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The Best Episodes of The New Adventures of Superman

Every episode of The New Adventures of Superman ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The New Adventures of Superman!

The New Adventures of Superman is a series of six-minute animated Superman adventures produced by Filmation that were broadcast on CBS between 1966 and 1970....
Genre:Animation
Network:CBS

Best Episodes Summary

"Luthor's Lethal Laser (1)" is the best rated episode of "The New Adventures of Superman". It scored 7.8/10 based on 27 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/14/1968. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Luthor's Lethal Laser (2)".

  • Luthor's Lethal Laser (1)
    7.8/1027 votes
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    #1 - Luthor's Lethal Laser (1)

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1968

    Lois and Jimmy are trapped in a rocket by Lex Luthor. They are sent to the moon where Lex Luthor has constructed a secret base. Lex aims an enormous laser at Earth and threatens the leaders of the world. He tells them that if he is not given control of the world, he will melt the ice caps and flood the world's coasts.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Luthor's Lethal Laser (2)
    7.7/1023 votes
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    #2 - Luthor's Lethal Laser (2)

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1968

    Superman heads to the moon to stop Luthor's plan to take over the world. He rescues Lois and Jimmy, but Luthor reveals that he is working with Brainiac. The two supervillians try to destroy Superman by shrinking him and exposing him to kryptonite gas. Fortunately, Superman escapes their trap and stops the villians.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Neolithic Nightmare
    7.2/1032 votes
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    #3 - Neolithic Nightmare

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/15/1966

    Jimmy Olsen falls into an underground pocket populated by malevolent creatures.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Team of Terror (1)
    7.1/1017 votes
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    #4 - The Team of Terror (1)

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 9/28/1968

    An evil alien named Satana arrives on Earth from the planet Quanta. She attempts to steal energy from a nuclear power planet in order to use it to attack her home planet. Superman manages to stop her. Later Satana meets with the Warlock and the two decide to work together. She uses a substance called plasto to make his wand's magic ruby radiate kryptonite rays. The two villians decide to use the wand to destroy Superman.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rain of Iron (1)
    7.1/1016 votes
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    #5 - Rain of Iron (1)

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/5/1968

    Lois meets a man named Vamore who is known to be a friend of the escaped criminal Professor Dujy. As Lois follows Vamore to a remote island, Superman must protect Metropolis from a wave of dangerous iron spheres that threaten to destroy the city.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Force Phantom
    6.9/1057 votes
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    #6 - The Force Phantom

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1966

    An alien ship uses an energy creature to attack Earth.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Robot of Riga
    6.9/1025 votes
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    #7 - Robot of Riga

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/8/1966

    Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen are kidnapped by alien hunters whose "zoo" is protected by a giant robot.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Can a Luthor Change His Spots? (2)
    6.9/1018 votes
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    #8 - Can a Luthor Change His Spots? (2)

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/21/1968

    As Luthor appears to be robbing the bank vault, Superman arrives to stop him. He rescues Perry White, but leaves when Luthor claims he was only involved as part of a demonstration. Jimmy still is not convinced of Luthor's good intentions. He follows Luthor and discovers his real scheme. Luthor wants to launch the Daily Planet building into outer space. Unfortunately, Luthor captures Jimmy and ties him up. Superman must figure out a way of rescuing Jimmy and stopping Lex Luthor before he can launch the building.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mermen Of Emor
    6.8/1037 votes
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    #9 - Mermen Of Emor

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/1966

    Scuba divers are captured for sport by malevolent fish beings led by Triton.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Return of Brainiac
    6.8/1027 votes
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    #10 - The Return of Brainiac

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/15/1966

    An alien computer named Brainiac has been capturing different kinds of animals by shrinking them.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Magnetic Monster
    6.8/1026 votes
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    #11 - The Magnetic Monster

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/22/1966

    A magnetic device that melts metal objects is used by alien beings on Earth.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Ape Army of the Amazon
    6.8/1025 votes
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    #12 - The Ape Army of the Amazon

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/29/1966

    In South America, an exiled military officer named Colonel Vasta and a disgraced scientist named Dr. Rucas control apes with the transmitter on Dr. Rucas' back in a plot to rob an underground treasure.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fire Phantom
    6.8/1025 votes
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    #13 - The Fire Phantom

