The Adventures of Superman Talkback (Spoilers) [Archive]

Mattashell

05-28-2002, 08:50 PM

I just wanted to let everyone know, if they don't already, I certainly just found out, that The Adventures of Superman(live action, George Reeves, B&W, 1952) airs just before the late night replay of Batman. For me this is 12:30 AM which means that it is 3:30 AM eastern and you'll have to check your listing for pacific time, because it seems some cable companys air TV land on it's eastern schedule delay, even though mine does not. Anyway if you can figure out what time it's on, and you get TV Land, and your a fan of this classic series, I'm just letting everyone know it is on. The 3:30 slot is not so nice, but you can set your tape or tivo or whatever.

Penguin's talkback thread for Batman was a great Idea, so I'll make this a talkback thread along similar lines, if anyone watches and feels like discussing the eps.

The following text was written by The Penguin and modified by me.

Many of us love the old series from the 1950s. However it doesn't seem like that a majority of us do. Rather than start a thread each day for an episode and get a handful of replies I propose we just talk about the episodes in this one thread.

Every Monday afternoon or so I (or someone ;) ) will post the episodes for the next week and the synopsis for each as they appear on the TV Land website (http://www.tvland.com/tvl.jhtml?_requestid=443824). (The synopsises are small so you can easily skip over them in case you don't want to know too much.) Theoretically when you post it will be before the episodes for the next day have aired, but include the title of the episode in the subject of your post. Please feel free to use the five-star scale, but with the way this would work it wouldn’t be possible to have a poll.

Here is week 1 beginning on Monday and going until Sunday. Each episode starts at 3:30 a.m. eastern. (all dates are of the previous evening)

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Monday, May 29

007 "The Birthday Letter "
A young girl is kidnapped by counterfeiters when she mistakenly receives printing plates from a French Bank.

Tuesday, May 28

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

Wednesday, May 29

009 "Rescue"
Lois tries to rescue a coal miner who is trapped in a mine, but she becomes trapped as well.

Thursday, May 30

010 "The Secret of Superman "
Evil Dr. Ort tries to drug Superman and control his will; he captures Lois and Jimmy.

Friday, May 31

011 "No Holes Barred"
A young wrestling champ tries to expose crooked wrestling. Superman breaks up the ring and rescues him.

Saturday, June 1

012 "The Deserted Village"
A "killing fog" and strange sea monster drive people away from their village. A druggist and his son have discovered a deposit of hydrozite, an element of the hydrogen bomb.

Sunday, June 2

013 "The Stolen Costume"
A thief steals Clark's Superman costume and tries to sell it. Clark uses a clever trick to get it back.

Comments.

Mattashell

06-04-2002, 03:46 AM

Monday, June 3

014 ”Mystery in Wax”
Madame Selena, operator of a wax museum, predicts deaths that come true. When Mr. White disappears, Superman investigates.

Tuesday, June 4

015 ” Treasure of the Incas”
Looking for Incan treasure, Lois & Jimmy are seized by desperate gunmen.

Wednesday, Jun 5

016 ” Double Trouble”
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.

Thursday, June 6

017 ” The Runaway Robot”
A correspondent of the Daily Planet invents a robot which is stolen by robbers to use for looting banks.

Friday, June 7

018 ” Drums of Death”
Haitian voodoo worshippers capture Jimmy and Perry White's sister.

Saturday, June 8

019 ” The Evil Three”
Three strange men try to scare Jimmy and Mr. White out of an abandoned hotel.

Sunday, June 9

020 ” The Riddle of the Chinese Jade”
An expensive figurine is stolen before it can be presented to the National Museum. Superman uncovers the thief.

rabidrednek

06-04-2002, 11:20 AM

The major thing I can remember about the Adventures of Superman is the change it undergoes when it goes to color. The majority of the black and white episodes were fairly serious in tone, with people getting killed about every episode.

When things go to color, things get all goofy. One episode has Perry White revealing he's an amateur nuclear physicist. Another has Jimmy Olsen creating an antigravity formula with his home chemistry kit "i wanted to make a new soda drink" A midget martian who can freeze people by pointing at them gets exiled to earth. And some episodes get REALLY wierd.

rabidrednek

06-05-2002, 04:15 PM

I think Supes should be moved to a daytime slot so this thread can start building up some steam.

Mattashell

06-11-2002, 08:41 PM

Better late than never, here's this week's schedule.

