The BEST episodes of The New Adventures of Superman
Every episode of The New Adventures of Superman ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The New Adventures of Superman!
The New Adventures of Superman was an animated series that premiered on September 10, 1966. The series was produced by Filmation Associates and ran for three seasons. It was based on the popular Superman comics created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series focuses on the adventures of Superman an incredibly powerful superhero from the planet Krypton who defends Earth from all sorts of dangers. Superman's secret identity is Clark Kent a mild-mannered reporter for the newspaper "The Daily Planet". There Superman worked under newspaper editor Perry White with fellow reporter Louis Lane and photographer Jimmy Olsen. The first season of the series ran from 1966 to 1967 under the title The New Adventures of Superman and featured two six minute Superman cartoons with one six minute Superboy cartoon played between them. Thirty-six Superman shorts and eighteen Superboy shorts were produced for the series. This guide features only the Superman cartoons featured in the series. For a complete listing of the Superboy cartoon featured in the series, see The Adventures of Superboy (1966). In the 1967-1968 season sixteen new episodes of The New Adventures of Superman ran as part of The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure. This hour long animated show featured episodes from a number of other cartoon series. In addition new Superman episodes, the show also featured eight new episode of The Adventures of Superboy (1966), thirty-six episodes of Aquaman, three episodes of The Green Lantern, three episodes of Hawkman, three episodes of The Justice League of America, three episodes of The Atom, three episodes of The Flash, and three episodes of The Teen Titans. In the 1968-1969 season was the third and final season of new episodes of The New Adventures of Superman. The artwork of the series changed to imitate that of Superman comic book artist Curt Swan. It also featured longer two-part episodes. The final sequence of sixteen shorts ran as part of The Batman/Superman Hour. This show
#1 - The Deadly Dish
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/5/1966
Lex Luthor builds a Kryptonite ray machine and plots to destroy Superman with it. He hypnotizes Lois, Jimmy, and Perry so that they get into danger within the range of his machine. When Superman comes to rescue them, he bring a lead shield. Safe from the Kryptonite rays, Superman destorys the machine and captures Lex Luthor.
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#2 - The Men from APE
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/19/1966
Wanting to destroy Superman, Lex Luthor gathers the Warlock, the Toyman, and the Prankster and forms the Allied Perpetrators of Evil. Luthor invents a kryptonite ray that will allow the Prankster and the Toyman to eliminate Superman. The criminals lure Superman into a trap, but luckily Superman finds a lead pipe that shields him from the kryptonite radiation.
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Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1967
Lex Luthor, the Warlock, and Brainiac reunite as the Allied Perpetrators of Evil in order to destroy the Trouble Televisor which is a machine that can signal Superman whenever a crime is being committed. Superman must stop the villians before they can get to the machine.
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Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 12/24/1966
When a number of people see Superman committing a number of crimes, they wonder whether Superman has gone bad. When Jimmy tells Superman what has been going on, Superman takes him off and they discovers that the Toyman is trying to discredit Superman. The Toyman has built a Superman robot and has been using it to commit crimes. With Jimmy's help, Superman destroys the Superman robot and captures the Toyman.
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Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/21/1967
Lex Luthor develops a matter transfer machine that looks like a mirror. He sends it to the Daily Planet where Jimmy Olsen accidently falls into it. Jimmy is transported to an abandoned amusement park where he is soon surrounded by Lex Luthor's sharks. He alerts Superman using his signal watch. Superman arrives, rescues Jimmy, and captures Lex Luthor.
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#6 - The Magnetic Monster
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/22/1966
Aliens arrive from the planet Damoss. They are planning to invade and want to test out one of their new weapons that employs magnetism. They unleash their weapon which begins destroying metal objects like airplanes and bridges. Superman stops the weapon and unleashes it on the aliens in order to destroy their space ship.
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Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 12/17/1966
When a petty thief is exposed to radioactive chemicals, he becomes the Parasite and is able to drain the energy of anything he touches. When Superman tries to stop the Parasite, the Parasite grabs him and steals his power. Superman is helpless, but outsmarts the Parasite by grabbing onto him and letting him take all of his power. The Parasite explodes because a normal human being cannot handle all over Superman's power.
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#8 - The Return of Brainiac
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/15/1966
Brainiac returns to Earth on board a flying saucer. He uses a shrinking ray to shrink Lois and Jimmy. When Jimmy signals Superman, Superman is also hit with the shrinking ray. Superman must find some way to get back to normal size and must also protect Lois and Jimmy from now dangerous ants.
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#9 - The Toys of Doom
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/22/1966
The Toyman captures Lois and Jimmy and unleashes a wave of dangerous toys in Metropolis. Superman deafeats the toys and heads to the Toyman's hideout. There he is met by a Toy Army. Superman destroys the Toy Army and rescues Lois and Jimmy. The Toyman tries to make an escape but he is captured by the police.
