"Faster than a speeding bullet..." - The sci-fi series THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN/SYN/1951-57 began with the proclamation "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound..." to extol the powers of Superman, a.k.a. "Clark Kent" (George Reeves), a mild-mannered reporter who worked for the Daily Planet. TRIVIA NOTE: On the children's program THE ELECTRIC COMPANY/PBS/1971-73, the cartoon character "Letterman" was advertised as being "Faster than a rolling O. Stronger than silent E, able to leap capital T in a single bound. It's a word. It's a plan. It's Letterman." Letterman de-scrammbled words messed up by the villain, Spellbinder.