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I haven't put one of these up in a while. It's another one of the Superman cartoons produced by the Max Fleischer cartoon studio. This is The Bulleteers, which was released on March 27, 1942.

I don't have much to say about this one except that back when I was a kid, there was an extended period when you couldn't turn on Engineer Bill's Cartoon Express on Channel 9 without seeing The Bulleteers. It got so he'd introduce it by saying, "And now, it's time for another Superman cartoon, which means we're probably showing The Bulleteers again." I'm not even sure Channel 9 had any other cartoons.

Also, you may note the name of Orestes Calpini in the credits. Mr. Calpini was one of the better animators at the Fleischer Studio, responsible for some of the most memorable scenes of Popeye. He also had a nice career drawing comic books, particularly the Punch & Judy comic published by Hillman.

And now here, as Engineer Bill would say, is The Bulleteers