Adventures of Superman

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!

Type: tv

Season: 6

Episode: N/A

Duration: N/A minutes

Release: 1952-09-19

Rating: 6.7

Season 1 - Adventures of Superman
1952-09-19
Journey with Superman from Krypton to Metropolis, as he joins that Daily Planet staff and meets the fiery Lois Lane.
1952-09-26
A terrified Jimmy Olsen calls for help, and Superman speeds to an isolated island where strange things happen in the fog-shrouded night. Commentary available by TV Producer/Author Gary H. Grossman.
1952-10-03
As superman hunts for kidnapped armored-car drivers and a stolen fortune, Jimmy, loccked inside a falling safe, hurtles to his doom.
1952-10-10
Lois Lane is kidnapped while on the trail of a suave but deadly criminal mastermind and a hidden priceless gem.
1952-10-17
Searching for stolen defense secrets, Clark Kent encounters a brutalized woman, a slain organ-grinder -- and a monkey dressed as Superman.
1952-10-24
Superman races to find Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen who wait, helplessly bound, as a sadistic hit man prepares to execute them.
1952-10-31
Superman is implicated in the abduction of a young girl who is thought to have information concerning hidden counterfeit plates.
1952-11-07
Bravely testifying against a mobster, Lois Lane will die unless Clark Kent finds the weapon that will soon destroy her mind.
1952-11-14
Trapped in a mine filling with deadly gas, Lois Lane is beyond the reach of rescuers -- and Clark Kent doesn't know!
1952-11-21
An insane scientist, using powerful experimental truth drugs on Perry White, Lois Lane and Clark Kent, learns Superman's true identity.
1952-11-28
When a crooked wrestling promoter paralyzes honest athletes, Superman steps in to reverse the damage and rescue an innocent captive.
1952-12-05
As Clark Kent pursues the monster killing the few people left in Lois Lane's hometown, the girl reporter becomes its next victim.
1952-12-12
After a burglar steals Superman's costume from Clark Kent's closet, a mobster threatens to reveal the Man of Steel's secret identity. Commentary available by TV Producer/Author Gary H. Grossman.
1952-12-19
Unwittingly involved in a hunt for stolen radium, Jimmy is kidnapped and locked in a deathtrap by a fanatical doctor.
1952-12-26
Lois Lane, chloroformed while investigating strange disappearances, is held prisoner in Madame Selina's wax museum of the living dead.
1953-01-02
Lois and Jimmy follow a trail of murder that could lead to ancient riches -- or to their own deaths.
1953-01-09
Captive Lois Lane will be murdered by gangsters unless inventor Horatio Hinkle uses his unique radio-controlled robot to rob banks.
1953-01-16
Aided by his ace reporters, Perry White flies to Haiti to search for his sister, the prisoner of a voodoo cult.
1953-01-23
Perry White and Jimmy Olsen face death at the hands of three crazed murderers in a crumbling bayou hotel. Commentary available by Producer/Writer Chuck Harter.
1953-01-30
Lois Lane is held hostage by the armed criminal who has stolen a priceless antique and left two people to drown.
1953-02-06
On a windswept narrow ledge high above the ground, Lois Lane is chained to a dynamite-wielding daredevil ready to die.
1953-02-13
A killer sabotaging the filming of a crime exposé stalks Clark Kent and Inspector Henderson on a Hollywood studio soundstage.
1953-02-20
After discovering human footprints that turn into wolf tracks, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen are trapped in a raging forest fire.
1953-02-27
While 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.
1953-08-10
Clark Kent and Lois Lane visit the world's deepest oil well in Silsby, when strange humanoid creatures appear and terrorize the townspeople.
1953-08-10
Convinced the Mole Men are peaceful beings, Superman must save them from a vengeful mob determined to kill the armed visitors.

