The BEST episodes of The New Adventures of Superman season 1
Every episode of The New Adventures of Superman season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The New Adventures of Superman season 1!
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 - Return of Warlock
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/12/1966
The Warlock tries to get back at Superman by attacking his friends at the Daily Planet. He revives the skeleton of a dinosaur and has it attack Jimmy. He then seizes control of Lois's car and sends her driving up a building. Knowing that Perry is next, Superman lays a trap for the Warlock. When the Warlock comes for Perry, Superman takes the jewel out of his wand and sends the Warlock back to prison.
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#2 - 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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#3 - The Birdmen from Lost Valley
Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 1/7/1967
When flying in the Daily Planet's news helicopter, Jimmy Olsen sees a flock of birdmen stealing food from a local farm. When Superman hears word of the birdmen he heads off to stop them, but discovers that the birdmen are peaceful. They were stealing from the farm because they are being blackmailed by a man who discovered their secret nesting place. He is forcing them to mine for gold without food. Superman decides to help the birdmen and captures the evil blackmailer.
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Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 1/7/1967
When Lois and Clark head to Egypt with an archeologist, Lois accidently awakens an ancient mummy from its tomb. The Mummy threatens Lois and Clark changes into Superman to protect her. Superman rescues Lois and stops the mummy before it can do any more damage.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Seeds of Disaster
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 12/31/1966
Seeds arrive on earth from space and begin growing into enormous dangerous planets. Superman tries to destroy the plants but discovers that the seeds are landing too quickly for him to stop them one at a time. Superman takes an enormous lens into space and uses sunlight and his heat vision to destroy the all space seeds before the can land on Earth.
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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.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - The Pernicious Parasite
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.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Mission to Planet Peril
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 12/17/1966
Aliens come to Earth and begin stealing coal. When Superman arrives to stop them, the aliens tell him that they were forced to steal the coal in order to protect hostages that have been kidnapped and threatened by their planet's dictator. Superman escorts the aliens back to their planet and defeats the evil dictator.
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Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 12/10/1966
Lex Luthor kidnaps Jimmy Olsen in a plot to destroy Superman. When Superman comes to the rescue, Lex and his henchmen attack him with Kryptonite ray guns. Fortunately, Superman falls into a vat of lead-based paint. Protected from the Kryptonite rays, Superman saves Jimmy and captures Lex Luthor.
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Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 12/10/1966
When Superman tries to save a Mexican town from a volcano, he disrupts the lava flow and discovers that the lava can transform into a dangerous Lava Man. When he tries to destroy the Lava Man, multiple lava men rise up out of the broken pieces. Superman, however, manages to stop the lava men by cooling them off with water.
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#11 - 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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#12 - 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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#13 - 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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#14 - The Ape Army of the Amazon
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/29/1966
A scientist is using a sonic machine to control apes in the Amazon. He wants to build an army. When Lois and Clark crash their plane in the Amazon, Clark changes into Superman and rescues Lois from the ape army. Eventually, he is also able to put an end to the scientists work by capturing him while he is attempting to rob a temple.
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Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 12/31/1966
Brainiac is a robot that has been stealing animals from a circus to re-populate a dying world. When he meets Lois and Superman, he takes them along as human specimens. Superman, however, escapes and manages to stop Brainiac.
Watch Now:Amazon#16 - The Tree Man of Arbora
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 11/26/1966
A scientist examines a meteor crater and discovers an unusual tree growing nearby. The tree is really an alien and when it begins drinking all the water it can find Superman must apprehend him. Superman captures the Tree Man and helps him to return home to his planet of Arbora.
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - 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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#18 - The Insect Raiders
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/12/1966
When a group of insect men attack an ocean liner, Superman comes to the rescue. He saves the ship as the insects raiders try to sink it. The insect raiders kidnap Jimmy Olsen and surround him with bomb filled eggs. Superman rescues Jimmy and stops the insects as they go off on another raid.
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Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/19/1966
In Hawaii, an ice-man uses a freezing machine in order to create another ice age. The iceman, however, runs into trouble from the navy. Just as he is about to be attacked, Superman saves him. He takes the iceman and his freezing machine out of harm's way to a asteroid.
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#20 - 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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#21 - 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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#23 - 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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#25 - The Fire Phantom
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/5/1966
When Clark and Jimmy are on a camping trip, the Fire Phantom emergers from a deep mine shaft and begins to set fire to the forest. Jimmy goes for a walk and finds himself surrounded by a forest fire. Fortunately, Clark wakes up when he smells the fire and changes into Superman. He rescues Jimmy from the flames and stops the Fire Phantom.
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