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The Adventures of Superboy

5.2(5)
First Aired:September 10, 1966
Seasons:3 seasons
Episodes:34
Status:Ended

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 other DC Comics superheroes. These adventures marked the animation debut of Superboy, as well as his teenage alter ego Clark Kent, who acted as the bespectacled, mild-mannered disguise for the young hero, Lana Lang, and Krypto the super-powered dog who would accompany his master on every dangerous mission. Other characters such as Pa and Ma 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.

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Cast

Ross Elliott

Ross Elliott

Janet Waldo

Janet Waldo

Bob Hastings

Bob Hastings

Jackson Beck

Jackson Beck

Seasons

E1The Spy From Outer Space (1)

5.0

Sep 10, 1966

An alien comes to Earth and causes bizarre and violent weather. When Superboy and Krypto finally stop him, the alien tells them that an invasion is coming. The alien then takes them to his homeworld. Under that planet's red sun, Superboy's powers weaken and he is taken prisoner and held under a transparent dome.

E2The Spy From Outer Space (2)

5.5

Sep 17, 1966

Superboy is freed from his prison when Krypto spills paint over the clear dome trapping Superboy. Superboy's powers return and he heads back to earth to defeat the invading aliens.

E3Krypto's Calamitous Capers

6.0

Sep 24, 1966

Three criminals plague Superboy in Smallville. Whenever Superboy tries to stop the villians, Krypto attacks him. Superboy learns that the criminals have a device that helps them control Krypto. Superboy discovers a way to stop the device by plugging Krypto's ears. Superboy and Krypto, then, work together to stop the criminals.

E4The Man Who Knew Superboy's Secret

5.5

Oct 1, 1966

A man arrives claiming to know that Superboy is really Clark Kent. The man claims to be from Krypton. He offers Superboy an antidote to Kryptonite. The man is really an alien from another planet who wants to trick Superboy into losing his powers. Superboy does not fall for the deception because he is suspicious of the man due to a scar on his body.

E5The Deep Sea Dragon

5.0

Oct 8, 1966

A deep sea expedition discovers a huge pearl at the bottom of the ocean. When they are attacked by a sea monster they send out an S.O.S. Superboy and Krypto head to the ocean to rescue them, but discover that the sea creature is a dragon that was only attacking in order to protect the giant pearl which is really its egg. When the pearl is stolen by pirates, the sea creature gets angry. Superboy and Krypto capture the pirates and return the egg to the dragon.

E6Super Clown of Smallville

5.0

Oct 15, 1966

A wealthy old man promises to give a large amount of money to anyone who can make him laugh. Clark Kent and Krypto attempt to make him laugh but fail miserably. Later, however, Clark must reveal himself as Superboy to the old man in order to save an airplane that is about to crash. The old man begins to laugh because he thinks that the idea that Clark Kent wants him to believe that he is Superboy is hilarious.

E7The Visitor from the Earth Core

5.0

Oct 22, 1966

Superboy and Krypto head underground to recover a radioactive rock that can only be found in the Earth's core. When the two discover a strange black sphere, they decide to take it back with them. Unfortunately, a strange crystalline creature follows them to the surface. When it emerges it because to wreak havoc. Eventually Superboy realizes that the black sphere is the crystalline creature's egg. They hatch the egg and take the baby to its mother. No longer angry, the mother returns to the Earth's core with her baby.

E8The Beast that went Berzerk

5.0

Oct 29, 1966

When Professor Ames feeds a chemical experiment to an elephant, it turns into a rampaging mastodon. Superboy and Krypto recapture the animal so that the professor can cure it. Unfortunately, one of the professor's assistants does the experiment again. Superboy and Krypto must head to Africa in order to get newingredients for another cure.

