Showdown is the eleventh of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character Superman.Produced by Famous Studios, the plot focuses on a criminal who impersonates Superman to commit crimes for a gangster. The short was released to theaters by Paramount Pictures on October 16, 1942. The short starts off as a figure dressed as Superman breaks into a bank and later a diamond deposit to steal money and gems. The imposter, apparently named "Stupin", then reports back and delivers his findings to his boss, a mafia don. Every paper in the city runs the story that... Superman has gone bad, but Lois Lane does not believe it to be true. As she and Clark Kent read the story at the Daily Planet, an office boy informs them that the editor, Perry White, wants them to cover the opera and gives them two tickets. At the opera, the Superman imposter sneaks from booth to booth, swiping people's jewelry without them noticing. When one woman cries out in alarm, Lois leaves her seat and walks out into the hallway, confronting the imposter. After a brief struggle, Lois rips the "S" patch off the imposter's chest, and he runs away.
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| Release date: | 1998 |
| Directed by: | Guy Magar, Isadore Sparber |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 97 Minutes |
| Music by: | Sammy Timberg |
| Genre: | Short Film |