Adventures of Superman

Original title : Superman on Earth
First Aired : 19.09.1952 (USA)
Director : Tommy Carr
Writing credits : Richard Fielding
Cast : Danny Sue Nolan (Miss Bachrach), Robert Rockwell (Jor-El), Aline Towne (Lara), Frances Morris (Sara Kent), Tom Fadden (Eben Kent), Joel Nester (Boy Clark), Herbert Rawlinson (Rozan), Sam Flint (Kent Family Physician), Dabbs Greer (Rescued Man), Stuart Holmes (Krypton Council Member), Stuart Randall (Kogan), Jack Narz (Narrator)

The Story : 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.

Original title : The Haunted Lighthouse
First Aired : 26.09.1952 (USA)
Director : Tommy Carr
Writing credits : Eugene Solow
Cast : Maudie Prickett (Mrs. Carmody), William Challee (Sailor Named Mack), Jimmy Ogg (Chris), Sara Padden (Phoney Aunt Louisa), Allene Roberts (Alice), Stephen Carr (Coast Guard Lt. Harris), Effie Laird (Real Aunt Louisa)

The Story : Jimmy Olsen visits his aunt and discovers a group of smugglers on her island home.

Original title : The Case of the Talkative Dummy
First Aired : 03.10.1952 (USA)
Director : Tommy Carr
Writing credits : Dennis Cooper, Lee Backman
Cast : Tristram Coffin (E.J. Davis), Syd Saylor (Marco, Ventriloquist), Pierre Watkin (Harry Green), Stephen Carr (Armored Car Guard Chuck), Phillip Pine (Usher), Robert Kent (Safe Mover), George Fisher (George Reeves Stunt Man)

The Story : Armored cars are robbed and then disappear. A ventriloquist's dummy is used to transmit the armored cars routes.

Original title : The Mystery of the Broken Statues
First Aired : 10.10.1952 (USA)
Director : Tommy Carr
Writing credits : William C. Joyce
Cast : Steve Carr (Shopkeeper) , Joel Ray (Newsman), Phillip Pine (Dorn), Buddy Mason (Policeman), Michael Vallon (Mr. Bonelli, Shop Owner), Maurice Cass (Shop Owner), Wade Crosby (Pete), Tristram Coffin (Paul Martin)

The Story : Two elderly men buy and destroy small statues all over Metropolis. Lois investigates; she is captured and almost killed before Superman rescues her.

Original title : The Monkey Mystery
First Aired : 17.10.1952 (USA)
Director : Tommy Carr
Writing credits : Ben Peter Freeman, Doris Gilbert
Cast : Steve Carr (Doctor) , Michael Vallon (Tony Urmenti), Harry Lewis (Harold Crane), Fred Essler (Jan Moleska, Scientist), Allene Roberts (Maria, Jan's Daughter), Ned Roberts (Frisch), William Challee (Max)

The Story : A secret formula used in defense of atomic warfare is stolen. Superman uses a trained monkey to help get it back.

Original title : Night of Terror
First Aired : 24.10.1952 (USA)
Director : Lee Sholem
Writing credits : Ben Peter Freeman
Cast : Steve Carr (Mr. Quinn) , Almira Sessions (Miss Bachrach), Frank Richards (Solley), John Kellogg (Mitch), Ann Doran (Mrs. King), Paul Bryar (Hotel Owner), Joel Friedkin (Oscar), Richard Benedict (Baby Face Stevens)

The Story : Lois Lane is vacationing in Canada when she is kidnapped by gunmen. Jimmy tries to help her, but gets captured as well.

Original title : The Birthday Letter
First Aired : 31.10.1952 (USA)
Director : Lee Sholem
Writing credits : Dennis Cooper
Cast : Nan Boardman (Marie Duval), Louis Mercier (LaRue), Isa Ashdown (Cathy Williams), Maurice Marsac (Marcel Duval), Stephen Carr (Pointing Man), John Doucette (Slugger), Virginia Carroll (Mrs. Williams), Jack Daly (Perkins), Paul Marion (Herman Cusak)

The Story : A young girl is kidnapped by counterfeiters when she mistakenly receives a phone call meant for them. The phone call was a message telling the time and location of a meeting, where the counterfeiters could receive stolen printing plates from a French bank.

