The BEST episodes of The Adventures of Superboy (1988) season 2
Every episode of The Adventures of Superboy (1988) season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Adventures of Superboy (1988) season 2!
Based on the DC Comics character Superman's early years as Superboy. It was renamed The Adventures of Superboy at the start of the third season. The series was brought to the screen by executive producers Ilya and Alexander Salkind, who were the producers of the first three Superman movies and the 1984 Supergirl movie.
#1 - Superstar
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/3/1990
Superboy becomes involved with a singer who has lost herself, and is also being watched by a former singer who's now disabled and claims her voice is being used by the star, and plans revenge.
#2 - Johnny Casanova and the Case of Secret Serum
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/12/1990
A potion stolen from a mob boss makes a man less attractive, but full of charm, and Lana falls in love with him. Meanwhile the mob is still after the man.
#3 - The Woman Called Tiger Eye
Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/19/1990
After collecting several special crystals, a woman uses Superboy to fuse them together so she can use its power to control everyone.
#4 - Nick Knack
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/14/1990
A demented electronic's genius who was imprisoned because of Superboy escapes. He uses his genius to develop a mechanical suit which he uses to suck away Superboy's powers. Wearing the suit, he is almost as powerful as Superboy.
#5 - The Haunting of Andy McAlister
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/21/1990
Andy, Clark and Lana visit Andy's uncle's mansion for the weekend, only to become trapped in a wall containing a world with ghosts from the wild west. A group of outlaws seek revenge against Andy's ancestor who put them there. Superboy, now without powers in this world, must simply get them back on the other side of the wall to get rid of the ghosts.
#6 - Programmed for Death
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/1989
A robot has reprogrammed itself, taking on the personality of Andy's father, and seeks to eliminate Andy's real father, and maybe Andy as well. Superboy gets caught in the middle when he's asked to help.
#7 - Bizarro... The Thing of Steel
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/1989
While Professor Peterson is testing his new duplicating ray, Superboy arrives to see his progress. The ray is struck by lightning, and Superboy steps in front of it to stop the ray from hitting the Professor. The result of the ray is Bizarro, an imperfect duplicate of Superboy who possesses all of his powers, but a very limited intelligence. Bizarro wreaks havoc at a shopping mall and eventually takes Clark's place at the Shuster costume party under the name Kent Clark. Meanwhile, Superboy determines that he must destroy Bizarro with kryptonite. After Bizarro causes a disruption at the costume party and stops Lana on the road, Superboy uses the kryptonite on him only to discover it has no effect. Bizarro throws the rock back at Superboy and flies away with Lana in his arms. Superboy lies on the street, writhing in pain.
#8 - Abandon Earth
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/17/1990
Aliens claiming to be Jor-El and Lara come to Earth in search of their son Kal-El, known to the world as Superboy. Their intentions are questionable, and Clark tries to ease the tension and resentment between the Kents and the aliens while he tries to acquaint himself with them. Soon, the aliens claim they're taking Clark back to Krypton, devastating the Kents.
#9 - Mr. and Mrs. Superboy
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/1989
Mr. Mxyzptlk returns from the fifth dimension. This time he has a giant after him who seeks revene for a practical joke. The chase wreaks havoc all across town. Superboy and Lana stop the insanity by pretending to be married and the adoptive parents of Mr. Mxyzptlk.
#10 - Superboy... Rest in Peace
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/30/1989
An android is sent from the future to destroy Superboy. A female android, who knows Superboy's identity, assists him in defeating the android before he completes his mission.
#11 - Revenge from the Deep
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/28/1990
An immortal being possesses Lana, and sets out to settle a score with an immortal man with whom she loved many years prior.
#12 - Yellow Peri's Spell of Doom
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/20/1990
A very shy waitress has a crush on Superboy, and wants him to notice her. One of her dolls comes to life and turns her into a sorcerer, and assists her in accomplishing her goal of making Superboy fall in love with her, hurting him and people close to him in an effort to make him submit.
#13 - Run, Dracula, Run
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/3/1990
Byron Shelly is mugged and loses the serum that keeps his vampire cravings at bay. When Lana and Andy go to help, Byron preys on Lana and they join forces to subdue Superboy. A race ensues to get the serum to the three of them, before Lana and the Boy of Steel become forever undead.
#14 - Metallo
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/1989
An escaped bank robber suffers a heart attack and is sent to a hospital. There he transforms into Metallo a cyborg with a Kryptonite-powered heart.