Monday June 10

021 ” The Human Bomb”
Bet-A-Million" Butler, a racketeer and gambler, schemes to keep Superman helpless while robbing the Metropolis Museum.

Tuesday June 11

022 ” Czar of the Underworld”
"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 the film is completed.

Wednesday, Jun 12

023 ” The Ghost Wolf”
Lumberjacks leave their job fearing a werewolf. A forest fire enlivens the plot.

Thursday, June 13

024 ”Crime Wave”
A gigantic crime wave sweeps Metropolis. Superman is exposed to atomic rays.

Friday, June 14

027 ” Five Minutes to Doom”
An innocent man faces execution and Superman must save him.

Saturday, June 15

028 ” The Big Squeeze”
An ex-con has been rehabilitated, but is threatened with blackmail by a former jail- mate.

Sunday, June 16

029 ” Man Who Could Read Minds”
Investigating a series of robberies, Lois and Jimmy encounter the mysterious Swami Amada, and are captured.

If you're wondering what happened to episodes #25 & #26 they are going to air next Monday and Tuesday late night (or Tuesday and Wednesday early morning). I don't know why they chose to do it this way.

Reed Richards

06-12-2002, 03:50 AM

As a kid, I will never, ever forget the episode in which Superman phased through walls in order to save Lois who was trapped in a mine. Being so young, I tried reproducing the effect for years to no avail :)

Mattashell

06-17-2002, 08:52 PM

Monday June 17

025 ”Unknown People - Part I”
Investigating the world's deepest oil well, Clark and Lois find that it dug into a world in the center of the Earth.

Tuesday June 18

026 ”Unknown People - Part I”
A strange creature emerges from the well and is wounded by the excited citizens. Superman helps him and gains his trust.

Wednesday, June 19

030 ”Jet Ace”
Spies attempt to wrest flight secrets from a convalescent test pilot. The pilot is trapped in a burning cabin.

Thursday, June 20

031 ”Shot in the Dark”
An old lady and her photographer nephew get an infra-red photo of Clark becoming Superman.

Friday, June 21

032 ”Defeat of Superman”
Happy King, a vengeful crook, discovers Kryptonite: the one substance that can harm Superman.

Saturday, June 22

033 ”Superman in Exile”
Superman stops a nuclear explosion, but becomes radioactive. He must leave for a time and criminals have a field day.

Sunday, June 23

034 ”Ghost For Scotland Yard”
Superman is called to dispel a British ghost.

JusticeLeagueLegion

06-18-2002, 10:35 PM

...was a pretty good episode...kinda creepy. A lot of the old Black and white episodes were kind of scary. I'd never seen that episode until today...I had seen part two though.

Mattashell

06-19-2002, 05:32 PM

I saw it last night, well I'll wastch my tape of part two soon. Is this the famous SUPERMAN and th Mole Men? I thought that was a theatrical serial that was used as the pilot for the show. :confused:

JusticeLeagueLegion

06-22-2002, 12:02 AM

I saw "Shot In The Dark" today for the first time and it was pretty good. Though I thought that the coin in Clark's pocket protecting him from the bullet shot at him was rediculous...wouldn't everyone have been smart enough to know that that bullet would have tore that coin to kingdom come? That was enough evidence for them to beleive Clark is Superman...they should have known...how could they have been so dumb? Especially Henderson.

Mattashell

06-22-2002, 09:51 AM

Double exposure my butt! "Yeah kid, and me and superman were in exactly the same position, so you can't even tell."

JusticeLeagueLegion

06-22-2002, 11:28 AM

Yeah...and I was flapping my suit around pretending I was changing into Superman! Ha ha ha!

JusticeLeagueLegion

06-22-2002, 11:32 PM

I saw "The Defeat of Superman" today and I thought that the Kryptonite looked kind of stupid...sure, I know it wasn't real Kryptonite, just synthetic Kryptonite...but it didn't glow or anything...and they kept on calling the Kryptonite "metal." Isn't Kryptonite a "Rock," not a "metal." I suppose there could be peices of metal in it though. However I did here them call the Kryptonite a rock once...but referred to it as metal all the rest of the time...plus, Lois acted like she didn't even know what Kryptonite is, when she had seen it before, previously.

JusticeLeagueLegion

06-24-2002, 01:52 PM

Just got done watching "A Ghost For Scotland Yard," pretty scary episode.

Mattashell

06-24-2002, 08:05 PM

Monday June 24

035 ”Dog Who Knew Superman”
A dog senses that Clark and Superman are one and the same and his adoration threatens to give the secret away.

