Superman
About Superman
As part of the Superman 50th anniversary celebration, Ruby-Spears created a new animated Superman series. Each show featured an 18 minute "Superman Adventure" and a "Superman's Family Album" short. This new Superman series brought back a few familiar foes, along with new unfriendly faces, for weekly battles and a peek into the private life of the man with the S on his chest.
The final four minutes of each Superman episode were devoted to a brief snapshot from the Superman Family Album. These biographical segments showed the kids at home what it was like to grow up as the most powerful boy in Smallville. Unfortunately, super powers only made awkward childhood and adolescent situations even more awkward, as young Clark was forced to deal with his first day at school, an overnight scouting campout, getting a driver's license, his first date, and more.
The shows' music and styles were based on the recent Richard Donner/Richard Lester Superman live action films.
Episode guide
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Destroy the Defendroids
Lex Luthor's company builds robots called Defendroids to protect Metropolis. His real plan is to make Superman useless. Superman figures out the plan and in an effort to drive Luthor out in…
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The Adoption
After Martha and Jonathan Kent discover a baby boy, they take the baby to an orphanage. Unfortunately, there are a number of couples waiting to adopt before the Kents. The baby manages to d…
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Fugitive From Space
When STAR labs discovers an alien space ship, they call Lois, Clark, and Jimmy to help document the craft. When they go into the ship they discover two aliens in suspended animation. These…
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The Supermarket
When Martha Kent takes Clark on his first shopping trip, she must be very careful so that Clark does not reveal his superpowers.
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By the Skin of the Dragon's Teeth
Lex Luthor buys the Great wall of China and invites Lois, Jimmy, and Clark to China for an exclusive interview. They head to an excavation site beneath the Great Wall. Using explosives, Lex…
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At The Babysitter's
The Kent's leave Clark with a babysitter for the night. The babysitter has her hands full when Clark uses his superpowers to get what he wants.
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Cybron Strikes
When Superman and Lois are celebrating her birthday with a flying trip into the sky, a metal pyramid floats down to them. Inside the pyramid is Cybron a hostile cyborg. Superman takes the p…
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The First Day of School
Clark Kent goes to his first day of school and meets Lana Lang. Clark gets in trouble when another student blames him for letting the class guinea pig out of the cage.
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The Big Scoop
Dr. Glozer creates the Chronotron which is a device that lets someone look one hour into the future. Lex Luthor wants the machine and sends his men to kidnap Dr. Glozer and steal the machin…
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Overnight with the Scouts
Clark Kent camps in the woods with his boy scout troop. They tell ghost stories over a campfire. Later the hear noises in the woods, but when the investigate the find nothing but forest ani…
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Triple-Play
The Prankster steals the World Series by transporting it to a far-away, remote island. He forces Superman to play a game of baseball; otherwise, his friends will die. The game is unfair bec…
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The Circus
Clark Kent inadvertently becomes part of the circus.
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The Hunter
Clark Kent goes on a holiday with his parents, but must leave as Superman when General Zod and his Phantom Zone companions create a creature known as the Hunter. The Hunter can transform in…
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Little Runaway
Clark is unhappy with the Kents and decides to run away from home. He leaves but after a number of problems he returns after he realizes that home is not worse than life on the run.
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Superman and Wonder Woman vs. The Sorceress of Time
Superman teams up with Wonder Woman to take on an evil sorceress by the name of Cyrene. The sorceress uses black magic to transport mythological beasts to the future in order to battle Supe…
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The Birthday Party
Clark's birthday party gets an unexpected surprise.
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Bonechill
Lois and Jimmy interview a bookstore owner named Chilton Bone about an ancient medallion named the Talisman of Ola. Bone chases them off and uses the talisman to turn into Bonechill. When L…
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The Driver's License
Clark Kent takes his driving test and passes it with flying colors.
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The Beast Beneath These Streets
Researchers have discovered an old part of Metropolis that has been buried for a hundred years. According to legend, this part of Metropolis was buried a hundred years ago when a doctor nam…
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First Date
Clark takes Lana on a date to a concert. When a number of problems arise, Clark uses his superpowers to get around them.
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Wildshark
In the Bermuda Triangle, Superman must do battle with a villain known as Wild Sharkk.
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To Play or not to Play
Clark Kent discovers that he can not play football.
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Night of the Living Shadows
Lex Luthor develops a suit that allows a person to become a shadow. He uses the suit to rob banks and a jewelry store. Superman can do nothing to stop him. Luthor recruits a gang to use the…
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Graduation
When Clark heads to his graduation he runs into trouble when his graduation robe gets dirty. He buys a new one which is much too big. Martha stitches it up for him and despite a thunderstor…
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The Last Time I Saw Earth
An alien bounty hunter named Starock attacks the space shuttle as Lois and Jimmy are flying on it toward a space station. Superman rescues the shuttle but when he attacks Starock's ship he…
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It's Superman
Clark Kent leaves Smallville for Metropolis. Before he leaves, his mother gives him his costume which she made from blankets that arrived with him in his spaceship. In Metropolis, Clark tri…