Season 2 - Adventures of Superman
1953-09-18
Beat the clock: The race is on to stop an innocent Death Row inmate's date with the electric chair.
1953-09-25
A powerful ally: the Man of Steel assists an ex-con blackmailed into returning to his criminal past.
1953-10-03
Swami says: send for Superman! Jimmy and Lois suspect a nightclub mind reader is linked to a theft ring.
1953-10-10
Look up! Superman rescues a pilot on a test flight gone wrong and later frees him from kidnappers seeking military secrets.
1953-10-17
An amateur shutterbug snaps some incriminating photos, one of which suggests Clark is you-know-who!
1953-10-24
Superman is rendered powerless by a kryptonite trap. This sounds like a job for...Lois and Jimmy?
1953-10-31
Beware of Superman! A nuclear incident leaves him glowing with radioactivity and lethal to anyone he's near.
1953-11-07
Man or spirit? A magician believed dead may have resurfaced in a vendetta against his earthly foes.
1953-11-14
The nose knows. A dog rescued from a well by Superman keeps showing up at Clark Kent's office.
1953-11-21
Looks like him. Sounds like him. But he isn't Superman! A lookalike Man of Steel goes on a crime spree.
1953-11-28
Surgically altered fingerprints. Lead masks to block x-ray vision. Will these foil the police and Superman?
1953-12-05
Destination: 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).
1953-12-12
Meet Mr. Kelso, the computer that plans split second bank heists...and may know superman's secret, too.
1953-12-19
The superhero saves a lost expedition, defeats a fearsome beast and uses his grip to turn coal into diamonds.
1953-12-26
Burger, fries and friendship. Not everyone believes a diner owner who boasts of being pals with Superman.
1954-01-02
What kind of clown would rob a kids' charity telethon? An imposter clown, that's who!
1954-01-09
Clark is temporary guardian of a crime-connected youth who secretly plots revenge against the reporter.
1954-01-16
Sam 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).
1954-01-23
Stop the presses! Frustrated by Daily Planet's reporters, Perry White decides to cover a murder story himself.
1954-01-30
A terrorist bombs Metropolis' transportation systems. His method: armed, radio-controlled toy airplanes.
1954-02-06
Avast, ye scurvy mates! A salvage-boat captain who fancies himself a pirate holds Lois and Jimmy captive.
1954-02-13
Great Caesar's ghost! Jimmy Olsen replaces Perry White for a day -- with dizzy and dangerous results.
1954-02-20
Noises. Unusual people. Jimmy is sure something strange is going on at the apartment of his mom's friend.
1954-02-27
A mystery from Egypt's past: the antidote to an ancient poison is under the base of the Great Pyramid.
1954-03-06
The bird has the word. A per parakeet that knows an inventor's secret formula is mysteriously birdnapped.
1954-03-13
Paging Dr. Superman! His x-ray vision helps a surgeon restore a girl's sight, then he flies her on a world tour.

Season 3 - Adventures of Superman
1955-04-23
An inventor's time contraption whisks the Daily Planet staff to 50,000 B.C. One problem: how to get back!
1955-04-30
Sound and fury. Bank robbers have a sudden interest in a young audiophile's collection of recorded sounds.
1955-05-07
Ladders, black cats, Friday the 13th. All harmless -- but someone intends real harm to an anti-superstition society.
1955-05-14
No dinners, no hoopla...just Kryptonite. Two thugs have their own way of celebrating Superman Week.
1955-05-21
He claims to be Caesar. But who's really behind the strange apparition vexing Perry White?
1955-05-28
Great Horse faces his tribe's test of valor -- with help from a spirit named Superman!
1955-06-04
Gee, thanks! An elderly woman rewards Jimmy $1 million because she thinks he rescued her cat.
1955-09-10
Clark Kent is the man on the inside, posing as an ace safecracker to get the goods on a crime ring.
1955-09-17
Wear the necklace and it protects you from harm. Bullets even bounce off Clark when he wears it!
1955-09-24
His town. His way. But a bogus gunslinger who rules a Western town is no match for the Man of Steel.
1955-10-01
Good ol' boy Sylvester is mistaken for Superman.
1955-10-08
Is something hidden inside them? Items purchased at a Superman souvenir store may be clues to a crime.
1955-10-15
A royal performance: Jimmy poses as a prince of Burgonia to help thwart an assassination plot.