Tuesday June 25

036 ”The Face and the Voice”
A gangster's face is altered to look like Superman so he can perpetrate crimes and lay the blame on our hero.

Wednesday, June 26

037 ”Man in the Lead Mask”
A criminal escapes detection by donning a lead mask.

Thursday, June 27

038 ”Panic in the Sky”
A runaway asteroid gives Superman amnesia. The asteroid causes floods and earthquakes.

Friday, June 28

039 ”Machine That Could Plot Crimes”
Crooks use a machine to plot perfect crimes, but Superman uses it to turn the tables.

Saturday, June 29

040 ”Jungle Devil”
Searching for a lost scientist, Lois, Jimmy and Clark are captured by jungle natives. Superman wrestles a gorilla.

Sunday, June 30

041 ”My Friend, Superman”
Tony, proprietor of the diner near the Daily Planet, boasts of a friendship with Superman to avoid protection racketeers.

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Mattashell

06-25-2002, 09:26 PM

I just watched the last three eps. Here's my talkback.

Superman in Exile: Ever watch a movie like Electric Dreams or [Short Circuit[/i] and laugh your butt off at the writer's ignorance of the technology of the subject matter. You'll love Superman in Exile with it's "nuclear reactor" and Superman turning glow-in-the-dark.

The Ghost of Scotland Yard: I really like the mystery episodes, but The Ghost of Scotland Yard was a weak one, with a conclusion obvious from the start and no real creative use of Clark's powers like in No Holds Barred and Five Minutes to Doom. Nice use of super speed and super-throwing-strength in the end.

The Dog Who Knew Superman: I was wondering how they would have perman fly down the well after seeing Dean Cain do it the other day on Lois & Clark. They went for burrowing underground instead, but it looked pretty good considering the limitations. I'm not a fan of the bad-guy-tries-to-figure-out-Superman's-identity-and-blackmail-him episodes. This one was kind of cute. Clark understand's Dogspeak! :eek:
Lois: Jim, you have just been elected for the genius of the month club.
Lois, you just blew my mind!!! Superman wants to save Corky and doesn't care about any other dogs. :p Clark goes through all that trouble and Lois and Jimmy just go and bring the dog back to the gangster. Doh! :p

JusticeLeagueLegion

06-29-2002, 07:04 PM

I just watched my taped coby of "Panic In The Sky" that was on recently and it was a really cool episode...there was a "Superboy" episode as well as a "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman" episode that was very similar to "Panic In The Sky." He speeds into outer space to smash an asteroid falling toward the earth...and the impact causes him to lose his memory. One thing I noticed though, Clark had his glasses off at one point but Lois, Jimmy, and Perry didn't even recognize him as Superman. Oh, forgot to say. The similar episodes of "Superboy" and "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman" were actually based on this episode...their similarities were not quincidental.

Mattashell

07-02-2002, 06:13 PM

Here's the new schedule a day late. This time it's not my fault, computer troubles.

Monday July 1

035 ”Clown Who Cried”
A popular clown is impersonated by his former partner turned criminal, Crackers, who steals money from a benefit.

Tuesday July 2

036 ”The Boy Who Hated Superman”
Frankie wants to help his uncle who's in jail by spying on Clark and Jimmy. Instead he learns about honor and trust.

Wednesday, July 3

037 ”Semi-Private Eye”
A private detective is kidnapped, and Jimmy tries to step in and solve the case himself, only to get captured.

Thursday, July 4

038 ”Perry White's Scoop”
A mysterious diver's corpse appears on the main street of Metropolis.

Friday, July 5

039 ”Beware the Wrecker”
The "Wrecker" is an unknown enemy who may be destroying planes, trains and ships. A bell sound is the only clue.

Saturday, July 6

040 ”The Golden Vulture”
The master of the tramp ship "Golden Vulture" turns stolen gold into recovered treasure. Lois & Jimmy are captured.

Sunday, July 7

041 ”Jimmy Olsen, Boy Editor”
Jimmy gets to be editor for a day and fakes a story to catch a crook; his plan backfires.

JusticeLeagueLegion

07-08-2002, 01:30 PM

I saw "Semi-Private-Eye" and "The Golden Vulture" and those were pretty good. I guess I missed the Wrecker episode...I know I taped it though...I'll have to look back.

