JOEY 2/18/56... This fourth season kick off tells the story of a young woman and her affection for her prize winning horse that is being taken away from her until Superman intervenes.
THE UNLUCKY NUMBER 2/25/56... A rigged contest of counting jellybeans in a jar is run by gangsters who have even bigger crimes in mind whcih include impersonating Superman.
THE BIG FREEZE 3/3/56... A dishonest politician and a leading gangster try to kill Superman by freezing him at 2000 degrees below zero. The plan almost works.
PERIL BY SEA 3/10/56... Planet editor Perry White develops a formula which can extract uranium from water. A gangster named Ace Miller (Claude Akins) plots to steal the formula.
TOPSY TURVY 4/21/56... The first of several shows featuring Prof. Pepperwinkle (Phillips Tead). The prof. has invested a machine that fools the nervous system and makes people think they are upside down. A bizarre episode indeed.
JIMMY THE KID 4/25/56... When gangsters break into Clark Kent's office to find secret documents and turn up empty handed, they enlist the aid of a cold blooded hoodlum who looks just like Jimmy Olsen.
THE GIRL WHO HIRED SUPERMAN 5/5/56... Gloria Talbot stars as a spoiled woman who hires Superman to entertain her guests for money donated to a charity. What she doesn't know is that she has been manipulated by gangsters.
THE WEDDING OF SUPERMAN 5/12/56... Lois ans Superman make plans to be married and everyone in Metropolis is surprised to hear this news. Is this real or what? A very interesting episode.
DAGGER ISLAND 5/19/56... Lois, Jimmy and Clark serve as referees for a treasure hunt on a small island in the ocean. Myron Healey and Raymond Hatton star.
BLACKMAIL 5/26/56... Inspector Henderson (Robert Shayne) is blackmailed by a gangster who has planted a stolen $20,000 on him and now is being forced to do as the gangster says or be exposed as a "thief".
THE DEADLY ROCK 6/2/56... A friend of Clark's who is affected by kryptonite radiation comes to Metropolis just as a scientist is offering to sell some to the mob.
THE PHANTOM RING 6/9/56... Clark tries joining a ring of thieves who have special coins that make them all invisible. A very good sci-fi tinged episode.
THE JOLLY ROGER 6/16/56... Pirates kidnap Jimmy, Lois and Clark and hold out on an island about to be bombed by the US Navy.
That concludes season 4 of the classic show. The remaining 2 years would also consist of only 13 episodes, but there was a lot of fun episodes to come.
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