| The Adventures of Superboy | |
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| Created by | Whitney Ellsworth |
| Based on | |
| 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 ofAdventures 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 portrayals ofSuperboy andLana Lang outside of comic books, and stands as a forerunner of later series based on Clark Kent's youth:Superboy, which lasted four seasons, andSmallville, which lasted ten seasons.
The only stand-alone releases so far forThe Adventures of Superboy have been from specialty distributors, such as Video Rarities, which released it onVHS along withThe Adventures of Superpup and screen test footage asSuperboy and Superpup: The Lost Pilots.
This pilot episode has been included in the 62-discDVD box set ofSmallville: The Complete Series, released byWarner Home Video in November 2011, along with additional bonus features not included in the individual season releases ofSmallville.[5]
A book titledSuperboy and Superpup: The Lost Videos, written by Chuck Harter, was published in 1993 by Cult Movies Press. It looked at bothThe Adventures of Superboy pilot andThe Adventures of Superpup pilot, as well as the 12 additionalSuperboy scripts that were prepared had theSuperboy 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.
The second was a pilot forThe 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.
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