Mattashell

07-08-2002, 05:38 PM

I set my tape to tape "daily" which my VCR thinks means Mon-Fri. So Friday I'm thinking "Oh, it's Friday, the machine will get it." but of course the show is on after midnight so it was Saturday. "DUH!" well that's why I missed The Wrecker I'll put up the new schedule and try to find time for some talkbacks to the eps I've already watched. I would like to comment that the second season seems a lot hokier then the first. Jimmy was nearly unbearable in Semi Private Eye.

Mattashell

07-09-2002, 06:23 PM

Here's this week's shedule. Late as usual. Thanks to Jim Harvey for including this thread in the Talkback Thread Collection (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39984). Episode #53 begins season three, and we go to color.

Monday, July 8

049 ” Lady in Black ”
Jimmy is baffled by a gang of art theives. Who is the Lady in Black?

Tuesday, July 9

050 ” Star of Fate ”
A cursed Egyptian sapphire is auctioned off; the jewel contains a hidden needle which poisons Lois and others.

Wednesday, July 10

051 ” Whistling Bird ”
A doctor teaches his parakeet the formula for an explosive and the bird is captured by a spy.

Thursday, July 11

052 ” Around the World ”
Superman helps restore vision to a blind child and reunites an estranged couple for a promotion stunt.

Friday, July 12

053 ” Through the Time Barrier ”
Professor Twiddle invents a time machine which takes Jimmy, Lois, Clark and a thug back 50,000 years.

Saturday, July 13

054 ” The Talking Clue ”
The Inspector's son is collecting sounds with a tape machine and records a safe being opened. Two crooks use it to their advantage and the son is unwittingly an accomplice.

Sunday, July 14

055 ” The Lucky Cat ”
The Anti-Superstition society is being threatened and Superman uses a cat to help find the culprit.
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JusticeLeagueLegion

07-09-2002, 07:41 PM

"Lady In Black" was a really cool...I watched it and I thought it was an ausome story...Jimmy cried wolf for a good reason in this episode.

JusticeLeagueLegion

07-15-2002, 08:58 PM

"Through The Time Barrier" and "The Lucky Cat" were some pretty good episodes...I little sillier than the Black and white episodes I thought.

Mattashell

07-16-2002, 06:02 PM

Well I taped almost every ep for the last two weeks. But I haven't found time to watch, so I've got no talkbacks for you yet. Here's this weeks schedule, late as usual. :p I see Great Caesar's Ghost is on tonight. I'll have to catch that one. It's my favorite episode. Also in seasons 3 and 4 (the color episodes) Lois is now played by Noel Neill, who had previously played Lois in the Kirk Alyn theatrical serials. Also she can be seen in Superman: The Movie when clark is running faster than the train, Lois as a young girl says a boy is outrunning the train, her mother says to stop fibbing. That's her.

Monday, July 15

056 ”Superman Week”
While plans are made to celebrate "Superman Week", Sy Horton's mob forces Jimmy to reveal the secret of Kryptonite.

Tuesday, July 16

057 ” Great Caesar's Ghost ”
Perry White is a key witness in a gangster trial, but on the eve of his testimony, he believes he hears a ghost. Superman must restore the editor's credibility.

Wednesday, July 17

058 ” Test of a Warrior ”
Superman helps an Indian leader through super-human ordeals to win the chief's bonnet of the tribe.

Thursday, July 18

059 ”Olsen's Millions ”
Jimmy inherits millions overnight and becomes the target of swindlers.

Friday, July 19

060 ” Clark Kent, Outlaw ”
Clark Kent pretends to join a gang of diamond theives in an undercover scheme.

Saturday, July 20

061 ” The Magic Necklace ”
Lois writes an article about the discovery of an ancient necklace which is said to protect its wearer from harm. A gangster reads the article and kidnaps Lois.

Sunday, July 21

062 ” The Bully of Dry Gulch ”
Lois and Jimmy visit a rodeo. Jimmy gets on the bad side of a gunfighter who warns him to leave town by sundown.

JusticeLeagueLegion

07-18-2002, 02:33 PM

I think Those Indians on "Test Of A Warrior" were actually white guys with makeup.

Mattashell

07-23-2002, 06:29 PM

Sorry for being late again. Episode #66 begins season four.

Monday, July 22

063 ”Flight to the North ”
Sylvester J. Superman, a backwoods character, reads an ad intended for Superman and mistakenly embarks on a mission.

Tuesday, July 23

064 ” The Seven Souvenirs ”
A curio dealer sells daggers which Superman supposedly bent himself. When they are used for violence, Superman investigates.