Original title : The Mind Machine
First Aired : 07.11.1952 (USA)
Director : Lee Sholem
Writing credits : Dennis Cooper, Lee Backman
Cast : Ben Welden (Curley) , Griff Barnett (Dr. Edward Stanton), Harry Hayden (Carl Wagoner), Frank Orth (Al), Dan Seymour (Lou Cranek), Stephen Carr (Dr. John Hadley), James Seay (Senator Taylor), Lester Dorr (Bus Driver)

The Story : Three congressional witnesses are killed by a hypno-therapy machine run by Lou Cranek, "Kingpin of Crime."

Original title : Rescue
First Aired : 14.11.1952 (USA)
Director : Tommy Carr
Writing credits : Monroe Manning
Cast : Milt Kibbee (Harry Hansen), Housely Stevenson (Pop Polgase), Fred Sherman (D.K. Sims), Ray Bennett (Stan), Edmund Cobb (Lafe Reiser)

The Story : When Lois tries to rescue a coal miner who is trapped in a mine, she becomes trapped as well.

Original title : The Secret of Superman
First Aired : 21.11.1952 (USA)
Director : Tommy Carr
Writing credits : Wells Root
Cast : Steve Carr (Cook) , Helen Wallace (Mr. Olsen), Larry J. Blake (Henchman), Joel Friedkin (Herman), Peter Brocco (Dr. H.L. Ort), Walter McGrail (Newsman)

The Story : Evil Dr. Ort tries to drug Superman and control his will; he captures Lois and Jimmy.

Original title : No Holds Barred
First Aired : 28.11.1952 (USA)
Director : Lee Sholem
Writing credits : Peter Dixon
Cast : Richard Reeves (Bad Luck Brannigan), Herb Vigran (Murray) , Malcolm Mealey (Wayne), Tito Renaldo (Ramm), Henry Kulky (Crusher), Karl Davis (Adonis), Dick Elliott (Sam Bleaker)

The Story : A young wrestling champ tries to expose crooked wrestling. Superman breaks up the ring and rescues him.

Original title : The Deserted Village
First Aired : 05.12.1952 (USA)
Director : Tommy Carr
Writing credits : Dick Hamilton, Ben Peter Freeman
Cast : Edmund Cobb (Peter Godfrey (as Ed Cobb)), Ann Tyrrell (Operator), Fred Sherman (Dr. Jessup), Malcolm Mealey (Alvin Godfrey), Maudie Prickett (Matilda Taisey)

The Story : 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.

Original title : The Stolen Costume
First Aired : 12.12.1952 (USA)
Director : Lee Sholem
Writing credits : Ben Peter Freeman
Cast : Norman Budd (Simms), Bob Williams (Policeman), Dan Seymour (Ace), Veda Ann Borg (Connie), Frank Jenks (Candy)

The Story : A thief steals Clark's Superman costume and tries to sell it. Clark uses a clever trick to get it back.

Original title : Mystery in Wax
First Aired : 02.01.1953 (USA)
Director : Lee Sholem
Writing credits : Ben Peter Freeman
Cast : Steve Carr (Dr. John Hurley) , Lester Sharpe (Andrew)

The Story : Madame Selena, operator of a wax museum, predicts deaths that come true. When Mr. White disappears, Superman investigates.

Original title : Treasure of the Incas
First Aired : 19.12.1952 (USA)
Director : Tommy Carr
Writing credits : Howard J. Green
Cast : Steve Carr (Anselmo) , Hal Gerard (Prof. Laverra), Leonard Penn (Mendosa), Julian Rivero (Driver), Martin Garralaga (Police Captain), Juan Duval (Dr. Cuesta)

The Story : Looking for Incan treasure, Lois and Jimmy are seized by desperate gunmen.

Original title : Double Trouble
First Aired : 26.12.1952 (USA)
Director : Tommy Carr
Writing credits : Eugene Solow
Cast : Steve Carr (Otto Von Klaben) , Tom Keene (Major Lee), Howland Chamberlain (Fischer), Ross Ford (Heavy), Rudolph Anders (Dr. Albrecht), Jimmie Dodd (Jake), Selmer Jackson (Colonel Redding)

The Story : 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.

Original title : The Runaway Robot
First Aired : 09.01.1953 (USA)
Director : Tommy Carr
Writing credits : Dick Hamilton
Cast : Dan Seymour (Rocco), John Harmon (Mousie), Lucien Littlefield (Horatio Hinkle), Herman Cantor (Jail Keeper), Russell Johnson (Chopper), Bob Easton (Marvin)

The Story : A Daily Planet correspondent invents a robot which is stolen by robbers to use for looting banks.

