TV series
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 was brought to the screen by executive producers Ilya and Alexander Salkind, who were the producers of the first three Superman movies and the 1984 Supergirl movie.
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Superboy premiered October 8, 1988. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
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 was brought to the screen by executive producers Ilya and Alexander Salkind, who were the producers of the first three Superman movies and the 1984 Supergirl movie.
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Episode 1
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.
Directed by Reza Badiyi
Episode 2
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.
Guest stars Roger Pretto
Episode 3
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.
Directed by Colin ChilversGuest stars Abe Vigoda
Episode 4
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.
Guest stars Roger Pretto
Episode 5
The world first learns of the new hero, Superboy, when he rescues Lana Lang from kidnapper Roscoe Williams (Doug Barr).
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Episode 6
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.
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Episode 7
A Superboy impersonator is robbing banks and jewelry stores to get a million dollars so he can marry Florida's beauty queen.
Directed by Jackie CooperGuest stars David Marciano, Alonna Shaw, Roger Pretto
Episode 8
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.
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Episode 9
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.
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Episode 10
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.
Guest stars Salome Jens, Stuart Whitman
Episode 11
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.
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Episode 12
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.
Directed by Jackie CooperGuest stars George Chakiris, Paul Cohn
Episode 13
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.
Guest stars George Chakiris, Stuart Whitman, Roger Pretto
Episode 14
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.
Guest stars George Chakiris, Stuart Whitman, Roger Pretto
Episode 15
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.
Directed by David GrossmanGuest stars Brett Rice
Episode 16
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.
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Episode 17
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.
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Episode 18
After witnessing a police officer being gunned down by a corrupt colleague, Lana is targeted by crooked cops.
Directed by David GrossmanGuest stars Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Roger Pretto
Episode 19
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.
Guest stars John Matuszak
Episode 20
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.
Directed by David Grossman
Episode 21
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.
Guest stars Edgar Allan Poe IV
Episode 22
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.
Directed by David NutterGuest stars Salome Jens, Stuart Whitman
Episode 23
An attempted assassination of a senator leads Superboy to a mysterious nightclub.
Directed by Chuck Martinez
Episode 24
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.
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Episode 25
A beautiful vampire-like creature seeks to drain Superboy of his life force and seduces TJ as part of her plot.
Directed by David Nutter
Episode 26
Luthor steals a powerful weapon developed by the army and prepares to sell it to weapon dealers. Later, while Luthor is working in the Shuster laboratory, he causes an explosion, and Superboy saves him by blowing the chemical fumes out of the building.
Directed by David NutterGuest stars Rance Howard, Roger Pretto, Paul Cohn, Steve Howard, Larry Francer, Michael Manno
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