Adventures of Superman: The Complete First Season
Warner Bros. Pictures (1952)
TV Series  /  Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Television
In Collection
#47
0*
Seen ItNo
012569420021
IMDB   7.7
662 mins United States / English
DVD  Region 1   Unrated
George Reeves Clark Kent / ... (104 episodes, 1951-1958)
Bill Kennedy Announcer / ... (104 episodes, 1951-1958)
Jack Larson Jimmy Olsen (102 episodes, 1952-1958)
John Hamilton Perry White (102 episodes, 1952-1958)
Robert Shayne Insp. Bill Henderson / ... (92 episodes, 1952-1958)
Noel Neill Lois Lane (78 episodes, 1953-1958)
Phyllis Coates Lois Lane (26 episodes, 1951-1953)
Stephen Carr Eddie / ... (15 episodes, 1951-1953)
Ben Welden 'Leftover' Louie Lyman / ... (8 episodes, 1952-1958)
Herb Vigran Arnold Woodman / ... (6 episodes, 1952-1958)
Phil Tead Prof. Pepperwinkle / ... (6 episodes, 1955-1958)
Richard Reeves Babe / ... (5 episodes, 1952-1956)
Sid Tomack Curtis / ... (5 episodes, 1952-1957)
Billy Nelson Knuckles Nelson / ... (5 episodes, 1953-1958)
Sam Balter Radio Announcer / ... (5 episodes, 1953)
Jack Littlefield Boots / ... (5 episodes, 1956-1958)
John Phillips Matt / ... (4 episodes, 1951-1956)
Pierre Watkin Admiral / ... (4 episodes, 1952-1958)
Tristram Coffin E.J. Davis aka Al Roselli / ... (4 episodes, 1952-1957)
John Eldredge Burt Burnside / ... (4 episodes, 1953-1958)
Leonard Mudie Brockhurst the Magician / ... (4 episodes, 1953-1956)
Rick Vallin Pallini the Human Fly / ... (4 episodes, 1955-1957)
Dick Elliott Judge / ... (3 episodes, 1952-1958)
Allene Roberts Alice / ... (3 episodes, 1952-1954)
Aline Towne Lara / ... (3 episodes, 1952-1953)
Walter Reed Bill Corrigan / ... (3 episodes, 1951-1958)
Billy Curtis Mole-Man #1 / ... (3 episodes, 1951-1957)
Stanley Andrews The Sheriff / ... (3 episodes, 1951-1953)
Dabbs Greer Dan Dobey / ... (3 episodes, 1952-1958)
Richard Benedict Baby Face Stevens / ... (3 episodes, 1952-1957)
Director
Thomas Carr
George Blair
Lee Sholem
Producer Whitney Ellsworth
Bernard Luber
Writer Whitney Ellsworth
Ben Peter Freeman

It's a bird... It's a plane...The first superhero created for comic books, SUPERMAN leaped from radio to television when Adventures of Superma' debuted in 1952. Produced by Robert J. Maxwell (who also produced the radio version) and Bernard Luber (a veteran of Hollywood serials), each First Season Episode screens like a classic crime movie, where danger and death lurk in the shadows. Working with some of the industry's best character actors, George Reeves plays the MAN OF STEEL with a genuineness that captivates viewers of all ages. Now, enjoy this legendary series as never before, digitally mastered from original film elements, in a soaring DELUXE 5-DISC SET WITH EXCITING EXTRAS. - Allan Asherman, DC Comics Historian
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    19/09/1952  1.  Superman on Earth
Journey with Superman from Krypton to Metropolis, as he joins that Daily Planet staff and meets the fiery Lois Lane.
Director:  Tommy Carr  Writer:  Richard Fielding 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    26/09/1952  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.
Director:  Tommy Carr  Writer:  Eugene Solow 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    03/10/1952  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.
Director:  Tommy Carr  Writer:  Lee Backman  / Dennis Cooper 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/10/1952  4.  The 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.
Director:  Tommy Carr  Writer:  William C. Joyce 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    17/10/1952  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.
