• Air date: 07 Oct '89 26 episodes
      Superboy is a half-hour live-action television series based on the fictional DC Comics comic book character Kal-El's early years as Superboy. The show ran from 1988–1992 in syndication. It was renamed The Adventures of Superboy at the start of the third season.
  • List of Episodes (26)
    • 1. With This Ring, I Thee Kill

      07 Oct '89
      Lex Luthor is back and he has a new face. Warren Eckworth, owner of Eckworth Industries, has created a new weapon: the Superboy gun. Luthor sabotages the weapon and uses it on the boy of steel. It only stuns Superboy, however. So Luthor takes the next step in his plan. He assumes the appearance of Warren Eckworth through plastic surgery and kills the real Eckworth, taking his place. He orders the power on the Superboy gun increased by 50%. Later, he picks up Lana promising her an interview. When
    • 2. Lex Luthor: Sentenced to Death

      14 Oct '89
      Professor Peterson comes to Superboy's aid. The two believe that Superboy will, with time, be able to have full use of his legs and powers again. Meanwhile, Luthor's new face has been revealed to the entire world, so he is back in hiding, along with Lana. Luthor goes in search of a new assistant and discovers a woman named Darla at a local club. Back at the hospital, Superboy's rehabilitation is going slowly. Darla, disguised as a nurse, delivers a tape to Superboy which was made by Luthor. Supe
    • 3. Metallo

      21 Oct '89
      An escaped bank robber suffers a heart attack and is sent to a hospital. There he transforms into Metallo a cyborg with a Kryptonite-powered heart.
    • 4. Young Dracula

      28 Oct '89
      A young vampire, on the run from his father, becomes a doctor in the Crescent County Hospital. His father sends an older, more powerful vampire to bring him back, and Superboy and Lana are trapped in the middle of the battle.
    • 5. Nightmare Island

      04 Nov '89
      Andy, Clark and Lana are deserted on an island when Andy's motorboat sinks into the ocean. On the island Clark turns into Superboy and is stripped of his powers by a dwarf-like alien. The alien kidnaps Lana and it is up to a powerless Superboy and Andy to rescue her.
    • 6. Bizarro... The Thing of Steel

      11 Nov '89
      While Professor Peterson is testing his new duplicating ray, Superboy arrives to see his progress. The ray is struck by lightning, and Superboy steps in front of it to stop the ray from hitting the Professor. The result of the ray is Bizarro, an imperfect duplicate of Superboy who possesses all of his powers, but a very limited intelligence. Bizarro wreaks havoc at a shopping mall and eventually takes Clark's place at the Shuster costume party under the name Kent Clark. Meanwhile, Superboy deter
    • 7. The Battle with Bizarro

      18 Nov '89
      Bizarro takes Lana to a closed furniture store and decides it will be their new home together. Meanwhile, Superboy is saved from the kryptonite by Andy, and he and the professor determine that Bizarro will only be affected by Bizarro Kryptonite. Upon learning of Bizarro's whereabouts, Superboy goes to confront him while Prof. Peterson works on duplicating the kryptonite. Superboy and Bizarro battle in a carnival area and eventually Bizarro begins to smoke. He is unstable, and will likely explode
    • 8. Mr. and Mrs. Superboy

      25 Nov '89
      Mr. Mxyzptlk returns from the fifth dimension. This time he has a giant after him who seeks revene for a practical joke. The chase wreaks havoc all across town. Superboy and Lana stop the insanity by pretending to be married and the adoptive parents of Mr. Mxyzptlk.
    • 9. Programmed for Death

      02 Dec '89
      A robot has reprogrammed itself, taking on the personality of Andy's father, and seeks to eliminate Andy's real father, and maybe Andy as well. Superboy gets caught in the middle when he's asked to help.
    • 10. Superboy's Deadly Touch

      09 Dec '89
      Lex Luthor strikes Superboy with a surge of solar energy that causes his powers to go out of control. Luthor plans to force a government pardon by promising to reverse the process.
    • 11. The Power of Evil

      16 Dec '89
      A destructive force escapes its box, and Superboy, being the greatest force of good, is its target. The overseer of the box aids Superboy in capturing the force before further harm can be done to those close to him.
    • 12. Superboy... Rest in Peace

      30 Dec '89
      An android is sent from the future to destroy Superboy. A female android, who knows Superboy's identity, assists him in defeating the android before he completes his mission.
    • 13. Super Menace!

