The best episodes of Superboy
Ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
Bizarro, an imperfect duplicate of Superboy, is accidentally created when the real Superboy steps in front of Professor Peterson's new duplicating ray.
- 02
Superboy battles to free Lana from Bizarro while Prof. Peterson uses his duplicating ray on kryptonite to create Bizarro Kryptonite with the hope that it will end the Bizarro menace.
- 03
Superboy finds things get complicated when Lana finds out about his secret identity while on the aliens' ship.
- 04
Superboy looses his powers and now an investigation begins to discover the curious force that caused it.
- 05
Superboy is on the verge of losing his powers forever, which causes his alter ego of Clark Kent to search for the elusive crystal which holds the key to his past and will ultimately lead him through his "Rites Of Passage."
- 06
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.
- 07
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.
- 08
A heart attack patient, who is also an escaped convict, transforms into a cyborg with a heart powered by kryptonite.
- 09
Superboy is shot with a laser by Lex Luthor that sends his powers out of control and makes him dangerous to others.
- 10
A female android from the future assists Superboy against another android sent to destroy him.
- 11
After running tests on kryptonite to try and neutralize its effects on Superboy, the military accidentally alters it so it has emotional effects on him, making him apathetic.
- 12
Hoping to impress Lana, a fellow student invents an energy capsule that makes him a superhero, but he is unable to control his new found powers.
- 13
Two aliens, claiming to be Superboy's birth parents, Jor-El and Lana, come to Earth looking for their son.
- 14
A crazed genius seeks revenge on Superboy for being imprisoned after he develops a suit that steals away the superhero's powers.
- 15
Bizarro returns from deep space and enters into a deadly pact with Lex Luthor. Lex will "create" a bride for Bizarro in exchange for a supply of kryptonite which can kill Superboy.
- 16
Superboy jumps through the portal to escape the kryptonite assault. In this world, he is the "Sovereign," a dictator that rules using fear tactics. Lana and Luthor, lovers in this world, are leading a revolution to overthrow the Sovereign. Lana arms herself with kryptonite bomb to destroy the Sovereign, hurting both versions of Superboy. But when she sets off the bomb, killing them both, the first alternate Superboy rescues the original Superboy from the kryptonite-laden shockwave. When all is done, Superboy destroys the portal.
- 17
Superboy's life is in peril when an alien creature attaches itself to his body, causing him horrific nightmares in which he battles his alter ego of Clark Kent.
- 18
Superboy experiences amnesia after he is injured trying to stop a speeding meteorite. Now his only hope for remembering who he is lies with the mother and son who found him wounded in the woods.
- 19
A rip in the time continuum has unleashed a wave of deadly creatures. When a prominent movie producer is killed, Superboy must investigate and ultimately fight for his life as the monsters attack.
- 20
Its annual review time and Clark Kent has to recount for his boss a typical day in his life. Carefully working around the excitement he leads as Superboy, Clark paints himself as a boring, all American boy.
- 21
Lex Luthor tricks Superboy into switching bodies with him, causing mass confusion in Capital City.
- 22
Superboy retreats to Smallville after he thinks he accidentally kills a leader of a dangerous gang. But did he or was it something more mysterious?
- 23
Still in hiding and under scrutiny for a gang leader's murder, Lana leads a campaign to clear Superboy's name.
- 24
Superboy and Lex Luthor have a heart-to-heart after they end up trapped together in a mine.
- 25
Superboy is transported to an alternate-reality jungle and turned into a child, where he must fight for his life and avoid the evil alternate version of Lex Luthor.