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Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/23/1967
When an evil alien is turned into a mist by an experiment, the mist arrives on Earth and settles into the hat of a Metropolis motorist. The hat influences the driver into trying to drive his car into a children's playground. Superman stops the car and grabs the motorist. When the hat blows away, the motorist cannot recall why he tried to drive through the playground. Superman lets him go, but when the hat finds another owner the same inexplicable crime almost happens again. Eventually Superman figures out that the hat is behind the problem. He notices the alien mist and freezes it. He then sends it into space where it can do no more harm.
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Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/14/1967
Braniac shrinks the city of Metropolis to the size of an ant colony using a shrinking ray. He places a sheild around it that Superman cannot break through. Fortunately, Superman escapes through a ventilation tube. He defeats Braniac and returns Metropolis back to its normal size.
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Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/14/1967
Superman drinks an explosive and discovers that it causes him to breathe fire. Superman heads to the planet Mercury where he begins to live with other fire breathing creatures. Eventually the explosive wears off and Superman returns home.
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Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/28/1967
Lex Luthor kidnaps Jimmy Olsen and puts him in a hot-air balloon. Luthor shoots fireworks at the balloon in an attempt to alert Superman. When Superman arrives, Lex Luthor shoots at him with fireworks laced with Kryptonite. Superman, however, out thinks Luthor and captures him in the end.
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Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1968
Lois and Jimmy are trapped in a rocket by Lex Luthor. They are sent to the moon where Lex Luthor has constructed a secret base. Lex aims an enormous laser at Earth and threatens the leaders of the world. He tells them that if he is not given control of the world, he will melt the ice caps and flood the world's coasts.
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Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1968
Superman heads to the moon to stop Luthor's plan to take over the world. He rescues Lois and Jimmy, but Luthor reveals that he is working with Brainiac. The two supervillians try to destroy Superman by shrinking him and exposing him to kryptonite gas. Fortunately, Superman escapes their trap and stops the villians.
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Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1968
When Lex Luthor turns up at the Daily Planet, he claims to be reformed. He is made science editor by Perry White. Jimmy sneaks into Luthor's laboratory in the Daily Planet and discovers a lightning machine. Luthor claims he built it as a security system for the building. Jimmy, however, continues to distrust Luthor. He becomes even more convinced when he sees Luthor robbing a bank vault and endangering Perry White.
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Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/21/1968
As Luthor appears to be robbing the bank vault, Superman arrives to stop him. He rescues Perry White, but leaves when Luthor claims he was only involved as part of a demonstration. Jimmy still is not convinced of Luthor's good intentions. He follows Luthor and discovers his real scheme. Luthor wants to launch the Daily Planet building into outer space. Unfortunately, Luthor captures Jimmy and ties him up. Superman must figure out a way of rescuing Jimmy and stopping Lex Luthor before he can launch the building.
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Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 12/24/1966
Mr. Mxyzptlk arrives on Earth from the fifth dimension and uses his magic to create chaos at an amusement park. Superman rescues the people in danger and meets Mr. Mxyzptlk who tells him that the only way to get rid of him is to make him say his name backwards. Since Mr. Mxyzptlk doesn't want to leave, Superman has to trick him. Eventually he succeeds and the troublesome imp is sent back to his home dimension.
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#19 - The Invisible Raiders
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/8/1966
A supervillian named the Sorcerer uses invisibility to rob a museum and kidnap Jimmy Olsen. When they take Jimmy to their cave hideout, he uses his signal watch to inform Superman. Superman heads to the gave and rescues him.
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#20 - The Iron Eater
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/29/1966
A metal eating monster attacks Metropolis after it arrives on Earth from a meteor. Whenever it eats metal, however, it changes its appearance. Superman final captures the monster wen it tries to destroy a bridge. He takes it into space and leaves it on an asteroid made of iron.
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#22 - The Mermen of Emor
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/1966
While investigating the disappearances of a number of divers, a scuba diving Jimmy Olsen is captured by Mermen from the underground city of Emor. The Mermen have been abducting people for violent gladitorial games. Superman must foil the Mermen and rescue Jimmy and the other divers.
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Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/2/1968
Superman must stop the Sandman and deal with a saboteur before they can cause any more damage. When they finally meet, Superman fights off the Sandman's powerful sleeping sand and rescues Jimmy from a trap set by the saboteur. In the end, Superman captures the saboteur and defeats the Sandman.
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Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/2/1968
Clark and Jimmy are in Japan covering a story about how a powerful industrialist is the victim of sabotage. The saboteur calls forth a mysterious Japanese Sandman that has the power of blowing sand that can cause magical sleep. The saboteur wants the Sandman to help him against the industrialist.
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Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/26/1968
The ghost of Kilbane Castle awakens and soon terrorizes Lois and Jimmy. The ghost is upset that another clan has taken over his castle. Superman arrives and rescues Lois and Jimmy. He arrests the twins that awakened the ghost and assures the ghost that the castle will soon be returned to its rightful owner.
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