Adventures of Superman (1953) Season 2
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.
01 Beat the clock: The race is on to stop an innocent Death Row inmate's date with the electric chair.
9/18/1953
02 A powerful ally: the Man of Steel assists an ex-con blackmailed into returning to his criminal past.
9/25/1953
The Man Who Could Read Minds 03 Swami says: send for Superman! Jimmy and Lois suspect a nightclub mind reader is linked to a theft ring.
10/3/1953
04 Look up! Superman rescues a pilot on a test flight gone wrong and later frees him from kidnappers seeking military secrets.
10/10/1953
05 An amateur shutterbug snaps some incriminating photos, one of which suggests Clark is you-know-who!
10/17/1953
06 Superman is rendered powerless by a kryptonite trap. This sounds like a job for...Lois and Jimmy?
10/24/1953
07 Beware of Superman! A nuclear incident leaves him glowing with radioactivity and lethal to anyone he's near.
10/31/1953
A Ghost for Scotland Yard 08 Man or spirit? A magician believed dead may have resurfaced in a vendetta against his earthly foes.
11/7/1953
The Dog Who Knew Superman 09 The nose knows. A dog rescued from a well by Superman keeps showing up at Clark Kent's office.
11/14/1953
10 Looks like him. Sounds like him. But he isn't Superman! A lookalike Man of Steel goes on a crime spree.
11/21/1953
11 Surgically altered fingerprints. Lead masks to block x-ray vision. Will these foil the police and Superman?
11/28/1953
12 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).
12/5/1953
The Machine That Could Plot Crimes 13 Meet Mr. Kelso, the computer that plans split second bank heists...and may know superman's secret, too.
12/12/1953
14 The superhero saves a lost expedition, defeats a fearsome beast and uses his grip to turn coal into diamonds.
12/19/1953
15 Burger, fries and friendship. Not everyone believes a diner owner who boasts of being pals with Superman.
12/26/1953
16 What kind of clown would rob a kids' charity telethon? An imposter clown, that's who!
1/2/1954
The Boy Who Hated Superman 17 Clark is temporary guardian of a crime-connected youth who secretly plots revenge against the reporter.
1/9/1954
18 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).
1/16/1954
19 Stop the presses! Frustrated by Daily Planet's reporters, Perry White decides to cover a murder story himself.
1/23/1954
20 A terrorist bombs Metropolis' transportation systems. His method: armed, radio-controlled toy airplanes.
1/30/1954
21 Avast, ye scurvy mates! A salvage-boat captain who fancies himself a pirate holds Lois and Jimmy captive.
2/6/1954
22 Great Caesar's ghost! Jimmy Olsen replaces Perry White for a day -- with dizzy and dangerous results.
2/13/1954
23 Noises. Unusual people. Jimmy is sure something strange is going on at the apartment of his mom's friend.
2/20/1954
24 A mystery from Egypt's past: the antidote to an ancient poison is under the base of the Great Pyramid.
2/27/1954
25 The bird has the word. A per parakeet that knows an inventor's secret formula is mysteriously birdnapped.
3/6/1954
Around the World with Superman 26 Paging Dr. Superman! His x-ray vision helps a surgeon restore a girl's sight, then he flies her on a world tour.
3/13/1954
