![]() THE culprit, a lone, self-righteous and megalomaniacal scientist just happens to be in full time residence in an extremely well equipped observatory located conveniently on a mountain top overlooking the city of Metropolis. They say that Our Reach should not exceed Our Grasp!" (Hey Schultz, just who are "They" anyway?) AS one would expect, the Staff of The Daily Planet is involved in the business of getting all of the dope on the sudden and unaccountable movement of many of the asteroids, planetoids and comets that are a part of our home solar system. DEVELOPING the story as the work of a misguided, only slightly mad (perhaps just "fatigued" from slaving at his telescope), but not evil research astronomer the story became the tale of technological discoveries outstripping our ability to safely use it in a controlled situation. While the picture had so many of the hallmarks that were an integral part of the SUPERMAN Cartoons format, it seems to have a certain freshness of presentation that sets it as a stand-out in the fine series. Well done.įALLING into a rather long line of tales featuring rather off-beat Scientists, 'THE MAGNETIC TERLESCOPE' ranks as # 6 in the original 17 SUPERMAN Animated Cartoon Short Subjects that came from the Fleischer Brothers/Famous Studios & Paramount Pictures in the early 1940's. ![]() I also loved when the day was saved and Lois THOUGHT she was kissing Superman and it turned out to be Clark (well, at least it was Clark dressed as his alter ego, Clark Kent). I actually like this as it added to the suspense. He gets knocked down, hurt and overwhelmed from time to time. As I noticed in several of these cartoons, Superman is NOT all-powerful. So, he must do something fast to fix that darned device and hope that it can be used to reverse the path of the object. Now here is the kicker-Superman tries repeatedly to stop the comet but it's too big and powerful. However, he's determined to try this again-but on a much larger object!! When a comet is brought near, folks rush the observatory and smash the device-but the comet STILL comes hurtling towards the Earth. ![]() It uses magnetics to bring objects closer to the Earth! And, not surprisingly, when he brings a meteor near the planet, it causes some serious damage. ![]() The plot is very exciting and is has a neat scene at the end where Clark gets to smooch Lois! It begins with a stupid and very irresponsible scientist testing out his insane telescopic device. "The Magnetic Telescope" is one of the better cartoons from the Superman series that the Fleischer Brothers made. ![]()
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