Original title : Drums of Death
First Aired : 16.01.1953 (USA)
Director : Lee Sholem
Writing credits : Dick Hamilton
Cast : Milton Wood (Mr. Bergere), Henry Corden (William Johnson), Leonard Mudie (LeLand Masters), Mabel Albertson (Kate White), George Hamilton (Dr. Jerrod)

The Story : Perry White's sister and Jimmy are captured by Haitian voodoo worshippers.

Original title : The Evil Three
First Aired : 23.01.1953 (USA)
Director : Tommy Carr
Writing credits : Ben Peter Freeman
Cast : Jonathan Hale (Colonel Brand), Rhys Williams (Macey Taylor), Cecil Elliott (Elsa)

The Story : Three strange men try to scare Jimmy and Mr. White out of an abandoned hotel.

Original title : Riddle of the Chinese Jade
First Aired : 30.01.1953 (USA)
Director : Tommy Carr
Writing credits : Ben Peter Freeman
Cast : James Craven (Greer), Victor Sen Yung (Harry Wong), Paul E. Burns (Lu Sung), Gloria Saunders (Lilly)

The Story : An expensive figurine is stolen before it can be presented to the National Museum. Superman uncovers the thief.

Original title : The Human Bomb
First Aired : 06.02.1953 (USA)
Director : Lee Sholem
Writing credits : Richard Fielding
Cast : Steve Carr (Sam) , Trevor Bardette (Butler), Lou Krugman (Conway), Aline Towne (Receptionist), Marshall Reed (Inspector Hill), Dennis Moore (Officer Riley), Lou Lubin (Henchman), Ted Ryan (Henchman)

The Story : "Bet-A-Million" Butler, a racketeer and gambler, schemes to keep Superman helpless while robbing the Metropolis Museum.

Original title : Czar of the Underworld
First Aired : 13.02.1953 (USA)
Director : Tommy Carr
Writing credits : Eugene Solow
Cast : Anthony Caruso (Luigi Dinelli [as Tony Caruso]), Paul Fix (Ollie), John Maxwell (Guard)

The Story : 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.

Original title : The Ghost Wolf
First Aired : 20.02.1953 (USA)
Director : Lee Sholem
Writing credits : Dick Hamilton
Cast : Stanley Andrews (Sam Garvin), Lou Krugman (Jacque Olivier), Harold Goodwin (Worker), Jane Adams (I) (Babette)

The Story : Lumberjacks leave their job, fearing a werewolf. A forest fire enlivens the plot.

Original title : Crime Wave
First Aired : 27.02.1953 (USA)
Director : Tommy Carr
Writing credits : Ben Peter Freeman
Cast : John Eldredge (Walter Canby), Bobby Barber (Tony), Philip Van Zandt (Nick), Al Eben (Ed Bullock), Bill Kennedy (Announcer), Barbara Fuller (Sally), Joseph Mell (Professor)

The Story : A gigantic crime wave sweeps Metropolis. Superman is exposed to atomic rays.

Original title : The Unknown People (1)
First Aired : 18.12.1951 (USA)
Director : Lee Sholem
Writing credits : Richard Fielding
Cast : Steve Carr (Eddie) , Walter Reed (Bill Corrigan), Ray Walker (John Craig), J. Farrell MacDonald (Pop Shannon), Stanley Andrews (Sheriff), Harry Harvey (Doc. Sanders), Jeff Corey (Luke Benson), Byron Foulger (Jeff Regan), John Phillips (Matt), Jerry Maren (Mole Man), Tony Boris (Mole Man), John Banbury (Mole Man), Billy Curtis (Mole Man)

The Story : Investigating the world's deepest oil well, Clark and Lois find that it dug into a world in the center of the earth.

Original title : The Unknown People (2)
First Aired : 18.12.1951 (USA)
Director : Lee Sholem
Writing credits : Richard Fielding
Cast : Jack Narz (Narrator), Hal K. Dawson (Chuck Weber), Phil Warren (Deputy Jim), John Baer (Doctor Reed), Adrienne Marden (Nurse), Frank Reicher (Administrator)

The Story : A strange creature emerges from the well and is wounded by the excited citizens. Superman helps him and gains his trust.