8.2/10421 votesLoading...#1 - Superman on Earth
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1952
Journey with Superman from Krypton to Metropolis, as he joins that Daily Planet staff and meets the fiery Lois Lane.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
8.2/10278 votesLoading...#2 - The Stolen Costume
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/1952
After a burglar steals Superman's costume from Clark Kent's closet, a mobster threatens to reveal the Man of Steel's secret identity. Commentary available by TV Producer/Author Gary H. Grossman.
Director: Lee Sholem
Writer: N/A
8.2/10254 votesLoading...#3 - Panic in the Sky
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1953
Destination: Earth! Superman saves Metropolis from a plummeting asteroid -- and loses his memory in the process. Commentary available by Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen) and Noel Neill (Lois Lane).
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
8.1/10204 votesLoading...#4 - The Face and the Voice
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1953
Looks like him. Sounds like him. But he isn't Superman! A lookalike Man of Steel goes on a crime spree.
Director: George Blair
Writer: N/A
8.0/10193 votesLoading...#5 - The Defeat of Superman
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1953
Superman is rendered powerless by a kryptonite trap. This sounds like a job for...Lois and Jimmy?
Director: George Blair
Writer: N/A
8.0/10195 votesLoading...#6 - The Perils of Superman
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 4/21/1958
Lois is tied to railroad track! Crooks in lead masks vow vengeance against the Daily Planet staff.
Director: George Reeves
Writer: Whitney Ellsworth, Robert Leslie Bellem
7.9/10223 votesLoading...#7 - Crime Wave
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/27/1953
While hunting down an anonymous crime-boss, the Man of Steel is lured into a lighting-powered deathtrap that stops his heart. Commentary available by Producer/Writer Chuck Harter.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.9/10209 votesLoading...#8 - Five Minutes to Doom
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1953
Beat the clock: The race is on to stop an innocent Death Row inmate's date with the electric chair.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.9/10184 votesLoading...#9 - Superman in Exile
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1953
Beware of Superman! A nuclear incident leaves him glowing with radioactivity and lethal to anyone he's near.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.9/10212 votesLoading...#10 - Around the World with Superman
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 3/13/1954
Paging Dr. Superman! His x-ray vision helps a surgeon restore a girl's sight, then he flies her on a world tour.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Jackson Gillis
7.9/10169 votesLoading...#11 - The Town That Wasn't
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 3/22/1957
She's the one. Members of a bizarre cult believe Lois is their ancient queen returned to life.
Director: Harry Gerstad
Writer: N/A
7.9/10184 votesLoading...#12 - Superman's Wife
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 3/31/1958
Sorry, Lois. Superman unexpectedly marries a gorgeous blonde policewoman. But why?
Director: Lew Landers
Writer: Whitney Ellsworth, Robert Leslie Bellem
7.9/10169 votesLoading...#13 - All That Glitters
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 4/28/1958
What if? After a whack to the head, Jimmy dreams he and Lois have the same powers as the Man of Steel.
Director: George Reeves
Writer: Robert Leslie Bellem, Whitney Ellsworth
7.8/10220 votesLoading...#14 - The Unknown People (1)
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 12/18/1951
Clark Kent and Lois Lane visit the world's deepest oil well in Silsby, when strange humanoid creatures appear and terrorize the townspeople.
Director: Lee Sholem
Writer: N/A
7.8/10170 votesLoading...#15 - 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.
Director: Philip Ford
Writer: N/A
7.8/10162 votesLoading...#16 - The Mysterious Cube
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 2/24/1958
Safe from justice? A killer hides inside a bunker made of a strange material even Superman can't penetrate.
Director: George Blair
Writer: Whitney Ellsworth, Robert Leslie Bellem
7.7/10214 votesLoading...#17 - The Secret of Superman
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1952
An insane scientist, using powerful experimental truth drugs on Perry White, Lois Lane and Clark Kent, learns Superman's true identity.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.7/10197 votesLoading...#18 - The Unknown People (2)
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 12/18/1951
Convinced the Mole Men are peaceful beings, Superman must save them from a vengeful mob determined to kill the armed visitors.
Director: Lee Sholem
Writer: N/A
7.7/10140 votesLoading...#19 - The Phantom Ring
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 6/9/1956
How do you stop thieves who have the power of invisibility? That's the new challenge facing Superman!
Director: Philip Ford
Writer: N/A
7.6/10222 votesLoading...#20 - Mystery in Wax
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/2/1953
Lois and Jimmy follow a trail of murder that could lead to ancient riches -- or to their own deaths.
Director: Lee Sholem
Writer: N/A
7.6/10189 votesLoading...#21 - Czar of the Underworld
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/13/1953
A killer sabotaging the filming of a crime exposé stalks Clark Kent and Inspector Henderson on a Hollywood studio soundstage.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.6/10191 votesLoading...#22 - The Big Squeeze
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1953
A powerful ally: the Man of Steel assists an ex-con blackmailed into returning to his criminal past.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.6/10172 votesLoading...#23 - A Ghost for Scotland Yard
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1953
Man or spirit? A magician believed dead may have resurfaced in a vendetta against his earthly foes.
Director: George Blair
Writer: N/A
7.6/10168 votesLoading...#24 - The Man in the Lead Mask
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1953
Surgically altered fingerprints. Lead masks to block x-ray vision. Will these foil the police and Superman?
Director: George Blair
Writer: N/A
7.6/10172 votesLoading...#25 - Clark Kent, Outlaw
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 9/10/1955
Clark Kent is the man on the inside, posing as an ace safecracker to get the goods on a crime ring.
Director: George Blair
Writer: Leroy H. Zehren
The Best Episodes of Adventures of Superman
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Best Episodes Summary
"Superman on Earth" is the best rated episode of "Adventures of Superman". It scored 8.2/10 based on 421 votes. Directed by Thomas Carr and written by N/A, it aired on 9/19/1952. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Stolen Costume".