Showdown (1942) is the eleventh of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character Superman.

Produced by Famous Studios, the cartoon was originally released to theaters by Paramount Pictures on October 16, 1942.

As she and Clark Kent read the story at the Daily Planet, an office boy informs them that the editor, Perry White, wants them to cover the opera and gives them two tickets.

Seeing the police cars gather on the street below, the imposter heads back toward the door to the stairwell, where he is confronted by the real Superman.

Superman breaks out and opens the vault, tearing out electrified bars, only to find that the two have used a welding torch to cut a hole in the wall and escape.

Back at the Daily Planet, Clark is dozing off when Lois returns from the crime scene to start work on the story.