The Best Episodes of Adventures of Superman Season 1
Every episode of Adventures of Superman Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Adventures of Superman Season 1!
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Adventures of Superman" season 1 is "Superman on Earth", rated 8.2/10 from 414 user votes. It was directed by Thomas Carr and written by N/A. "Superman on Earth" aired on 9/19/1952 and is rated 1.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Haunted Lighthouse".
8.2/10 414 votes#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
7.2/10 307 votes#2 - The Haunted Lighthouse
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1952
A terrified Jimmy Olsen calls for help, and Superman speeds to an isolated island where strange things happen in the fog-shrouded night. Commentary available by TV Producer/Author Gary H. Grossman.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
6.9/10 253 votes#3 - The Case of the Talkative Dummy
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1952
As superman hunts for kidnapped armored-car drivers and a stolen fortune, Jimmy, loccked inside a falling safe, hurtles to his doom.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.1/10 249 votes#4 - Mystery of the Broken Statues
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1952
Lois Lane is kidnapped while on the trail of a suave but deadly criminal mastermind and a hidden priceless gem.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 233 votes#5 - The Monkey Mystery
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1952
Searching for stolen defense secrets, Clark Kent encounters a brutalized woman, a slain organ-grinder -- and a monkey dressed as Superman.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 248 votes#6 - Night of Terror
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1952
Superman races to find Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen who wait, helplessly bound, as a sadistic hit man prepares to execute them.
Director: Lee Sholem
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 229 votes#7 - The Birthday Letter
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1952
Superman is implicated in the abduction of a young girl who is thought to have information concerning hidden counterfeit plates.
Director: Lee Sholem
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 220 votes#8 - The Mind Machine
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1952
Bravely testifying against a mobster, Lois Lane will die unless Clark Kent finds the weapon that will soon destroy her mind.
Director: Lee Sholem
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 203 votes#9 - Rescue
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1952
Trapped in a mine filling with deadly gas, Lois Lane is beyond the reach of rescuers -- and Clark Kent doesn't know!
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 207 votes#10 - 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
7.3/10 205 votes#11 - No Holds Barred
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1952
When a crooked wrestling promoter paralyzes honest athletes, Superman steps in to reverse the damage and rescue an innocent captive.
Director: Lee Sholem
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 196 votes#12 - The Deserted Village
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1952
As Clark Kent pursues the monster killing the few people left in Lois Lane's hometown, the girl reporter becomes its next victim.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
8.2/10 268 votes#13 - 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
7.1/10 177 votes#14 - Treasure of the Incas
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/1952
Unwittingly involved in a hunt for stolen radium, Jimmy is kidnapped and locked in a deathtrap by a fanatical doctor.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.2/10 180 votes#15 - Double Trouble
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/26/1952
Lois Lane, chloroformed while investigating strange disappearances, is held prisoner in Madame Selina's wax museum of the living dead.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 213 votes#16 - 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
7.0/10 202 votes#17 - Runaway Robot
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/9/1953
Captive Lois Lane will be murdered by gangsters unless inventor Horatio Hinkle uses his unique radio-controlled robot to rob banks.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
6.9/10 181 votes#18 - Drums of Death
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/1953
Aided by his ace reporters, Perry White flies to Haiti to search for his sister, the prisoner of a voodoo cult.
Director: Lee Sholem
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 202 votes#19 - The Evil Three
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/23/1953
Perry White and Jimmy Olsen face death at the hands of three crazed murderers in a crumbling bayou hotel. Commentary available by Producer/Writer Chuck Harter.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.2/10 188 votes#20 - The Riddle of the Chinese Jade
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/30/1953
Lois Lane is held hostage by the armed criminal who has stolen a priceless antique and left two people to drown.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.2/10 181 votes#21 - The Human Bomb
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/6/1953
On a windswept narrow ledge high above the ground, Lois Lane is chained to a dynamite-wielding daredevil ready to die.
Director: Lee Sholem
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 181 votes#22 - 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
7.5/10 187 votes#23 - Ghost Wolf
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/20/1953
After discovering human footprints that turn into wolf tracks, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen are trapped in a raging forest fire.
Director: Lee Sholem
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 214 votes#24 - 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
7.8/10 212 votes#25 - 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