La Paramount era interessata a guadagnare sulla fenomenale popolarità dei nuovi fumetti di Superman producendo una serie di cartoni animati cinematografici basati sul personaggio. ###>By mid-1941, brothers Max and Dave Fleischer were running their own animation studio, and had recently finished their first animated feature film, "Gulliver's Travels"; they were also well into production on their second, "Mister Bug Goes to Town.