"Amazing! Startling! Superman is here!"

1941

0h 10m

6.9(114 votes)

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Animation

Family

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Fantasy

Overview

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.

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5 members

Acting

Bud Collyer

Clark Kent / Superman (voice) (uncredited)

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Joan Alexander

Lois Lane (voice) (uncredited)

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Jack Mercer

The Mad Scientist (voice) (uncredited)

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Julian Noa

Perry White (voice) (uncredited)

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Jackson Beck

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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