The Adventures of Superboy (1966)

Directed by

George Blair

Genre

action television series, superhero television program

Country

United States

Length

3 seasons, 34 episodes

Rated

7

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This six-minute animated series features Superboy, the teenage version of Superman, who slips away from high school and fights threats like dognappers, robots, and aliens in the town of Smallville. His adventures include his super-powered dog Krypto and other characters from the comic books.

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What happens

The Adventures of Superboy is a series of six-minute animated Superboy cartoons produced by Filmation that were broadcast on CBS between 1966 and 1969. The 34 segments appeared as part of three different programs during that time, packaged with similar shorts featuring The New Adventures of Superman and other DC Comics superheroes. These adventures marked the animation debut of Superboy, as well as his teenage alter ego Clark Kent, Lana Lang, and Krypto the super-powered dog who would accompany his master on every dangerous mission. Other characters such as Jonathan and Martha Kent, foster parents of the Boy of Steel, and the town of Smallville were also faithfully recreated from comic book adventures. As a result of the production's budget, the show featured a great amount of stock animation as well as limited movement from the characters. Each episode featured the Boy of Steel ducking out of high school and racing into action to battle a wide array of adversaries, from dognappers in "Krypto, K-9 Detective", androids run amok in "The Revolt of Robotville", and alien menaces in "The Spy from Outer Space", to another young hero with similar powers in "Superboy Meets Mighty Lad", and a slew of otherworldly monsters ("The Deep Sea Dragon", "The Visitor from the Earth's Core"). He winds up being captured and fighting a gang of small-time crooks—all while in his disguise as Clark Kent—in "The Gorilla Gang". Most of the stories were written by DC writers such as Bob Haney and George Kashdan, while character designs were based closely upon the Superboy comic books of the time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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