The Adventures of Superboy

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For the 1966 animated series, see The Adventures of Superboy (animated series)

The Adventures of Superboy

Genre	Action/Drama
Creator(s)	Whitney Ellsworth
Starring	Johnny Rockwell Bunny Henning
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	1
Production
Running time	25 minutes
Broadcast

The Adventures of Superboy was a proposed TV series that was put into production in 1961. It was meant to capitalize on the success of Adventures of Superman, which was cancelled years earlier. A revival was planned, but abandoned following the death of George Reeves, but only a pilot episode was produced. It featured the first non-comic book portrayals ever of Superboy and Lana Lang and stands as a foreunner of later series Superboy, which lasted 4 seasons and Smallville, currently in its 6th.

The show starred Johnny Rockwell as Superboy / Clark Kent and Bunny Henning as Lana Lang. Although they did not go into production, twelve additional scripts were prepared, should the series be picked up.

A short clip of this pilot can be seen in the documentary "Look, Up In The Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman" [1].

1 Cast
2 Trivia
3 Video releases
4 External links

[edit] Cast

Johnny Rockwell as Superboy

John Rockwell - Superboy / Clark Kent

Bunny Henning - Lana Lang

Ross Elliot

Monty Margetts

Charles Maxwell

Robert Williams

Richard Reeves

Yvonne White

Stacy Harris

Jimmy Bates

Ray Walker

True Ellison - Donna

[edit] Trivia

True Ellison had auditioned for the role of Lana Lang.
Footage in the opening sequence, including the Kryptonian council and an infant Kal-El, was recycled from the first episode of Adventures of Superman, "Superman on Earth".

[edit] Video releases

The only 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 screentest footage.

[edit] External links

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Actors:	Bud Collyer • Kirk Alyn • George Reeves • Bob Holiday • Danny Dark (v) • David Wilson • Christopher Reeve • Beau Weaver (v) • John Haymes Newton • Gerard Christopher • Dean Cain • Timothy Daly (v) • Tom Welling • George Newbern (v) • Brandon Routh • Yuri Lowenthal (v)
Film:	Superman (1948) • Atom Man vs. Superman • Superman and the Mole Men • Superman (1978) • Superman II • Superman III • Supergirl • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace • Superman Returns • Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Television:	Adventures of Superman • Superboy • Lois & Clark • Smallville • Look, Up in the Sky!
Animation:	1940s cartoons • The New Adventures of Superman • Superman (1988) • Superman: The Animated Series • Legion of Super Heroes
Video games:	Atari 2600 (1979) • Arcade game (1988) • NES (1988) • Sega Genesis (1992) • The Death and Return of Superman • Superman 64 • Shadow of Apokolips • Countdown to Apokolips • Superman Returns
Other media:	Radio • Broadway Theater • Newspaper Strips