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The Adventures of Superman
Episode Guide

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George Reeves The Adventures of Superman - The First Season
1-"Superman on
Earth" (9/19/1952)
An infant boy is rocketed from the dying planet Krypton to Earth and is
reared by a kindly couple. As a young man, Clark Kent gets a job at The
Daily Planet newspaper. As Superman, he rescues a man from a dirigible.
2-"The Haunted Lighthouse" (9/26/1952)
Jimmy Olson visits his aunt and discovers a group of smugglers on her
island home.
3-"The Talkative Dummy" (10/3/1952)
Armored cars are robbed and then disappear. A ventriloquist's dummy is
used to transmit the armored car routes.
4-"The Mystery of the Statues" (10/10/1952)
Two elderly men buy and destroy small statues all over Metropolis. Lois
investigates and is captured and almost killed before Superman rescues
her.
5-"The Monkey Mystery" (10/17/1952)
A secret formula used in defense of atomic warfare is stolen. Superman
gets a trained monkey to help get it back.
6-"A Night of Terror" (10/24/1952)
Lois Lane is vacationing in Canada when she's kidnapped by gunmen. Jimmy
tries to help her, but gets captured as well.
7-"The Birthday Letter" (10/31/1952)
A young girl is kidnapped by counterfeiters when she mistakenly receives
printing plates from a French Bank.
8-"The Mind Machine" (11/7/1952)
Three congressional witnesses are killed by a hypno-therapy machine run by
Lou Cranek, "Kingpin of Crime."
9-"Rescue" (11/14/1952)
Lois tries to rescue a coal miner who is trapped in a mine, but she
becomes trapped as well.
10-"The Secret of Superman" (11/21/1952)
The evil Dr. Ort tries to drug Superman and control his will. He then
captures Lois and Jimmy.
11-"No Holds Barred" (11/28/1952)
A young wrestling champ tries to expose crooked wrestling. Superman breaks
up the ring and rescues him.
12-"The Deserted Village" (12/5/1952)
A "killing fog" and a strange sea monster drive people away from
their village. It turns out that a druggist and his son have discovered a
deposit of hydrozite, an element of the hydrogen bomb.
13-"The Stolen Costume" (12/12/1952)
A thief steals Clark's Superman costume and tries to sell it. Clark uses a
clever trick to get it back.
14-"Treasure of the Incas" (12/19/1952)
Looking for Incan treasure, Lois and Jimmy are seized by desperate gunmen.
15-"Double
Trouble" (12/26/1952)
The Von Klaven twins steal a million dollar radium core from the U.S.
Medical Corps. When one brother is murdered, Superman cracks the case and
brings the other to justice.
16-"Mystery
in Wax" (1/2/1953)
Madame Selena, operator of a wax museum, predicts deaths that come true.
When Mr. White disappears, Superman investigates.
17-"The Runaway Robot" (1/9/1953)
A correspondent of The Daily Planet invents a robot which is stolen by
robbers to use for looting banks.
18-"Drums of Death" (1/16/1953)
Haitian voodoo worshippers capture Jimmy and Perry White's sister.
19-"The Evil Three" (1/23/1953)
Three strange men try to scare Jimmy and Mr. White out of an abandoned
hotel.
20-"The Riddle of the Chinese Jade"
(1/30/1953)
An expensive figurine is stolen before it can be presented to the National Museum. Superman reveals the thief.
21-"The Human Bomb" (2/6/1953)
"Bet-A-Million" Butler, a racketeer and gambler, schemes to keep Superman helpless while robbing the Metropolis Museum.
22-"Czar of the Underworld"
Clark and Inspector Henderson are warned by a gang leader to "lay off" of a film about crime. After murder and sabotage on the set, Superman sees to it that the film is completed.
23-"The Ghost Wolf" (2/20/1953)
Lumberjacks leave their job fearing a werewolf. A forest fire enlivens the plot.
24-"Crime Wave" (2/27/1953)
A gigantic crime wave sweeps Metropolis. Superman is exposed to atomic rays.
25-"Unknown People - Part I"
Investigating the world's deepest oil well, Clark and Lois find that it has been dug into a world in the center of the Earth. This two-parter was edited from a single theatrical release entitled Superman and the Molemen.
Originally a theatrical release
Superman And The Mole Men (12/18/1951)
26-"Unknown People - Part II"
A strange creature emerges from the well and is wounded by the excited citizens. Superman helps him and gains his trust.
Superman And The Mole Men
(12/18/1951)
Originally a theatrical release
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