Japoteurs is an episode of season 1 of Superman. It premiered on September 18, 1942.
Synopsis for "Japoteurs"
The Daily Planet announces the world's largest bombing plane is finished. In the room of one reader the picture of the Statue of Liberty changes to the flag of the rising sun which he bows to. He later goes to the hanger where the aircraft is housed and blackjacks a guard Instead of leaving with the other pressmen Lois hides aboard the plane. The saboteurs comes out of the bombs and the spectators realize that something is wrong when the plane starts flying erratically. Lois sneaks into the pilot's cabin and radios the ground. After the field is bombed Superman gets aboard the plane but one of the saboteurs demands that Superman leave or he will drop Lois through the bomb bay. Even though Superman complies the saboteur drops Lois anyhow. While Superman rescues Lois the saboteur smashes the controls but Superman is able to prevent the bomber from crashing.
Appearing in "Japoteurs"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Japanese saboteurs
Other Characters:
- Reporters
- United States Army
Locations:
- World War II
- Metropolis
- An aircraft factory
- Daily Planet
- Metropolis
Items:
Vehicles:
- The world's largest bomber
Notes
- First episode in this series to be produced by Famous Studios, following the dissolution of Fleischer Studios.
Trivia
- The bomber has smaller planes it can launch.
- The saboteurs comment about flying the bomber all the way to Tokyo indicating it has a range (at least 5000 miles from the western edge of the continental United States) beyond that of any actual WWII bomber of the time.
- On the Superman: The Lost Years DVD case (ISBN 1-57252-453-7) the episode is called Jap O Tears.
See Also
- Images from Superman (1941 Cartoons) Episode: Japoteurs
- Episodes of Superman (1941 Cartoons)
- Images from Superman (1941 Cartoons)
- Gallery for the Superman (1941 Cartoons) series
Recommended Media
- None.
Links and References
Footnotes