Original Air Dates 1951 - 1957 (syndicated)

Superman has also been adapted in the radio and in later TV shows. The following voice-overs show how the story of Superman was told differently over the decades.

Location: Metropolis (generally accepted as New York City, New York)

1940s:

Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman!  Faster than a streak of lightning.  More powerful than the pounding surf.  Mightier than a roaring hurricane. This amazing stranger from the planet Krypton, the man of steel, Superman.  Possessing remarkable physical strength, Superman fights a never-ending battle for truth and justice, disguised as a mild mannered newspaper reporter Clark Kent.

1950s:

Faster than a speeding bullet.  More powerful than a locomotive.  Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.  Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman!  Yes, it’s Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men.
Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel with his bare hands, and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice and the American way.

1960s:

Faster than a speeding bullet.  More powerful than a locomotive.  Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.  It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman!  Superman, man of steel, Superman.  Superman rocketed to earth as an infant when the distant planet of Krypton exploded, who disguised as Clark Kent, a mild mannered reporter for the Daily Planet, fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice and freedom, with super powers far beyond those of ordinary mortals.

1990s:

Clark Kent: I always knew there was something different about me, then my parents finally told me the whole story: how they found me in a strange capsule the only survivor from a distant planet. Then, I began to discover powers nobody else had, and I know things would never be the same. Now, I'm known as reporter Clark Kent, but whenever danger calls I become Superman and I know I must only use my powers for good.