BAD RAPTOR

With Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice opening this weekend, Your Humble Narrator is reminded of the Fleischer Superman cartoons of the ‘40s, which constitute some of the most visually beautiful superhero art ever. So…

Monster-of-the-Week: …this week our honoree is the King or Duke or Grand Poobah of the underground race of hawk-men…

 

…who try to sacrifice Lois and her Professor pal in 1943’s The Underground World.

Spoiler alert! The Man of Steel shows up to discourage the birdbrains from this plan… 

DINO HARD

Strictly in terms of visual beauty, the Max Fleischer Superman cartoons made in the early ‘40s are certainly among the finest superhero art ever created. So, in anticipation of Man of Steel, opening tomorrow...

Monster-of-the-Week: …let’s give the nod this week to the title character of 1942’s The Arctic Giant…

…an unfrozen dinosaur who trashes Metropolis until Krypton’s greatest Earthly expat acts as animal control.

The short may be watched here in its entirety, and is worth the nine minutes of your life.