Adventures of Superman

Jun 29, 2026

Profiling Noel Neill and the character of Lois Lane.

Jun 29, 2026

Special Episode promoting Savings Bonds with a new introduction by Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen).

Jun 29, 2026

Original Kellogg's Cereal TV commercials starring Adventures of Superman cast members.

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George Reeves Played many parts before donning Superman's signature red and blue as television's first Man of Steel. 1940's "Pony Express Days" features the young actor in the role of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody and stands as yet another example of Reeves' talent, energy and charisma.

Jun 29, 2026

A documentary on the transition from filming the series in black and white to color even though all the seasons aired in black and white.

Jun 29, 2026

An extra discussing the special effects of Adventures of Superman.

Jun 29, 2026

Excerpts from the new documentary produced by Bryan Singer and Kevin Burns.

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The original Movie Trailer.

Jun 29, 2026

Jack Larson celebrates his series character along with co-star Noel Neill and Author/Historians Jim Beaver, Gary Grossman, Michael J Hayde and Jan Henderson.

Jun 29, 2026

A detective (Adrien Brody) uncovers unexpected links to his own personal life as he probes the mysterious death of "Superman" actor George Reeves (Ben Affleck) in 1959. A possible affair between the actor and Toni Mannix (Diane Lane), the wife of a studio executive (Bob Hoskins), might reveal the truth.

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A series retrospective featuring Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen), Leonard Maltin (Movie Historian/Critic), Gary H. Grossman (Author of Superman: Serial to Cereal), Paul Levitz (DC Comics President), Allan Asherman (DC Comics Historian), Dan Didio (DC Comics Editor), Mike Carlin (Superman Comic Editor), and Alex Ross (Superman Comic Artist).

Jun 29, 2026

The 1951 Theatrical Feature, later to be televised as the 2-part episode "The Unknown People". Clark Kent and Lois Lane visit the world's deepest oilwell in Silsby, when strange humanoid creatures appear and terrorize the townspeople. Convinced the mole men are peaceful beings, Superman must save them from a vengeful mob determined to kill the armed visitors.

Sep 19, 1952

Journey with Superman from Krypton to Metropolis, as he joins that Daily Planet staff and meets the fiery Lois Lane.

Sep 26, 1952

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.

Oct 03, 1952

As superman hunts for kidnapped armored-car drivers and a stolen fortune, Jimmy, loccked inside a falling safe, hurtles to his doom.

Oct 10, 1952

Lois Lane is kidnapped while on the trail of a suave but deadly criminal mastermind and a hidden priceless gem.

Oct 17, 1952

Searching for stolen defense secrets, Clark Kent encounters a brutalized woman, a slain organ-grinder -- and a monkey dressed as Superman.

Oct 24, 1952

Superman races to find Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen who wait, helplessly bound, as a sadistic hit man prepares to execute them.

Oct 31, 1952

Superman is implicated in the abduction of a young girl who is thought to have information concerning hidden counterfeit plates.

Nov 07, 1952

Bravely testifying against a mobster, Lois Lane will die unless Clark Kent finds the weapon that will soon destroy her mind.

Nov 14, 1952

Trapped in a mine filling with deadly gas, Lois Lane is beyond the reach of rescuers -- and Clark Kent doesn't know!

Nov 21, 1952

An insane scientist, using powerful experimental truth drugs on Perry White, Lois Lane and Clark Kent, learns Superman's true identity.

Nov 28, 1952

When a crooked wrestling promoter paralyzes honest athletes, Superman steps in to reverse the damage and rescue an innocent captive.

Dec 05, 1952

As Clark Kent pursues the monster killing the few people left in Lois Lane's hometown, the girl reporter becomes its next victim.

Dec 12, 1952

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.

Dec 19, 1952

Unwittingly involved in a hunt for stolen radium, Jimmy is kidnapped and locked in a deathtrap by a fanatical doctor.

Dec 26, 1952

Lois and Jimmy follow a trail of murder that could lead to ancient riches -- or to their own deaths.

Jan 02, 1953

Lois Lane, chloroformed while investigating strange disappearances, is held prisoner in Madame Selina's wax museum of the living dead.

Jan 09, 1953

Captive Lois Lane will be murdered by gangsters unless inventor Horatio Hinkle uses his unique radio-controlled robot to rob banks.

Jan 16, 1953

Aided by his ace reporters, Perry White flies to Haiti to search for his sister, the prisoner of a voodoo cult.

Jan 23, 1953

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.

Jan 30, 1953

Lois Lane is held hostage by the armed criminal who has stolen a priceless antique and left two people to drown.

Feb 06, 1953

On a windswept narrow ledge high above the ground, Lois Lane is chained to a dynamite-wielding daredevil ready to die.

Feb 13, 1953

A killer sabotaging the filming of a crime exposé stalks Clark Kent and Inspector Henderson on a Hollywood studio soundstage.

