*Spoiler/plot- Adventures of Superman, 1952. Panic in the Sky, aired 12/12/53. Scientists at an observatory find a giant and glowing asteroid on a collision course with Earth. They call on Superman for his help. Superman hits the giant asteroid. The impact causes the asteroid to now only orbit Earth. However, Superman is weakened severely as he returns to Earth. He manages to change back to Clark Kent (a reflex action) but he has amnesia. Meanwhile, the orbiting asteroid still presents a hazard for Earth. Only Superman can place an explosive device that will demolish the asteroid -- but no one, including Clark, knows where Superman is. He struggles through his dilemma.
*Special Stars- George Reeves, John Hamilton. Jack Larson. Noel Neill, Bill Kennedy (VO). Robert Shayne.
*Theme- Good can overcome evil.
*Trivia/location/goofs- B & W. Superman's flying and jumping file footage was taken in Los Angeles. It commonly uses the skyline of 1950's downtown with the tall city hall building. The observatory file footage is the Griffith Observatory in the hillside city park in Los Feliz area of L.A. The rocky area where Superman (Kent) is picked up by a helpful lady car driver is the Chatsworth park on the closed Iverson Movie Ranch area now call "The Garden of the Gods" or Santa Susana Pass City Park.
*Emotion- Always a bit of fun and entertainment from a "baby-boomer" kiddie's TV life. Takes one back to those carefree days. The episode still holds up and is voted one of the best of the series. It has been included is many of "the Best" of publicly offered TV Superman VHS & DVD series.
*Based On- Superman comic book series.
*Special Stars- George Reeves, John Hamilton. Jack Larson. Noel Neill, Bill Kennedy (VO). Robert Shayne.
*Theme- Good can overcome evil.
*Trivia/location/goofs- B & W. Superman's flying and jumping file footage was taken in Los Angeles. It commonly uses the skyline of 1950's downtown with the tall city hall building. The observatory file footage is the Griffith Observatory in the hillside city park in Los Feliz area of L.A. The rocky area where Superman (Kent) is picked up by a helpful lady car driver is the Chatsworth park on the closed Iverson Movie Ranch area now call "The Garden of the Gods" or Santa Susana Pass City Park.
*Emotion- Always a bit of fun and entertainment from a "baby-boomer" kiddie's TV life. Takes one back to those carefree days. The episode still holds up and is voted one of the best of the series. It has been included is many of "the Best" of publicly offered TV Superman VHS & DVD series.
*Based On- Superman comic book series.