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The Best Episodes of Superboy Season 1

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Every episode of Superboy Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Superboy Season 1!

Superboy is a half-hour live-action television series based on Kal-El's early years as Superboy. It depicted Superboy's adventures during his college years, his meetings with...
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  • Revenge of the Alien (1)
    7.2/10(45)
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    #1 - Revenge of the Alien (1)

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 2/4/1989

    The alien from "The Alien Solution" escapes after a thief steals the canister containing him. He wants revenge on Superboy for destroying his collection of warrior bodies.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Alien Solution
    7.1/10(45)
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    #2 - The Alien Solution

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 12/3/1988

    A strange cloud-like alien who can take over others bodies comes to earth hoping to steal Superboy's body so he can add it to his collection of warriors.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Revenge of the Alien (2)
    6.9/10(45)
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    #3 - Revenge of the Alien (2)

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 2/11/1989

    Now controlling Pa Kent, the alien makes his move to get revenge. He kidnaps Lana and holds her hostage on a rooftop near Shuster University.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Hollywood
    6.9/10(42)
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    #4 - Hollywood

    Season 1 Episode 24

    Aired 5/13/1989

    Professor Zugar, invents a time machine and sends himself and Superboy back in time to Hollywood in the 1930s. Superboy meets a famous actor, Victoria Letour, and discovers that she is being stalked by men who want to kill her.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Luthor Unleashed
    6.8/10(37)
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    #5 - Luthor Unleashed

    Season 1 Episode 26

    Aired 5/27/1989

    Luthor steals a powerful weapon developed by the army and prepares to sell it to weapon dealers. Later, while Luthor is working in the Shuster laboratory, he causes an explosion, and Superboy saves him by blowing the chemical fumes out of the building.

    Director: David Nutter

    Writer: N/A

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  • Troubled Waters
    6.6/10(43)
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    #6 - Troubled Waters

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 12/10/1988

    A businessman wants to buy all the farms in the Smallville area during an agricultural depression. Mr. Kent wants to find out why. Kenderson, the businessman, has something to hide and tries to kill Mr. Kent but he is unsuccessful.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Kryptonite Kills
    6.5/10(41)
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    #7 - Kryptonite Kills

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 1/28/1989

    A Kryptonite meteor falls in Addis Ababa and is sent to Shuster for study. It turns up in Clark's class on minerals. There, Clark feels the pain of kryptonite for the first time.

    Director: Jackie Cooper

    Writer: N/A

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  • Meet Mr. Mxyzptlk
    6.5/10(48)
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    #8 - Meet Mr. Mxyzptlk

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 2/25/1989

    Superboy is called on to help remove a totem pole from the ground so it can be studied. When he arrives, the totem won't budge.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Phantom of the Third Division
    6.5/10(40)
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    #9 - The Phantom of the Third Division

    Season 1 Episode 22

    Aired 4/29/1989

    Jonathan Kent is being stalked by a man with whom he fought alongside during the Korean War. As Clark, Lana and T.J. come to Smallville for a visit, Mr. Kent is lured to the Smallville hospital and kidnapped by the man.

    Director: David Nutter

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Invisible People
    6.3/10(41)
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    #10 - The Invisible People

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 1/21/1989

    A large group of homeless people are living in front of a beach club on a Florida beach. They were promised jobs by the wealthy beach club owner, who never gave them anything.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Stand Up and Get Knocked Down
    6.3/10(41)
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    #11 - Stand Up and Get Knocked Down

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 2/18/1989

    TJ finds his friend Michael dead outside of the Bonkerz comedy club. TJ wants to find out what happened to him, so he goes to the club's amateur night.

    Director: David Grossman

    Writer: N/A

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  • Terror from the Blue
    6.2/10(42)
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    #12 - Terror from the Blue

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 3/11/1989

    After witnessing a police officer being gunned down by a corrupt colleague, Lana is targeted by crooked cops.

