Genre:
Action + Adventure + Sci-Fi + Family

Synopsis:
"Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet is really the greatest superhero of them all who "fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way!".
(from IMDb.com)

Episodes follow Superman as he battles gangsters, thugs, mad scientists and non-human dangers like asteroids, robots, and malfunctioning radioactive machines. In the first episode (the "origin" episode), Superman's infant life on the planet Krypton, his arrival on Earth, and his nurturing by a farm couple are dramatized. In succeeding episodes, he conceals his super-identity by posing as mild-mannered Daily Planet reporter Clark Kent who, in times of crisis, scoots to a broom closet or alley, sheds his civvies, and reappears in superhero tights and trunks to rescue hapless folk from the clutches of evildoers. A running gag on the show has editor-in-chief Perry White ordering Jimmy Olsen, "Don't call me 'Chief'!" to which Jimmy replies, "Yes, Chief! Er ... I mean, Mr. White!"

Casts:
George Reeves ... Clark Kent / Superman
Phyllis Coates ... Lois Lane (I) (1952...1953)
Noel Neill ... Lois Lane (II) (1953...1957)
Jack Larson ... Jimmy Olsen
John Hamilton ... Perry White
Robert Shayne ... Insp. Bill Henderson

Runtime:
30 min (104 episodes, 6 seasons)

Superheroes:
Superman (more)

Based on the comic book:
"Superman" © DC Comics

Internal links:
Superman Kellogg's Corn Flakes (195x) (commercial)
Stamp Day for Superman (1954) (TV short)
Superman Kellogg's Sugar Sma.. (1952) (commercial)
I Love Lucy (1951) (TV series 1951-1957)
Superman and the Mole Men (1951)

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