In theaters in 1953 on TV in 1955 wrong The intro states It was released to theaters in 1953 and on television on 1955 Unfortunately this is not possible or at least was a violation of industry regulations at the time The proof is the history of TV s Adventures of Superman The entire first season of 26 episodes with Phyllis Coates instead of Noel Neill as Lois Lane was in effect the pilot being produced on spec and with no guarantee of getting on the air To both promote the project and help defray costs if it did not sell the producers began filming with a two part episode Unknown People which they quickly released to theaters as a Saturday matinee feature Superman and the Mole Men Once a deal with Kellogg s got them an on air committment the producers discovered that they fell afoul of a regulation that prohibited anything made for and released to theaters after 1948 from being shown on television Consequently Unknown People parts 1 2 were not televised until about 1960 when this rule was repealed and the series was released into general rerun syndication This same rule means that the subject of this article could or at least should not have been shown on television in 1955 after a 1953 theatrical run The other way around maybe but this has to be wrong I know that neither linked in article mentions this and the one for the series even contradicts it but Film Fax magazine published a three part article c 2000 that went into great detail on the development and first season production and reported this in no uncertain terms Note also that List of Adventures of Superman episodes gives November 23 1951 as the original airdate for both parts the article on the feature gives this as the date of its theatrical opening even though the series didn t get on the air until September 1952 IMDb does the exact same thing while TV com almost does giving the date of both parts as December 18 1951 and making minimal acknowledgement of the feature film version When combined the three essentially corroborate a lack of genuine original airdate for the purposes of this discussion only of course So I repeat Commando Cody would have been in violation of industry regulations had it played on TV in 1955 after a 1953 theatrical run Did Republic honcho Herbert Yates break the rules and get away with it which if true is notable and should be pointed out or does this article contain misinformation