Lois Lane has an assignment to cover the circus with Clark Kent keeping a watchful eye on her while reporting his own story. Later that night as Lois attends the clowns performance, a monkey wanders from the main tent and accidentally opens the cage of a giant gorilla named Gigantic (perhaps a homage to King Kong). Growling, the beast wanders into the big top, stopping all acts and sends people into pandemonium. Workers attempt to tie the gorilla down with ropes, but are overpowered by his strength, while other workers struggle to keep the other animals under control. Some of them stampede or rested up against their owners, knocking other cages open. The gorilla then goes after Lois, but Superman arrives in the nick of time, rounding up the loose animals before confronting Gigantic to rescue Lois.
I will say this is one of my favorite episodes of classic 1940's Fleischer Superman cartoons and Gigantic resembles King Kong and he's inspired by another ape called Gargantua the captive gorilla.
I will say this is one of my favorite episodes of classic 1940's Fleischer Superman cartoons and Gigantic resembles King Kong and he's inspired by another ape called Gargantua the captive gorilla.