Superboy: The Comic Book
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Superboy: The Comic Book was a DC Comics published title based on the TV series Superboy. It is different from other Superman or Superboy titles in that it is set in the continuity of the TV series, as opposed to the regular DC Universe. It's intent was to explore some of the unseen tales and events that the TV show's 26 half-hour episodes a year could not do, and would be based entirely on the TV show, but would tackle all-new adventures. The series was originally titled: Superboy: The Comic Book, from #1 -10 (only the covers bearing that title; the book was simply officially titled as "Superboy" in the indicia). After issue #11, the series changed its cover title (as the TV show had done) to The Adventures of Superboy (but the comic book was not officially renamed under that title until issue #19, in the book's indicia information) as well as displaying a short-white box next to the title (logo) which read "As Seen on TV." One highlight of the comic book's run was an issue co-written by stand-up comedian/actor Gilbert Gottfried, which focused on the origin of the character he played on the TV series, Nick-Nack. The series concluded in a 'One-Shot" Special, which wrapped up all the adventures and stories from the previous issues as having been daydream fantasies from the 'post-crisis' (Earth-1) young Clark Kent. None of them had actually taken place, only in his imagination.
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- Superboy vol. 2, #1-18 (Feb. 1990 - July 1991)
- The Adventures of Superboy #19-22 (Aug. 1991 - Feb. 1992)
- Superboy Special #1 (1992)
