It's a bird, it's a plane, it's the 'Adventures of Superman'! Bad guys try to muscle their way in on the city of Metropolis but find it impossible to get past the Man of Steel. George Reeves stars as Superman, the strange visitor from another planet who fights for truth, justice and the American way, while also moonlighting as mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent.
S1/EP 1 - Superman on Earth
An infant is rocketed from the dying planet Krypton to Earth, where he 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.
S1/EP 2 - The Haunted Lighthouse
Jimmy Olsen visits his aunt and discovers a group of smugglers on her island home.
S1/EP 3 - The Case of the Talkative Dummy
Armored cars are robbed and then disappear. A ventriloquist's dummy is used to transmit the armored cars' routes.
S1/EP 4 - Mystery of the Broken Statues
Two elderly men buy and destroy small statues all over Metropolis. Lois investigates; she is captured and almost killed before Superman rescues her.
S1/EP 5 - The Monkey Mystery
A secret formula used in defense of atomic warfare is stolen. Superman uses a trained monkey to help get it back.
S1/EP 6 - Night of Terror
Lois Lane is vacationing in Canada when she is kidnapped by gunmen. Jimmy tries to help her, but gets captured as well.
S1/EP 7 - The Birthday Letter
A young girl is kidnapped by counterfeiters when she mistakenly receives a phone call meant for them, telling the time and location of a meeting.
S1/EP 8 - The Mind Machine
Three congressional witnesses are killed by a hypno-therapy machine run by Lou Cranek, "Kingpin of Crime."
S1/EP 9 - Rescue
When Lois tries to rescue a coal miner who is trapped in a mine, she becomes trapped as well.
S1/EP 10 - The Secret of Superman
Evil Dr. Ort tries to drug Superman and control his will; he captures Lois and Jimmy.
S1/EP 11 - No Holds Barred
A young wrestling champ tries to expose crooked wrestling. Superman breaks up the ring and rescues him.
S1/EP 12 - The Deserted Village
A "killing fog" and a strange sea monster drive people away from their village. A druggist and his son have discovered a deposit of hydrozite, and element of the hydrogen bomb.
S1/EP 13 - The Stolen Costume
A thief steals Clark's Superman costume and tries to sell it. Clark uses a clever trick to get it back.
S1/EP 14 - Mystery in Wax
Madame Selena, operator of a wax museum, predicts deaths that come true. When Mr. White disappears, Superman investigates.
S1/EP 15 - Treasure of the Incas
Looking for Incan treasure, Lois and Jimmy are seized by desperate gunmen.
S1/EP 16 - Double Trouble
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.
S1/EP 17 - The Runaway Robot
A Daily Planet correspondent invents a robot which is stolen by robbers to use for looting banks.
S1/EP 18 - Drums of Death
Perry White's sister and Jimmy are captured by Haitian voodoo worshippers.
S1/EP 19 - The Evil Three
Three strange men try to scare Jimmy and Mr. White out of an abandoned hotel.
S1/EP 20 - Riddle of the Chinese Jade
An expensive figurine is stolen before it can be presented to the National Museum. Superman uncovers the thief.
S1/EP 21 - The Human Bomb
Bet-A-Million Butler, a racketeer and gambler, schemes to keep Superman helpless while robbing the Metropolis Museum.
S1/EP 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 that the film is completed.
S1/EP 23 - The Ghost Wolf
Lumberjacks leave their job, fearing a werewolf. A forest fire enlivens the plot.
S1/EP 24 - Crime Wave
A gigantic crime wave sweeps Metropolis. Superman is exposed to atomic rays.
S1/EP 25 - The Unknown People: Part 1
Investigating the world's deepest oil well, Clark and Lois find that it dug into a world in the center of the Earth.
S1/EP 26 - The Unknown People: Part 2
A strange creature emerges from the well and is wounded by the excited citizens. Superman helps him and gains his trust.
S2/EP 1 - Five Minutes to Doom
An innocent man faces execution, and Superman must save him.
