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Superboy
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.
- Created by:
- Alexander Salkind, Ilya Salkind
- Cast:
- Gerard Christopher, Stacy Haiduk, Peter Jay Fernandez, Robert Levine
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- Syndication
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 1
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 6.0The Jewel of the Techacal
1988-10-08Lana'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.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 6.0A Kind of Princess
1988-10-15Clark 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.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 6.0Back to Oblivion
1988-10-22TJ 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.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 6.0The Russian Exchange Student
1988-10-29When 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.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 6.0Countdown to Nowhere
1988-11-05The world first learns of the new hero, Superboy, when he rescues Lana Lang from kidnapper Roscoe Williams (Doug Barr).
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E06
Episode 6
★ 6.0Bringing Down the House
1988-11-12A 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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E07
Episode 7
★ 6.0The Beast and Beauty
1988-11-19A Superboy impersonator is robbing banks and jewelry stores to get a million dollars so he can marry Florida's beauty queen.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 6.0The Fixer
1988-11-26Clark 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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E09
Episode 9
★ 7.0The Alien Solution
1988-12-03A 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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E10
Episode 10
★ 6.0Troubled Waters
1988-12-10A 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.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 6.0The Invisible People
1989-01-21A 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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E12
Episode 12
★ 6.0Kryptonite Kills
1989-01-28A 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.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 7.0Revenge of the Alien (1)
1989-02-04The 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.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 6.0Revenge of the Alien (2)
1989-02-11Now controlling Pa Kent, the alien makes his move to get revenge. He kidnaps Lana and holds her hostage on a rooftop near Shuster University.
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E15
Episode 15
★ 6.0Stand Up and Get Knocked Down
1989-02-18TJ 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.
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E16
Episode 16
★ 6.0Meet Mr. Mxyzptlk
1989-02-25Superboy 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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E17
Episode 17
★ 6.0Birdwoman of the Swamps
1989-03-04When 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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E18
Episode 18
★ 6.0Terror from the Blue
1989-03-11After witnessing a police officer being gunned down by a corrupt colleague, Lana is targeted by crooked cops.
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E19
Episode 19
★ 6.0War of the Species
1989-03-18T.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.
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E20
Episode 20
★ 6.0Little Hercules
1989-04-15Clark 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.
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E21
Episode 21
★ 6.0Mutant
1989-04-22Clark 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.
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E22
Episode 22
★ 6.0The Phantom of the Third Division
1989-04-29Jonathan 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.
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E23
Episode 23
★ 6.0Black Flamingo
1989-05-06An attempted assassination of a senator leads Superboy to a mysterious nightclub.
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E24
Episode 24
★ 6.0Hollywood
1989-05-13Professor 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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E25
Episode 25
★ 6.0Succubus
1989-05-20A beautiful vampire-like creature seeks to drain Superboy of his life force and seduces TJ as part of her plot.
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E26
Episode 26
★ 6.0Luthor Unleashed
1989-05-27 · 21mLuthor 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.
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Gerard Christopher
Superboy / Clark Kent
Stacy Haiduk
Lana Lang
Peter Jay Fernandez
Matt Ritter
Robert Levine
C. Dennis Jackson