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About The New Adventures of Superman

The New Adventures of Superman is a animation TV series that premiered on CBS on September 10, 1966. It has 3 seasons and 68 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 3 Episode 16 "The Japanese Sandman (2)", aired on November 2, 1968.

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. The 68 segments appeared as part of three different programs during that time, packaged with similar shorts featuring The Adventures of Superboy and other DC Comics superheroes.

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Episodes

68 episodes · 3 seasons

Season 1

1966 · 36 episodes · Last episode: 59 years ago

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  1. E36

    36. The Bird-Men From Lost Valley

    Finale

    Avian beings must raid outside farmlands for survival because a gold raider named Trask and his henchmen hold their populace hostage.

  2. E35

    35. The Malevolent Mummy

    An Egyptian sorcerer in mummified form attacks Lois and Superman.

  3. E34

    34. Seeds of Disaster

    Alien seed pods grow plants that destroy other objects.

  4. E33

    33. Superman Meets Brainiac

    Brainiac raids Earth to gather creatures to repopulate a planet devastated by atomic wars.

  5. E32

    32. The Imp-Practical Joker

    A carnival is raided by an extra-dimensional prankster known as Mister Mxyzptlk.

  6. E31

    31. The Two Faces of Superman

    Toyman creates a robot doppelganger of The Man Of Steel.

  7. E30

    30. The Pernicious Parasite

    While breaking into a science lab, a petty criminal named I.C. Harris is exposed to a radioactive isotope and achieves power to drain physical strength from other men.

  8. E29

    29. Mission to Planet Peril

    Alien raiders forced to Earth recruit Superman to rescue hostages on their home world.

  9. E28

    28. Luthor Strikes Again

    Lex Luthor uses Jimmy Olsen as bait to use Kryptonite laser beam weapons against Superman in a paint factory.

  10. E27

    27. Lava Men

    In Mexico, a volcano creates living beings of lava.

  11. E26

    26. The Deadly Super-Doll

    The Sorcerer uses a voodoo doll to stop Superman.

  12. E25

    25. Superman's Double Trouble

    A mid-ocean earthquake releases a giant lobster and a giant alligator.

  13. E24

    24. The Image Maker

    A master criminal scientist named Luna (AKA Professor Leo Nula) captures Lois in order to send her into space within his 4D movie as part of his revenge on her for sending him to prison seven years ago.

  14. E23

    23. The Tree Man of Arbora

    A tree being brought to life near a meteor crater consumes enormous quantities of water.

  15. E22

    22. The Men from A.P.E.

    Lex Luthor, The Warlock, Toyman, and Prankster form the organization A.P.E. (short of Allied Perpetrators of Evil) and combine their powers to defeat Superman.

  16. E21

    21. The Abominable Ice-Man

    An ice being freezes tropical Hawaii where Lois Lane is having her vacation.

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    20. Return of Warlock

    The Warlock steals a magic gem to wreak havoc on Superman's friends.

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    19. Insect Raiders

    Criminals who have perfected insect powers must stop Superman from foiling their wave of crime.

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    18. The Deadly Dish

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

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    17. The Fire Phantom

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

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    16. The Ape Army of the Amazon

    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.

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    15. The Iron Eater

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

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    14. The Toys of Doom

    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.

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    13. The Magnetic Monster

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

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    12. The Return of Brainiac

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

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    11. Neolithic Nightmare

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

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    10. The Invisible Raiders

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

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    9. Robot of Riga

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

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    8. The Deadly Icebergs

    Saboteurs have rigged gigantic icebergs with explosives to rob a luxury liner.

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    7. The Chimp Who Made It Big

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

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    6. The Wicked Warlock

    A male witch called the Warlock must seize a rare gem that contains powerful magic.

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    5. The Threat of the Thrutans

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

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    4. Merlin's Magic Marbles

    Lex Luthor uses a temporal communicator to discover magic powers.

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    3. The Prehistoric Pterodactyls

    Two giant flying monsters are freed from frozen suspension.

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    2. Mermen Of Emor

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

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    1. The Force Phantom

    An alien ship uses an energy creature to attack Earth.

