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The Best Episodes of Superboy Season 1

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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 Lex Luthor and his romance with Lana Lang. The series

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Superboy Season 1 Episode 1 - The Jewel of the Techacal
    5.6/10(86 votes)

    #1 - The Jewel of the Techacal

    S1:E1

    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:Unknown

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  2. Superboy Season 1 Episode 2 - A Kind of Princess
    5.8/10(55 votes)

    #2 - A Kind of Princess

    S1:E2

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Superboy Season 1 Episode 3 - Back to Oblivion
    5.6/10(68 votes)

    #3 - Back to Oblivion

    S1:E3

    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:Unknown

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  4. Superboy Season 1 Episode 4 - The Russian Exchange Student
    5.8/10(57 votes)

    #4 - The Russian Exchange Student

    S1:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Superboy Season 1 Episode 5 - Countdown to Nowhere
    6.1/10(51 votes)

    #5 - Countdown to Nowhere

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Superboy Season 1 Episode 6 - Bringing Down the House
    5.9/10(62 votes)

    #6 - Bringing Down the House

    S1:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Superboy Season 1 Episode 7 - The Beast and Beauty
    5.6/10(45 votes)

    #7 - The Beast and Beauty

    S1:E7

    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:Unknown

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  8. Superboy Season 1 Episode 8 - The Fixer
    5.6/10(58 votes)

    #8 - The Fixer

    S1:E8

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Superboy Season 1 Episode 9 - The Alien Solution
    7.0/10(51 votes)

    #9 - The Alien Solution

    S1:E9

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Superboy Season 1 Episode 10 - Troubled Waters
    6.5/10(48 votes)

    #10 - Troubled Waters

    S1:E10

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Superboy Season 1 Episode 11 - The Invisible People
    6.2/10(46 votes)

    #11 - The Invisible People

    S1:E11

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Superboy Season 1 Episode 12 - Kryptonite Kills
    6.4/10(47 votes)

    #12 - Kryptonite Kills

    S1:E12

    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:Unknown

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  13. Superboy Season 1 Episode 13 - Revenge of the Alien (1)
    7.0/10(51 votes)

    #13 - Revenge of the Alien (1)

    S1:E13

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Superboy Season 1 Episode 14 - Revenge of the Alien (2)
    6.8/10(50 votes)

    #14 - Revenge of the Alien (2)

    S1:E14

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Superboy Season 1 Episode 15 - Stand Up and Get Knocked Down
    6.2/10(46 votes)

    #15 - Stand Up and Get Knocked Down

    S1:E15

    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:Unknown

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  16. Superboy Season 1 Episode 16 - Meet Mr. Mxyzptlk
    6.5/10(53 votes)

    #16 - Meet Mr. Mxyzptlk

    S1:E16

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Superboy Season 1 Episode 17 - Birdwoman of the Swamps
    5.6/10(71 votes)

    #17 - Birdwoman of the Swamps

    S1:E17

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Superboy Season 1 Episode 18 - Terror from the Blue
    6.2/10(48 votes)

    #18 - Terror from the Blue

    S1:E18

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

    Director:David Grossman
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Superboy Season 1 Episode 19 - War of the Species
    5.7/10(46 votes)

    #19 - War of the Species

    S1:E19

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Superboy Season 1 Episode 20 - Little Hercules
    6.0/10(52 votes)

    #20 - Little Hercules

    S1:E20

    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:Unknown

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  21. Superboy Season 1 Episode 21 - Mutant
    5.7/10(46 votes)

    #21 - Mutant

    S1:E21

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Superboy Season 1 Episode 22 - The Phantom of the Third Division
    6.4/10(45 votes)

    #22 - The Phantom of the Third Division

    S1:E22

    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:Unknown

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  23. Superboy Season 1 Episode 23 - Black Flamingo
    5.8/10(44 votes)

    #23 - Black Flamingo

    S1:E23

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

    Director:Chuck Martinez
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Superboy Season 1 Episode 24 - Hollywood
    6.9/10(47 votes)

    #24 - Hollywood

    S1:E24

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Superboy Season 1 Episode 25 - Succubus
    5.3/10(59 votes)

    #25 - Succubus

    S1:E25

    A beautiful vampire-like creature seeks to drain Superboy of his life force and seduces TJ as part of her plot.

    Director:David Nutter
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Jewel of the Techacal" is the best rated episode of "Superboy" season 1. It scored 5.6/10 based on 86 votes. Directed by Reza Badiyi and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/8/1988. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "A Kind of Princess".