Superman vs. the Arctic Giant
Twelve years before Godzilla first stomped across the screen, the animators of Fleischer Studios set the iconic hero Superman against a “Tyrannosaurus” that threatened the citizens of Metropolis. In the cartoon “The Arctic Giant,” a dragon-like creature found frozen in Siberia is transported to the city. When the machinery keeping it cool malfunctions, however, the angry green giant thaws and decides to paint the town red.
This, of course, is a job for Superman, who cleans up after the monster before trapping it under a lamppost. (Perhaps the dinosaur was weakened by freezer burn and that is why it was so easily subdued.) The monster is not destroyed, but is instead put on display at the city zoo. With everything neatly cleaned up, Superman goes back to posing as Clark Kent and making strange comments whenever anyone asks him about the city’s most famous hero.
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Critter could get no leverage, that’s why the lamp post restraint worked.
BTW, what is the remarkable thing Superman didn’t do?
Hint: It involves aerodynamics.
(Head’s Up: As I type this the local news is reporting the discovery of mammoth remains in the East Village community of San Diego, just east of Downtown San Diego. See KGTV News for details.)
Comment by Alan Kellogg — February 4, 2009 @ 8:58 pm
Interesting that Superman wasn’t (yet) a true flier in that, but had to bound from building top to building top.
Comment by RBH — February 4, 2009 @ 11:44 pm
So that’s where those clips came from. I used to see this guy in little flashes in my old Eyewitness Dinosaur video.
Comment by Doug — February 6, 2009 @ 11:32 am
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