The Arctic Giant

The Arctic Giant (1942)

A frozen Tyrannosaurus rex is found and put on display in a museum, but when he thaws out and revives, Superman has to stop his rampage!

Date of release
1942-02-27
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (58)
Runtime
9m
Genres
Fantasy, Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Science Fiction
Director
Dave Fleischer

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Superman

The Arctic Giant is the fourth of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character of Superman, created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster. This animated short was created by Fleischer Studios. The story runs nine minutes and covers Superman's adventures in defeating a giant defrosted dinosaur that terrorizes the city. It was released on February 27, 1942. The short depicts a Godzilla-esque scenario while predating the 1954 film by 12 years.

Production

The sequences where Superman leaps from rooftop to rooftop were produced as test scenes during the initial series development, but this dynamic was discarded as "silly looking" at that time and the Superman cartoons generally depicted Superman flying from place to place instead. Journalist Will Murray suggested that the discarded footage was probably utilized for "The Arctic Giant" as a cost-saving measure.

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