Lobby Card, Superman and the Jungle Devil
date: label: Date made
content: 1954
name: label: depicted; associated person
content: Reeves, George
label: copyright holder
content: National Comics Publications Inc.
label: associated person
content: Neill, Noel
label: associated person
content: Larson, Jack
label: maker
content: National Comics Publications Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Promotional lobby card for the 1954 movie "Superman and the Jungle Devil." The film was a compilation of three previously released episodes of the popular television series "Adventures of Superman." The card, one of a set produced for the film, features a still of Superman interacting with some stereotypically represented African tribesmen. Superman's costume appears yellow instead of blue as the image has discolored over time, a result of the printing process.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Premiering in 1952, the syndicated program "Adventures of Superman" ran on television for 6 seasons and 104 episodes. The three episodes packaged into the movie "Superman and the Jungle Devil" were all taken from the show's second season (1953-1954.) They include the stories "Shot in the Dark;" "The Machine that Could Plot Crimes;" and "Jungle Devil."
label: Description (Brief)
content: The "Adventures of Superman" starred actor George Reeves in the title role. The show also featured Noel Neill as journalist Lois Lane, Jack Larson as cub reporter/ photographer Jimmie Olson, and John Hamilton as editor Perry White.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The character of Superman first flew into action in 1938. The costumed superhero was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two Jewish teenagers from Cleveland Ohio, who used, among other things, classical mythology and the era's popular science fiction and adventure writing for inspiration.
label: Description (Brief)
content: With his debut in Action Comics #1, Superman became an instant sensation with audiences, inspired by the "Man of Tomorrow's" virtue and heroics at time when the Nation was slowly emerging from the economic catastrophe of the Great Depression and moving closer to World War.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Born on the doomed planet Krypton, Superman was sent to Earth as a child, where our world's yellow sun granted him extraordinary powers such as flight, super-strength, near-invulnerability, as well as other extraordinary abilities including heat and X-Ray vision. As an adult living in the city of Metropolis, the alien, born Kal-El, protects his identity by assuming the persona of Clark Kent, a "mild-mannered" journalist.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Fighting for "Truth and Justice," Superman birthed a cultural fascination with superheroes, and has become one of the most recognizable and influential fictional characters in history. In addition to comic books, the character has been explored in all forms of media, including radio, television, and film, and has been used to promote a variety of successful consumer products, educational initiatives and public service campaigns.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Motion Pictures
label: Subject
content: Superman
label: general subject association
content: Television
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: DC Comics, Incorporated
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0213.013
label: accession number
content: 1987.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0213.013
label: accession number
content: 1987.0213
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lobby card
label: Object Name
content: Card, Lobby
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 14 in; 27.94 cm x 35.56 cm