Wednesday, July 24

065 ”King for a Day ”
Jimmy is mistaken for a young king, and the country's ruthless dictator tries to execute him.

Thursday, July 25

066 ”Joey ”
The Daily Planet buys a race horse from Perry White's old friend, but the horse can't race without Alice, the little girl who took care of him before.

Friday, July 26

067 ” The Unlucky Number ”
A young boy thinks his brother Dexter is really Superman, but Dexter is actually a racketeer.

Saturday, July 27

068 ”The Big Freeze ”
Crooked politicians take over Metropolis and try to freeze Superman.

Sunday, July 28

069 ”Peril By Sea ”
Perry White discovers a formula that can extract Uranium from seawater. Crooks discover it and torpedo his cottage.

JusticeLeagueLegion

07-23-2002, 09:51 PM

First of all Mattashell, I like your new avatar...

Secondly, "Flight To The North" was a funny. That Sylvester Superman was a cool character...his mule he pulled along with him was funny.

Mattashell

07-30-2002, 08:45 PM

Sorry for being late again.

Monday, July 30

070 ”Topsy Turvy”
Uncle Oscar invents a machine that gives people the illusion of being turned completely upside down. The device falls into the hands of a crook who uses it to rob a bank.

Tuesday, July 31

071 ”Jimmy the Kid”
Clark gets evidence against a gang of phony investment operators. They get a double for Jimmy to break in to the Daily Planet.

Wednesday, August 1

072 ”The Girl Who Hired Superman”
A wealthy young lady tries to hire Superman to entertain at a party. Her guardian uses the distraction to steal counterfeit plates.

Thursday, August 2

073 ”The Wedding of Superman”
Lois dreams that she gets engaged to Superman.

Friday, August 3

074 ”Dagger Island”
Clark and Lois are umpires in a treasure hunt on Dagger Island. One of the heirs is ruthless in his quest and endangers the rest of the party.

Saturday, August 4

075 ”Blackmail”
Inspector Henderson pretends to take a bribe so he can catch a crime boss. Superman intervenes to clear the cop's name.

Sunday, August 5

076 ”The Deadly Rock”
A racketeer gets Kryptonite from a fallen meteor but mistakes Clark's friend Gary Allen for Superman.

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Topsy Turvey was pretty awful!! I would recomend season one, Season two really started to get silly and once it went to color it's been rediculous. You were right JLLegion!

JusticeLeagueLegion

07-30-2002, 11:01 PM

You're right Mattashell...Topsy Turvy was just retarded.

Mattashell

08-05-2002, 06:09 PM

Episode # 79 begins season five. George Reeves appears as Superman in a 1956 episode of I Love Lucy ("Lucy Meets Superman") - When Superman is in town for an appearance at Macy's, little Ricky hopes he'll come to his birthday party. Lucy tries to substitute until Ricky Sr. finds the real Superman. I will keep an eye on the I Love Lucy schedule, and post the airdate hear here if TVLand runs it.

Monday, August 5

077 ”The Phantom Ring”
Gangsters use a machine to become invisible and execute mysterious robberies.

Tuesday, August 6

078 ”The Jolly Roger”
Jimmy and Lois investigate a deserted island to be used for Navy bomb practice, but they find that it's not deserted.

Wednesday, August 7

079 ”Peril in Paris”
Superman helps Anna Constantine smuggle jewels out from behind the Iron Curtain to Paris. Her servant double crosses them.

Thursday, August 8

080 ”Tin Hero”
A meek bookkeeper inadvertently captures a bank robber. He becomes a crime- busting reporter, which brings more trouble than he can handle.

Friday, August 9

081 ”Money to Burn”
The Daily Planet's newsprint warehouse has a fire and the payroll disappears. Perry White is accused of embezzlement and arson.

Saturday, August 10

082 ”The Town That Wasn't”
Jimmy and Lois are victimized by a phony speed trap and held in a mysterious vanishing town.

Sunday, August 11

083 ”The Tomb of Zaharan”
Near Eastern visitors mistake Lois for their lost queen. They induce her and Jimmy to come to Beldad and seal the two inside the Tomb of Zaharan.

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JusticeLeagueLegion

08-05-2002, 06:43 PM

I taped todays episode "The Phantom Ring" but I haven't watched it yet.

