Episode
Superman: The Big Scoop
Overview
Dr. Glozer creates the Chronotron which is a device that lets someone look one hour into the future. Lex Luthor wants the machine and sends his men to kidnap Dr. Glozer and steal the machine. Looking through the Chronotron, Lex sees Clark turn into Superman. He arranges a train crash to force Clark to reveal that he is Superman, fortunately his plan fails. Lex then arranges a number of crimes to occur at the same times as disasters that appear in the Chronoton. Later Lex arranges to kidnap Clark Kent on live TV during a missile launch that Superman needs to stop. Lex wants Clark to reveal that he is Superman on television. Fortunately, Superman arrives to stop the missile even though Clark remains on television. Lois destroys the Chronotron and it is revealed that the Clark Kent on television was really Jonathan Kent in disguise.
Details
- Series
- Superman
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 1988-10-15
- Runtime
- 12 min
Episode context
The Big Scoop is Episode 9 in Season 1 of Superman. It aired on 1988-10-15. The runtime is 12 min.
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Episode 8: The First Day of School
A tattletale gets Clark into trouble but a guinea pig saves the day.
Episode 10: Overnight with the Scouts
(Family Album Segment) Clark Kent camps in the woods with his boy scout troop. They tell ghost stories over a campfire. Later the hear noises in the woods, but when the investigate the find nothing but forest animals.
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Episode 7: Cybron Strikes
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Episode 11: Triple-Play
The Prankster steals the World Series by transporting it to a far away remote island. He forces Superman to play a game of Baseball otherwise his friends will die. The game is unfair because Prankster wants to kill them anyway. Superman must stop him.
Episode 6: At the Babysitter's
A babysitter tries to control young Clark.
Episode 12: The Circus
(Family Album Segment) Clark Kent inadvertently becomes part of the circus.
Episode 5: By the Skin of the Dragon's Teeth
Luthor discovers a curse when he tricks Superman into excavating a treasure.
Episode 13: The Hunter
Clark Kent goes on a holiday with his parents, but must leave as Superman when General Zod and his Phantom Zone companions create a creature known as the Hunter. The Hunter can transform into any material he wants and transforms into steel in order to kidnap Lois Lane. The Hunter then transforms himself into Kryptonite and apparently kills Superman. Superman, however, is only in suspended animation and Lois Lane awakens him. Superman destroys the Hunter and uses the Phantom Zone projector in order to keep General Zod in the Phantom Zone.
Episode 4: The Supermarket
Ma Kent undertakes a shopping trip with baby Clark.
Episode 14: Little Runaway
(Family Album Segment) Clark is unhappy with the Kents and decides to run away from home. He leaves but after a number of problems he returns after he realizes that home is not worse than life on the run.
Episode 3: Fugitive from Space
As scientists try to decide which of a pair of aliens is a cop and which his prisoner, the bad guy hides eggs which will destroy the Earth.
Episode 15: Superman and Wonder Woman vs. the Sorceress of Time
Superman teams up with Wonder Woman to take on an evil Sorceress by the name of Cyrene. The Sorceress uses Black Magic to transport Mythological beasts to the future in order to battle Superman and Wonder Woman. Superman and Wonder Woman must imprison the escaped Sorceress before she attains ultimate power.