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 11/5/1966

    A living flame from Earth's core appears and sets off a mammoth forest fire.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Night of the Octopod
    6.8/1015 votes
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    #14 - Night of the Octopod

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 9/30/1967

    An octopod machine comes out of a flying saucer and threatens a rocket base near Niagara Falls. Superman dumps the octopod into the water and destroys the space ship that brought it to Earth. Unfortunate, an electric eel re-activates the Octopod and it emerges from the water and attacks a nearby power station. Superman comes to the rescue again and dispatches the Octopod once and for all.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Toys of Doom
    6.7/1028 votes
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    #15 - The Toys of Doom

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/22/1966

    Phoning in an anonymous tip to lure Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen to an abandoned factory on the outskirts of Metropolis, Toyman captures Lois and Jimmy to help launch a wave of crime and keep Superman away.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Deadly Dish
    6.7/1026 votes
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    #16 - The Deadly Dish

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/5/1966

    Lex Luthor traps Lois, Jimmy, and Perry White so he can lure Superman into range of a Kryptonite Transmitter.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Lethal Lightning Bug
    6.7/1016 votes
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    #17 - The Lethal Lightning Bug

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/1967

    When lightning strikes a swamp, a monsterous lightning bug is created that threatens to ruin a nearby space launch. Superman goes to investigate the bug and discovers that it re-energizes itself by going back to the swamp. Superman uses this knowledge to stop the bug before it interferes with the space launch.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Prankster
    6.7/1015 votes
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    #18 - The Prankster

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/1967

    The Prankster annoys Superman when a paper safe drops harmlessly on Clark Kent. Superman wants to send him to jail, but is unable to since he cannot prove that the Prankster is behind any of the pranks . Superman decides to get back at the Prankster by playing pranks on him. The Prankster becomes so annoyed that he confesses to his crimes. Superman gets the confession on tape and the Prankster is taken away.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Superman Meets His Match
    6.7/1014 votes
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    #19 - Superman Meets His Match

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 9/23/1967

    A Kryptonite meteor falls to Earth and weakens Superman as its falls into the ocean. When the meteor hits the bottom of the ocean it breaks in two and releases a green creature that has the same powers as Superman. Superman cannot defeat the creature but manages to knock it out. He takes the unconscious creature into space and sends it far away from Earth.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Threat of the Thrutans
    6.6/1032 votes
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    #20 - The Threat of the Thrutans

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/24/1966

    An alien space probe trapped in Earth orbit uses force to try to return to its home galaxy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Chimp Who Made It Big
    6.6/1029 votes
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    #21 - The Chimp Who Made It Big

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/1/1966

    The fusion of two irradiated pieces of space debris fatefully changes a chimpanzee named Toto on board a space craft.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Invisible Raiders
    6.6/1026 votes
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    #22 - The Invisible Raiders

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/8/1966

    The Sorcerer, a malevolent wizard, uses hirelings using an invisibility field to commit crimes.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Iron Eater
    6.6/1028 votes
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    #23 - The Iron Eater

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/29/1966

    A shapeshifting alien creature that emerged from a fallen meteorite who devours metal structures raises havoc.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Saboteurs
    6.6/1015 votes
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    #24 - The Saboteurs

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/16/1967

    A group of saboteurs plan to dump atomic waste into Metropolis harbor. When the city is evacuated, they plan to rob the city blind. Superman learns of the plan when Lois and Clark are kidnapped aboard a ship carrying atomic waste. Superman foils the plan and brings the saboteurs to justice.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Can a Luthor Change His Spots? (1)
    6.6/1017 votes
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    #25 - Can a Luthor Change His Spots? (1)

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1968

    When Lex Luthor turns up at the Daily Planet, he claims to be reformed. He is made science editor by Perry White. Jimmy sneaks into Luthor's laboratory in the Daily Planet and discovers a lightning machine. Luthor claims he built it as a security system for the building. Jimmy, however, continues to distrust Luthor. He becomes even more convinced when he sees Luthor robbing a bank vault and endangering Perry White.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A