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  • Syndicated
  • Oct 8, 1988
  • Syndicated
  • Oct 8, 1988
The Adventures of Superboy

Summary This TV series was based on the teenage Clark Kent attending college while trying to sweep Lana Lang off her feet. Though you might think it is similar to the current Superman incarnation 'Smallville' but this series also followed the teenage years of Superman himself (Dubbed at this point 'the Boy of Steel')

  • Syndicated
  • Oct 8, 1988
  • Syndicated
  • Oct 8, 1988
The Adventures of Superboy
Season 1
Season Premiere: Oct 8, 1988
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Summary This TV series was based on the teenage Clark Kent attending college while trying to sweep Lana Lang off her feet. Though you might think it is similar to the current Superman incarnation 'Smallville' but this series also followed the teenage years of Superman himself (Dubbed at this point 'the Boy of Steel')

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Episode 1 • Oct 8, 1988 • 22 m
The Jewel of Techacal
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.
Episode 2 • Oct 15, 1988 • 22 m
A Kind of Princess
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.
Episode 3 • Oct 22, 1988 • 22 m
Back to Oblivion
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.
Episode 4 • Oct 29, 1988 • 22 m
The Russian Exchange Student
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.
Episode 5 • Nov 5, 1988 • 22 m
Countdown to Nowhere
The world first learns of the new hero, Superboy, when he rescues Lana Lang from kidnapper Roscoe Williams (Doug Barr).
Episode 6 • Nov 12, 1988 • 22 m
Bringing Down the House
Episode 7 • Nov 19, 1988 • 21 m
The Beast and Beauty
A Superboy impersonator is robbing banks and jewelry stores to get a million dollars so he can marry Florida's beauty queen.
Episode 8 • Nov 26, 1988 • 22 m
The Fixer
Episode 9 • Dec 3, 1988 • 22 m
The Alien Solution
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.
Episode 10 • Dec 10, 1988 • 22 m
Troubled Waters
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.
Episode 11 • Jan 21, 1989 • 22 m
The Invisible People
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.
Episode 12 • Jan 28, 1989 • 22 m
Kryptonite Kills
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.
Episode 13 • Feb 4, 1989 • 22 m
Revenge of the Alien: Part 1
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.
Episode 14 • Feb 11, 1989 • 22 m
Revenge of the Alien: Part 2
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.
Episode 15 • Feb 18, 1989 • 22 m
Stand Up and Get Knocked Down
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.
Episode 16 • Feb 25, 1989 • 22 m
Meet Mr. Mxyzptlk
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.
Episode 17 • Mar 4, 1989 • 21 m
Birdwoman of the Swamps
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.
Episode 18 • Mar 11, 1989 • 22 m
Terror from the Blue
After witnessing a police officer being gunned down by a corrupt colleague, Lana is targeted by crooked cops.
Episode 19 • Mar 18, 1989 • 22 m
War of the Species
Episode 20 • Apr 15, 1989 • 22 m
Little Hercules
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.
Episode 21 • Apr 22, 1989 • 22 m
Mutant
Episode 22 • Apr 29, 1989 • 22 m
The Phantom of the Third Division
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.
Episode 23 • May 6, 1989 • 22 m
Black Flamingo
An attempted assassination of a senator leads Superboy to a mysterious nightclub.
Episode 24 • May 13, 1989 • 22 m
Hollywood
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.
Episode 25 • May 20, 1989 • 22 m
Succubus
A beautiful vampire-like creature seeks to drain Superboy of his life force and seduces TJ as part of her plot.
Episode 26 • May 27, 1989 • 22 m
Luthor Unleashed

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Jun 9, 2015
Surely nobody is taking this seriously, not writer Fred Freiberger, director Reza Badiyi or any of the cast in the first episode, which has that square-peg Superboy foiling Lex's insidious plan to steal the coveted Jewel of Techacal from Lana's archeologist father...But the tongue-in-cheek intent is never quite realized, and falls even flatter in a future episode made available by the production company.
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