7.9/10209 votes#1 - 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
7.6/10191 votes#2 - 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
7.5/10186 votes#3 - The Man Who Could Read Minds
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1953
Swami says: send for Superman! Jimmy and Lois suspect a nightclub mind reader is linked to a theft ring.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.3/10170 votes#4 - Jet Ace
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1953
Look up! Superman rescues a pilot on a test flight gone wrong and later frees him from kidnappers seeking military secrets.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.5/10181 votes#5 - Shot in the Dark
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1953
An amateur shutterbug snaps some incriminating photos, one of which suggests Clark is you-know-who!
Director: George Blair
Writer: N/A
8.0/10193 votes#6 - 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
7.9/10184 votes#7 - 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
7.6/10172 votes#8 - 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
7.5/10195 votes#9 - The Dog Who Knew Superman
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1953
The nose knows. A dog rescued from a well by Superman keeps showing up at Clark Kent's office.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
8.1/10204 votes#10 - 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
7.6/10168 votes#11 - 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
8.2/10254 votes#12 - 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
7.5/10168 votes#13 - The Machine That Could Plot Crimes
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/1953
Meet Mr. Kelso, the computer that plans split second bank heists...and may know superman's secret, too.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.4/10190 votes#14 - Jungle Devil
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/1953
The superhero saves a lost expedition, defeats a fearsome beast and uses his grip to turn coal into diamonds.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.5/10175 votes#15 - My Friend Superman
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/26/1953
Burger, fries and friendship. Not everyone believes a diner owner who boasts of being pals with Superman.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.4/10178 votes#16 - The Clown Who Cried
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/2/1954
What kind of clown would rob a kids' charity telethon? An imposter clown, that's who!
Director: George Blair
Writer: N/A
7.4/10179 votes#17 - The Boy Who Hated Superman
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/9/1954
Clark is temporary guardian of a crime-connected youth who secretly plots revenge against the reporter.
Director: George Blair
Writer: N/A
7.3/10169 votes#18 - Semi-Private Eye
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/1954
Sam Spade. Philip Marlowe. Jimmy Olsen? He poses as a trench-coated private eye to stalk kidnappers. Commentary available by Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen) and Noel Neill (Lois Lane).
Director: George Blair
Writer: N/A
7.3/10161 votes#19 - Perry White's Scoop
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/23/1954
Stop the presses! Frustrated by Daily Planet's reporters, Perry White decides to cover a murder story himself.
Director: George Blair
Writer: N/A
7.3/10156 votes#20 - Beware the Wrecker
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 1/30/1954
A terrorist bombs Metropolis' transportation systems. His method: armed, radio-controlled toy airplanes.
Director: George Blair
Writer: N/A
7.4/10172 votes#21 - The Golden Vulture
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/6/1954
Avast, ye scurvy mates! A salvage-boat captain who fancies himself a pirate holds Lois and Jimmy captive.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.1/10161 votes#22 - Jimmy Olsen, Boy Editor
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/13/1954
Great Caesar's ghost! Jimmy Olsen replaces Perry White for a day -- with dizzy and dangerous results.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.3/10164 votes#23 - Lady in Black
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/20/1954
Noises. Unusual people. Jimmy is sure something strange is going on at the apartment of his mom's friend.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.4/10151 votes#24 - Star of Fate
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 2/27/1954
A mystery from Egypt's past: the antidote to an ancient poison is under the base of the Great Pyramid.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
7.2/10162 votes#25 - The Whistling Bird
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/6/1954
The bird has the word. A per parakeet that knows an inventor's secret formula is mysteriously birdnapped.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Five Minutes to Doom" is the best rated episode of "Adventures of Superman" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 209 votes. Directed by Thomas Carr and written by N/A, it aired on 9/18/1953. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Big Squeeze".