The Best Episodes of Adventures of Superman Season 2
Every episode of Adventures of Superman Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Adventures of Superman Season 2!
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 2 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Adventures of Superman" season 2 is "Five Minutes to Doom", rated 7.9/10 from 201 user votes. It was directed by Thomas Carr and written by N/A. "Five Minutes to Doom" aired on 9/18/1953 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Big Squeeze".
7.9/10 201 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
7.6/10 184 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
7.6/10 180 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
7.3/10 164 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
7.5/10 174 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
8.0/10 187 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
7.9/10 178 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
7.6/10 166 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
7.5/10 187 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
8.2/10 198 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
7.6/10 162 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
8.3/10 246 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
7.6/10 162 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
7.5/10 184 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
7.6/10 169 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
7.4/10 172 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
7.4/10 172 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
7.3/10 164 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
7.3/10 156 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
7.4/10 151 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
7.4/10 167 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
7.2/10 156 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
7.3/10 157 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
7.4/10 146 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
7.2/10 156 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