I spent the rest of this afternoon with Superman - well, the DVDs of Season 3-4 of the series.
My heart literally sank when the openingcredits for the first episode were running. Full of scratches, dirt, and debris (and with a 1957 copyright; these shows were done in 1955-56), I was very disheartened.
The episodes themselves, however, look for the most part SPLENDID! The color is nice and rich; the images are mostly very sharp, and except for some fairly thick spotting on "Test of a Warrior" (looks like someone spilled a glass of iced tea on the print) no damage to speak of on the episodes themselves.
I watched the entire disc 1 this afternoon, and was carried way back (way, way back, a Mr. Peabody reference) to my childhood watching these episodes. So glad to have them, so far at least, looking so good.