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  • In the first Fleischer short, a mad scientist is wreaking terror on Metropolis with his death ray. The Man of Steel acts as a human (well, Kryptonian) shield against the ray's beam, pushing it it back toward its source. When he gains the upper hand against the beam's force, the scientist jacks up the power level, and the ray pummels Supes with blasts of energy, knocking him about noticeably, and eventually slamming him back to the ground (remember, this is the less powered Superman of 1940). But just when it looks like he might be down for the count, Supes gathers up all his strength, and starts punching the beam back up to its source (as seen in the page image), his punches landing in time with the triumphant strains of Sammy Timberg's theme music. The scene climaxes with Superman blocking a full-power blast with his hands and tying up the turret, prompting a subsequent meltdown. That moment alone sold the series as a bona-fide hit.
    • Just the line before the climax sells it when the Mad Scientist simply says, "It's Superman!" The whole feeling in that line of a villain now facing a hero unlike any other before is powerful.
  • The second short "The Mechanical Monsters" has Superman whupping over a dozen fire shooting-super strong robots. Then the bad guy threatens to drop Lois into a vat of molten metal only for Superman to catch her in the blink of an eye. Lastly the villain pours all that molten metal onto Superman who merely shields Lois with his cape and acts like it's all a minor problem for him. He then easily catches the villain while taking Lois to safety.
  • The third short, "Billion Dollar Limited," is full of them. Lois Lane is on a train carrying a billion dollar gold shipment to a mint when its attacked by train robbers in an armored car. Lois's reaction? Pick up a tommy gun and start shooting them. Then when Superman shows up he gets a whole run of them: He moves the rails over so the train doesn't crash into explosives, he catches it when it goes over a bombed out bridge and when the locomotive is destroyed he drags the train uphill, through a huge cloud of tear gas and brings it to the station.
  • In 'Volcano', Lois escapes a lava flow and swings hand-over-hand to a stopped cable car above the boiling lava to escape— and she actually makes it there before the cable catches on fire and falls and Superman has to save her. And then Superman gets one by saving the whole city by diverting the lava.
  • In "The Bulleteers", some gangsters with a rocket car are destroying various buildings. The car has sprouted wings and is heading toward the Treasury when Supes literally punches the car out of the way and sends it flying out of control.
  • Pretty much each time Clark's higher pitch is replaced mid-sentence with Superman's deeper voice. The phrase 'this looks like a job for Superman' was pretty much a Pre Ass Kicking One Liner.

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