Consume All Media! Atom Man vs. Superman: "Chapter Twelve: Atom Man Strikes!"
Joe Heath is a big fan of comic books and watching things in order. So they made this spreadsheet containing every serial, short, film, television episode, commercial, motion comic, and web series based on a comic book. Now they're watching them all. Previously, Joe watched the eleventh chapter of Atom Man vs. Superman. This time, they continue with the twelfth chapter.
Atom Man vs. Superman: “Chapter Twelve: Atom Man Strikes!” - 16:45 (Available on Amazon)
Superman grabs the TV truck and carries it away. It's actually a pretty decent effect.
Superman sets the truck down and notices a hidden compartment in the back. Lois says she will keep an eye on it.
Luthor's television company gets an award for Lois's work, so Luthor gives her a raise. Honestly, Luthor is better than some of the bosses I've had.
Lois is sent around to interview people on the street while the henchmen in the truck use their x-ray device to spy on store safes.
Then there's another one of those shoe-horned scenes where Superman removes some explosives from an out-of-control fire and then drops them in the river.
Later, Lois sees Luthor writing a list of the safe combinations and tries to sneakily steal the pad he was writing on. However, a henchman sees her do it and chases her down.
After a fun chase sequence, Lois manages to escape by going down a fire-escape and blocking it with a ladder.
Lois brings the pad of paper to the Planet. Clark stares at the paper real hard and the text appears.
It's unclear if this is a visual representation of Clark being able to read the pencil imprints or if he's actually making the text appear with some weird superpower. The science in this serial is so wacky, it could be either.
Luthor's henchmen set the Daily Planet on fire with a thermogun.
Clark changes into Superman and flies out to stop them. The henchmen aim the thermogun at him and let him have it.
He falls out of the sky into some powerlines.
Should you watch it, though? Other than the mandatory rescue scene, this is a solid chapter. Lois gets a nice little chase scene and established plot elements are starting to pay off.
Tune in next time for Atom Man vs. Superman: "Chapter Thirteen: Atom Man's Flying Saucers" (Available on Amazon.)
A version of this article was previously published on The Dipp.
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