The WORST episodes of Adventures of Superman

Every episode of Adventures of Superman ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Adventures of Superman!

Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."

Last Updated: 10/31/2024Network: SyndicationStatus: Ended
The Last Knight
star
3.59
46 votes

#1 - The Last Knight

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/3/1958

A gentlemen's society of armored knights holds many secrets (and holds jimmy and Lois captive, too).

Directors: Thomas Carr
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Great Caesar's Ghost
star
4.47
53 votes

#2 - Great Caesar's Ghost

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/21/1955

He claims to be Caesar. But who's really behind the strange apparition vexing Perry White?

Directors: Harry W. Gerstad
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The Bully of Dry Gulch
star
4.52
52 votes

#3 - The Bully of Dry Gulch

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/24/1955

His town. His way. But a bogus gunslinger who rules a Western town is no match for the Man of Steel.

Directors: George Blair
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Through the Time Barrier
star
4.63
83 votes

#4 - Through the Time Barrier

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/23/1955

An inventor's time contraption whisks the Daily Planet staff to 50,000 B.C. One problem: how to get back!

Directors: Harry W. Gerstad
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The Prince Albert Coat
star
5.47
15 votes

#5 - The Prince Albert Coat

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/10/1957

Oops! A boy gives his grandpa's coat to charity, unaware it holds the man's life savings. Can Superman save the savings?

Directors: Harry W. Gerstad
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The Phony Alibi
star
5.49
43 votes

#6 - The Phony Alibi

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/3/1957

Dialed in: An inventor's new creation gives crooks the ability to zoom themselves through telephone lines.

Directors: George Blair
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The Seven Souvenirs
star
5.92
51 votes

#7 - The Seven Souvenirs

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/8/1955

Is something hidden inside them? Items purchased at a Superman souvenir store may be clues to a crime.

Directors: George Blair
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The Jolly Roger
star
6.13
15 votes

#8 - The Jolly Roger

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/16/1956

Shiver me timbers! Pirates hold Clark, Lois and Jimmy on a deserted isle the U.S. Navy intends to destroy.

Directors: Philip Ford
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The Man Who Made Dreams Come True
star
6.14
43 votes

#9 - The Man Who Made Dreams Come True

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/29/1957

A bogus seer aims to make his own crooked dream come true - a plan to usurp the rule of a dotty monarch.

Directors: George Blair
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The Brainy Burro
star
6.17
42 votes

#10 - The Brainy Burro

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/14/1958

Jimmy and Lois: bank robbers. They're accused of a theft committed by thugs and a mind-reading burro.

Directors: George Reeves
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Jimmy the Kid
star
6.18
17 votes

#11 - Jimmy the Kid

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/28/1956

Who's that guy? Hoodlums kidnap Jimmy and put a tough-talking lookalike in his place at the Daily Planet.

Directors: Philip Ford
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The Girl Who Hired Superman
star
6.30
44 votes

#12 - The Girl Who Hired Superman

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/5/1956

Villains have Superman right where they want him when he attends a party for a visiting foreign dignitary.

Directors: Philip Ford
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Treasure of the Incas
star
6.31
83 votes

#13 - Treasure of the Incas

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/1952

Lois and Jimmy follow a trail of murder that could lead to ancient riches -- or to their own deaths.

Directors: Thomas Carr
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The Stolen Elephant
star
6.33
12 votes

#14 - The Stolen Elephant

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/17/1957

And some kids just want a pony. A boy thinks the stolen circus elephant he finds is his birthday gift.

Directors: Harry W. Gerstad
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Olsen's Millions
star
6.36
50 votes

#15 - Olsen's Millions

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/4/1955

Gee, thanks! An elderly woman rewards Jimmy $1 million because she thinks he rescued her cat.

Directors: George Blair
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Lady in Black
star
6.40
15 votes

#16 - Lady in Black

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/20/1954

Noises. Unusual people. Jimmy is sure something strange is going on at the apartment of his mom's friend.

Directors: Thomas Carr
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Topsy Turvy
star
6.43
14 votes

#17 - Topsy Turvy

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/21/1956

Which way is up? An invention that causes the illusion of being upside-down is stolen for villainous use.

Directors: Harry W. Gerstad
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Semi-Private Eye
star
6.44
18 votes

#18 - Semi-Private Eye

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/1954

Sam Spade. Philip Marlowe. Jimmy Olsen? He poses as a trench-coated private eye to stalk kidnappers. Commentary available by Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen) and Noel Neill (Lois Lane).

Directors: George Blair
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Dagger Island
star
6.47
19 votes

#19 - Dagger Island

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/19/1956

Three brothers, one fortune. Its finders keepers as the trio hunt for a hidden family inheritance.

Directors: Philip Ford
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Drums of Death
star
6.49
53 votes

#20 - Drums of Death

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/1953

Aided by his ace reporters, Perry White flies to Haiti to search for his sister, the prisoner of a voodoo cult.

Directors: Lee Sholem
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Three in One
star
6.57
14 votes

#21 - Three in One

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/7/1958

Superman Arrested! While he's out of the way, three circus performers use their respective skills in a heist.

Directors: Lew Landers
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Beware the Wrecker
star
6.58
19 votes

#22 - Beware the Wrecker

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/30/1954

A terrorist bombs Metropolis' transportation systems. His method: armed, radio-controlled toy airplanes.

Directors: George Blair
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The Machine That Could Plot Crimes
star
6.62
50 votes

#23 - The Machine That Could Plot Crimes

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/1953

Meet Mr. Kelso, the computer that plans split second bank heists...and may know superman's secret, too.

Directors: Thomas Carr
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The Atomic Captive
star
6.63
16 votes

#24 - The Atomic Captive

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/3/1958

The bomb explodes, a mushroom cloud rises...and Lois and Jimmy are stranded on the test site.

Directors: George Blair
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Double Trouble
star
6.63
87 votes

#25 - Double Trouble

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/26/1952

Unwittingly involved in a hunt for stolen radium, Jimmy is kidnapped and locked in a deathtrap by a fanatical doctor.

Directors: Thomas Carr
Writer: Eugene Solow
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