Season 4 - Adventures of Superman
1956-02-18
A day at the races: Superman fights track corruption and the Daily Planet's racehorse gallops to victory.
1956-02-25
Guess the number of jelly beans in the jar. With superman's help, it's possible to win a fixed contest.
1956-03-03
They'll stop him cold! Thugs think a freezer will keep Superman on ice during a rigged election.
1956-03-10
Criminals aboard a submarine aim to torpedo Perry White and his seaside cottage to smithereens.
1956-04-21
Which way is up? An invention that causes the illusion of being upside-down is stolen for villainous use.
1956-04-28
Who's that guy? Hoodlums kidnap Jimmy and put a tough-talking lookalike in his place at the Daily Planet.
1956-05-05
Villains have Superman right where they want him when he attends a party for a visiting foreign dignitary.
1956-05-12
Superman pops the question, Lois says "yes". Is it a dream come true for the smitten femme reporter?
1956-05-19
Three brothers, one fortune. Its finders keepers as the trio hunt for a hidden family inheritance.
1956-05-26
A $500,000 heist -- and Inspector Henderson is the fall guy when some of the dough is planted on him.
1956-06-02
Mobsters use Kryptonite to capture the Man of Steel -- or at least a man they think is Superman!
1956-06-09
How do you stop thieves who have the power of invisibility? That's the new challenge facing Superman!
1956-06-16
Shiver me timbers! Pirates hold Clark, Lois and Jimmy on a deserted isle the U.S. Navy intends to destroy.

Season 5 - Adventures of Superman
1957-03-08
Good intentions gone bad. Superman helps a woman escape from behind the Iron Curtain...and inadvertently becomes a jewel smuggler.
1957-03-15
A nose for news: A meek bookkeeper is an ace crime reporter -- with an occasional assist from Superman.
1957-03-22
She's the one. Members of a bizarre cult believe Lois is their ancient queen returned to life.
1957-03-29
A bogus seer aims to make his own crooked dream come true - a plan to usurp the rule of a dotty monarch.
1957-04-05
She'll get all the dirt. Lois goes undercover, posing as a housemaid to get a story on a notorious criminal.
1957-04-12
Hot news: The arson suspect in a big warehouse fir is...Perry White!
1957-04-19
You can't locate it on a map. What's the secret behind a tiny, mysterious, out-of-the-way town?
1957-04-26
A shave, a haircut, a new you, maybe a new life. A barber has an unusual influence on others.
1957-05-03
Dialed in: An inventor's new creation gives crooks the ability to zoom themselves through telephone lines.
1957-05-10
Oops! A boy gives his grandpa's coat to charity, unaware it holds the man's life savings. Can Superman save the savings?
1957-05-01
And some kids just want a pony. A boy thinks the stolen circus elephant he finds is his birthday gift.
1957-05-24
He's not from around here: A pint-sized Martian has a power that may be useful to crooks.
1957-05-31
Jimmy Olsen: Scientist. The anti-gravity fluid he creates with his chemistry set draws interest from military men...and criminals.

Season 6 - Adventures of Superman
1958-02-03
A gentlemen's society of armored knights holds many secrets (and holds jimmy and Lois captive, too).
1958-02-10
Ready, Aim...A crimelord kidnaps Lois and Jimmy, using them as bait to lure our hero into the line of fire of a Kryptonite ray gun.
1958-02-17
Are half powers better than none? To be in two places at one time, Superman rearranges his molecular density.
1958-02-24
Safe from justice? A killer hides inside a bunker made of a strange material even Superman can't penetrate.
1958-03-03
The bomb explodes, a mushroom cloud rises...and Lois and Jimmy are stranded on the test site.
1958-03-10
The kids can wait. Crooks attempt to claim a silver mine for themselves and keep it from becoming a summer camp.
1958-03-17
An anti-memory vapor can be useful to villains...and perhaps to Clark Kent when he needs to conceal his heroics.
1958-03-24
It means no harm. And may bring death to Superman. A newly created robot is powered by Kryptonite.
1958-03-31
Sorry, Lois. Superman unexpectedly marries a gorgeous blonde policewoman. But why?
1958-04-07
Superman Arrested! While he's out of the way, three circus performers use their respective skills in a heist.
1958-04-14
Jimmy and Lois: bank robbers. They're accused of a theft committed by thugs and a mind-reading burro.
1958-04-21
Lois is tied to railroad track! Crooks in lead masks vow vengeance against the Daily Planet staff.
1958-04-28
What if? After a whack to the head, Jimmy dreams he and Lois have the same powers as the Man of Steel.