Episode
Adventures of Superman: Runaway Robot
Overview
Captive Lois Lane will be murdered by gangsters unless inventor Horatio Hinkle uses his unique radio-controlled robot to rob banks.
Details
- Series
- Adventures of Superman
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 1953-01-09
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Runaway Robot is Episode 17 in Season 1 of Adventures of Superman. It aired on 1953-01-09. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 18: Drums of Death
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Commentary available by Producer/Writer Chuck Harter.
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Episode 20: The Riddle of the Chinese Jade
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Episode 13: The Stolen Costume
After a burglar steals Superman's costume from Clark Kent's closet, a mobster threatens to reveal the Man of Steel's secret identity.
Commentary available by TV Producer/Author Gary H. Grossman.
Episode 21: The Human Bomb
On a windswept narrow ledge high above the ground, Lois Lane is chained to a dynamite-wielding daredevil ready to die.
Episode 12: The Deserted Village
As Clark Kent pursues the monster killing the few people left in Lois Lane's hometown, the girl reporter becomes its next victim.
Episode 22: Czar of the Underworld
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Episode 11: No Holds Barred
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Episode 23: Ghost Wolf
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