    Director: David Grossman

    Writer: N/A

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  • Countdown to Nowhere
    6.1/10(45)
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    #13 - Countdown to Nowhere

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 11/5/1988

    The world first learns of the new hero, Superboy, when he rescues Lana Lang from kidnapper Roscoe Williams (Doug Barr).

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Little Hercules
    6.1/10(47)
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    #14 - Little Hercules

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 4/15/1989

    Clark and TJ visit a young high school genius named Billy Hercules who has been offered a scholarship by Shuster University. Clark befriends the boy, with whom he can relate as both are different and out of place.

    Director: David Grossman

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Kind of Princess
    5.9/10(49)
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    #15 - A Kind of Princess

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 10/15/1988

    Clark falls for Sara, the daughter of a crime boss. Both Clark and Sara get stuck in the middle between rival crime syndicates, and it is up to Superboy to save everyone.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Russian Exchange Student
    5.9/10(50)
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    #16 - The Russian Exchange Student

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 10/29/1988

    When a scientist's formula to improve the efficiency of gasoline is nearly destroyed, a Russian exchange student named Natasha is accused of sabotaging the computer that the formula was stored on.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Black Flamingo
    5.9/10(39)
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    #17 - Black Flamingo

    Season 1 Episode 23

    Aired 5/6/1989

    An attempted assassination of a senator leads Superboy to a mysterious nightclub.

    Director: Chuck Martinez

    Writer: N/A

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  • Bringing Down the House
    5.8/10(57)
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    #18 - Bringing Down the House

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 11/12/1988

    A rock star, Judd Faust, wants the amusement park and puts everyone in danger when the owner refuses to sell it to him. Lana falls in love with Judd but learns of his true nature when he takes her away one night and puts her in a torture device.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Mutant
    5.8/10(41)
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    #19 - Mutant

    Season 1 Episode 21

    Aired 4/22/1989

    Clark witnesses the kidnapping of Professor Craig Lipcott, a famous nuclear scientist. As Superboy, he follows the kidnappers to a rooftop and sees them enter a strange ship just before he is attacked by a powerful ray that leaves him disoriented.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Back to Oblivion
    5.7/10(62)
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    #20 - Back to Oblivion

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 10/22/1988

    TJ goes to a scrap yard to investigate strange things that have happened there. When he arrives, he is trapped in a crushing machine by the old man, Mr. Wagner, who owns the scrap yard.

    Director: Colin Chilvers

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Beast and Beauty
    5.7/10(40)
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    #21 - The Beast and Beauty

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 11/19/1988

    A Superboy impersonator is robbing banks and jewelry stores to get a million dollars so he can marry Florida's beauty queen.

    Director: Jackie Cooper

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Fixer
    5.7/10(53)
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    #22 - The Fixer

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 11/26/1988

    Clark discovers that Luthor is trying to fix some of the school's basketball games so that he make a killing in betting. And the way he does that is, that he has a photo of the team's star player in a compromising position that if it got out it would ruin his career.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Birdwoman of the Swamps
    5.7/10(66)
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    #23 - Birdwoman of the Swamps

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 3/4/1989

    When a bulldozer is turned over at a construction site, TJ and Clark decide to investigate. Clark meets an old Indian woman who believes the birds turned over the bulldozer.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • War of the Species
    5.7/10(40)
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    #24 - War of the Species

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 3/18/1989

    T.J. discovers a government created robot that killed someone. Superboy manages to save him. When a government official tells them that everything is classified they leave. Later the man confronts the creator who seems have other plans. He later grabs T.J. setting a trap for Superboy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Jewel of the Techacal
    5.6/10(78)
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    #25 - The Jewel of the Techacal

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 10/8/1988

    Lana's father, an archeologist, comes to the university with what he thinks is a cursed relic. Lex Luthor then steals the jewel in order to sell it to the highest bidder.

    Director: Reza Badiyi

    Writer: N/A

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Revenge of the Alien (1)" is the best rated episode of "Superboy" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 45 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/4/1989. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Alien Solution".