1x01 Superman on Earth - Adventures of Superman Episode Guide

Adventures of Superman

- Episode 01x01

Episode: 01x01 (pilot)
Title: Superman on Earth
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: N/A
First Aired: Sep. 19, 1952

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Adventures of Superman - 01x01 Superman on Earth

Summary: From the doomed planet Krypton, an infant is rocketed to Earth by his parents. He grows up as Clark Kent, gets a job as a newspaper reporter at The Metropolis Daily Planet and uses his extraordinary powers to fight crime as Superman.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Lois Lane	played by Phyllis Coates
Rozan	played by Herbert Rawlinson
Gogan	played by Stuart Randall
Lara	played by Aline Towne
Sarah Kent	played by Frances Morris
Miss Bachrach	played by Danny Sue Nolan
Teenaged Clark Kent	played by Joel Nestler
Narrator	played by Jack Narz
Krypton Council Member	played by Stuart Holmes

	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Superman on Earth Clark Kent: Well, Miss Lane, maybe I'm just a super man.
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Superman on Earth Lois Lane: Step on it, Jim. Jimmy Olsen: The speed limit's 35, Miss Lane. I don't wanna get a ticket. Lois Lane: You're right.

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TRIVIA

It is now common knowledge that Clark Kent's Earth parents were named Jonathan and Martha, but Kent's parents here were named Eben and Sarah. This is because the comics themselves were inconsistent with the Kents' given names until the characters became major players in "Superboy" comics stories at about this same time. The names Sarah and Eben were first used in the novel The Adventures of Superman (1942) and in the first Superman serial.
The costumes worn in the planet Krypton sequences were cannibalized from ones used in 1940s serials which were comic strip and comic book adaptations. The costume that Jor-El, Superman's father is the same one that Buster Crabbe wore in the serial Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940). Other Kryptonians wore parts of the costumes of Captain Marvel (from Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)) and Captain America (from Captain America (1944)) among others.
Jack Larson (I)'s television debut.