.
 Created by writer Izzy Klein as a "Superman" parody for Paul Terry's "Terrytoons", "Mighty Mouse" debuted in the WWII-era,
1942 theatrical animated short "The Mouse of Tomorrow", gaining his 'super-powers' by eating food from a 'super-market', giving
him the power of flight, super-strength, invulnerablity, X-ray vision and telekinesis.
 'Mighty Mouse' was originally voiced by actor Roy Halee, Sr., followed by Tom Morrison, with the early cartoons portraying
him as a ruthless fighter, able to tangle with evil cats.
.GIF) Mighty Mouse had two rodent girlfriends, including 'Pearl Pureheart' (in the cartoons) and 'Mitzi' (in comic books during
the 50's and 60's).
 Terrytoons was sold to CBS television in 1955, with the network airing the cartoon shorts on the "Mighty Mouse Playhouse",
remaining on the air for twelve years.
 A deliberately 'subversive' Saturday morning cartoon TV series
by animator Ralph Baskhi, "The New Adventures Of Mighty Mouse" was cancelled after 2 seasons, following reports of the character snorting drugs in one episode.
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