tavm Review of The Underground World

The Underground World (1943)

The Underground World is another wonderful Superman cartoon

[8/10 · 25 January 2007]

This Superman cartoon was made in a transition period in which the Fleischer brothers were forced out of their operation and distributor Paramount renamed the animation unit Famous Studios. Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White accepts an archaeologist's offer to take Clark and Lois to an underground cave to explore treasures. With Kent outside, the professor and Lane get trapped inside when their boat floats away and some hawk men capture them to take to their leader where a statue of the professor's dad is shown above him. Clark comes in just as Lois and her partner are about to be lowered in molten lava as the hawk men dance. Superman arrives in the nick of time and destroys the cave after the rescue. Back at the office, Perry reads Lane's manuscript and burns it, explaining to Lois and Clark, "Nobody will ever believe it..." Well made action cartoon inspired by Edgar Rice Burrough's At the Earth's Core. Worth seeing for Superman and animation enthusiasts.