Director:  Tommy Carr  Writer:  Ben Peter Freeman  / Doris Gilbert 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    24/10/1952  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.
Director:  Lee Sholem  Writer:  Ben Peter Freeman 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    31/10/1952  7.  The Birthday Letter
Superman is implicated in the abduction of a young girl who is thought to have information concerning hidden counterfeit plates.
Director:  Lee Sholem  Writer:  Dennis Cooper 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    07/11/1952  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.
Director:  Lee Sholem  Writer:  Lee Backman  / Dennis Cooper 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    14/11/1952  9.  Rescue
Trapped in a mine filling with deadly gas, Lois Lane is beyond the reach of rescuers -- and Clark Kent doesn't know!
Director:  Tommy Carr  Writer:  Monroe Manning 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    21/11/1952  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.
Director:  Tommy Carr  Writer:  Wells Root 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    28/11/1952  11.  No Holds Barred
When a crooked wrestling promoter paralyzes honest athletes, Superman steps in to reverse the damage and rescue an innocent captive.
Director:  Lee Sholem  Writer:  Peter Dixon 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    05/12/1952  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.
Director:  Tommy Carr  Writer:  Dick Hamilton  / Ben Peter Freeman 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/12/1952  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.
Director:  Lee Sholem  Writer:  Ben Peter Freeman 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    19/12/1952  14.  Treasure of the Incas
Lois and Jimmy follow a trail of murder that could lead to ancient riches -- or to their own deaths.
Director:  Lee Sholem  Writer:  Ben Peter Freeman 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    26/12/1952  15.  Double Trouble
Unwittingly involved in a hunt for stolen radium, Jimmy is kidnapped and locked in a deathtrap by a fanatical doctor.
Director:  Tommy Carr  Writer:  Howard Green 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    02/01/1953  16.  Mystery in Wax
Lois Lane, chloroformed while investigating strange disappearances, is held prisoner in Madame Selina's wax museum of the living dead.
Director:  Tommy Carr  Writer:  Eugene Solow 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    09/01/1953  17.  Runaway Robot
Captive Lois Lane will be murdered by gangsters unless inventor Horatio Hinkle uses his unique radio-controlled robot to rob banks.
Director:  Tommy Carr  Writer:  Dick Hamilton 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    16/01/1953  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.
Director:  Lee Sholem  Writer:  Dick Hamilton 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    23/01/1953  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.
Director:  Tommy Carr  Writer:  Ben Peter Freeman 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    30/01/1953  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.
Director:  Tommy Carr  Writer:  Ben Peter Freeman 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    06/02/1953  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.
Director:  Lee Sholem  Writer:  Richard Fielding 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    13/02/1953  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.
Director:  Tommy Carr  Writer:  Eugene Solow 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    20/02/1953  23.  Ghost Wolf
After discovering human footprints that turn into wolf tracks, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen are trapped in a raging forest fire.
Director:  Lee Sholem  Writer:  Dick Hamilton 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    27/02/1953  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.
Director:  Tommy Carr  Writer:  Ben Peter Freeman 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    18/12/1951  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.
Director:  Lee Sholem  Writer:  Richard Fielding 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    18/12/1951  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.
Director:  Lee Sholem  Writer:  Richard Fielding 
Edition Details
Edition The Complete First Season
Series Adventures of Superman
Release Date 18/10/2005
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio 1.33:1
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 1.0
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 5
Personal Details
Purchase Date 18/10/2005
Location Main DVD Shelving
Owner Carl Taylor
Store Unknown
Purchase Price $40.00
Tags Adventures Of Superman, Original Disc, Superman, TV Series
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Storage Device
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Features
Disc 01 • Retrospective Documentary Adventures of Superman: From Inkwell to Backlot Featuring Jack Larson, Leonard Maltin and Others• 1951 Theatrical Feature Superman and the Mole Men Later to be Televised as the 2-Part The Unknown People• Pony Express Days: Vintage Warner Bros. Historical Short Starring George Reeves• Commentary on 4 Key Episodes by Superman Chroniclers Gary H. Grossman and Chuck Harter• Original Kellogg's Cereal Commercials