JusticeLeagueLegion

08-07-2002, 12:28 AM

I take that back...I just taped "The Phantom Ring" yesterday. The other one I taped must have been on Sunday or something...it was called "The Deadly Rock." Just thought I'd clear that up...because I just taped "The Phantom Ring" yesterday...not the day before yesterday or whenever it was as was mentioned in my last post...I thought "The Phantom Ring" was on the day before yesterday I guess, and so that's how I got confused. Oh well...thought I should correct myself.

Mattashell

08-07-2002, 06:58 PM

Sorry, I put the date of the night before, because I find it more likely that someone will see these if they stay up late, rather than rising early. So it is not actually the correct date. I think it's clearer this way.

Mattashell

08-13-2002, 08:26 PM

Monday, August 12

084 ”The Man Who Made Dreams Come True”
A mysterious villain called the Dreamer convinces a superstitious King to perform fatal acts.

Tuesday, August 13

085 ”Disappearing Lois”
Lois disguises herself as a maid to get an interview with a gangster. He orders his henchman to dispose of her & Jimmy.

Wednesday, August 14

086 ”Close Shave”
Notorious gangster Rick Sable tips Jimmy off to a robbery his gang will commit. Rick's barber has convinced him to go straight.

Thursday, August 15

087 ”Phoney Alibi”
A professor invents a machine to transport people by telephone wire. Crooks use the machine to send Lois and Jimmy to Alaska.

Friday, August 16

088 ”The Prince Albert Coat”
A ten year old donates a coat for flood relief but the coat contained his great- grandfather's life savings. Lois and Jimmy attempt to recover the coat.

Saturday, August 17

089 ”Stolen Elephant”
A baby elephant is stolen from the circus. Clark, Lois and Jimmy get involved with help from young Johnny Wilson.

Sunday, August 18

090 ”Mr. Zero”
A little man from Mars appears. He unwittingly has the power to freeze people with his finger and criminals trick him into helping them.

JusticeLeagueLegion

08-14-2002, 12:21 AM

I watched "The Man Who Made Dreams Come True." And it was pretty good for a colored episode...I really liked those old black and white ones though...especially "The Evil Three" and "Night Of Terror." I'm a big fan of those episodes. Those are probably my favorite episodes...I watched them at night and they actually scared me...there's something about black and white shows that just make it more scary. But when the show went to color it got goofy. But I don't mind...goofy's good sometimes. :)

Mattashell

08-21-2002, 07:32 PM

Episode 92 begins season six, the final season.

Monday, August 19

091 ”Whatever Goes Up”
Jimmy accidentally discovers an anti-gravity fluid, but then he can't remember the formula.

Tuesday, August 20

092 ”The Last Knight”
The leader of "The Society for the Preservation of Knighthood and Dragons" steals a suit of armor and plans to do away with the other members to steal their money.

Wednesday, August 21

093 ”The Magic Secret”
An eccentric professor discovers a way to focus Kryptonite particles from space into a beam to disarm Superman.

Thursday, August 22

094 ”Divide and Conquer ”
An assasination attempt is made on the president of a Latin American country which the Daily Planet is visiting. Superman saves him, but is accused of the crime.

Friday, August 23

095 ”The Mysterious Cube”
A criminal creates a steel cube to imprison himself in so that he can be declared legally dead and absolved of his crimes.

Saturday, August 24

096 ”The Atomic Captive”
Lois and Jimmy attempt to rescue Dr. Ladislav, a nuclear scientist, from foreign agents.

Sunday, August 25

097 ”The Superman Silver Mine”
Mr. Pebble, a prospector, donates a silver mine to a children's fund. A crook impersonates him and captures Mr. Pebble, Lois and Jimmy.

JusticeLeagueLegion

08-22-2002, 06:49 PM

"Whatever Goes Up" was just a tad on the rediculous side...Jimmy accidently creates an anti-gravity liquid? He's lucky! Luckiest dude in the world. "The Last Knight" was an okay episode...but I still say the Black and White episodes are better.

MILatino

08-22-2002, 08:06 PM

Originally posted by JusticeLeagueLegion
...and they kept on calling the Kryptonite "metal." Isn't Kryptonite a "Rock," not a "metal." I suppose there could be peices of metal in it though. However I did here them call the Kryptonite a rock once...but referred to it as metal all the rest of the time...
I've never heard anyone ask that question before. Hmmm...

I've always thought of Kryptonite as a metal. I've heard of other episodes where people try to make Kryptonite bullets. That obviously means it's a metal. You don't make bullets out of rock.

