I remember as a kid thinking the descritpion of Superman "leaping tall buildings in a single bound" (after a single bound was explained to me) made no sense. Why would a guy who could fly go jumping around?
Looks like he is jumping to me. Which makes more sense than him having the power of flight (or x-ray vision.. or heat vision.. or freeze breath.. etc).
@hjerry69 ..they always screw things up by messing with a good thing. jumping makes infinitely more sense. I hate all those dumb powers..they used to give him a new one every issue.
@lowlypeasant It was really more like every six months, but I concur. Some of the best Superman stories were from that era where he couldn't fly yet. Adding flight was the first step to all kinds of shenanigans. Not that I mind shenanigans, but I often think Superman should be less Captain Marvel and more Spider-Man. Or at least FF. :P
"Temporarily defying gravity" = flying. (He could have JUMPED out of the pit in SHOWDOWN, too- You have to ask the animators why he didn't.) But we agree in your main point, both in the radio dramas, and from the earlier Fleishers.
Actually, Superman began flying for the first time on radio in February 1940. The comics wouldn'y catch up until '43. In fact, it's very arguable that what Superman does in the Fleischer cartoons is not intended to be flying.
He's pretty well flying in the Fleisher cartoons, changing direction and hovering- When he sets the building upright by the flagpole in the Mad Scientist, that's got to be flying, but he tends not to fly for very long at a stretch.
I would likely say he is temporarily defying gravity for dramatic purposes. This happens occasionally in their cartoons. In other cartoons he clearly challenged by gravity. For example: In "Artic Giant" he leaps repeatedly when flying, if he could do it, would make more sense. In another short he's dropped through a trap door and has to climb his way back up.
Byt the point I was actually making is that this cartoon is not his first flight, whether or not he is flying here.
Don't mess with the 'S'!!!
WatchVenusSpa 8 months ago
He's super = all the extra powers
Ambereigh 10 months ago
I remember as a kid thinking the descritpion of Superman "leaping tall buildings in a single bound" (after a single bound was explained to me) made no sense. Why would a guy who could fly go jumping around?
Adom 1 year ago
Superman's not flying.. He's falling with style lol
Superman19100 1 year ago 8
Looks like he is jumping to me. Which makes more sense than him having the power of flight (or x-ray vision.. or heat vision.. or freeze breath.. etc).
lowlypeasant 1 year ago
@lowlypeasant AT THE BEGINNING HE WAS ONLY JUMPING, AFTERWARDS THEY MADE HIM FLY.
hjerry69 1 year ago
@hjerry69 ..they always screw things up by messing with a good thing. jumping makes infinitely more sense. I hate all those dumb powers..they used to give him a new one every issue.
lowlypeasant 1 year ago
@lowlypeasant It was really more like every six months, but I concur. Some of the best Superman stories were from that era where he couldn't fly yet. Adding flight was the first step to all kinds of shenanigans. Not that I mind shenanigans, but I often think Superman should be less Captain Marvel and more Spider-Man. Or at least FF. :P
KojiTsunami 2 months ago
"Temporarily defying gravity" = flying. (He could have JUMPED out of the pit in SHOWDOWN, too- You have to ask the animators why he didn't.) But we agree in your main point, both in the radio dramas, and from the earlier Fleishers.
GoblinXXX 3 years ago
Actually, Superman began flying for the first time on radio in February 1940. The comics wouldn'y catch up until '43. In fact, it's very arguable that what Superman does in the Fleischer cartoons is not intended to be flying.
captainmarvel63 3 years ago
He's pretty well flying in the Fleisher cartoons, changing direction and hovering- When he sets the building upright by the flagpole in the Mad Scientist, that's got to be flying, but he tends not to fly for very long at a stretch.
GoblinXXX 3 years ago
I would likely say he is temporarily defying gravity for dramatic purposes. This happens occasionally in their cartoons. In other cartoons he clearly challenged by gravity. For example: In "Artic Giant" he leaps repeatedly when flying, if he could do it, would make more sense. In another short he's dropped through a trap door and has to climb his way back up.
Byt the point I was actually making is that this cartoon is not his first flight, whether or not he is flying here.
captainmarvel63 3 years ago