2. Super-Hypnotise-People-So-That-They're-Rock-Hard, And Also Telekinesis
This one is really, really dumb, even by Superman's terrible standards. It's another episode of Adventures of Superman, this time called "The Magic Secret". Superman is lured into a trap by an evil doctor and his kryptonite rays (typical). He, Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane are all stuck in the bottom of a concrete pit with the walls slowly closing in on them. With his ability to fly and his super-strength weakened by the Kryptonite, Superman is forced to do what he does best: have terrible writers use utter nonsense to get themselves out of the corner they've written themselves into. Superman hypnotises Lois with his hands and then (somehow) levitates her with his mind so that she's floating horizontally in the air and (somehow) is solid enough that the concrete walls don't crush her. They then use her to climb out of the pit. Now, granted, this magic trick and the evil magician who performed it were both featured heavily in this episode but, then again, MAGIC ISN'T REAL How is Superman levitating Lois? How has he increased her bone density by a factor of 10? How has NO ONE figured out that Clark Kent is Superman?!?! Ok that last one isn't related, but it's still valid. It's always valid.