Atom Man vs. Superman

Atom Man vs. Superman is a Columbia's 43rd serial and the second live-action Superman screen appearance.

Plot
Lex Luthor, the Atom Man, invents a number of deadly devices to plague the city, including a disintegrating machine which can reduce people to their basic atoms and reassemble them in another place. But manages to thwart each scheme. Since can rob Superman of his powers, Luthor decides to create a synthetic Kryptonite and putters about obtaining the necessary ingredients:,  and the undefined 'etc.' Luthor places the Kryptonite at the launching of a ship, with Superman in attendance. He is exposed to the Kryptonite and passes out. Superman is taken off in an ambulance driven by Luthor's henchmen, and he is now under the control of Luthor. Superman is placed in a device, a lever is pulled, and the Man of Steel vanishes into "The Empty Doom".

Cast

 * Kirk Alyn as Clark Kent / Superman
 * Noel Neill as Lois Lane
 * Lyle Talbot as Lex Luthor / Atom Man
 * Tommy Bond as Jimmy Olsen
 * Pierre Watkin as Perry White
 * Jack Ingram as Foster
 * Don C. Harvey as Albor
 * Rusty Wescoatt as Carl
 * Terry Frost as Baer
 * Wally West as Dorr
 * Paul Stader as "Killer" Lawson
 * George Robotham as Earl