#15 - Secrets of Superboy
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/5/1990
Nick Knack is out of prison, and wants to learn all of the dirt on Superboy. He invents a mind probing machine that drains all the memory out of its victims, and uses it on Andy and Lana to uncover all of Superboy's weaknesses.
#16 - Escape to Earth
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/24/1990
The aliens take Superboy to their ship, where they're also holding Andy and Lana. When the aliens turn Superboy into Clark, Lana finds out about his secret. Nonetheless, they try to escape the ship and return to Earth with the help of an ally who is also against the aliens.
#17 - Super Menace!
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/13/1990
While running tests on kyptonite at a military facility to neutralize its effects on Superboy, they find that the alteration has emotional effects, making him apathetic. The military enlists the help of Metallo to give the Boy of Steel an attitude adjustment. After almost killing him, Superboy and Metallo join forces, posing a disastrous threat to the town.
#18 - Microboy
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/1990
A student at Shuster falls in love with Lana. Knowing that she cares for Superboy, he feels he must also be a superhero to be noticed. In an experiment, he uses microwaves to become Microboy. But when his powers go out of control, Superboy must intervene and attempt to get him under control.
#19 - With This Ring, I Thee Kill
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/1989
Lex Luthor is back and he has a new face. Warren Eckworth, owner of Eckworth Industries, has created a new weapon: the Superboy gun. Luthor sabotages the weapon and uses it on the boy of steel. It only stuns Superboy, however. So Luthor takes the next step in his plan. He assumes the appearance of Warren Eckworth through plastic surgery and kills the real Eckworth, taking his place. He orders the power on the Superboy gun increased by 50%. Later, he picks up Lana promising her an interview. When he gets her back to Eckworth Industries, he reveals his true identity and his intent to marry Lana. He forces her to put on a wedding dress and drags her to an abandoned prison for the ceremony. But he allows her to make a phone call to Clark & Andy McCalister's dorm room, assuring that Superboy will show up. After the ceremony is almost completed, Superboy arrives and Luthor unleashes the Superboy gun's full force on the boy of steel. Superboy is paralyzed.
#20 - The Power of Evil
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/1989
A destructive force escapes its box, and Superboy, being the greatest force of good, is its target. The overseer of the box aids Superboy in capturing the force before further harm can be done to those close to him.
#21 - Brimstone
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/10/1990
A magic doctor arrives at Shuster after a scarred, deranged man attacks several people. He's after an evil spirit named Prodo, whose been using chosen people to infect the population. When Superboy tries to stop the man, he is then infected with the curse and goes out of control, and Prodo attempts to use him to eliminate the magic doctor, Brimstone.
#22 - Young Dracula
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/1989
A young vampire, on the run from his father, becomes a doctor in the Crescent County Hospital. His father sends an older, more powerful vampire to bring him back, and Superboy and Lana are trapped in the middle of the battle.
#23 - Nightmare Island
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/1989
Andy, Clark and Lana are deserted on an island when Andy's motorboat sinks into the ocean. On the island Clark turns into Superboy and is stripped of his powers by a dwarf-like alien. The alien kidnaps Lana and it is up to a powerless Superboy and Andy to rescue her.
#24 - Superboy's Deadly Touch
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/1989
Lex Luthor strikes Superboy with a surge of solar energy that causes his powers to go out of control. Luthor plans to force a government pardon by promising to reverse the process.
#25 - Lex Luthor: Sentenced to Death
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/1989
Professor Peterson comes to Superboy's aid. The two believe that Superboy will, with time, be able to have full use of his legs and powers again. Meanwhile, Luthor's new face has been revealed to the entire world, so he is back in hiding, along with Lana. Luthor goes in search of a new assistant and discovers a woman named Darla at a local club. Back at the hospital, Superboy's rehabilitation is going slowly. Darla, disguised as a nurse, delivers a tape to Superboy which was made by Luthor. Superboy begins to regain some of his powers, and scrutinizes the tape for clues to Lana's whereabouts. He notices Lana's eyes are blinking in morse code, and discovers the address that she is being held at. Superboy arrives at Luthor's hideaway, still in a wheelchair, to bring Luthor in. But Luthor is prepared, and has a new ""mini"" Superboy gun with all of the power of the full sized weapon. Will Superboy regain his powers, stop Luthor, and rescue Lana?