The first season of this show really caught the public's eye and it ran for 6 years total. Things would change a lot as we will see as the seasons progress.
Season 1 had a lot of great stories, more violence than most "kiddie" shows of the day and a great cast. George Reeves starred as Clark Kent and Superman, Phyllis Coates was Lois Lane, Jack Larson was Jimmy Olsen, John Hamilton was Perry White and Robert Shayne was Inspector Henderson. The cast would make one change after season one, and we will get to that later.
The first season was also in beautiful black and white and ran 26 episodes...and here they are.
SUPERMAN ON EARTH 9/12/52...This is the opening episode which shows how Superman arrived on Earth as a child and was raised to be a man with very special powers and how he got the job at the Daily Planet newspaper.
THE HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSE 9/26/52...Jimmy Olsen visits his cousin on Moose Island and finds things aren't what he thought they were.
CASE OF THE TALKATIVE DUMMY 10/3/52...Clark, Lois and Jimmy investigate a ventriloquist whose dummy seems to be tied to several violent armored car robberies.
MYSTERY OF THE BROKEN STATUES 10/10/52...Strange story about gangsters going into various shops in Metropolis and destroying cheap items looking for clues to something. Lois and Jimmy investigate along with Clark and they get more than they bargained for.
THE MONKEY MYSTERY 10/17/52...An East European scientist has fallen in with criminals that want to steal his scientific secrets.
A NIGHT OF TERROR 10/24/52...Lois stumbles on a gang of criminals smuggling fugitives into Canada. One of the many episodes that was far more violent than anything else yet to come in the series.
THE BIRTHDAY LETTER 10/31/52...A crippled young girl writes Superman a letter asking to go to a fair for her birthday, but before he can arrive she is kidnapped by gangsters.
THE MIND MACHINE 11/7/52...Very well done tale about mobsters who force a scientist to use his mind control invention to destroy the minds of those who testify at a crime commission hearing.
RESCUE 11/14/52...Lois is trapped in a mine with an elderly prospector after it collapses and it's up to Superman to rescue them.
THE SECRET OF SUPERMAN 11/21/52...A doctor uses an advanced form of truth serum to discover who Superman really is.
NO HOLDS BARRED 11/28/52...A crooked wrestling promoter has kidnapped a swami from a foreign country and uses his knowledge of pressure points on the body to give his wrestler "Bad Luck" Brannigan an unfair advantage.
THE DESERTED VILLAGE 12/5/52...When Lois has trouble getting ahold of some friends in a small town she and Clark travel there only to discover that almost the entire town is deserted and people live in fear of a "monster".
THE STOLEN COSTUME 12/12/52...Clark's Superman outfit is stolen by a crook and he hires a detective to help find it. One of the most startling episodes as Superman, in order to protect his identity has to force to criminals tp live in icy seclusion at the North Pole for the rest of their lives. They die trying to escape however.
TREASURE OF THE INCAS 12/19/52...Lois, Clark and Jimmy trail a killer to Lima to recover a priceless treasure and nab the killer.
DOUBLE TROUBLE 12/26/52...Lois and Jimmy trail a killer only to find that the man they are looking for has already been killed by someone else...or has he?
MYSTERY IN WAX 1/2/53...The female owner of a wax museum collects living people for her private museum. One of the most bizarre episodes and one of the best of the entire 6 year run.
THE RUNAWAY ROBOT 1/9/53...The inventor of a robot is kidnapped bu gangsters who want to use the robot for criminal activity including burglary.
DRUMS OF DEATH 1/16.53...Perry White and Jimmy travel to Haiti to rescue Perry's sister from a dangerous voodoo cult.
THE EVIL THREE 1/23/53...Jimmy and Perry take a fishing vacation and end up at a dilapidated hotel run by three very masd and insane killers. Another great episode.
THE RIDDLE OF THE CHINESE JADE 1/30/53...A priceless Chinese statue is stolen and Superman must find the culprits before one of the thieves is killed by his partner.
THE HUMAN BOMB 2/6/53...A man named "Bet A Million" Butler makes a $100,000 wager that he can keep Superman completely helpless for 30 minutes.
CZAR OF THE UNDERWORLD 2/13/53...Inspector Henderson and Clark Kent are sent to Hollywood to make an expose about a crime czar and find murder on the movie set.
GHOST WOLF 2/20/53...A Timber Company is threatened when most of it's employees quit after several killing thought to be done by a werewolf.
CRIME WAVE 2/27/53...A crime wave sweeps Metropolis and Superman vows to but every top crime boss in jail.
THE UNKNOWN PEOPLE PART 1 8/10/53...Lois and Clark travel to Silsby where the worlds deepest oil well has been dug. Strange things begin to happen when mysterious creatures emerge from the well.
THE UNKNOWN PEOPLE PART 2 8/10/53...The strange creature terrorize a small town called Silsby and Superman finds it difficult to control the angry townspeople and the creatures. This 2 part episode was was released to theaters as "Superman And The Molemen".
That wraps it up for season 1. The series would stay in black and white for season 2 but there were changes coming, which I will tell you about when I post season 2. All in all a great show and still a great show in 2019.
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