Series Description:

The Adventures of Superman TV show was a fantasy series about a man who came from the planet Krypton as a child. He had super powers due to the differences between the qualities of Kryton's star and our Sun. His powers included the ability to fly, super speed, super hearing and sight, x-ray and heat ray vision, super strength, and invulnerability. The only thing that could harm him was Kryptonite, an element created when his home planet Krypton exploded. He also has the alternate, secret identity of Clark Kent ("a mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet") so that he can live amidst we Earthlings and lead a (mostly) normal life. The series' scripts centered around Superman's efforts to protect we normal humans from "super" criminals and his problems in keeping others from learning that he is also Clark Kent.

Superman Cast Members:

George Reeves ............ Superman / Clark Kent
Phyllis Coates ........... Lois Lane (1952-1953)
Noel Neill ............... Lois Lane (1953-1957)
Jack Larson............... Jimmy Olsen
John Hamilton ............ Perry White
Willard Kennedy .......... Announcer

Superman Trivia:

Jonathan & Martha Kent's first names were not consistently stated for many years in the comics. This confusion continued until the early 1950s when Clark's parents began making regular appearances. This also led to confusion on the TV show where, in the pilot episode, they were called Eben and Sarah. The next time they appeared on the series (and thereafter), they were called Jonathan and Martha.

For the first two seasons of the Adventures of Superman, his costume was brown and white. This was due to the fact that red and blue blend together when filmed in black & white. After that, the series was filmed in color and, even though the television episodes continued to air for a while from black & white prints, the costume was changed to red and blue.

If you noticed that the cast members almost always wear exactly the same clothes, there's a good reason. The budget was so small for the show that the shot all scenes in Perry White's office, for example, on the same day for multiple episodes. Apparently, they didn't even allow time for changes into different outfits. By the way, in this day of as high as million dollar per episode salaries, the cast of Superman was paid $200 per episode. They begged the producer to give them a raise to $250 per episode, and he gave in, but wouldn't speak to them for two weeks because he felt they were spoiled and greedy!

There was also a Superman Radio Show that ran for 11 years from 1940 to 1951!

You may also want to check out these other "Super" TV series' pages: "Superboy (1988)", "Lois and Clark (1993)", and "Smallville (2001)".

Superman Opening Narrative:

Faster than a speeding bullet, (As a gun fires a round)
More powerful than a locomotive, (As a train speeds down the tracks)
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, (As the camera pans up the side of a skyscraper)

Look, up in the sky!
It's a bird!
It's a plane!
It's Superman!

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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Episodes List With Original Air Dates

Pilot Episode

Superman And The Mole Men (12/18/1951)

Superman - The First Season

1... Superman On Earth (9/19/1952)
2... The Haunted Lighthouse (9/26/1952)
3... The Case Of The Talkative Dummy (10/3/1952)
4... The Mystery Of The Broken Statues (10/10/1952)
5... The Monkey Mystery (10/17/1952)
6... A Night Of Terror (10/24/1952)
7... The Birthday Letter (10/31/1952)
8... The Mind Machine (11/7/1952)
9... Rescue (11/14/1952)
10. The Secret Of Superman (11/21/1952)
11. No Holds Barred (11/28/1952)
12. The Deserted Village (12/5/1952)
13. The Stolen Costume (12/12/1952)
14. Treasures Of The Incas (12/19/1952)
15. Double Trouble (12/26/1952)
16. Mystery In Wax (1/2/1953)
17. The Runaway Robot (1/9/1953)
18. Drums Of Death (1/16/1953)
19. The Evil Three (1/23/1953)
20. Riddle Of The Chinese Jade (1/30/1953)
21. The Human Bomb (2/6/1953)
22. Czar Of The Underworld (2/13/1953)
23. The Ghost Wolf (2/20/1953)
24. Crime Wave (2/27/1953)