S2/EP 2 - The Big Squeeze
An ex-con has been rehabilitated, but he is threatened with blackmail by a former jail-mate.
S2/EP 3 - The Man Who Could Read Minds
While investigating a series of robberies, Lois and Jimmy are captured when they encounter the mysterious Swami Amada.
S2/EP 4 - Jet Ace
Spies attempt to wrest flight secrets from a convalescent test pilot. The pilot is trapped in a burning cabin.
S2/EP 5 - Shot in the Dark
A young boy takes an infrared photographs of Clark becoming Superman as well as a criminal who faked his own death.
S2/EP 6 - The Defeat of Superman
Happy King, a vengeful crook, discovers Kryptonite, the one substance that can harm Superman.
S2/EP 7 - Superman in Exile
Superman stops a nuclear explosion, but becomes radioactive. He must leave for a time, and criminals have a field day.
S2/EP 8 - A Ghost for Scotland Yard
Superman is called to dispel a British ghost.
S2/EP 9 - The Dog Who Knew Superman
When a dog senses that Clark and Superman are one and the same, his adoration threatens to give the secret away.
S2/EP 10 - The Face and the Voice
A gangster's face is altered to look like Superman so he can perpetrate crimes and lay the blame on our hero.
S2/EP 11 - The Man in the Lead Mask
A criminal escapes detection by donning a lead mask.
S2/EP 12 - Panic in the Sky
A runaway asteroid gives Superman amnesia. The asteroid also causes floods and earthquakes.
S2/EP 13 - The Machine That Could Plot Crimes
Crooks use a machine to plot perfect crimes, but Superman uses it to turn the tables.
S2/EP 14 - Jungle Devil
While searching for a lost scientist, Lois, Jimmy and Clark are captured by jungle natives. Superman wrestles a gorilla.
S2/EP 15 - My Friend Superman
To avoid protection racketeers, Tony, proprietor of the diner near the Daily Planet, boasts of a friendship with Superman.
S2/EP 16 - The Clown Who Cried
A popular clown is impersonated by his former partner-turned-criminal, Crackers, who steals money from a benefit.
S2/EP 17 - The Boy Who Hated Superman
Frankie wants to help his jailed uncle by spying on Clark and Jimmy. Instead, he learns about honor and trust.
S2/EP 18 - Semi-Private Eye
A private detective is kidnapped. Jimmy tries to step in and solve the case himself, only to be captured.
S2/EP 19 - Perry White's Scoop
A mysterious diver's corpse appears on the main street of Metropolis.
S2/EP 20 - Beware the Wrecker
The "Wrecker" is an unknown enemy who may be destroying planes, trains and ships. The sound of a bell is the only clue.
S2/EP 21 - The Golden Vulture
The master of the tramp ship "Golden Vulture" turns stolen gold into recovered treasure. Lois and Jimmy are captured and held hostage by the evil pirate, Captain Mc Bain. Clark Kent stows away on the ship to investigate.
S2/EP 22 - Jimmy Olsen, Boy Editor
Jimmy gets to be editor for a day and fakes a story to catch a crook; his plan backfires.
S2/EP 23 - Lady in Black
Jimmy is baffled by a gang of art thieves. Who is the Lady in Black?
S2/EP 24 - Star of Fate
A cursed Egyptian sapphire is auctioned off; the jewel contains a hidden needle that poisons Lois and others.
S2/EP 25 - The Whistling Bird
A doctor teaches his parakeet the formula for an explosive, and the bird is captured by a spy.
S2/EP 26 - Around the World with Superman
Superman helps restore vision to a blind child and reunites an estranged couple for a promotion stunt.
S3/EP 1 - Through the Time Barrier
Professor Twiddle invents a time machine which takes Jimmy, Lois, Clark and a thug back 50,000 years.
S3/EP 2 - The Talking Clue
The Inspector's son is collecting sounds with a tape machine and records a safe being opened. When two crooks use the tape to their advantage, the son becomes an unwitting accomplice.
