Adventures of Superman

Season 1

TV-PG
73%
"Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" A mild-mannered reporter for the "Daily Planet" is really the greatest superhero of them all who "fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way!"

26 Episodes

  • Superman on Earth
    E1
    Superman on EarthJourney with Superman from Krypton to Metropolis, as he joins that Daily Planet staff and meets the fiery Lois Lane.
  • The Haunted Lighthouse
    E2
    The Haunted LighthouseWhile visiting his aunt and cousin on Moose Island, Jimmy is alarmed by their suspicious behavior. After being warned to stay away from a lighthouse that is said to be haunted, he calls Clark for help in his investigation.
  • The Case of the Talkative Dummy
    E3
    The Case of the Talkative DummyClark, Lois, and Jimmy attend a ventriloquist act that goes wrong when the dummy appears to talk by itself. Upon further investigation, they link what the dummy appears to have said to a series of armored car hijackings.
  • Mystery of the Broken Statues
    E4
    Mystery of the Broken StatuesA notorious con artist and his thugs are going to all the antique shops in town, buying cheap figurines, and smashing them. Clark and Lois assume that they are looking for something hidden inside the figurines, so they investigate.
  • The Monkey Mystery
    E5
    The Monkey MysteryThe daughter of an Eastern European scientist flees to the United States to give a secret formula to the president before the communists who killed her father can get to it, and Lois receives information on her whereabouts from an organ grinder and his monkey.
  • Night of Terror
    E6
    Night of TerrorSuperman races to find Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen who wait, helplessly bound, as a sadistic hit man prepares to execute them.
  • The Birthday Letter
    E7
    The Birthday LetterA crippled young girl writes Superman a letter asking him to take her to the fair for her birthday, but before he arrives she is kidnapped by a group of counterfeiters who need information that she has been given by mistake.
  • The Mind Machine
    E8
    The Mind MachineA mobster kidnaps a scientist and takes possession of his invention. The crook uses the device to damage the minds of people testifying before an investigative committee. The victims die a short time later. Superman races to find the mobster before Lois Lane testifies before the committee.
  • Rescue
    E9
    RescueWhile Lois is in Carbide, Pennsylvania, gathering information for a story about the town's mining system, an old prospector is trapped in a cave-in. Lois attempts to rescue him, but when she is trapped in the mine with him it is up to Superman to save them both.
  • The Secret of Superman
    E10
    The Secret of SupermanAn insane scientist, using powerful experimental truth drugs on Perry White, Lois Lane and Clark Kent, learns Superman's true identity.
  • No Holds Barred
    E11
    No Holds BarredWhen a crooked wrestling promoter paralyzes honest athletes, Superman steps in to reverse the damage and rescue an innocent captive.
  • The Deserted Village
    E12
    The Deserted VillageWhen Lois has trouble getting her nurse on the telephone, she and Clark drive to the small town of Cliffton to see what the problem is. After arriving, they find that the town is mostly deserted, and the few remaining townspeople don't seem to want them to know what is going on.
  • The Stolen Costume
    E13
    The Stolen CostumeA criminal breaks into Clark Kent's apartment, finds a hidden closet and steals Clark's Superman costume. The criminal is fatally wounded but not before he takes the costume to hood Ace and his girlfriend Connie. Clark is desperate to find the missing costume.
  • Treasure of the Incas
    E14
    Treasure of the IncasWhile Lois is on her way to an auction featuring South American items, a man asks her to purchase an Inca tapestry for him. Soon after, the man is killed and the tapestry is stolen from Lois, so she, Jimmy, and Clark follow the murderer to Lima to find the tapestry and catch the criminals behind the murder.
  • Double Trouble
    E15
    Double TroubleLois Lane, chloroformed while investigating strange disappearances, is held prisoner in Madame Selina's wax museum of the living dead.
  • Mystery in Wax
    E16
    Mystery in WaxMadame Selena and her husband own a wax museum in Metropolis. She claims to have visions that prominent people will die within six months. And indeed, the people do appear to commit suicide. Madame's latest vision: Perry White will die.
  • Runaway Robot
    E17
    Runaway RobotCaptive Lois Lane will be murdered by gangsters unless inventor Horatio Hinkle uses his unique radio-controlled robot to rob banks.
  • Drums of Death
    E18
    Drums of DeathAided by his ace reporters, Perry White flies to Haiti to search for his sister, the prisoner of a voodoo cult.
  • The Evil Three
    E19
    The Evil ThreePerry White and Jimmy Olsen, while on a fishing trip, end up staying at a rundown hotel. It has only three occupants -- two men who are trying to kill each other and a wheelchair-bound old woman who laughs like a maniac. Superman races to help his friends before they fall victim to the "evil three."
  • The Riddle of the Chinese Jade
    E20
    The Riddle of the Chinese JadeHarry Wong, manager of Lu Song's antique store, decides to help thief John Greer steal a priceless jade statue from Song. Although no one is supposed to get hurt, the plan changes when Song's niece Lily witnesses the robbery and is kidnapped by Greer. Superman, who, as Clark Kent, is interviewing Song for the scoop on his donating the statue to a museum, must solve the crime.
  • The Human Bomb
    E21
    The Human BombOn a windswept narrow ledge high above the ground, Lois Lane is chained to a dynamite-wielding daredevil ready to die.
  • Czar of the Underworld
    E22
    Czar of the UnderworldA killer sabotaging the filming of a crime exposé stalks Clark Kent and Inspector Henderson on a Hollywood studio soundstage.
  • Ghost Wolf
    E23
    Ghost WolfThe Lone Pine Timber Company, which is owned by the "Daily Planet" and supplies it with the pulp wood to make its paper, is in danger of shutting down after a series of mishaps. When the last of its employees is scared off due to evidence of a werewolf on the premises, Perry White sends Clark, Jimmy, and Lois to investigate.
  • Crime Wave
    E24
    Crime WaveWhile hunting down an anonymous crime-boss, the Man of Steel is lured into a lighting-powered deathtrap that stops his heart. Commentary available by Producer/Writer Chuck Harter.
  • The Unknown People (1)
    E25
    The Unknown People (1)Clark Kent and Lois Lane visit the world's deepest oil well in Silsby, when strange humanoid creatures appear and terrorize the townspeople.
  • The Unknown People (2)
    E26
    The Unknown People (2)Convinced the Mole Men are peaceful beings, Superman must save them from a vengeful mob determined to kill the armed visitors.

Cast of Season 1

  • George ReevesSuperman
  • Phyllis CoatesLois Lane
  • John HamiltonPerry White
  • Jack LarsonJimmy Olsen
  • Robert ShayneInspector Henderson

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