The New Adventures of Superman 1966: Lois is innocent! part 2

The New Adventures of Superman: 1966 - 1970

The Halyah of the Himalayas - The radio announcer pronounces it HiMA-liuhs, interesting take. Superman takes out the bridge under the creature's feet and it falls a loooong way to the bottom. It could have broken its back! There's got to be a gentler way to put it to bed. I thought Superman doesn't kill.


Can A Luthor Change His Spots? - Would you let an evil genius who continually targets you as Superman's friends set up a lab in your building? Isn't it suspicious for him to install water coolers when he's only supposed to be a science advisor? That ink remover must be expensive stuff since Jimmy uses a tiny paintbrush with it to remove the massive amount of Kryptonite-infused paint splashed all over Superman while Man of Steel is dying and the Daily Planet is rocketing off into space (and I doubt that building is airtight).

Lois in the third season got a makeover to look more innocent. Maybe they figured that the old Lois was too abrasive and brash for such a helpless gal? Clark actually manages some better digs at her expense and to beat her to the stories.

For the first couple of segments in season two there seemed a little hope he'd stop with the Sesame Street lessons in directions but they were back by the third. Up! Away! Down! Up, up and away!

Clark found a windowless supply closet at the Daily Planet to change in for season three!

Why no signal watch for Lois? She needs Superman more than Jimmy does and he's not always able to find her. It doesn't help that by season three, she's even got Jimmy sneaking into danger without letting anyone know where they'll be. Even worse, Jimmy tells almost every villian about the watch, giving them a chance to rip it away and destroy it. The watch isn't super too, Jimmy!

The New Adventures of Superman 1966: Viva Super Hombre! part 1

The New Adventures of Superman: 1966 - 1970

• Superman's Double Trouble - King Kong vs. Godzilla but cheesier. Lunch and a handbag anyone? Wasn't it killing them to seal them back underground anyway?

• Lava Men - Viva Super Hombre!

• Luthor Strikes Again - Luring Superman into a Kryptonite trap at a lead paint factory: wasn't Luthor supoosed to be a genius?

• The Pernicious Parasite - This guy is supposed to be good at stealing hazardous stuff? Don't open the container of radioactive material, idiot!

• Brainiac - Superman Meets Brainiac: He already met Brainiac like 20 episodes ago. Brainiac's Bubbles: How did he recognize Brainiac's UFO when it doesn't always look the same?

• A Devil of a Time - He did this before as Superboy. I guess the classics never get old. What kind of crooks would give up the largest diamond in the world because it's too big??

• Superman Meets His Match - That poor tree. It should have shattered when Superman thwapped it into a creature with invulnerability equal to his own.

• The Cage of Glass - Why is grass growing on the site where Metropolis is supposed to be? That's some tough grass to be able to grow under skyscrapers and paved streets.

• The Atomic Superman - Super halitosis! There are better ways to test explosive liquids than makes Supes drink it. Why not blow up an asteroid or something?

Fleischer Superman Cartoons, part 2: Boy Scout Breaks Laws of Common Sense & Physics

• The Arctic Giant: That ice melted like there were heat lamps on it instead of just the refrigeration breaking down.

• The Magnetic Telescope: Clark could gotten there faster as Superman but he takes a taxi instead. So much for rushing to save the world.

Max Fleischers Superman: Collector's Edition [Blu-ray]

• Terror on the Midway: Lois actually manages to save someone for once!

• Showdown: Why is Superman suddenly so slow and weak? Climbing takes forever the that desk seems amazingly heavy.

• The Mummy Strikes: All hail King Tush! That "damning" evidence seems pretty circumstantial to me.

• Jungle Drums: Nazi's aren't supermen regardless of their belief in Übermensch. Why's Supes having such a hard time fighting a pair of them?

• The Underground World: Those bird people had a statue of a guy who looked a lot like Henderson. Doesn't that mean he held some importance for them? Maybe they wanted to replace their old statue with a brand new one? Or they thought he was an imposter?

Fleischer Superman Cartoons, part 1: Peepshow in the Supply Closet!

Max Fleischers Superman: Collector's Edition [Blu-ray]

• Lois leaps headfirst into trouble: She doesn't let anyone where she is and usually tries to hide her whereabouts. This version is more of a screamer than a fighter. How did she ever manage before Superman could find and save her pretty much anywhere? Even worse, when she finds out about imminent destruction that she can't stop herself, she doesn't call anyone for help. Thanks Lois, for being more concerned about getting the story than saving lives.

• What ridiculous names and devices: the electrothanasia ray, Bulleteers, Japoteurs

• Clark changing: Does anyone ever notice the silhouette in the window? Does anyone ever find Clark's clothes discarded inside? Once he changed right outside the Daily Planet building.

• Perry's intercom? system: It's one system in one episode and looks completely different in another. Why does he even need it? Why not just open the door and yell like J Jonah Jamerson would? Lois and Clark are usually in his office anyway.

• The Mechanical Monsters: Why does he need so many robots? Why won't Lois tell him where the jewels are when they all fell out anyway? How did the guy expect Lois to give him answers when he gagged her? How did Superman find the base when he lost the robot's trail?

• Billion Dollar Limited: Why wasn't Clark suspicious of a car nearly running him over and racing after the gold? How did the same guys manage to get ahead of Superman three times to set up bombs and things? Superman left Lois with the bad guys so he could deliver the gold instead. He should know by now that this Lois can't really fend for herself.

The New Adventures of Superman 1966 part 1

Superman takes people into space without helmets! Even as Superboy he had better sense than that. His invincibility does not extend that far past his skin-tight costume.

On a similar note, doesn't he ever care if creatures will even be able to survive on the alien planet where he drops them off? See The Prehistoric Pterodactyls and Superman Meets His Match.

Up up and away! Down! Away!  Up for up. Away for forward. Down for down. Some combo thereof for everything else. Why does he bother saying these things? As Superboy, this might have been to let Krypto where know they should go. As Superman, he's just talking to himself. Or teaching kids about directions a la Sesame Street. For about two episodes in Season 2 he actually drops this, but then it's back


The Mermen of Emor - Why is it fun to watch sharks punt a ball with a guy inside? It might as well be a beach ball. Why not give the guy a fighting chance with weapons and all?

Merlin's Magic Marbles - Since when does the genius Luthor need magic? What does Merlin get out of this deal? Since when does a guy trustingly accept magic balls from another guy?

The Threat of the Thrutans - Next time try asking nicely. Honey and vinegar and all that.

All those episodes with Warlock - How many times could Superman have just snatched the wand before Warlock knew what hit him? Warlock is lame and crabby and an utter a-hole, his sister should have left him in that prison so she'd still have her own ruby.

The Deadly Icebergs - Wouldn't it have been easier for Superman to destroy the icebergs first and eliminate the threat?

The Men from APE - APE (Allied Perpetrators of Evil). When I first heard this, it sounded like Alive Perpetrators of Evil. Actually it still does. Of course that would have been awfully stupid as in are there Dead Perpetrators of Evil?