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