E9Superboy's Strangest Foe

5.0

Nov 5, 1966

Superboy and Krypto capture two aliens who are using a number of devices to create chaos on Earth. When they investigate the aliens they discover a crashed flying saucer and two other unconscious adult aliens. They soon realize that the aliens they captured where the children of the unconscious aliens. The aliens crashed on Earth and the children have been using their toys to cause trouble. Superboy reunited the aliens and help them fix their crashed space ship.

E10The Capricious Crony

5.5

Nov 12, 1966

Superboy and Krypto rescue a strange little creature that is shot to the surface by an underwater volcano. Superboy leaves Krypto to watch the creature as he goes off to figure out where it came from. Krypto tries to keep the creature out of trouble but has little success. Superboy eventually finds the creature's home. He returns to Krypto and the two of them take the creature back to his family in the volcano.

E11Krypto, Super Seeing-Eye Dog

5.5

Nov 19, 1966

Superboy and Krypto find a stash of alien weapons. Krypto accidently blinds Superboy when he inadvertently triggers one of the devices. Krypto must act and Superboy's eyes until Superboy's sight is restored.

E12The Black Knight

5.0

Nov 26, 1966

When a friend of Clark's finds a magical cape he is sent back in time to Camelot. Clark as Superboy goes back in time to help his friend. Superboy saves him from being trampled by the Black Knight, but is soon forced to duel the Black Knight who is being helped by Merlin. Superboy wins and the Black Knight and Merlin are arrested by King Arthur. Superboy and his friend return to the their own time.

E13Operation Counter Invasion

5.0

Dec 3, 1966

When a flying saucer lands in the desert, the U.S. army prepares to destroy it. Superboy intervenes and asks them to wait. Superboy and Krypto head to the saucer. Upon seeing the powers of Superboy and Krypto, the aliens become convinced that all earthlings may have these powers. They decide to call off their invasion of the planet and head home.

E14The Jinxed Circus

6.0

Dec 10, 1966

Superboy and Krypto help out at a circus that is being plagued by a number of strange accidents. After a little investigating, they discover that the accidents are bing caused the a former business partner of the circus's current owner.

E15Hurricane Fighters

6.0

Dec 17, 1966

When Clark is on a field trip to Metropolis, he is alerted by Krypto of an on-coming hurricane. Clark changes into Superboy and he and Krypto prevent the storm from doing too much damage before it heads back out to sea.

E16Superboy's Super-Dilemma

5.0

Dec 24, 1966

Professor Potter gives Superboy a serum that he believes will protect him from Kryptonite. Unfortunately some of the professor's plant growth formula has gotten into the serum and Superboy grows to enormous proportions. Superboy realizes the problem of being a giant when he becomes a danger to those he is trying to help. Eventually Professor Potter comes up with an antitdote and Superboy is returned to his normal size.

E17A Devil of a Time

6.0

Dec 31, 1966

Clark dresses up in a devil costume for Halloween. On his way to a party, he spots two criminals and flies toward them. He frightens the criminals into thinking he is the devil and he offers each of them three wishes. Everything they wish for backfires because Superboy cleverly twists their words. Eventually Superboy tricks them into turning themselves in.

E18Revolt of Robotville

5.5

Jan 7, 1967

Clark and Lana head to a futuristic city that is populated entirely with robots. An evil scientist tries to make the robots attack but Clark, as Superboy, stops him.

E1The Beast With Two Faces

7.0

Sep 9, 1967

An enormous dragon-like creature crashes to Earth. Superboy and Krypto descover that it is an alien pet and that it is controlled by a remote control device. A group of criminals, however, overhear them and kidnap the alien. They use the creature to commit crimes. Eventually Superboy rescues the alien and stops the criminals.

E2The Gorilla Gang

7.0

Sep 16, 1967

The Gorilla gang have been robbing banks. When Clark and Lana discover their secret cave hideout on a field trip, Clark secret uses his superpowers to foil the gang.

