The Adventures of Superboy

For the 1966 animated series, see The Adventures of Superboy (TV series). For the 1988 live-action series, see Superboy (TV series).

TV series or program

The Adventures of Superboy

Created by| Whitney Ellsworth
Based on|

Superboy

* Jerry Siegel
* Joe Shuster
* Don Cameron

Starring| Johnny Rockwell
Bunny Henning
Country of origin| United States
No. of episodes| 1
Production
Running time| 25 minutes

The Adventures of Superboy is a proposed TV series that was put into production in 1961.[1] It was meant to capitalize on the success of Adventures of Superman, which went out of production in 1958. Only a pilot episode ("Rajah's Ransom")[2][3] was produced, although 12 additional scripts had been prepared, had the series been picked up.

It featured the first non-comic book portrayals ever of Superboy and Lana Lang and stands as a forerunner of the later series Superboy, which lasted four seasons and Smallville, which lasted ten seasons.

## Cast[edit]

* Johnny Rockwell as  Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superboy[4]
* Bunny Henning as Lana Lang
* Monty Margetts as Martha Kent

### Guest cast[edit]

* Ross Elliot as Fred Drake
* Charles Maxwell as Gunner Ferde
* Robert Williams as Chief Parker
* Richard Reeves as Shorty Barnes
* Yvonne White as Miss Gibbs
* Stacy Harris as Jake Ferde
* Jimmy Bates as Jimmie Drake
* Ray Walker as Mr. Edlund
* True Ellison as Donna

## Home media[edit]

The only stand-alone releases so far for The Adventures of Superboy have been from specialty distributors, such as Video Rarities, which released it on VHS along with The Adventures of Superpup and screen test footage as Superboy and Superpup: The Lost Pilots.

This pilot episode has been included in the 62-disc DVD box set of Smallville: The Complete Series, released by Warner Home Video in November 2011, along with additional bonus features not included in the individual season releases of Smallville.[5]

## Other media[edit]

A book titled Superboy and Superpup: The Lost Videos, written by Chuck Harter, was published in 1993 by Cult Movies Press. It looked at both The Adventures of Superboy pilot and The Adventures of Superpup pilot, as well as the 12 additional Superboy scripts that were prepared had the Superboy pilot been picked up as a series.[6] The book also claims that a story in issue #88 of the Superboy comic is based on the pilot script.[2] In September 2022, BearmanorMedia.com republished "Superboy & Superpup The Lost Videos" by Chuck Harter, now with a full color cover. The new edition is available in hardback, paperback and e-book editions.

## External links[edit]

* The Adventures of Superboy at IMDb
* Information from "Superman Through the Ages"
* Look, Up In The Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman \- a 2006 documentary containing a clip of the pilot.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Cronin, Brian (2011-12-02). "Comic Book Legends Revealed #343". CBR. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
2. ^ a b c Scivally, Bruce (2008). "Chapter 6 - The Middle Years - Superpup and Superboy". Superman on film, television, radio, and Broadway. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0-7864-3166-3. OCLC 153579095.
3. ^ Robb, Brian J. (2014). A brief history of superheroes. London. ISBN 978-1-4721-1055-8. OCLC 884547217. "The second was a pilot for The Adventures of Superboy, made in 1961. Johnny Rockwell played a young Clark Kent/Superboy in a light-hearted drama set in Smallville. Bunny Henning played Laura Lang. Thirteen scripts were written, but only the twenty-five-minute pilot entitled 'Rajah's Ransom' was made, and it can also be seen on YouTube."`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
4. ^ "The Men Of Steel: 50 actors who played Superman". Empire. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
5. ^ Smallville - Press Release for 'The Complete Series', archived from the original on 2014-01-13, retrieved 2014-01-13
6. ^ "The Superman Super Site - August 25, 2011: SUPERBOY AND SUPERPUP: THE LOST VIDEOS - An interview with, and about, Chuck Harter". supermansupersite.com. Retrieved 2022-06-02.

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Comic strips|

* Superman (1939–1966)
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* Superman: The Complete Comic Strips 1939-1966 (2013-present) - Reprint book collection

Radio|

* The Adventures of Superman (US, 1940–1951)
* The Adventures of Superman (UK, 1988)

Live-action films|

| Serials|

* Superman
* Atom Man vs. Superman

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1951 film series|

* Superman and the Mole Men
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1978 film series|

* Superman
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Documentary films|

* Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman
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Television|

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* Adventures of Superman
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* Superboy
* Lois & Clark
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Animation|

* The New Adventures of Superman
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Novels|

* The Adventures of Superman (1942)
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Video games|

* Superman (1979)
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Music|

* Superman III (soundtrack)
* Superman Returns (soundtrack)
* "Save Me" (Remy Zero song)
* Man of Steel (soundtrack)
* Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (soundtrack)
* Metropolis Symphony

Other media|

* It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman (musical)
* The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman (advertisement)

Related characters|

* Lois Lane in other media
* Lex Luthor in other media
* Supergirl in other media

Related|

* Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
* Hollywoodland
* "Lucy and Superman" (I Love Lucy episode, 1957)
* "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex"
* National Comics Publications, Inc. v. Fawcett Publications, Inc.
* Sunman (1992 video game)
* Superman curse
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* "The Reign of the Superman"
* Superman and Lois Lane
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* Adventures of Superman (1952–58)
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* The Secrets of Isis (1975–77)
* Wonder Woman (1975–79)
* Superboy (1988–92)
* Swamp Thing (1990–93)
* The Flash (1990–91)
* Human Target (1992)
* Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–97)
* Smallville (2001–11)
* Birds of Prey (2002–03)
* Human Target (2010–11)
* Arrow (2012–20)
* Gotham (2014–19)
* The Flash (2014–23)
* Constantine (2014–15)
* iZombie (2015–19)
* Supergirl (2015–21)
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* DMZ (2022)
* Naomi (2022)
* Gotham Knights (2023)
* Bodies (2023)

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* Sweet Tooth (since 2021)
* Peacemaker (since 2022)
* The Sandman (since 2022)

Upcoming|

* Dead Boy Detectives
* The Penguin

Unsold pilots|

* The Adventures of Superpup
* The Adventures of Superboy
* Aquaman
* Wonder Woman
* Scalped

TV films and
specials|

* Wonder Woman
* Justice League of America
* Legends of the Superheroes

See also|

* DC Extended Universe series
* DC Studios
* Warner Bros. Television
* Arrowverse
* List of unproduced projects
* films
* DC Extended Universe

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