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6.9/10 • 110

1941-09-260h 10m

ActionAnimationFamilyAdventureScience FictionFantasy

Amazing! Startling! Superman is here!

After The Daily Planet receives a letter from a mad scientist threatening to wreak destruction with his Electrothanasia Ray, Lois Lane heads out in the hopes of getting more information for a news story.

Directors
Dave Fleischer
Writters
Jay Morton
Characters
Joe Shuster

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  1. Bud Collyer

    Bud Collyer

    Clark Kent / Superman (voice) (uncredited)

  2. Joan Alexander

    Joan Alexander

    Lois Lane (voice) (uncredited)

  3. Jack Mercer

    Jack Mercer

    The Mad Scientist (voice) (uncredited)

  4. Julian Noa

    Julian Noa

    Perry White (voice) (uncredited)

  5. Jackson Beck

    Jackson Beck

    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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CinemaSerf

Jul 11, 2025

7/10

With his home planet of “Krypton” now obliterated our eponymous, red-caped, hero has taken up residence on in Earth where his mild-mannered alter-ego “Clark Kent” works for a newspaper. When a mad scientist sends it’s editor a threatening note, he summons ace reporter “Lois Lane” who seems to know exactly where to go to find this dastardly villain. She is fairly easily apprehended and with the megalomaniac now firing his electro-ray to dissolve bridges and turn skyscrapers into blancmanges, we just know that this is going to be a job for “Superman” to thwart his menace and save his intrepid colleague. Can he make it in time? Does the sun come up in the morning? No, jeopardy isn’t high on the list of priorities here, indeed the whole story is a bit thin - but it’s an action-packed adventure for ten minutes and it looks like the old bird of “Maleficent” has strayed fro the set of “Sleeping Beauty” to give the baddie an hand as this sharply drawn animation goes through the motions.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$50,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
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