The WORST episodes of The New Adventures of Superman
Every episode of The New Adventures of Superman ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 Prehistoric Pterodactyls
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/17/1966
When an earthquake releases two prehistoric Pterodactyls, one attacks an American pilot while the other heads to the city of San Francisco. Superman rescues the pilot by using a lasso to capture the Pterodactyl that was attacking him. Superman, then, heads to San Francisco and uses a net to capture the other one before it can do any more harm. Unwilling to hurt the dinosaurs, Superman heads to another world to set them free.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
#2 - The Wicked Warlock
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/24/1966
A warlock wants to steal a gem in order to power his magic. Superman cannot capture him because he always uses his magic wand to turn himself invisible. Superman must figure out a way to stop the warlock before he can get away with his crime.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
#3 - The Threat of the Thrutans
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/24/1966
When three Thrutan aliens crash land on earth, they theaten to blow up a rocket installation if they don't get a rocket in order to fly them home. Superman manages to stop their bomb, but also helps the aliens get back home.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
#4 - The Force Phantom
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1966
When aliens from one of moons of Mars invade Earth, they use a powerful energy creature called the Force Phantom in order to destroy Earth's defenses. Superman, however, manages to defeat the Force Phantom and in doing so foils the invasion by destroying the alien's spaceship.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
#5 - Lava Men
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.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - The Image Maker
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 11/26/1966
Professor Nula disguises himself as Professor Luna in order to get revenge on Lois Lane. Nula as Luna asks her to write an article on his new 4-Dimensional movie technology. Lois comes over and is soon kidnapped by Nula's pet Yeti. Nula encloses Lois in a bubble and plans to rocket the bubble into space. Fortunately, Superman arrives in time to save Lois and capture Professor Nula.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Superman's Double Trouble
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 12/3/1966
An underwater earthquake frees an enormous lobster and a giant alligator is released from a volcano. When the two monsters arrive on land, they threaten large-scale destruction. Superman arrives in time to stop the animals a return them from where they came.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - 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.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - 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.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - The Lethal Lightning Bug
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/1967
When lightning strikes a swamp, a monsterous lightning bug is created that threatens to ruin a nearby space launch. Superman goes to investigate the bug and discovers that it re-energizes itself by going back to the swamp. Superman uses this knowledge to stop the bug before it interferes with the space launch.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#12 - The Prankster
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/1967
The Prankster annoys Superman when a paper safe drops harmlessly on Clark Kent. Superman wants to send him to jail, but is unable to since he cannot prove that the Prankster is behind any of the pranks . Superman decides to get back at the Prankster by playing pranks on him. The Prankster becomes so annoyed that he confesses to his crimes. Superman gets the confession on tape and the Prankster is taken away.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#14 - The Toyman's Super Toy
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/7/1967
The Toyman constructs an enormous remote control robot insect. He test flies it over a zoo and scares the animals. When Superman arrives to stop the insect, the Toyman purposely destroys it. He constructs another and gives it the capacity to produce Kryptonite rays out of its eyes. He sends the robot after Superman, but Superman successfully destroys it by using lead to shield himself from the Kryptonite radiation.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#15 - The Warlock's Revenge
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/21/1967
The Warlock gets out of prison when his sister uses a magic ruby on a broom. The Warlock takes the Ruby and decides to get revenge on Superman. He attacks Lois Lane and conjures a magic creature to defeat Superman. Superman, however, gets the best of the creature and captures the Warlock.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#17 - Night of the Octopod
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/30/1967
An octopod machine comes out of a flying saucer and threatens a rocket base near Niagara Falls. Superman dumps the octopod into the water and destroys the space ship that brought it to Earth. Unfortunate, an electric eel re-activates the Octopod and it emerges from the water and attacks a nearby power station. Superman comes to the rescue again and dispatches the Octopod once and for all.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#18 - The Team of Terror (2)
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/28/1968
The Warlock and Satana decide to trap Superman by capturing Lois and Jimmy. When Superman arrives to rescue them, the Warlock attacks Superman with Kryptonite rays. Superman, however, manages to stop the Warlock. He, then, turns his attention to Satana. Satana creates an army of monsters to attack him. Superman makes short work of the monsters and captures the evil Satana.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#19 - Rain of Iron (1)
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/5/1968
Lois meets a man named Vamore who is known to be a friend of the escaped criminal Professor Dujy. As Lois follows Vamore to a remote island, Superman must protect Metropolis from a wave of dangerous iron spheres that threaten to destroy the city.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#20 - Rain of Iron (2)
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/5/1968
Superman tracks the iron spheres to their source. They come from space, but are being bounced off an asteroid from a remote island in the Pacific. Professor Dujy and Vamore live on the island. When Superman comes to stop them, they try to take Lois hostage. Superman rescues Lois and sends Professor Dujy and Vamore to prison.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
#21 - The Deadly Icebergs
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/1/1966
A group of pirates unleash three magnetically powered icebergs in order to destory a nuclear powered vessel. Fortunately, Clark is onboard the ship and changes into Superman to stop the icebergs and catch the pirates.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
#22 - The Chimp Who Made It Big
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/1/1966
On an experimental space flight, a monkey is bombarded with mysterious growth rays when a piece of kryptonite collides with a meteor. The monkey returns to earth and begins to grow enormous. Superman must stop the ape before it manages to hurt someone.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#23 - Superman Meets His Match
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/23/1967
A Kryptonite meteor falls to Earth and weakens Superman as its falls into the ocean. When the meteor hits the bottom of the ocean it breaks in two and releases a green creature that has the same powers as Superman. Superman cannot defeat the creature but manages to knock it out. He takes the unconscious creature into space and sends it far away from Earth.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#24 - Brainiac's Bubbles
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/30/1967
When a UFO comes to Metropolis, it releases a bubble which captures Lois Lane. Superman comes to the rescue, but he too is caught in a bubble. The bubbles are the work of Brainiac. He has been sent to Earth to capture Lois and take her to a planet. Superman, however, puts a stop to the plan. He escapes from the bubble and rescues Lois.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#25 - The Team of Terror (1)
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/28/1968
An evil alien named Satana arrives on Earth from the planet Quanta. She attempts to steal energy from a nuclear power planet in order to use it to attack her home planet. Superman manages to stop her. Later Satana meets with the Warlock and the two decide to work together. She uses a substance called plasto to make his wand's magic ruby radiate kryptonite rays. The two villians decide to use the wand to destroy Superman.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV