It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a syndicated TV adaptation of the beloved DC Comics superhero! You know the drill: When he isn't fighting for truth, justice and the American way, the man in tights dons a suit and glasses for his secret identity as Daily Planet newspaper reporter Clark Kent, who works alongside friends Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen for gruff boss Perry White.
Writer: Whitney Ellsworth
Air date: 1952-09-19
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Journey with Superman from Krypton to Metropolis, as he joins that Daily Planet staff and meets the fiery Lois Lane.
Writer: Eugene Solow
Air date: 1952-09-26
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Writer: Lee Backman
Air date: 1952-10-03
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: As superman hunts for kidnapped armored-car drivers and a stolen fortune, Jimmy, loccked inside a falling safe, hurtles to his doom.
Writer: William C. Joyce
Air date: 1952-10-10
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Lois Lane is kidnapped while on the trail of a suave but deadly criminal mastermind and a hidden priceless gem.
Writer: Doris Gilbert
Air date: 1952-10-17
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Searching for stolen defense secrets, Clark Kent encounters a brutalized woman, a slain organ-grinder -- and a monkey dressed as Superman.
Writer: Ben Peter Freeman
Air date: 1952-10-24
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Superman races to find Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen who wait, helplessly bound, as a sadistic hit man prepares to execute them.
Writer: Dennis J. Cooper
Air date: 1952-10-31
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Superman is implicated in the abduction of a young girl who is thought to have information concerning hidden counterfeit plates.
Writer: Lee Backman
Air date: 1952-11-07
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Bravely testifying against a mobster, Lois Lane will die unless Clark Kent finds the weapon that will soon destroy her mind.
Air date: 1952-11-14
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Trapped in a mine filling with deadly gas, Lois Lane is beyond the reach of rescuers -- and Clark Kent doesn't know!
Air date: 1952-11-21
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: An insane scientist, using powerful experimental truth drugs on Perry White, Lois Lane and Clark Kent, learns Superman's true identity.
Air date: 1952-11-28
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: When a crooked wrestling promoter paralyzes honest athletes, Superman steps in to reverse the damage and rescue an innocent captive.
Air date: 1952-12-05
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: As Clark Kent pursues the monster killing the few people left in Lois Lane's hometown, the girl reporter becomes its next victim.
Writer: Ben Peter Freeman
Air date: 1952-12-12
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Air date: 1952-12-19
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Unwittingly involved in a hunt for stolen radium, Jimmy is kidnapped and locked in a deathtrap by a fanatical doctor.
Air date: 1952-12-26
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Lois and Jimmy follow a trail of murder that could lead to ancient riches -- or to their own deaths.
Air date: 1953-01-02
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Lois Lane, chloroformed while investigating strange disappearances, is held prisoner in Madame Selina's wax museum of the living dead.
Air date: 1953-01-09
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Captive Lois Lane will be murdered by gangsters unless inventor Horatio Hinkle uses his unique radio-controlled robot to rob banks.
Air date: 1953-01-16
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Aided by his ace reporters, Perry White flies to Haiti to search for his sister, the prisoner of a voodoo cult.
Air date: 1953-01-23
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Air date: 1953-01-30
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Lois Lane is held hostage by the armed criminal who has stolen a priceless antique and left two people to drown.
Air date: 1953-02-06
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: On a windswept narrow ledge high above the ground, Lois Lane is chained to a dynamite-wielding daredevil ready to die.
Air date: 1953-02-13
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: A killer sabotaging the filming of a crime exposé stalks Clark Kent and Inspector Henderson on a Hollywood studio soundstage.
Air date: 1953-02-20
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: After discovering human footprints that turn into wolf tracks, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen are trapped in a raging forest fire.
Air date: 1953-02-27
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Air date: 1953-08-10
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Clark Kent and Lois Lane visit the world's deepest oil well in Silsby, when strange humanoid creatures appear and terrorize the townspeople.
Air date: 1953-08-10
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Convinced the Mole Men are peaceful beings, Superman must save them from a vengeful mob determined to kill the armed visitors.