Superman - The Second Season

25. Five Minutes To Doom (9/18/1953)
26. The Big Squeeze (9/25/1953)
27. The Man Who Could Read Minds (10/3/1953)
28. Jet Ace (10/10/1953)
29. Shot In The Dark (10/17/1953)
30. The Defeat of Superman (10/24/1953)
31. Superman In Exile (10/31/1953)
32. A Ghost For Scotland Yard (11/7/1953)
33. The Dog Who Knew Superman (11/14/1953)
34. The Face And The Voice (11/21/1953)
35. The Man In The Lead Mask (11/28/1953)
36. Panic In The Sky (12/5/1953)
37. The Machine That Could Plot Crimes (12/12/1953)
38. Jungle Devil (12/19/1953)
39. My Friend Superman (12/26/1953)
40. The Clown Who Cried (1/2/1954)
41. The Boy Who Hated Superman (1/9/1954)
42. Semi-Private Eye (1/16/1954)
43. Perry White's Scoop (1/23/1954)
44. Beware The Wrecker (1/30/1954)
45. The Golden Vulture (2/6/1954)
46. Jimmy Olsen, Boy Editor (2/13/1954)
47. Lady In Black (2/20/1954)
48. Star Of Fate (2/27/1954)
49. The Whistling Bird (3/6/1954)
50. Around The World (3/13/1954)

Superman - The Third Season

51. Through The Time Barrier (4/23/1955)
52. The Talking Clue (4/30/1955)
53. The Lucky Cat (5/7/1955)
54. Superman Week (5/14/1955)
55. Great Caesar's Ghost (5/21/1955)
56. Test Of A Warrior (5/28/1955)
57. Olsen's Millions (6/4/1955)
58. Clark Kent, Outlaw (9/10/1955)
59. The Magic Necklace (9/17/1955)
60. The Bully Of Dry Gulch (9/24/1955)
61. Flight To The North (10/1/1955)
62. The Seven Souvenirs (10/8/1955)
63. King For A Day (10/15/1955)

Superman - The Fourth Season

64. Joey (2/18/1956)
65. The Unlucky Number (2/25/1956)
66. The Big Freeze (3/3/1956)
67. Peril By Sea (3/10/1956)
68. Topsy Turvy (4/21/1956)
69. Jimmy the Kid (4/28/1956)
70. The Girl Who Hired Superman (5/5/1956)
71. The Wedding Of Superman (5/12/1956)
72. Dagger Island (5/19/1956)
73. Blackmail (5/26/1956)
74. The Deadly Rock (6/2/1956)
75. The Phantom Ring (6/9/1956)
76. The Jolly Roger (6/16/1956)

Superman - The Fifth Season

77. Peril In Paris (3/8/1957)
78. Tin Hero (3/15/1957)
79. The Town That Wasn't (3/22/1957)
80. The Tomb Of Zaharan (3/29/1957)
81. The Man Who Made Dreams Come True (4/5/1957)
82. Disappearing Lois (4/12/1957)
83. Money To Burn (4/19/1957)
84. Close Shave (4/26/1957)
85. The Phony Alibi (5/3/1957)
86. The Prince Albert Coat (5/10/1957)
87. The Stolen Elephant (5/17/1957)
88. Mr. Zero (5/24/1957)
89. Whatever Goes Up (5/31/1957)

Superman - The Sixth Season

90. The Last Knight (2/3/1958)
91. The Magic Secret (2/10/1958)
92. Divide And Conquer (2/17/1958)
93. The Mysterious Cube (2/24/1958)
94. The Atomic Captive (3/3/1958)
95. The Superman Silver Mine (3/10/1958)
96. The Big Forget (3/17/1958)
97. The Gentle Monster (3/24/1958)
98. Superman's Wife (3/31/1958)
99. Three In One (4/7/1958)
100. The Brainy Burro (4/14/1958)
101. The Perils Of Superman (4/21/1958)
102. All That Glitters (4/28/1958)