The crystalline form of Kryptonite (i.e. the rocky stuff) would probably be Kyrptonite oxides (e.g. iron oxide is rust) embedded in rock. Metal ore is often found embedded in rock.

JusticeLeagueLegion

08-23-2002, 07:24 PM

Originally posted by MILatino

I've never heard anyone ask that question before. Hmmm...

What question?

Originally posted by MILatino
I've always thought of Kryptonite as a metal. I've heard of other episodes where people try to make Kryptonite bullets. That obviously means it's a metal. You don't make bullets out of rock.

No, Kryptonite is obviously a "rock," but you can always find traces of metal in sand and rocks...so really, you could say it's both...what Kryptonite is simply is "A chunk of Krypton." So, whatever element it would be, metal, rock, or ice, (which wouldn't be possible) it would still be Kryptonite...but on Superman, when you hear someone say Kryptonite, the first thing you'll think of is "the green glowing rock." Now I know that there have been occasions when different kind of Kryptonite have been used in the comics and cartoons, etc., but this was the second episode to show Kryptonite, so I would have expected it to be the green rock. The first type of K shown in the comics. There's Red K, Blue K, White K, Gold K, Silver K, and other kinds...in fact, on Superfriends they had other kinds, a certain type of Kryptonite that only Superman could penetrate was used on an episode of Superfriends. So really, I know that there are metal forms of Kryptonite, but you expect to see the green glowing rock on the second episode that features Kryptonite.

MILatino

08-24-2002, 01:12 PM

Originally posted by JusticeLeagueLegion
What question?The question of whether Kryptonite is rock or metal.

No, Kryptonite is obviously a "rock," but you can always find traces of metal in sand and rocks...so really, you could say it's both...what Kryptonite is simply is "A chunk of Krypton." So, whatever element it would be, metal, rock, or ice, (which wouldn't be possible) it would still be Kryptonite...I can accept that. The label "Kryptonite" can refer to the rock and the radioactive metal portion could have another name that people just don't refer to.

It's just that when I see a rusty rock, I don't call the rock "iron." It's a rock. I call the iron "iron." The iron ore (i.e. the rock with the ferrous oxide, or "rust") is referred to something else.

Is there a geologist in the house?! :D

JusticeLeagueLegion

08-24-2002, 02:22 PM

Originally posted by MILatino
Is there a geologist in the house?!

When you said that I pictured Adam West's voice. :D

Mattashell

08-24-2002, 02:36 PM

Hey! When did the title of this thread change?

JusticeLeagueLegion

08-25-2002, 01:10 PM

You mean when did it change from "The Adventures Of Superman Talkback and Information" to just plain talkback? It's been like that while actually. I figured maybe you changed it.

Mattashell

08-25-2002, 01:54 PM

Nope, only a mod can change it. I just noticed it.

JusticeLeagueLegion

08-25-2002, 04:43 PM

Originally posted by Mattashell
Nope, only a mod can change it. I just noticed it.

Oops, sorry for some reason I thought that you were a mod.

Mattashell

08-25-2002, 07:46 PM

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! :D :p :D :p :D :p

Mattashell

08-26-2002, 08:46 PM

Monday, August 26

098 ”The Big Forget”
Lois and Jimmy try to use an anti-memory vapor to go after a criminal. The crook captures them and gets the vapor to use for hold ups. Clark reveals his identity to save them!

Tuesday, August 27

098 ”The Gentle Monster”
A kind professor's robot is stolen by racketeers, who use it to their advantage. The robot's power unit uses Kryptonite.

Wednesday, August 28

100 ”Superman's Wife”
Superman proposes to a beautiful blonde sergeant on the police force. Lois is heartbroken, but reports the story. A gang leader kidnaps Mrs. Superman.

Thursday, August 29

101 ”Three in One”
A circus is forced to close because two performers steal the operational funds. Superman is arrested for the crime.

Friday, August 30

102 ”The Brainy Burro ”
Lois and Jimmy investigate a story in Mexico of a boy whose burro can read minds. Crooks use the burro to rob a bank.

Saturday, August 31

103 ”The Perils of Superman”
A master criminal plans terrible traps for each of Superman's friends: Lois, Jimmy, Perry White and Clark Kent.

Sunday, September 1

104 ”All That Glitters”-series finale
Professor Pepperwinkle learns how to make gold from base metal. Crooks force the professor to do it, but the professor has another secret: how to make any man Superman!

JusticeLeagueLegion

08-29-2002, 10:14 PM

"Superman's Wife" was actually a pretty cool episode...it wasn't really all that silly like the average episode that was in color.

