Episode 1
Through the Time Barrier
25m5.5 / 10
An inventor's time contraption whisks the Daily Planet staff to 50,000 B.C. One problem: how to get back!
Episode credits
Directed by Harry GerstadGuest stars Sterling Holloway
TV series
Adventures of Superman
1952TV-PG6 seasons6.7 / 10
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!
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.
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Synopsis
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.
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Episode 2
The Talking Clue
25m7.0 / 10
Sound and fury. Bank robbers have a sudden interest in a young audiophile's collection of recorded sounds.
Episode credits
Directed by Harry GerstadGuest stars Billy Nelson
Episode 3
The Lucky Cat
25m7.0 / 10
Ladders, black cats, Friday the 13th. All harmless -- but someone intends real harm to an anti-superstition society.
Episode credits
Directed by Harry GerstadGuest stars Harry Tyler, John Phillips
Episode 4
Superman Week
25m6.0 / 10
No dinners, no hoopla...just Kryptonite. Two thugs have their own way of celebrating Superman Week.
Episode credits
Directed by Harry GerstadWritten by Peggy Chantler DickGuest stars Herb Vigran, Paul Burke, Tamar Cooper, Jack George, Buddy Mason
Episode 5
Great Caesar's Ghost
25m7.0 / 10
He claims to be Caesar. But who's really behind the strange apparition vexing Perry White?
Episode credits
Directed by Harry GerstadWritten by Jackson GillisGuest stars Olaf Hytten, Trevor Bardette, Jim Hayward
Episode 6
Test of a Warrior
25m6.0 / 10
Great Horse faces his tribe's test of valor -- with help from a spirit named Superman!
Episode credits
Directed by George BlairGuest stars Francis McDonald, George J. Lewis, Maurice Jara, Lane Bradford
Episode 7
Olsen's Millions
25m7.0 / 10
Gee, thanks! An elderly woman rewards Jimmy $1 million because she thinks he rescued her cat.
Episode credits
Directed by George BlairGuest stars Elizabeth Patterson, Leonard Carey, George E. Stone, Richard Reeves
Episode 8
Clark Kent, Outlaw
25m
Clark Kent is the man on the inside, posing as an ace safecracker to get the goods on a crime ring.
Episode credits
Directed by George BlairWritten by Leroy H. ZehrenGuest stars Robert Shayne, Tristram Coffin, John Doucette, Sid Tomack, Lyn Thomas, George Eldredge
Episode 9
The Magic Necklace
25m
Wear the necklace and it protects you from harm. Bullets even bounce off Clark when he wears it!
Episode credits
Directed by George BlairGuest stars Ted Hecht, Leonard Mudie, Frank Jenks, John Harmon
Episode 10
The Bully of Dry Gulch
25m6.0 / 10
His town. His way. But a bogus gunslinger who rules a Western town is no match for the Man of Steel.
Episode credits
Directed by George BlairWritten by David T. ChantlerGuest stars Martín Garralaga, Raymond Hatton, Myron Healey, Eddie Baker
Episode 11
Flight to the North
25m7.0 / 10
Good ol' boy Sylvester is mistaken for Superman.
Episode credits
Directed by George BlairGuest stars George Chandler, Chuck Connors, Ralph Sanford, Ben Welden
Episode 12
The Seven Souvenirs
25m
Is something hidden inside them? Items purchased at a Superman souvenir store may be clues to a crime.
Episode credits
Directed by George BlairGuest stars Arthur Space, Rick Vallin
Episode 13
King for a Day
25mfinale
A royal performance: Jimmy poses as a prince of Burgonia to help thwart an assassination plot.
Episode credits
Directed by George BlairWritten by Dwight V. BabcockGuest stars Leon Askin, Philip Van Zandt, Jan Arvan, Peter Mamakos, Stephen Bekassy, Chester Marshall, Carolyn Scott
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
More about Adventures of Superman
Cast
George ReevesSuperman
Phyllis CoatesLois Lane
Noel NeillLois Lane
John HamiltonPerry White
Jack LarsonJimmy Olsen
Robert ShayneInspector Henderson
Richard BenedictTony Gambini
Patrick AherneMurrayCredits
- Created by
- Whitney Ellsworth, Robert Maxwell
- Written by
- Whitney Ellsworth, Robert Leslie Bellem, David T. Chantler, Dennis J. Cooper, Ben Peter Freeman, Lee Backman, Wilton Schiller, Jackson Gillis, Eugene Solow, Peggy Chantler Dick, Robert Maxwell, Doris Gilbert, Leroy H. Zehren, William C. Joyce, David T. Chantler, Jackson Gillis, Ben Peter Freeman, Roy Hamilton, Dick Hamilton, Monroe Manning
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 104
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
- SyndicationUnited States
- Motion Pictures for TelevisionUnited States
- National Comics PublicationsUnited States
Themes
super powersuperhero
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