The Adventures of Superboy
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- For the 1966 animated series, see The Adventures of Superboy (TV series).
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| Format | Action/Drama |
| Created by | Whitney Ellsworth |
| Starring | Johnny Rockwell Bunny Henning |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
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| Running time | 25 minutes |
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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 forerunner of later series Superboy, which lasted 4 seasons and Smallville, currently in its 7th.
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 book titled Superboy and Superpup: The Lost Videos, written by Chuck Harter, was published during the 1990s by Cult Movies Press, which looked at both The Adventures of Superboy pilot and The Adventures of Superpup pilot, as well as the 12 additional Superboy scripts that were prepared, had the Superboy pilot been picked up as a series.
A short clip of this pilot can be seen in the documentary "Look, Up In The Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman" [1].
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[edit] Cast
John Rockwell - Superboy / Clark Kent
Bunny Henning - Lana Lang
Ross Elliot
Monty Margetts
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 screen test footage as Superboy and Superpup: The Lost Pilots.
[edit] External links
- The Adventures of Superboy at the Internet Movie Database
- Information from Superman thru the ages
- Original Pilot on YouTube pt. 1, pt. 2, pt. 3, pt. 4, pt. 5
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