Electric Earthquake

(1942)

8 minutes

Animation / Cartoon

Cast: Clark Kent as Superman , Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and Perry White
 
Electric Earthquake is the seventh of the seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character of Superman , originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. This animated short was created by the Fleischer Studios. The story runs about eight minutes and covers Superman 's adventures in stopping a madman from destroying Manhattan with electronically-induced earthquakes. It was originally released May 15, 1942. This is the first of the films to make it clear that the action is taking place in New York City .