Season 2

1967 · 16 episodes · Last episode: 59 years ago

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  1. E16

    16. Luthor's Fatal Fireworks

    Finale

    Lex Luthor kidnaps Jimmy Olsen and puts him in a hot-air balloon. Luthor shoots fireworks at the balloon in an attempt to alert Superman. When Superman arrives, Lex Luthor shoots at him with fireworks laced with Kryptonite. Superman, however, out thinks Luthor and captures him in the end.

  2. E15

    15. The Halyah of the Himalayas

    In Himalaya Mountains, a plane crash awakens a creature called the Halyah that has been asleep for a hundred years. The creature attacks a number of people before it is stopped by Superman.

  3. E14

    14. The Warlock's Revenge

    The Warlock gets out of prison when his sister uses a magic ruby on a broom. The Warlock takes the Ruby and decides to get revenge on Superman. He attacks Lois Lane and conjures a magic creature to defeat Superman. Superman, however, gets the best of the creature and captures the Warlock.

  4. E13

    13. Luthor's Loco Looking Glass

    Lex Luthor develops a matter transfer machine that looks like a mirror. He sends it to the Daily Planet where Jimmy Olsen accidently falls into it. Jimmy is transported to an abandoned amusement park where he is soon surrounded by Lex Luthor's sharks. He alerts Superman using his signal watch. Superman arrives, rescues Jimmy, and captures Lex Luthor.

  5. E12

    12. The Atomic Superman

    Superman drinks an explosive and discovers that it causes him to breathe fire. Superman heads to the planet Mercury where he begins to live with other fire breathing creatures. Eventually the explosive wears off and Superman returns home.

  6. E11

    11. The Cage of Glass

    Braniac shrinks the city of Metropolis to the size of an ant colony using a shrinking ray. He places a sheild around it that Superman cannot break through. Fortunately, Superman escapes through a ventilation tube. He defeats Braniac and returns Metropolis back to its normal size.

  7. E10

    10. The Toyman's Super-Toy

    The Toyman constructs an enormous remote control robot insect. He test flies it over a zoo and scares the animals. When Superman arrives to stop the insect, the Toyman purposely destroys it. He constructs another and gives it the capacity to produce Kryptonite rays out of its eyes. He sends the robot after Superman, but Superman successfully destroys it by using lead to sheild himself from the Kryptonite radiation.

  8. E9

    9. War of the Bee Battalion

    A growth ray is used on a swarm of bees and the bees grow to enormous size. They are sent to attack Metropolis and Superman must find some way to stop them.

  9. E8

    8. Brainiac's Bubbles

    When a UFO comes to Metropolis, it releases a bubble which captures Lois Lane. Superman comes to the rescue, but he too is caught in a bubble. The bubbles are the work of Brainiac. He has been sent to Earth to capture Lois and take her to a planet. Superman, however, puts a stop to the plan. He escapes from the bubble and rescues Lois.

  10. E7

    7. Night of the Octopod

    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.

  11. E6

    6. Superman Meets His Match

    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.

  12. E5

    5. The Wisp of Wickedness

    When an evil alien is turned into a mist by an experiment, the mist arrives on Earth and settles into the hat of a Metropolis motorist. The hat influences the driver into trying to drive his car into a children's playground. Superman stops the car and grabs the motorist. When the hat blows away, the motorist cannot recall why he tried to drive through the playground. Superman lets him go, but when the hat finds another owner the same inexplicable crime almost happens again. Eventually Superman figures out that the hat is behind the problem. He notices the alien mist and freezes it. He then sends it into space where it can do no more harm.

  13. E4

    4. The Saboteurs

    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.

  14. E3

    3. The Prankster

    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.

  15. E2

    2. The Lethal Lightning Bug

    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.

  16. E1

    1. A.P.E. Strikes Again

    Lex Luthor, the Warlock, and Brainiac reunite as the Allied Perpetrators of Evil in order to destroy the Trouble Televisor which is a machine that can signal Superman whenever a crime is being committed. Superman must stop the villians before they can get to the machine.

Season 3

1968 · 16 episodes · Last episode: 58 years ago

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  1. E16

    16. The Japanese Sandman (2)

    Finale

    Superman must stop the Sandman and deal with a saboteur before they can cause any more damage. When they finally meet, Superman fights off the Sandman's powerful sleeping sand and rescues Jimmy from a trap set by the saboteur. In the end, Superman captures the saboteur and defeats the Sandman.

