The Adventures of Superboy

The Adventures of Superboy
Created byWhitney Ellsworth
Based on
Superboy
by
StarringJohnny Rockwell
Bunny Henning
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes1
Production
Running time25 minutes

The Adventures of Superboy is a proposed TV series that was put into production in 1961. It was meant to capitalize on the success of Adventures of Superman, which went out of production in 1958. Only a pilot episode ("Rajah's Ransom") was produced, although 12 additional scripts had been prepared, had the series been picked up.

It featured the first portrayals of Superboy and Lana Lang outside of comic books, and stands as a forerunner of later series based on Clark Kent's youth: Superboy, which lasted four seasons, and Smallville, which lasted ten seasons.