Feb 20, 1953

After discovering human footprints that turn into wolf tracks, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen are trapped in a raging forest fire.

Feb 27, 1953

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.

Aug 10, 1953

Clark Kent and Lois Lane visit the world's deepest oil well in Silsby, when strange humanoid creatures appear and terrorize the townspeople.

Aug 10, 1953

Convinced the Mole Men are peaceful beings, Superman must save them from a vengeful mob determined to kill the armed visitors.

Sep 18, 1953

Beat the clock: The race is on to stop an innocent Death Row inmate's date with the electric chair.

Sep 25, 1953

A powerful ally: the Man of Steel assists an ex-con blackmailed into returning to his criminal past.

Oct 03, 1953

Swami says: send for Superman! Jimmy and Lois suspect a nightclub mind reader is linked to a theft ring.

Oct 10, 1953

Look up! Superman rescues a pilot on a test flight gone wrong and later frees him from kidnappers seeking military secrets.

Oct 17, 1953

An amateur shutterbug snaps some incriminating photos, one of which suggests Clark is you-know-who!

Oct 24, 1953

Superman is rendered powerless by a kryptonite trap. This sounds like a job for...Lois and Jimmy?

Oct 31, 1953

Beware of Superman! A nuclear incident leaves him glowing with radioactivity and lethal to anyone he's near.

Nov 07, 1953

Man or spirit? A magician believed dead may have resurfaced in a vendetta against his earthly foes.

Nov 14, 1953

The nose knows. A dog rescued from a well by Superman keeps showing up at Clark Kent's office.

Nov 21, 1953

Looks like him. Sounds like him. But he isn't Superman! A lookalike Man of Steel goes on a crime spree.

Nov 28, 1953

Surgically altered fingerprints. Lead masks to block x-ray vision. Will these foil the police and Superman?

Dec 05, 1953

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).

Dec 12, 1953

Meet Mr. Kelso, the computer that plans split second bank heists...and may know superman's secret, too.

Dec 19, 1953

The superhero saves a lost expedition, defeats a fearsome beast and uses his grip to turn coal into diamonds.

Dec 26, 1953

Burger, fries and friendship. Not everyone believes a diner owner who boasts of being pals with Superman.

Jan 02, 1954

What kind of clown would rob a kids' charity telethon? An imposter clown, that's who!

Jan 09, 1954

Clark is temporary guardian of a crime-connected youth who secretly plots revenge against the reporter.

Jan 16, 1954

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).

Jan 23, 1954

Stop the presses! Frustrated by Daily Planet's reporters, Perry White decides to cover a murder story himself.

Jan 30, 1954

A terrorist bombs Metropolis' transportation systems. His method: armed, radio-controlled toy airplanes.

Feb 06, 1954

Avast, ye scurvy mates! A salvage-boat captain who fancies himself a pirate holds Lois and Jimmy captive.

Feb 13, 1954

Great Caesar's ghost! Jimmy Olsen replaces Perry White for a day -- with dizzy and dangerous results.

Feb 20, 1954

Noises. Unusual people. Jimmy is sure something strange is going on at the apartment of his mom's friend.

Feb 27, 1954

A mystery from Egypt's past: the antidote to an ancient poison is under the base of the Great Pyramid.

Mar 06, 1954

The bird has the word. A per parakeet that knows an inventor's secret formula is mysteriously birdnapped.

Mar 13, 1954

Paging Dr. Superman! His x-ray vision helps a surgeon restore a girl's sight, then he flies her on a world tour.

Apr 23, 1955

An inventor's time contraption whisks the Daily Planet staff to 50,000 B.C. One problem: how to get back!

Apr 30, 1955

Sound and fury. Bank robbers have a sudden interest in a young audiophile's collection of recorded sounds.

May 07, 1955

Ladders, black cats, Friday the 13th. All harmless -- but someone intends real harm to an anti-superstition society.

May 14, 1955

No dinners, no hoopla...just Kryptonite. Two thugs have their own way of celebrating Superman Week.

May 21, 1955

He claims to be Caesar. But who's really behind the strange apparition vexing Perry White?

May 28, 1955

Great Horse faces his tribe's test of valor -- with help from a spirit named Superman!

Jun 04, 1955

Gee, thanks! An elderly woman rewards Jimmy $1 million because she thinks he rescued her cat.

Sep 10, 1955

Clark Kent is the man on the inside, posing as an ace safecracker to get the goods on a crime ring.

Sep 17, 1955

Wear the necklace and it protects you from harm. Bullets even bounce off Clark when he wears it!

Sep 24, 1955

His town. His way. But a bogus gunslinger who rules a Western town is no match for the Man of Steel.

Oct 01, 1955

Good ol' boy Sylvester is mistaken for Superman.

Oct 08, 1955

Is something hidden inside them? Items purchased at a Superman souvenir store may be clues to a crime.

