Eleventh Hour

RELEASED 20 Nov 19420h 8m★ 5.9 TMDB

Using Clark Kent as a cover, Superman travels to Japan as a saboteur during the war.

WATCH NOTE

1942 Famous Studios animated theatrical short, released November 20, 1942; twelfth in the historical Superman cartoon sequence, following Showdown and preceding Destruction, Inc. No earlier DC adaptation is required. Animated Elseworlds collects separate continuities. Covers the original short only, excluding later collection supplements. Bud Collyer voices Superman / Clark Kent and Joan Alexander voices Lois Lane. Historical reporting attributes Japanese Guard, Japanese Official and American Reporter to Jack Mercer; JustWatch credits Jackson Beck as narrator, corroborating the studio's collection-level attribution. Exact original-presentation runtime remains unresolved: published timings include 7:49 and 7:58. Complete additional voice attribution and silent/background appearance coverage remain under review.

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