7/10
beautifully animated, but with an average plot at best
23 July 2015
Warning: Spoilers
This is a cartoon in the Superman series produced by the Fleischer studio. There will be spoilers ahead:

Like all of the shorts in the series, the animation is beautifully done in this cartoon. The principal problem with this and the other shorts in the series after the first one is that it's a formulaic series and the character of Superman is one-dimensional, which make the shorts resemble one another.

This short opens with a mysterious object destroying city hall. A blackmail message is sent demanding all the city's monies or further destruction will follow. Lois Lane and Clark Kent are assigned to the story.

The city rejects the ransom demand and the villains climb in a bullet-like aircraft (hence the title) to wreak havoc. Superman makes a late appearance in the short and rescues Lois more than once, because she has a knack for making unfortunate or all too often foolish decisions (done to increase tension, which is silly, because Lois is a regular character, so her survival is never in doubt).

Superman thwarts the bad guys again and saves the day again. In other news, water is wet.

This short is available on disc, with multiple options and is worth watching.
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