Adventures of Superman is an American television series based on
comic book characters and concepts created in 1938 by
Jerry Siegel and
Joe Shuster. The show is the first television series to feature
Superman and began filming in 1951 in California on
RKO-
Pathé stages and the
RKO Forty Acres back lot. It was sponsored by cereal manufacturer
Kellogg's. The
syndicated show's first and last air dates are disputed but generally accepted as September 19, 1952 and April 28, 1958. The show's first two seasons (episodes 1–52, 26 titles per season) were filmed in black-and-white; seasons three through six (episodes 53–104, 13 titles per season) were filmed in
color but originally telecast
monochromatically in
first-run syndication. Television viewers did not see
Superman in color until the series was syndicated to local stations in 1965.