Oct 15, 1955

A royal performance: Jimmy poses as a prince of Burgonia to help thwart an assassination plot.

Feb 18, 1956

A day at the races: Superman fights track corruption and the Daily Planet's racehorse gallops to victory.

Feb 25, 1956

Guess the number of jelly beans in the jar. With superman's help, it's possible to win a fixed contest.

Mar 03, 1956

They'll stop him cold! Thugs think a freezer will keep Superman on ice during a rigged election.

Mar 10, 1956

Criminals aboard a submarine aim to torpedo Perry White and his seaside cottage to smithereens.

Apr 21, 1956

Which way is up? An invention that causes the illusion of being upside-down is stolen for villainous use.

Apr 28, 1956

Who's that guy? Hoodlums kidnap Jimmy and put a tough-talking lookalike in his place at the Daily Planet.

May 05, 1956

Villains have Superman right where they want him when he attends a party for a visiting foreign dignitary.

May 12, 1956

Superman pops the question, Lois says "yes". Is it a dream come true for the smitten femme reporter?

May 19, 1956

Three brothers, one fortune. Its finders keepers as the trio hunt for a hidden family inheritance.

May 26, 1956

A $500,000 heist -- and Inspector Henderson is the fall guy when some of the dough is planted on him.

Jun 02, 1956

Mobsters use Kryptonite to capture the Man of Steel -- or at least a man they think is Superman!

Jun 09, 1956

How do you stop thieves who have the power of invisibility? That's the new challenge facing Superman!

Jun 16, 1956

Shiver me timbers! Pirates hold Clark, Lois and Jimmy on a deserted isle the U.S. Navy intends to destroy.

Mar 08, 1957

Good intentions gone bad. Superman helps a woman escape from behind the Iron Curtain...and inadvertently becomes a jewel smuggler.

Mar 15, 1957

A nose for news: A meek bookkeeper is an ace crime reporter -- with an occasional assist from Superman.

Mar 22, 1957

You can't locate it on a map. What's the secret behind a tiny, mysterious, out-of-the-way town?

Mar 29, 1957

She's the one. Members of a bizarre cult believe Lois is their ancient queen returned to life.

Apr 05, 1957

A bogus seer aims to make his own crooked dream come true - a plan to usurp the rule of a dotty monarch.

Apr 12, 1957

She'll get all the dirt. Lois goes undercover, posing as a housemaid to get a story on a notorious criminal.

Apr 19, 1957

Hot news: The arson suspect in a big warehouse fire is...Perry White!

Apr 26, 1957

A shave, a haircut, a new you, maybe a new life. A barber has an unusual influence on others.

May 03, 1957

Dialed in: An inventor's new creation gives crooks the ability to zoom themselves through telephone lines.

May 10, 1957

Oops! A boy gives his grandpa's coat to charity, unaware it holds the man's life savings. Can Superman save the savings?

May 01, 1957

And some kids just want a pony. A boy thinks the stolen circus elephant he finds is his birthday gift.

May 24, 1957

He's not from around here: A pint-sized Martian has a power that may be useful to crooks.

May 31, 1957

Jimmy Olsen: Scientist. The anti-gravity fluid he creates with his chemistry set draws interest from military men...and criminals.

Feb 03, 1958

A gentlemen's society of armored knights holds many secrets (and holds jimmy and Lois captive, too).

Feb 10, 1958

Ready, Aim...A crimelord kidnaps Lois and Jimmy, using them as bait to lure our hero into the line of fire of a Kryptonite ray gun.

Feb 17, 1958

Are half powers better than none? To be in two places at one time, Superman rearranges his molecular density.

Feb 24, 1958

Safe from justice? A killer hides inside a bunker made of a strange material even Superman can't penetrate.

Mar 03, 1958

The bomb explodes, a mushroom cloud rises...and Lois and Jimmy are stranded on the test site.

Mar 10, 1958

The kids can wait. Crooks attempt to claim a silver mine for themselves and keep it from becoming a summer camp.

Mar 17, 1958

An anti-memory vapor can be useful to villains...and perhaps to Clark Kent when he needs to conceal his heroics.

Mar 24, 1958

It means no harm. And may bring death to Superman. A newly created robot is powered by Kryptonite.

Mar 31, 1958

Sorry, Lois. Superman unexpectedly marries a gorgeous blonde policewoman. But why?

Apr 07, 1958

Superman Arrested! While he's out of the way, three circus performers use their respective skills in a heist.

Apr 14, 1958

Jimmy and Lois: bank robbers. They're accused of a theft committed by thugs and a mind-reading burro.

Apr 21, 1958

Lois is tied to railroad track! Crooks in lead masks vow vengeance against the Daily Planet staff.

Apr 28, 1958

What if? After a whack to the head, Jimmy dreams he and Lois have the same powers as the Man of Steel.