Superman (1948 serial)

Superman is a 15-part black-and-white Columbia film serial based on the comic book character Superman.

Plot
Superman is sent to by his parents just as the planet Krypton blows up and is later raised as  by a farm couple. They discover that he has great powers so they send him off to use his powers to help those in need. After his foster parents die, the Man of Steel heads to Metropolis under the bespectacled guise of Kent and joins the staff of the in order to be close to the news. Soon after he is sent out to get the scoop on a new rock that a man has found that he calls, and Clark passes out; then and there Superman discovers that his weakness is Kryptonite. Whenever emergencies happen, he responds in his true identity as Superman. This first serial revolves around the nefarious plot of a villain who calls herself the Spider Lady.

Cast

 * Kirk Alyn as Superman/Clark Kent
 * Noel Neill as Lois Lane
 * Pierre Watkin as Perry White
 * Tommy Bond as Jimmy Olsen
 * Carol Forman as Spider Lady
 * Herbert Rawlinson as Dr. Graham
 * Forrest Taylor as Professor Arnold Leeds
 * Nelson Leigh as Jor-El
 * Luana Walters as Lara
 * Edward Cassidy as Eben Kent
 * Virginia Caroll as Martha Kent