E3The Chameleon Creature

7.0

Sep 23, 1967

Clark, Lana, and her father are on a safari in Africa where they spot an incredibly rare white ape. Soon they learn that the white creature can change its shape. It kidnaps Lana, but she is rescues by Superboy. In the end, the discover that the creature is a white ape. It can change its shape because it was exposed to a mysterious purple gas.

E4The Great Space Race

6.0

Sep 30, 1967

After stopping a series of strange disasters, Superboy and Krypto help a group of alien police capture Clarix an escaped alien scientist who is after Uranium to power his dangerous inventions.

E5Finger of Doom

6.0

Oct 7, 1967

When an astronomer is bombarded by cosmic rays from a rogue star, he gains the ability to fire energy beams. He joins a band of criminals and Superboy must find a way to stop him.

E6Krypto, K-9 Detective

6.0

Oct 14, 1967

When a circus dog is kidnapped, Superboy sends Krypto undercover to save the circus dog and root out the kidnappers.

E7The Neanderthal Caveman Caper

6.0

Oct 21, 1967

A group of criminals distracts Superboy by making him fight a thawed out Neanderthal. The use the distraction to steal an experimental invention. Fortunately, Superboy managed to defeat the caveman and stop the criminals.

E8The Terrible Trio

6.0

Oct 28, 1967

Superboy teaches three school bullies a lesson and helps them realize that they should not push people around.

E1Forget Me Not, Superdog

6.0

Sep 14, 1968

When Krypto gets amnesia, Superboy must keep him out of trouble and find a way for his dog to get his memory back.

E2Superboy Meets Mighty Lad

6.0

Sep 21, 1968

Superboy meets Mighty Lad who appears to have similar superpowers and claims to be from Krypton. When he starts to upstage Superboy Krypto become suspicious. Ultimately Superboy discovers that Mighty Lad is really an alien who is using mechanical devices to simulate superpowers.

E3King Superboy

6.0

Sep 28, 1968

A small sun appears near Earth which causes sever electrical problems. Superboy destroy the small sun and head off into space to investigate. They discover a planet whose inhabitants are at war. The call Superboy their king and tell him that the suns are the weapons of their enemies. Superboy and Krypto head off and destroy the weapon that is making the suns.

E4Double Trouble, Double Doom

6.0

Oct 5, 1968

When three explorers disappear, Superboy and Krypto head to the mountains to investigate. They discover a group of aliens who are searching for escaped alien criminals. When Superboy discovers that the alien criminals have the missing explorers, he and Krypto must figure out a way to stop them.

E5The Trap of the Super Spacemen

6.0

Oct 12, 1968

When a returning astronaut turns out to be a powerful alien, Superboy and Krypto head off into space to investigate. They discover that the real astronaut has been kidnapped. Superboy is attacked by the aliens and imprisoned. The aliens plan to use him as a power source for an invasion of Earth. Krypto manages to rescue Superboy and the two of them put a stop to the aliens' plans.

E6The Space Refugees

6.0

Oct 19, 1968

Superboy and Krypto discover three refugees from the destroyed planet Verg. Sympathizing with them, Superboy tries to make their stay on Earth comfortable. Unfortunately three greedy and harassing diamond hunters make Superboy's job difficult.

E7The Monster Molecule

6.0

Oct 26, 1968

A physicist develops a powerful energy device that unfortunately malfunction. Superboy and Krypto must rescue a scientist affected by the device and must stop the machine before it causes serious destruction.

E8The Great Kryptonite Caper

7.0

Nov 2, 1968

A criminal plans to get Superboy by setting a trap with Kryptonite. Lana tries to help, but is kidnapped. Superboy and Krypto must figure out some way of rescuing her without falling victim to the criminal's Kryptonite.

Storyline

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 other DC Comics superheroes. These adventures marked the animation debut of Superboy, as well as his teenage alter ego Clark Kent, who acted as the bespectacled, mild-mannered disguise for the young hero, Lana Lang, and Krypto the super-powered dog who would accompany his master on every dangerous mission. Other characters such as Pa and Ma 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.

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