Adventures of Superman/Superman on Earth

Superman on Earth
Season 1, Episode 1
Airdate	September 19, 1952
Written by	Richard Fielding
Directed by	Tommy Carr
Produced by	Robert J. Maxwell and Bernard Luber
Stream
— N/A	1x02 → The Haunted Lighthouse
Adventures of Superman — Season One

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Superman on Earth is the first episode of the first season of Adventures of Superman.

With the planet Krypton facing destruction, Jor-El sends his only son, Kal-El, to Earth. There, Kal-El is rescued and adopted by Kansas farmers who name him Clark Kent. Clark learns early that he is different from others, and that this means he has a special responsibility in the world.

Starring: George Reeves (Clark Kent / Superman)

and Phyllis Coates (Lois Lane)

Featuring: Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen), John Hamilton (Perry White), Robert Shayne (Inspector Henderson)

and Ross Elliott (), Herbert Rawlinson (Rozan), Stuart Randall (Kogan), Aline Towne (Lara), Frances Morris (Sarah Kent), Dani Nolan (Miss Bachrach)

Plot Overview

The council of Krypton comes together to learn about the recent strange occurrences such as tidal waves and earthquakes. Jor-El, the planet's top scientist, explains that the sun is drawing the planet closer and closer, and that soon Krypton will be destroyed. The council laugh his predictions off, but soon they come true. Unable to build a spaceship quickly enough to get his family off the planet, Jor-El uses a prototype rocket ship to transport his son, Kal-El, to Earth moments before Krypton's destruction.

After some time passes, the rocket arrives to Earth, crash lands and is discovered by Kansas farmers Eben and Sarah Kent as they drive by the crash site. While investigating the rocket, Eben hears a baby's cries from within just as the ship catches fire following the crash and he throws dirt on the fire to smother the flames before retrieving the baby from the ship's remains, discovering that the baby was unharmed by the fire. The Kents raise the baby as their son and name him Clark, and by age 12 they have to explain to him why he is different from other boys. When Clark turns 25, Eben dies of a heart attack and Clark moves to Metropolis; with him is a costume sewn by his mother. Once in Metropolis Clark looks for work at the local newspaper, the Daily Planet. The editor, Perry White, agrees to give Clark a job if he can get an exclusive interview with a man hanging from a rope from a blimp. That is when Clark puts on his costume, becomes Superman, and rescues the man. Having gotten the interview, Clark is hired at the Daily Planet, though co-worker Lois Lane is suspicious as to how he got it done.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Move to Metropolis: Shortly after his father passes away, Clark moves to Metropolis to take the next stage of his life. He brings with him a costume sewn by his adoptive Earth mother, Sarah Kent.
• The Daily Planet: Once he arrives in Metropolis, Clark goes to the Daily Planet for employment. The receptionist tells him that the editor is busy, so Clark walks into on the thin ledge of the building, walks around and into the editor's window. After saving a man and obtaining an exclusive interview, Clark is hired at the Daily Planet.

Characters

• Eben Kent: Clark's adoptive Earth father, Eben, passes away on Clark's 25th birthday of a heart attack.

Trivia

The Show

• The Kents in Adventures of Superman are named Eben and Sarah. In the comics and most television and film adaptations they are named Jonathan and Martha.

Quotes

• Lois Lane: There are one or two things I haven't gotten quite straight in my mind, Mr. Kent. For example, how did you leave here later than we did and beat us to the airport?

Clark Kent: Is that all?

Lois Lane: Not quite. How come you found the man behind the hanger at just the right moment to get his exclusive story, when every top experienced reporter in the business was breaking his neck...

Clark Kent: Or her neck.

Lois Lane: Or her neck to get that story?

Clark Kent: Maybe I'm a super man, Ms. Lane.