S3/EP 3 - The Lucky Cat
The anti-Superstition Society is being threatened, and Superman uses a cat to help find the culprit.
S3/EP 4 - Superman Week
While plans are made to celebrate "Superman Week," Sy Horton's mob forces Jimmy to reveal the secret of Kryptonite.
S3/EP 5 - Great Caesar's Ghost
Perry White is a key witness in a gangster trial. But on the eve of his testimony, he believes he hears a ghost. Superman must restore the editor's credibility.
S3/EP 6 - Test of a Warrior
Superman helps an Indian leader through superhuman ordeals to win the chief's bonnet of the tribe.
S3/EP 7 - Olsen's Millions
When Jimmy inherits millions overnight, he becomes the target of swindlers.
S3/EP 8 - Clark Kent Outlaw
Clarl Kent pretends to join a gang of diamond thieves in an undercover scheme.
S3/EP 9 - The Magic Necklace
Lois writes an article about the discovery of an ancient necklace that is said to protect its wearer from harm. A gangster reads the article and kidnaps Lois.
S3/EP 10 - The Bully of Dry Gulch
Lois and Jimmy visit a rodeo. Jimmy gets on the bad side of a gunfighter who warns him to leave town by sundown.
S3/EP 11 - Flight to the North
Sylvester J. Superman, a backwoods character, reads an ad intended for Superman and mistakenly embarks on a mission.
S3/EP 12 - The Seven Souvenirs
A curio dealer sells daggers supposedly bent by Superman himself. When they are used for violence, Superman investigates.
S3/EP 13 - King for a Day
Jimmy is mistaken for a young king, and the country's ruthless dictator tries to execute him.
S4/EP 1 - Joey
The Daily Planet buys a racehorse from Perry White's old friend. But the horse can't race without Alice, the little girl who used to take care of him.
S4/EP 2 - The Unlucky Number
A young boy thinks that a live-in boarder named Dexter is really Superman, but Dexter is actually a racketeer.
S4/EP 3 - The Big Freeze
A criminal mastermind freezes away Superman's powers and intimidates people from voting against his crooked candidate for Metropolis' mayor.
S4/EP 4 - Peril by Sea
Perry White discovers a formula that can extract uranium from seawater. Crooks discover it and torpedo his cottage.
S4/EP 5 - Topsy Turvy
A man invents a machine that gives people the illusion of being turned completely upside down. The device falls into the hands of a crook who uses it to rob a bank.
S4/EP 6 - Jimmy the Kid
Clark gets evidence against a gang of phony investment operators who hire Jimmy Olsen's double for Jimmy to break into the Daily Planet.
S4/EP 7 - The Girl Who Hired Superman
A wealthy young lady tries to hire Superman to entertain at a party. Her guardian uses the distraction to steal counterfeit plates.
S4/EP 8 - The Wedding of Superman
Lois dreams that she gets engaged to Superman.
S4/EP 9 - Dagger Island
Clark and Lois are umpires in a treasure hunt on Dagger Island. One of the heirs is ruthless in his quest and endangers the rest of the party.
S4/EP 10 - Blackmail
Inspector Henderson pretends to take a bribe so he can catch a crime boss. Superman intervenes to clear the cop's name.
S4/EP 11 - The Deadly Rock
A racketeer gets Kryptonite from a fallen meteor but mistakes Clark's friend Gary Allen for Superman.
S4/EP 12 - The Phantom Ring
Gangsters use a machine to become invisible and execute mysterious robberies.
S4/EP 13 - The Jolly Roger
When Jimmy and Lois investigate a "deserted" island which is intended for Navy bomb practice, they find that it's not deserted.
S5/EP 1 - Peril in Paris
Superman helps Anna Constantine smuggle jewels from behind the Iron Curtain to Paris. Anna's servant double-crosses them.
S5/EP 2 - Tin Hero
A meek bookkeeper inadvertently captures a bank robber. He becomes a crime-busting reporter, which brings more trouble than he can handle.
