Superman: The Mad Scientist (1941)

Original title

Superman

Directed by

Dave Fleischer

Genre

science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

11 min

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 122 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Superman battles a mad scientist who threatens Metropolis with a destructive ray. The Man of Steel saves the city and rescues Lois Lane from danger.

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What happens

Superman (1941), also known as The Mad Scientist, is the first installment in a series of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character Superman. It was produced by Fleischer Studios and released to theaters by Paramount Pictures on September 26, 1941. Superman ranked number 33 in a list of the fifty greatest cartoons of all time sourced from a 1994 poll of 1000 animation professionals, and was nominated for the 1942 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Subject. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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