The Adventures of Superman

Look! Up In the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman! The classic "Adventures of Superman" episodes from the 1950s starring George Reeves set the tone for how many people still think of Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. Mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent works for the Metropolis Daily Planet. But with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men, he also battles for truth and justice as Superman.
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  1. S1 E1 - Superman on Earth
    September 18, 1952
    26min
    ALL
    An infant boy from a race of supermen on another planet, Clark Kent, is rocketed to earth and reared by a kindly couple in opening scenes of the Superman drama, "Superman on Earth."
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  2. S1 E2 - The Haunted Lighthouse
    September 25, 1952
    26min
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    Jimmy Olsen, cub reporter on the Daily Planet, visits his aunt on an island off the coast of Maine and stumbles on smugglers operating in a supposedly deserted lighthouse.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Case of the Talkative Dummy
    October 2, 1952
    26min
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    Perplexed by the baffling mystery of armored car robberies in which the entire car disappears, Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen solve the case.
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  4. S1 E4 - The Mystery of the Broken Statues
    October 9, 1952
    25min
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    Two elderly men, one of them a suave gentleman sporting a cane, are discovered buying and then destroying small plaster statuettes from art shops all over Metropolis.
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  5. S1 E5 - The Monkey Mystery
    October 16, 1952
    25min
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    A secret formula, representing the only known defense against atomic warfare, is stolen.
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  6. S1 E6 - A Night of Terror
    October 23, 1952
    26min
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    Phyllis Coates in the role of Lois Lane, reporter on the Daily Planet, is vacationing on the Canadian border when she is captured by a pair of desperate gunmen. To free herself, she involves Jimmy Olsen (Jack Larson) who is in turn seized.
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  7. S1 E7 - The Birthday Letter
    October 30, 1952
    26min
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    A message relating to a set of valuable printing plates stolen from the Bank of France and shipped to America is sent by mistake to a young girl. Captured and held by the counterfeiters, the girl is rescued by Clark Kent .
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  8. S1 E8 - The Mind Machine
    November 6, 1952
    24min
    ALL
    Three witnesses before the Congressional Crime Commission die in sudden agony due to the strange power of a Hypno therapy machine, located in a mountain hideaway, and operated by Lou Cranek, self styled "Kingpin of Crime," in the thrilling Superman adventure.
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  9. S1 E9 - Rescue
    November 13, 1952
    25min
    ALL
    The plight of an elderly coal miner, trapped fifteen hundred feet below ground, causes Lois Lane, nearby on a routine assignment for the Daily Planet, to foolishly try to save him.
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  10. S1 E10 - The Secret of Superman
    November 16, 1952
    25min
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    An attempt to capture Superman, drug his mind and thereby control his will, is made by Doctor Ort, a fanatical scientist, in the thrilling Superman drama, "The Secret of Superman."
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  11. S1 E11 - No Holds Barred
    November 27, 1952
    25min
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    Perry White, managing editor of the Daily Planet, hires the young wrestling champ, Wayne Winchester, to expose crooked wrestling in the Superman drama, "No Holds Barred."
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  12. S1 E12 - The Deserted Village
    December 4, 1952
    25min
    ALL
    A mysterious "killing fog" and a strange sea monster are driving the inhabitants of Cliffton away from the town. Clark Kent as Superman investigates and discovers that a druggist and his son have found a valuable deposit of hydrozite, an element used in the hydrogen bomb, in the Superman adventure, "The Deserted Village."
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  13. S1 E13 - The Stolen Costume
    December 11, 1952
    25min
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    The secret identity of Superman is almost exposed when a sneak thief fleeing from the police slips into Clark Kent's apartment, finds the special Superman costume, and takes it to a notorious racketeer, in the thrilling adventure "The Stolen Costume."
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  14. S1 E14 - Treasure of The Incas
    December 18, 1952
    25min
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    Following a clue from an Inca tapestry, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen attempt to track down a vast treasure cache belonging to the Peruvian government hidden somewhere in the desert, in the Superman drama, "Treasure of the Incas."
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  15. S1 E15 - Double Trouble
    December 25, 1952
    25min
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    Identical twins, the Von Klaven brothers, steal a million dollar core of radium from the U.S. Medical Corps in Germany and transport it to the United States during the Superman adventure, "Double Trouble."
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  16. S1 E16 - Mystery in Wax
    January 1, 1953
    25min
    ALL
    Madame Selena, eccentric operator of a wax museum, is seemingly able to prognosticate the deaths of five prominent residents of Metropolis. When Perry White, editor of the Metropolis Daily Planet, is named the sixth victim and disappears, Clark Kent and Lois Lane get into the case.
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  17. S1 E17 - The Runaway Robot
    January 8, 1953
    26min
    ALL
    An eccentric staff correspondent of the Daily Planet, Horatio, brings his latest invention, an electronically controlled robot, to town. It falls into the hands of robbers who put it to work looting the First National Bank in the Superman adventure thriller, "The Runaway Robot."
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  18. S1 E18 - Drums of Death
    January 15, 1953
    25min
    ALL
    Jimmy Olsen and Perry White's sister, a professional photogra-pher, are seized by voodoo worshippers while photographing the Citadel, reputed jungle burial place of fabulous treasure in the Superman drama, "Drums of Death."
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  19. S1 E19 - The Evil Three
    January 22, 1953
    26min
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    Stopping at a seemingly abandoned hotel in the Louisiana Bayou Country, Perry White and Jimmy Olsen find that it is inhabited by three strange characters who attempt to scare them from the premises during opening scenes of the Superman adventure, "The Evil Three."
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  20. S1 E20 - The Riddle of the Chinese Jade
    January 29, 1953
    25min
    13+
    A Chinese jade figurine, valued at more than half a million dollars, is mysteriously stolen from Lu Sung's curio shop just before he is to present it to the National Museum. Clark Kent, as Superman, uncovers the thief and quickly puts him behind bars.
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  21. S1 E21 - The Human Bomb
    February 5, 1953
    26min
    ALL
    "Bet a Million" Butler, a well known gambler and racketeer, schemes to keep Superman helpless for thirty minutes while his henchmen rob the Metropolis Museum in the Superman thriller, "The Human Bomb."
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  22. S1 E22 - Czar of the Underworld
    February 12, 1953
    25min
    ALL
    Clark Kent and Inspector Henderson, en route to Hollywood to help in filming an important picture about crime, are warned to "lay off" by Luigi Dinelli, notorious gunman and gang leader, in the Superman television drama, "Czar of the Underworld."
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  23. S1 E23 - The Ghost Wolf
    February 19, 1953
    25min
    ALL
    Rumors of a werewolf in the Canadian North Woods, which causes the lumber jacks at the Metropolis Daily Planet's timber reserve to leave their jobs, and a raging forest fire combine to enliven the plot of the Superman adventure, "The Ghost Wolf."
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  24. S1 E24 - Crime Wave
    February 26, 1953
    25min
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    In order to halt a gigantic crime wave sweeping Metropolis, Superman allows himself to be captured and exposed to the deadly rays of atomic fission in the thrilling Superman drama, "Crime Wave."
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  25. S1 E25 - The Unknown People: Part 1
    December 31, 1969
    26min
    ALL
    Ordered to write a story about the deepest oil well in history, newspaper reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane are amazed to discover that the well is closed and the countryside rife with terror following the realization that they have drilled into another world in the center of the Earth during the Superman adventure, "Unknown People." Part 1 of 2
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