      13 Jan '90
      While running tests on kyptonite at a military facility to neutralize its effects on Superboy, they find that the alteration has emotional effects, making him apathetic. The military enlists the help of Metallo to give the Boy of Steel an attitude adjustment. After almost killing him, Superboy and Metallo join forces, posing a disastrous threat to the town.
    • 14. Yellow Peri's Spell of Doom

      20 Jan '90
      A very shy waitress has a crush on Superboy, and wants him to notice her. One of her dolls comes to life and turns her into a sorcerer, and assists her in accomplishing her goal of making Superboy fall in love with her, hurting him and people close to him in an effort to make him submit.
    • 15. Microboy

      27 Jan '90
      A student at Shuster falls in love with Lana. Knowing that she cares for Superboy, he feels he must also be a superhero to be noticed. In an experiment, he uses microwaves to become Microboy. But when his powers go out of control, Superboy must intervene and attempt to get him under control.
    • 16. Run, Dracula, Run

      03 Feb '90
      Byron Shelly is mugged and loses the serum that keeps his vampire cravings at bay. When Lana and Andy go to help, Byron preys on Lana and they join forces to subdue Superboy. A race ensues to get the serum to the three of them, before Lana and the Boy of Steel become forever undead.
    • 17. Brimstone

      10 Feb '90
      A magic doctor arrives at Shuster after a scarred, deranged man attacks several people. He's after an evil spirit named Prodo, whose been using chosen people to infect the population. When Superboy tries to stop the man, he is then infected with the curse and goes out of control, and Prodo attempts to use him to eliminate the magic doctor, Brimstone.
    • 18. Abandon Earth

      17 Feb '90
      Aliens claiming to be Jor-El and Lara come to Earth in search of their son Kal-El, known to the world as Superboy. Their intentions are questionable, and Clark tries to ease the tension and resentment between the Kents and the aliens while he tries to acquaint himself with them. Soon, the aliens claim they're taking Clark back to Krypton, devastating the Kents.
    • 19. Escape to Earth

      24 Feb '90
      The aliens take Superboy to their ship, where they're also holding Andy and Lana. When the aliens turn Superboy into Clark, Lana finds out about his secret. Nonetheless, they try to escape the ship and return to Earth with the help of an ally who is also against the aliens.
    • 20. Superstar

      03 Mar '90
      Superboy becomes involved with a singer who has lost herself, and is also being watched by a former singer who's now disabled and claims her voice is being used by the star, and plans revenge.
    • 21. Nick Knack

      14 Apr '90
      A demented electronic's genius who was imprisoned because of Superboy escapes. He uses his genius to develop a mechanical suit which he uses to suck away Superboy's powers. Wearing the suit, he is almost as powerful as Superboy.
    • 22. The Haunting of Andy McAlister

      21 Apr '90
      Andy, Clark and Lana visit Andy's uncle's mansion for the weekend, only to become trapped in a wall containing a world with ghosts from the wild west. A group of outlaws seek revenge against Andy's ancestor who put them there. Superboy, now without powers in this world, must simply get them back on the other side of the wall to get rid of the ghosts.
    • 23. Revenge from the Deep

      28 Apr '90
      An immortal being possesses Lana, and sets out to settle a score with an immortal man with whom she loved many years prior.
    • 24. Secrets of Superboy

      05 May '90
      Nick Knack is out of prison, and wants to learn all of the dirt on Superboy. He invents a mind probing machine that drains all the memory out of its victims, and uses it on Andy and Lana to uncover all of Superboy's weaknesses.
    • 25. Johnny Casanova and the Case of Secret Serum

      12 May '90
      A potion stolen from a mob boss makes a man less attractive, but full of charm, and Lana falls in love with him. Meanwhile the mob is still after the man.