The Adventures of Superboy (1966)
The Adventures of Superboy is a series of six-minute animated Superboy cartoons produced by Filmation that were broadcast on CBS between 1966 and 1969. The 34 segments appeared as part of three different programs during that time, packaged with similar shorts featuring The New Adventures of Superman other DC Comics superheroes. These adventures marked the animation debut of Superboy, as well as his teenage alter ego Clark Kent, who acted as the bespectacled, mild-mannered disguise for the young hero, Lana Lang, and Krypto the super-powered dog who would accompany his master on every dangerous mission. Other characters such as Pa and Ma Kent, foster parents of the Boy of Steel, and the town of Smallville were also faithfully recreated from comic book adventures. As a result of the production's budget, the show featured a great amount of stock animation as well as limited movement from the characters.
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Episode 1 - The Beast With Two Faces
Release Date: 1967-09-09An enormous dragon-like creature crashes to Earth. Superboy and Krypto descover that it is an alien pet and that it is controlled by a remote control device. A group of criminals, however, overhear them and kidnap the alien. They use the creature to commit crimes. Eventually Superboy rescues the alien and stops the criminals.
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Episode 2 - The Gorilla Gang
Release Date: 1967-09-16The Gorilla gang have been robbing banks. When Clark and Lana discover their secret cave hideout on a field trip, Clark secret uses his superpowers to foil the gang.
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Episode 3 - The Chameleon Creature
Release Date: 1967-09-23Clark, Lana, and her father are on a safari in Africa where they spot an incredibly rare white ape. Soon they learn that the white creature can change its shape. It kidnaps Lana, but she is rescues by Superboy. In the end, the discover that the creature is a white ape. It can change its shape because it was exposed to a mysterious purple gas.
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Episode 4 - The Great Space Race
Release Date: 1967-09-30After stopping a series of strange disasters, Superboy and Krypto help a group of alien police capture Clarix an escaped alien scientist who is after Uranium to power his dangerous inventions.
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Episode 5 - Finger of Doom
Release Date: 1967-10-07When an astronomer is bombarded by cosmic rays from a rogue star, he gains the ability to fire energy beams. He joins a band of criminals and Superboy must find a way to stop him.
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Episode 6 - Krypto, K-9 Detective
Release Date: 1967-10-14When a circus dog is kidnapped, Superboy sends Krypto undercover to save the circus dog and root out the kidnappers.
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Episode 7 - The Neanderthal Caveman Caper
Release Date: 1967-10-21A group of criminals distracts Superboy by making him fight a thawed out Neanderthal. The use the distraction to steal an experimental invention. Fortunately, Superboy managed to defeat the caveman and stop the criminals.
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Episode 8 - The Terrible Trio
Release Date: 1967-10-28Superboy teaches three school bullies a lesson and helps them realize that they should not push people around.