Mattashell

09-03-2002, 02:12 AM

Monday, September 2

001 ”Superman On Earth”
An infant boy is rocketed from the dying planet Krypton to Earth and 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.

Tuesday, September 3

002 ”The Haunted Lighthouse”
Jimmy Olsen visits his aunt and discovers a group of smugglers on her island home.

Wednesday, September 4

003 ”The Talkative Dummy”
Armored cars are robbed and then disappear. A ventriloquist's dummy is used to transmit the armored car routes.

Thursday, September 5

004 ”The Mystery of the Statues”
Two elderly men buy and destroy small statues all over Metropolis. Lois investigates and is captured and almost killed before Superman rescues her.

Friday, September 6

005 ”The Monkey Mystery”
A secret formula used in defense of atomic warfare is stolen. Superman gets a trained monkey to help get it back.

Saturday, September 7

006 ”A Night of Terror”
Lois Lane is vacationing in Canada when she is kidnapped by gunmen. Jimmy tries to help her, but gets captured as well.

Sunday, September 8

007 ”The Birthday Letter”
A young girl is kidnapped by counterfeiters when she mistakenly receives printing plates from a French Bank.

JusticeLeagueLegion

09-03-2002, 06:04 PM

"Superman On Earth" was great....it completly contradicts the Superman serial, and I'm not really glad that Clark's parents were Ebon and Sara Kent rather than Jonathan and Martha Kent, but I still liked the episode...the scenes on Krypton were pretty cool.

Mattashell

09-03-2002, 08:52 PM

Superman On Earth

This was a great telling of Superman’s origin story. Very dramatic, tragic even, Krypton captures the charm of the Flash Gordon type style of sci-fi of that period.

The Kents sure are bumpkins! Are you sure this isn’t the origin of Sylvester J. Superman?

How does one sow and sheer indestructible fabric?

If the rocket is made from Kryptonian metal, it’s made of Kryptonite? How will baby Kal-El survive?

The oblivious look on the receptionists face when clark sneaks away is priceless.

:mad: In my city, the end of this episode was cut off by one of those local “emergency tests”. :mad:

JusticeLeagueLegion

09-03-2002, 11:34 PM

Originally posted by Mattashell
Superman On Earth

This was a great telling of Superman’s origin story. Very dramatic, tragic even, Krypton captures the charm of the Flash Gordon type style of sci-fi of that period.

The Kents sure are bumpkins! Are you sure this isn’t the origin of Sylvester J. Superman?

How does one sow and sheer indestructible fabric?

If the rocket is made from Kryptonian metal, it’s made of Kryptonite? How will baby Kal-El survive?

The oblivious look on the receptionists face when clark sneaks away is priceless.

:mad: In my city, the end of this episode was cut off by one of those local “emergency tests”. :mad:

The "Kryptonite" from the rocket wouldn't be harmful to baby Superman because it was the destruction of Krypton, the explosion that caused the fragments to become radioactive...thus harmful to Superman. His spaceship was far enough away from Krypton when it exploded, that it didn't become radioactive. Oh, and I don't know how Mrs. Kent sowed that indestructible fabric...but that's always the way it was in Pre-Crisis continuity...but I don't know how it's possible.

Mattashell

09-10-2002, 07:47 PM

Originally posted by Mattashell
Monday, September 9

008 ”The Mind Machine ”
Three congressional witnesses are killed by a hypno-therapy machine run by Lou Cranek, "Kingpin of Crime".

Tuesday, September 10

009 ”Rescue”
Lois tries to rescue a coal miner who is trapped in a mine, but she becomes trapped as well.

Wednesday, September 11

010 ”The Secret of Superman”
Evil Dr. Ort tries to drug Superman and control his will; he captures Lois and Jimmy.

Thursday, September 12

011 ”No Holes Barred”
A young wrestling champ tries to expose crooked wrestling. Superman breaks up the ring and rescues him.

Friday, September 13

012 ”The Deserted Village”
A "killing fog" and strange sea monster drive people away from their village. A druggist and his son have discovered a deposit of hydrozite, an element of the hydrogen bomb.

Saturday, September 14

013 ”The Stolen Costume”
A thief steals Clark's Superman costume and tries to sell it. Clark uses a clever trick to get it back.

Sunday, September 15

014 ”Mystery in Wax”
Madame Selena, operator of a wax museum, predicts deaths that come true. When Mr. White disappears, Superman investigates.