The swarm""s leader Krall, an armored, hairless alien with prominent facial ridges, boarded theEnterpriseto search for the ancient relic-artifact, the Abronath, that Kirk had offered to the Teenax people in the opening scene.Superman (1950)both starring Kirk Alyn, and the low-budget feature filmSuperman and the Mole Men (1951)with George Reeves, as well as the TV seriesThe Adventures of Superman (1952-1958)also with George Reeves, the Superman Broadway playIt""s a Bird, It""s a Plane, It""s Superman (1966),the spin-offSupergirl (1984)starring Helen Slater as Superman""s cousin, the TV series Superboy (1988-1992), and another animated TV series (1996-2000).Superman IIcombined director Richard Donner""s 1977 footage with Richard Lester""s 1979 footage.Approximately 25-30% of Lester""sSuperman IIwas Donner""s footage.Superman III (1983)d.Richard Lester, 125 minutes (TV version: 141 minutes)Film Plot SummaryThe film opened in Metropolis"" Unemployment Bureau, where a shiftless black man in his early 30s, August "Gus" Gorman (Richard Pryor), stood in line while playing with a yo-yo."Running away," Sugar tells them her history of bad luck in everything ("the fuzzy end of the lollipop") - especially getting caught drinking:Daphne: Terribly sorry.During the evening rush to the airport, passengers (future protagonists) converged on the Trans-American Airlines terminal.