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The Worst Episodes of Adventures of Superman

Every episode of Adventures of Superman ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Adventures of Superman!

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."

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Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "Adventures of Superman" is "Through the Time Barrier", rated 6.7/10 from 203 user votes. It was directed by Harry Gerstad and written by N/A. "Through the Time Barrier" aired on 4/23/1955 and is rated 0.0 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Test of a Warrior".

  • Through the Time Barrier
    6.7/10 203 votes

    #1 - Through the Time Barrier

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 4/23/1955

    An inventor's time contraption whisks the Daily Planet staff to 50,000 B.C. One problem: how to get back!

    Director: Harry Gerstad

    Writer: N/A

  • Test of a Warrior
    6.7/10 158 votes

    #2 - Test of a Warrior

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 5/28/1955

    Great Horse faces his tribe's test of valor -- with help from a spirit named Superman!

    Director: George Blair

    Writer: N/A

  • Whatever Goes Up
    6.7/10 147 votes

    #3 - Whatever Goes Up

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 5/31/1957

    Jimmy Olsen: Scientist. The anti-gravity fluid he creates with his chemistry set draws interest from military men...and criminals.

    Director: Harry Gerstad

    Writer: N/A

  • The Jolly Roger
    6.8/10 165 votes

    #4 - The Jolly Roger

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 6/16/1956

    Shiver me timbers! Pirates hold Clark, Lois and Jimmy on a deserted isle the U.S. Navy intends to destroy.

    Director: Philip Ford

    Writer: N/A

  • The Brainy Burro
    6.8/10 140 votes

    #5 - The Brainy Burro

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 4/14/1958

    Jimmy and Lois: bank robbers. They're accused of a theft committed by thugs and a mind-reading burro.

    Director: George Reeves

    Writer: N/A

  • The Case of the Talkative Dummy
    6.9/10 254 votes

    #6 - 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

  • Drums of Death
    6.9/10 182 votes

    #7 - 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

  • Close Shave
    6.9/10 134 votes

    #8 - Close Shave

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 4/26/1957

    A shave, a haircut, a new you, maybe a new life. A barber has an unusual influence on others.

    Director: Harry Gerstad

    Writer: N/A

  • The Monkey Mystery
    7.0/10 233 votes

    #9 - 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

  • Rescue
    7.0/10 204 votes

    #10 - 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

  • Runaway Robot
    7.0/10 202 votes

    #11 - 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

  • The Talking Clue
    7.0/10 162 votes

    #12 - The Talking Clue

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 4/30/1955

    Sound and fury. Bank robbers have a sudden interest in a young audiophile's collection of recorded sounds.

    Director: Harry Gerstad

    Writer: N/A

  • Olsen's Millions
    7.0/10 184 votes

    #13 - Olsen's Millions

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 6/4/1955

    Gee, thanks! An elderly woman rewards Jimmy $1 million because she thinks he rescued her cat.

    Director: George Blair

    Writer: N/A

  • Topsy Turvy
    7.0/10 139 votes

    #14 - Topsy Turvy

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 4/21/1956

    Which way is up? An invention that causes the illusion of being upside-down is stolen for villainous use.

    Director: Harry Gerstad

    Writer: N/A

  • The Stolen Elephant
    7.0/10 138 votes

    #15 - The Stolen Elephant

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 5/1/1957

    And some kids just want a pony. A boy thinks the stolen circus elephant he finds is his birthday gift.

    Director: Harry Gerstad

    Writer: N/A

  • Mr. Zero
    7.0/10 154 votes

    #16 - Mr. Zero

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 5/24/1957

    He's not from around here: A pint-sized Martian has a power that may be useful to crooks.

    Director: Harry Gerstad

    Writer: N/A

  • Mystery of the Broken Statues
    7.1/10 249 votes

    #17 - 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

  • Treasure of the Incas
    7.1/10 177 votes

    #18 - 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

  • Superman Week
    7.1/10 156 votes

    #19 - Superman Week

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 5/14/1955

    No dinners, no hoopla...just Kryptonite. Two thugs have their own way of celebrating Superman Week.

    Director: Harry Gerstad

    Writer: N/A

  • The Bully of Dry Gulch
    7.1/10 173 votes

    #20 - The Bully of Dry Gulch

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 9/24/1955

    His town. His way. But a bogus gunslinger who rules a Western town is no match for the Man of Steel.

    Director: George Blair

    Writer: N/A

  • Joey
    7.1/10 175 votes

    #21 - Joey

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 2/18/1956

    A day at the races: Superman fight track corruption and the Daily Planet's racehorse gallops to victory.

    Director: Harry Gerstad

    Writer: N/A

  • Peril in Paris
    7.1/10 151 votes

    #22 - Peril in Paris

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 3/8/1957

    Good intentions gone bad. Superman helps a woman escape from behind the Iron Curtain...and inadvertently becomes a jewel smuggler.

    Director: George Blair

    Writer: N/A

  • The Tomb of Zaharan
    7.1/10 187 votes

    #23 - The Tomb of Zaharan

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 3/29/1957

    A bogus seer aims to make his own crooked dream come true - a plan to usurp the rule of a dotty monarch.

    Director: George Blair

    Writer: David T. Chantler

  • The Prince Albert Coat
    7.1/10 139 votes

    #24 - The Prince Albert Coat

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 5/10/1957

    Oops! A boy gives his grandpa's coat to charity, unaware it holds the man's life savings. Can Superman save the savings?

    Director: George Blair

    Writer: N/A

  • The Last Knight
    7.1/10 142 votes

    #25 - The Last Knight

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 2/3/1958

    A gentlemen's society of armored knights holds many secrets (and holds jimmy and Lois captive, too).

    Director: Thomas Carr

    Writer: N/A