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DC Superman (1950s) Uncategorized November 2, 2024 Adventures of Superman: Review: S02: A Ghost For Scotland Yard

So Jimmy and Clark are in jolly old England and they have uncovered a mystery. A magician has pretended to be dead and comes back as a ghost to kill those who wronged him. Turns out he wasn’t dead. He faked his death and killed an innocent man to do it and now he wants …

DC Superman (1950s) Uncategorized November 2, 2024 Adventures of Superman: Review: S02: Superman In Exile

If you asked me I would say that the scientists that pulled this experiment need to be in prison. They let Superman become radioactive and had to be forced into self exile. They tried to play genius and let Superman almost face his downfall. Superman and Clark Kent, one in the same? That’s the question …

DC Superman (1950s) Uncategorized November 1, 2024 Adventures of Superman: Review: S02: The Defeat of Superman

So Superman wasn’t defeated. He manages to get out of  trouble each and every time. Superman was paralyzed by kryptonite that’s artficial but Jimmy and Lois saved him by placing it in a piece of lead pipe. A criminal trio was killed trying to defeat the Man of Steel but their evil and greed stopped …

DC Superman (1950s) October 31, 2024 Adventures of Superman: S02: Review: Shot In The Dark

So a con man thinks Clark Kent is Superman and was convinced until Clark pulled a fast one. Clark was shot point blank but had a silver coin in his pocket where the bullet struck and then, the con man was silenced, quick and fast. Now all reservations are quelched. So why was this? A …

DC Superman (1950s) October 31, 2024 Adventures of Superman: S02: Review: Jet Ace

Perry White, te loving uncle that he is, was concerned that his nephew, a pilot wouldn’t make his current flight but no one knows eventually and then that Superman piloted him and saved his life. He was going to crash but Superman steered the plane correctly. Now he’s a hero. A villain of this story …

DC Superman (1950s) October 30, 2024 Adventures of Superman: Review: S02: The Man Who Could Read Minds

So  the team uncover a scam that a couple of thieves concocted to raid people’s homes while they were at a particular club. These persons were slick but dangerous. They have a leader who can pretend to read minds and detect what they have in their possessions blindfolded. Then they somehow cut a key from …

DC Superman (1950s) Superman (Serials) October 29, 2024 Adventures of Superman: Review: S02: The Big Squeeze

Who done it then seems to be the recurring theme of this programme. Clark tries to stop an ex-convict whose past is shady because of one mistake that cost him three years of his life. Then when it came out he lost his job because an old friend is blackmailing him. On top of all …

DC Superman (1950s) Superman (Serials) October 28, 2024 Adventures of Superman: Review: S02: Five Minutes To Doom

In this serial Jimmy, Lois and Clark, plus Superman saved an innocent man from being executed and it was a nail-biter, right up to the wire as the team raced against time. This Superman, played by George Reeves is not my cup of tea. I hate how he looks in and out of costume. It’s …

Superman (1950s) Uncategorized October 27, 2024 TV Review: Superman (1942): The Payoff

I don’t get the ending. Was it all a dream and Clark isn’t really Superman, was it all a dream and he really is it was it not a dream and Clark was dreaming about this one story? Spider-Lady was tame so I don’t get why she was so feared. She never really acted violent. …

DC Superman (1950s) Superman (Serials) October 27, 2024 TV Review: Superman (1942): Superman At Bay

So Perry White was saved by Clark and Jimmy and Lois get into trouble again and Jimmy gets knocked unconscious. Hackett is arrested and is with Spider-Lady’s associate exchanging information. Lois is at the prison and is in trouble again as usual. Then a gas explosion and it affects the prison. Will Superman be alright? …