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The Arctic Giant (1942)

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Superman faces a prehistoric giant when a museum exhibit comes to life.

1942 · Superman · Animated short · Technicolor · 8 minutes

Synopsis

A dinosaur found frozen in the Arctic goes on display at a museum. When the ice begins to melt, the creature breaks free and rampages through the city. Lois Lane is there to cover the story, and Superman must stop the giant before it does any more damage.

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Stills from the cartoon

The giant on display in ice
The giant on display in ice · Wikimedia Commons
The giant breaks free
The giant breaks free · Wikimedia Commons
Superman and Lois face the giant
Superman and Lois face the giant · Wikimedia Commons
The Daily Planet reports on the giant
The Daily Planet reports on the giant · Wikimedia Commons

Voices and production

Voices: Bud Collyer as Superman / Clark Kent; Joan Alexander as Lois Lane
Director: Dave Fleischer
Producer: Max Fleischer
Story: Bill Turner and Ted Pierce
Animation: Willard Bowsky and Reuben Grossman
Music: Sammy Timberg
Studio: Fleischer Studios
Distributor: Paramount Pictures

This was the fourth short in the theatrical Superman cartoon series. See the Internet Animation Database for more about the production.

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