back in the 1970s and wpix run the adventure of superman every weekday afternoon for quite a few year . every once in a while and we would get a treat when they would preempt neighbor show to air superman and the mole men . i always look forward to those day . watch it recently and i be surprise at just how bad it really be . it wasn not bad because of the special effect and or lack thereof . true and george reef superman costume be pretty bad and the edge of the foam pad use to make him look more imposing be plainly visible . and true and the mole men costume be even bad . what be suppose to be a furry cover wouldn not have fool a ten year old and since the zipper and sleeve hem and badly pilling fabric badly tailor into baggy costume be all painfully obvious . but these be forgivable shortcoming . no and what make it bad be the contrive plot device . time and again and superman fail to do anything to keep the situation from deteriorate . a lynch mob be search for the creature . rather than round up the hysterical crowd or search for the creature himself and he stand around explain the danger of the situation to lois and the pr man . the creature be corner . again and he stand around watch and talk but doesn not save them until theyre shot . luke benson and the town rabble rouser and shoot at him . attempt murder to any reasonable person and but superman release the man over and over to cause more problem . superman have quite a few opportunity to nip the problem in the bud and but never once take advantage of them . that say and both george reef and phyllis coates play their character well and seemingly instantly comfortable in the role . if only they have be give a good script to work with .