S5/EP 3 - The Town That Wasn't
Jimmy and Lois are victimized by a phony speed trap and held in a mysterious vanishing town.
S5/EP 4 - The Tomb of Zaharan
Near Eastern vistors mistake Lois for their lost queen. They induce her and Jimmy to come to Beldad, then seal the two inside the Tomb of Zaharan.
S5/EP 5 - The Man Who Made Dreams Come True
A mystertious villian called the Dreamer convinces a superstitious king to perform fatal acts.
S5/EP 6 - Disappearing Lois
Lois disguises herself as a maid to get an interview with a gangster. He orders his henchman to dispose of her and Jimmy.
S5/EP 7 - Money to Burn
The Daily Planet's newsprint warehouse has a fire, and the payroll disappears. Perry White is accused of embezzlement and arson.
S5/EP 8 - Close Shave
After being convinced to go straight, notorious gangster Rick Sable tips Jimmy off to a robbery his gang will commit.
S5/EP 9 - The Phony Alibi
A professor invents a machine to transport people by telephone wire, and crooks use the machine to send Lois and Jimmy to Alaska.
S5/EP 10 - The Prince Albert Coat
A ten year old donates a coat for flood relief, but the coat contained his great-grandfather's life savings. Lois and Jimmy attempt to recover the coat.
S5/EP 11 - The Stolen Elephant
A baby elephant is stolen from the circus. Clark, Lois, and Jimmy get involved, with help from young Johnny Wilson.
S5/EP 12 - Mr. Zero
A little man from Mars appears. He has the unwitting power to freeze people with his finger, and criminals trick him into helping them.
S5/EP 13 - Whatever Goes Up
Jimmy accidentally discovers an anti-gravity fluid, but then he can't remember the formula.
S6/EP 1 - The Last Knight
The leader of "The Society for the Preservation of Knighthood and Dragons" steals a suit of armor and plans to do away with the other members to steal their money.
S6/EP 2 - The Magic Secret
An eccentric professor discovers a way to focus space-borne Kryptonite particles into a beam to disarm Superman.
S6/EP 3 - Divide and Conquer
An assassination attempt is made on the president of a Latin American country which the Daily Planet is visiting. Superman saves the president, but is accused of the crime.
S6/EP 4 - The Mysterious Cube
A criminal creates a steel cube in which to imprison himself so that he can be declared legally dead and absolved of his crimes.
S6/EP 5 - The Atomic Captive
Lois and Jimmy attempt to rescue Dr. Ladislav, a nuclear scientist, from foreign agents.
S6/EP 6 - The Superman Silver Mine
Mr. Pebble, a prospector, donates a silver mine to a children's fund. A crook impersonates him and captures Mr. Pebbles, Lois, and Jimmy.
S6/EP 7 - The Big Forget
Lois and Jimmy try to use an anti-memory vapor to go after a criminal. The crook captures them and gets the vapor to use for holdups. Clark reveals his identity to save his friends.
S6/EP 8 - The Gentle Monster
A kind professor's robot is stolen by racketeers, who use it to their advantage. The robot's power unit uses Kryptonite.
S6/EP 9 - Superman's Wife
Superman proposes to a beautiful blonde sergeant on the police force. Lois is heartbroken, but reports the story. A gang leader kidnaps Mrs. Superman.
S6/EP 10 - Three in One
A circus is forced to close because two performers steal the operational funds. Superman is arrested for the crime.
S6/EP 11 - The Brainy Burro
Lois and Jimmy investigate a Mexican story of a burro who can read minds. Crooks use the burro to rob a bank.
S6/EP 12 - The Perils of Superman
A master criminal plans terrible traps for each of Superman's friends: Lois, Jimmy, Perry White and Clark Kent.
S6/EP 13 - All That Glitters
Professor Pepperwinkle learns how to make gold from base metal. Crooks force the professor to do it, but the professor has another secret: how to turn any man into Superman.
