Yep, this is in fact the first superhero movie ever made! The movie itself isn't that good, but it's great to watch if only because I got to see literally the only black and white superhero movie ever made. Superman was the original comic book superhero so it only fits it would be about him. I'm launching Superhero Month and will try to spend April watching every superhero movie ever made! Well, the ones I haven't seen. Anyway, besides that, the movie itself isn't really that good. It was actually originally a two or three part episode of the George Reeves Superman show.
Could this also be the first movie based on a TV show? No, because this led up to the TV show. Anyway, the movie itself has pretty bad special effects. The worst scene is probably when Superman is rescuing one of the mole men and it just looks awful. This had no appearance by Lex Luthor or any other Superman villain or any Superman character besides him and Lois Lane. Still, I couldn't help but have fun watching such an old superhero movie. It's just great to know how far we've come and I do love my superheroes. **
Could this also be the first movie based on a TV show? No, because this led up to the TV show. Anyway, the movie itself has pretty bad special effects. The worst scene is probably when Superman is rescuing one of the mole men and it just looks awful. This had no appearance by Lex Luthor or any other Superman villain or any Superman character besides him and Lois Lane. Still, I couldn't help but have fun watching such an old superhero movie. It's just great to know how far we've come and I do love my superheroes. **