8.2/10421 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
7.2/10316 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
6.9/10261 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
7.1/10257 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
7.0/10240 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
7.4/10256 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
7.4/10237 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
7.5/10227 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
7.0/10211 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
7.7/10214 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
7.3/10213 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
7.4/10205 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
8.2/10278 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
7.1/10184 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
7.2/10188 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
7.6/10221 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
7.0/10211 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
6.9/10190 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
7.5/10209 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
7.2/10196 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
7.2/10189 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
7.6/10189 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
7.5/10195 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
7.9/10223 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
7.8/10220 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
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Superman on Earth" is the best rated episode of "Adventures of Superman" season 1. 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 is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Haunted Lighthouse".