Superman: Classic Cartoons

March 18, 2010 | By In Movie |

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  1. Annie Van Auken on March 18th, 2010

    The Superman series, FLEISCHER’s final independent animations, are artistically some of their very finest. This level of quality was maintained after FAMOUS’s late-1942 takeover of Max Fleischer’s studio was completed. Seventeen shorts were issued between 1941 and ’43.

    They’ve been in the public domain for many years. Most budget labels (including California’s VINA) dub from unrestored film stock, which means colors aren’t fresh, but the shorts are still satisfactory, especially at this low price.

    PROGRAM–

    THE MECHANICAL MONSTERS (1941) – “Mad” inventor uses robots to rob a jewelry store. Lois Lane is captured trying to stop the heist.

    BILLION DOLLAR LIMITED (1942) – A trainload of gold destined for Fort Knox is hijacked, along with Lois Lane.

    THE ARCTIC GIANT (1942) – A huge, frozen prehistoric lizard thaws out at a museum and reanimates. It then rampages through Metropolis.

    THE BULLETEERS (1942) – Terrorists destroy several Metropolis edifices and threaten to wreck more. They abduct Lois Lane at the last place attacked.

    THE MAGNETIC TELESCOPE (1942) – Plummeting meteorite fragments brought to Metropolis by a giant iron-attracting telescope badly damage the city. After refusing to halt his experiments, the device’s inventor next targets the city with an immense, potentially deadly comet.

    VOLCANO (1942) – Lois Lane’s attempt to “scoop” Clark Kent on a South Pacific volcanic eruption gets her into hot lava.

    JAPOTEURS (1942) – Enemy spies steal a new bomber just before its test flight. Lois Lane is trapped inside the plane.

    DESTRUCTION, INC. (1942) – Clark Kent and Lois Lane look into the mysterious death of a munitions factory guard.

    JUNGLE DRUMS (1943) – Nazis sabotage a plane flying secret documents over Africa. The dying pilot gives these to Lois Lane, but she is captured and brought to a remote Nazi base.

    SECRET AGENT (1943) – A spy travelling to relay information to her superiors in Washington is ambushed. Superman rescues her. (last of the series)
    Rating: 4 / 5

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