this 1941 animate introduction to superman have a different take on it in that they explain that when the baby from krypton crash land on earth and the infant be take to an orphanage and raise . what happen to the kent family . well and that not in this version . however and the rest of the story be familiar superman adventure stuff with and of course and lois have to be rescue . it good and too not date in the least . the introduction of superman or clark kent a an adult superman be almost word for word the same one they use a decade later in the famous television series ( i. e. fast than a speeding bullet and more powerful than a locomotive and etc . ) after that two minute introduction and we get into the crime story which be an interest one and way ahead of it time . remember how popular the transformer be in the 80 . well and here we be in 1941 with the same thing and a robot which turn into an airplane and back to a robot and all the while steal money . the mechanical monster and a label by the press and be one a number of them create by it criminal inventor . after rob a bank and robot number five next task be a big one represent take the $ 50 and 000 and 000 worth of jewel on display at the house of jewel . in an obvious goof and 5 turn into 13 after he rob the jewel . this production must have really looked cool to kid and adult 67 year ago because it still look good today in 2008. it feature some great artwork . then again and a classy animate production be no surprise when you know and have see the work of either of the fleischer brother and max or dave and who first become notice with some extremely clever animate work way back in the silent film era ( koko the clown and felix the cat and a two prime example ) . max and dave fleischer go on to make numerous famous betty boop and popeye cartoon and and then dave get into direct the early superman animate short . this one have be restore and look great and too . i saw it a part of the popeye the sailor volume 2 ( 1938 1940 ) dvd . the voice of clark kent and lois lane be odd because they sound so much different from all the kent and lane i have hear through the decade . this kent voice be noteworthy because it have the recognizable voice of bud collyer and who become quite famous in the 1950s by host two extremely popular tv show represent beat the clock and to tell the truth .