  2. E15

    15. The Japanese Sandman (1)

    Clark and Jimmy are in Japan covering a story about how a powerful industrialist is the victim of sabotage. The saboteur calls forth a mysterious Japanese Sandman that has the power of blowing sand that can cause magical sleep. The saboteur wants the Sandman to help him against the industrialist.

  3. E14

    14. The Ghost of Kilbane Castle (2)

    The ghost of Kilbane Castle awakens and soon terrorizes Lois and Jimmy. The ghost is upset that another clan has taken over his castle. Superman arrives and rescues Lois and Jimmy. He arrests the twins that awakened the ghost and assures the ghost that the castle will soon be returned to its rightful owner.

  4. E13

    13. The Ghost of Kilbane Castle (1)

    Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen are in Scotland. As Clark heads off to sleep at a local inn, Lois and Jimmy head to the mysterious Kilbane Castle. There two twins try to scare the reporters off the property. The twins don't want them to discover that their clan stole the castle from another clan. Unfortunately, their scare tactics manage to awaken a ghost from the other clan.

  5. E12

    12. Luminians on the Loose (2)

    When the Luminians discover that they cannot injure Superman, they decide to turn against Lex Luthor. Superman saves Luthor and the two work together in trying to send the Luminians back to their home world.

  6. E11

    11. Luminians on the Loose (1)

    Lex Luthor transports to Earth two aliens that are made of pure light. They are called Luminians and have the capacity to destroy anything they touch. Luthor wants them to destroy Superman but is disappointed to discover that they cannot effect the Man of Steel.

  7. E10

    10. The Mysterious Mr. Mist (2)

    Superman saves Lois from the mysterious must. Unfortunately, it follows Lois back to Metropolis and tries to kidnap her. It wants Lois to be the queen of an underground kingdom. Eventually, the mist gets into the Superman museum and pretends to be Superboy. Superman captures the mist and seals it in the bottom of a very deep well.

  8. E9

    9. The Mysterious Mr. Mist (1)

    Clark Kent and Lois Lane head to Perry White's farm for a picnic. Unfortunately, a strange mist follows them to the farm. The mist is capable of transforming itself into a person when it inhabits clothing. It reveals that it is dangerous when it attacks Lois.

  9. E8

    8. Rain of Iron (2)

    Superman tracks the iron spheres to their source. They come from space, but are being bounced off an asteroid from a remote island in the Pacific. Professor Dujy and Vamore live on the island. When Superman comes to stop them, they try to take Lois hostage. Superman rescues Lois and sends Professor Dujy and Vamore to prison.

  10. E7

    7. Rain of Iron (1)

    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.

  11. E6

    6. The Team of Terror (2)

    The Warlock and Satana decide to trap Superman by capturing Lois and Jimmy. When Superman arrives to rescue them, the Warlock attacks Superman with Kryptonite rays. Superman, however, manages to stop the Warlock. He, then, turns his attention to Satana. Satana creates an army of monsters to attack him. Superman makes short work of the monsters and captures the evil Satana.

  12. E5

    5. The Team of Terror (1)

    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.

  13. E4

    4. Can a Luthor Change His Spots? (2)

    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.

  14. E3

    3. Can a Luthor Change His Spots? (1)

    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.

  15. E2

    2. Luthor's Lethal Laser (2)

    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.

  16. E1

    1. Luthor's Lethal Laser (1)

    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.

Cast & crew

Created by Lou Scheimer

The New Adventures of Superman FAQ

Will there be new episodes of The New Adventures of Superman?

The New Adventures of Superman has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on November 2, 1968.

When did the latest episode of The New Adventures of Superman come out?

The most recent episode of The New Adventures of Superman, Season 3 Episode 16 "The Japanese Sandman (2)", aired on November 2, 1968.

How many seasons of The New Adventures of Superman are there?

The New Adventures of Superman has 3 seasons with 68 episodes in total.

When did The New Adventures of Superman first air?

The New Adventures of Superman first aired on CBS on September 10, 1966.

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