Season 1 (1952)
Release date: 1952-09-19
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Episodes (26):
1. Superman on Earth
Journey with Superman from Krypton to Metropolis, as he joins that Daily Planet staff and meets the fiery Lois Lane.
Release date: 1952-09-19
2. The Haunted Lighthouse
A terrified Jimmy Olsen calls for help, and Superman speeds to an isolated island where strange things happen in the fog-shrouded night. Commentary available by TV Producer/Author Gary H. Grossman.
Release date: 1952-09-26
3. The Case of the Talkative Dummy
As superman hunts for kidnapped armored-car drivers and a stolen fortune, Jimmy, loccked inside a falling safe, hurtles to his doom.
Release date: 1952-10-03
4. Mystery of the Broken Statues
Lois Lane is kidnapped while on the trail of a suave but deadly criminal mastermind and a hidden priceless gem.
Release date: 1952-10-10
5. The Monkey Mystery
Searching for stolen defense secrets, Clark Kent encounters a brutalized woman, a slain organ-grinder -- and a monkey dressed as Superman.
Release date: 1952-10-17
6. Night of Terror
Superman races to find Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen who wait, helplessly bound, as a sadistic hit man prepares to execute them.
Release date: 1952-10-24
7. The Birthday Letter
Superman is implicated in the abduction of a young girl who is thought to have information concerning hidden counterfeit plates.
Release date: 1952-10-31
8. The Mind Machine
Bravely testifying against a mobster, Lois Lane will die unless Clark Kent finds the weapon that will soon destroy her mind.
Release date: 1952-11-07
9. Rescue
Trapped in a mine filling with deadly gas, Lois Lane is beyond the reach of rescuers -- and Clark Kent doesn't know!
Release date: 1952-11-14
10. The Secret of Superman
An insane scientist, using powerful experimental truth drugs on Perry White, Lois Lane and Clark Kent, learns Superman's true identity.
Release date: 1952-11-21
11. No Holds Barred
When a crooked wrestling promoter paralyzes honest athletes, Superman steps in to reverse the damage and rescue an innocent captive.
Release date: 1952-11-28
12. The Deserted Village
As Clark Kent pursues the monster killing the few people left in Lois Lane's hometown, the girl reporter becomes its next victim.
Release date: 1952-12-05
13. The Stolen Costume
After a burglar steals Superman's costume from Clark Kent's closet, a mobster threatens to reveal the Man of Steel's secret identity. Commentary available by TV Producer/Author Gary H. Grossman.
Release date: 1952-12-12
14. Treasure of the Incas
Unwittingly involved in a hunt for stolen radium, Jimmy is kidnapped and locked in a deathtrap by a fanatical doctor.
Release date: 1952-12-19
15. Double Trouble
Lois Lane, chloroformed while investigating strange disappearances, is held prisoner in Madame Selina's wax museum of the living dead.
Release date: 1952-12-26
16. Mystery in Wax
Lois and Jimmy follow a trail of murder that could lead to ancient riches -- or to their own deaths.
Release date: 1953-01-02
17. Runaway Robot
Captive Lois Lane will be murdered by gangsters unless inventor Horatio Hinkle uses his unique radio-controlled robot to rob banks.
Release date: 1953-01-09
18. Drums of Death
Aided by his ace reporters, Perry White flies to Haiti to search for his sister, the prisoner of a voodoo cult.
Release date: 1953-01-16
19. The Evil Three
Perry White and Jimmy Olsen face death at the hands of three crazed murderers in a crumbling bayou hotel. Commentary available by Producer/Writer Chuck Harter.
Release date: 1953-01-23
20. The Riddle of the Chinese Jade
Lois Lane is held hostage by the armed criminal who has stolen a priceless antique and left two people to drown.
Release date: 1953-01-30
21. The Human Bomb
On a windswept narrow ledge high above the ground, Lois Lane is chained to a dynamite-wielding daredevil ready to die.
Release date: 1953-02-06
22. Czar of the Underworld
A killer sabotaging the filming of a crime exposé stalks Clark Kent and Inspector Henderson on a Hollywood studio soundstage.
Release date: 1953-02-13
23. Ghost Wolf
After discovering human footprints that turn into wolf tracks, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen are trapped in a raging forest fire.
Release date: 1953-02-20
24. Crime Wave
While hunting down an anonymous crime-boss, the Man of Steel is lured into a lighting-powered deathtrap that stops his heart. Commentary available by Producer/Writer Chuck Harter.
Release date: 1953-02-27
25. The Unknown People (1)
Clark Kent and Lois Lane visit the world's deepest oil well in Silsby, when strange humanoid creatures appear and terrorize the townspeople.
Release date: 1953-08-10
26. The Unknown People (2)
Convinced the Mole Men are peaceful beings, Superman must save them from a vengeful mob determined to kill the armed visitors.
Release date: 1953-08-10
Cast
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Robert H. Justman - Producer, Robert Maxwell - Producer, Whitney Ellsworth - Producer, Joe Shuster - Characters, Jerry Siegel - Characters