Adventures of Superman (1952)
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."
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Episode 1 - Five Minutes to Doom
Release Date: 1953-09-18Beat the clock: The race is on to stop an innocent Death Row inmate's date with the electric chair.
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Episode 2 - The Big Squeeze
Release Date: 1953-09-25A powerful ally: the Man of Steel assists an ex-con blackmailed into returning to his criminal past.
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Episode 3 - The Man Who Could Read Minds
Release Date: 1953-10-03Swami says: send for Superman! Jimmy and Lois suspect a nightclub mind reader is linked to a theft ring.
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Episode 4 - Jet Ace
Release Date: 1953-10-10Look up! Superman rescues a pilot on a test flight gone wrong and later frees him from kidnappers seeking military secrets.
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Episode 5 - Shot in the Dark
Release Date: 1953-10-17An amateur shutterbug snaps some incriminating photos, one of which suggests Clark is you-know-who!
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Episode 6 - The Defeat of Superman
Release Date: 1953-10-24Superman is rendered powerless by a kryptonite trap. This sounds like a job for...Lois and Jimmy?
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Episode 7 - Superman in Exile
Release Date: 1953-10-31Beware of Superman! A nuclear incident leaves him glowing with radioactivity and lethal to anyone he's near.
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Episode 8 - A Ghost for Scotland Yard
Release Date: 1953-11-07Man or spirit? A magician believed dead may have resurfaced in a vendetta against his earthly foes.
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Episode 9 - The Dog Who Knew Superman
Release Date: 1953-11-14The nose knows. A dog rescued from a well by Superman keeps showing up at Clark Kent's office.
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Episode 10 - The Face and the Voice
Release Date: 1953-11-21Looks like him. Sounds like him. But he isn't Superman! A lookalike Man of Steel goes on a crime spree.
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Episode 11 - The Man in the Lead Mask
Release Date: 1953-11-28Surgically altered fingerprints. Lead masks to block x-ray vision. Will these foil the police and Superman?
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Episode 12 - Panic in the Sky
Release Date: 1953-12-05Destination: Earth! Superman saves Metropolis from a plummeting asteroid -- and loses his memory in the process. Commentary available by Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen) and Noel Neill (Lois Lane).
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Episode 13 - The Machine That Could Plot Crimes
Release Date: 1953-12-12Meet Mr. Kelso, the computer that plans split second bank heists...and may know superman's secret, too.
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Episode 14 - Jungle Devil
Release Date: 1953-12-19The superhero saves a lost expedition, defeats a fearsome beast and uses his grip to turn coal into diamonds.
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Episode 15 - My Friend Superman
Release Date: 1953-12-26Burger, fries and friendship. Not everyone believes a diner owner who boasts of being pals with Superman.
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Episode 16 - The Clown Who Cried
Release Date: 1954-01-02What kind of clown would rob a kids' charity telethon? An imposter clown, that's who!
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Episode 17 - The Boy Who Hated Superman
Release Date: 1954-01-09Clark is temporary guardian of a crime-connected youth who secretly plots revenge against the reporter.
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Episode 18 - Semi-Private Eye
Release Date: 1954-01-16Sam Spade. Philip Marlowe. Jimmy Olsen? He poses as a trench-coated private eye to stalk kidnappers. Commentary available by Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen) and Noel Neill (Lois Lane).
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Episode 19 - Perry White's Scoop
Release Date: 1954-01-23Stop the presses! Frustrated by Daily Planet's reporters, Perry White decides to cover a murder story himself.
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Episode 20 - Beware the Wrecker
Release Date: 1954-01-30A terrorist bombs Metropolis' transportation systems. His method: armed, radio-controlled toy airplanes.
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Episode 21 - The Golden Vulture
Release Date: 1954-02-06Avast, ye scurvy mates! A salvage-boat captain who fancies himself a pirate holds Lois and Jimmy captive.
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Episode 22 - Jimmy Olsen, Boy Editor
Release Date: 1954-02-13Great Caesar's ghost! Jimmy Olsen replaces Perry White for a day -- with dizzy and dangerous results.
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Episode 23 - Lady in Black
Release Date: 1954-02-20Noises. Unusual people. Jimmy is sure something strange is going on at the apartment of his mom's friend.
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Episode 24 - Star of Fate
Release Date: 1954-02-27A mystery from Egypt's past: the antidote to an ancient poison is under the base of the Great Pyramid.
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Episode 25 - The Whistling Bird
Release Date: 1954-03-06The bird has the word. A per parakeet that knows an inventor's secret formula is mysteriously birdnapped.
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Episode 26 - Around the World with Superman
Release Date: 1954-03-13Paging Dr. Superman! His x-ray vision helps a surgeon restore a girl's sight, then he flies her on a world tour.