Adventures of Superman — Season 3
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!
About this season
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a syndicated TV adaptation of the beloved DC Comics superhero! You know the drill: When he isn't fighting for truth, justice and the American way, the man in tights dons a suit and glasses for his secret identity as Daily Planet newspaper reporter Clark Kent, who works alongside friends Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen for gruff boss Perry White.
Episodes (13)
1. Through the Time Barrier
5.5Aired 23 April 1955 • 25 min
An inventor's time contraption whisks the Daily Planet staff to 50,000 B.C. One problem: how to get back!
2. The Talking Clue
7.0Aired 30 April 1955 • 25 min
Sound and fury. Bank robbers have a sudden interest in a young audiophile's collection of recorded sounds.
3. The Lucky Cat
7.0Aired 7 May 1955 • 25 min
Ladders, black cats, Friday the 13th. All harmless -- but someone intends real harm to an anti-superstition society.
4. Superman Week
6.0Aired 14 May 1955 • 25 min
No dinners, no hoopla...just Kryptonite. Two thugs have their own way of celebrating Superman Week.
5. Great Caesar's Ghost
7.0Aired 21 May 1955 • 25 min
He claims to be Caesar. But who's really behind the strange apparition vexing Perry White?
6. Test of a Warrior
6.0Aired 28 May 1955 • 25 min
Great Horse faces his tribe's test of valor -- with help from a spirit named Superman!
7. Olsen's Millions
7.0Aired 4 June 1955 • 25 min
Gee, thanks! An elderly woman rewards Jimmy $1 million because she thinks he rescued her cat.
8. Clark Kent, Outlaw
Aired 10 September 1955 • 25 min
Clark Kent is the man on the inside, posing as an ace safecracker to get the goods on a crime ring.
9. The Magic Necklace
Aired 17 September 1955 • 25 min
Wear the necklace and it protects you from harm. Bullets even bounce off Clark when he wears it!
10. The Bully of Dry Gulch
6.0Aired 24 September 1955 • 25 min
His town. His way. But a bogus gunslinger who rules a Western town is no match for the Man of Steel.
11. Flight to the North
7.0Aired 1 October 1955 • 25 min
Good ol' boy Sylvester is mistaken for Superman.
12. The Seven Souvenirs
Aired 8 October 1955 • 25 min
Is something hidden inside them? Items purchased at a Superman souvenir store may be clues to a crime.
13. King for a Day
Aired 15 October 1955 • 25 min
A royal performance: Jimmy poses as a prince of Burgonia to help thwart an assassination plot.