Superboy (TV series)

Superboy is an American television series based on the DC Comics character Superboy. The series ran from 1988 to 1992 with a total of 100 episodes. The name of the series in the third season was changed to The Adventures of Superboy .



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[hide] *1 Background  ==Background[ Edit] == The series revolves around Clark Kent, the future Superman as a teenager, when he was still at the higher school in Siegville, Florida. During this time he used his forces already for heroics, and called himself Superboy. Ironically this was the comic version of superboy (the young Clark Kent) comic book written three years earlier when DC Comics decided to give much of his characters new backgrounds. It was not until 1993, a year after the television series was discontinued, once again became a new fixed character with the name Superboy introduced in the comics.
 * 2 History
 * 2.1 season 1
 * 2.2 season 2
 * 2.3 season 3
 * 2.4 season 4
 * 3 the end of the series
 * 4 Cast
 * 4.1 season 1
 * 4.2 seasons 2-4

The show was created by Ilya & Alexander Salkind, the producers of the first three Superman movies and the film Supergirl. Just like the 1988 Superman animated series , the series along with the 50th anniversary of Superman.

The show was recorded in Orlando, Florida Disney (season 1) and Universal (seasons 2-4) studios. That was also the reason that the series was going on in Florida. Much of the action in the series initially turned to the stories that Clark wrote for the school newspaper, the n T.J. Shuster Herald. All outdoor scenes of the "Shuster University" were filmed at the campus of the University of Central Florida.

Many comic book writers worked on the series, including Michael Carlin, writer Dennis O'Neil Andy Helfer , Cary Bates, J.M. DeMatteis, and Mark Evanier. ==History[ Edit] == ===Season 1[ Edit] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series started in 1988 with John Haymes Newton in the role of Superboy/Clark Kent. Stacy Haiduk played Clarks girlfriend Lana Lang, and Jim Calvert Clarks roommate T.J. White.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The season initially counted thirteen episodes, starting with "Countdown to Nowhere", in which Superboy himself for the first time shown to the public. This episode has two versions. In the uncensored version plays the episode in the "present", in the censored version is the episode a flashback.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The first episodes were clearly different from the later episodes of the series. There the producers not sure knew if there might be more episodes would be ordered, they tried to save as much money as possible in the production of the first 13. Therefore, the special effects less well and have the episodes stories that focus more on the development of the characters. The villains in these episodes were ordinary criminals such as drug dealers.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">When the series was popular the first season was extended to 26 episodes, and the special effects were improved. Now were also introduced as an alien enemies more super, a vampire and the classic Superman villainLex Luthor. The enmity between Luthor and Superboy came in the series partly because Superboy was responsible for Lex's baldness. ===Season 2<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the second season found a few drastic changes are taking place. For example, a number of actors replaced. John Haymes Newton was caught driving under the influence; something big was reported in the newspapers. The producers feared that this would adversely affect the series, and replaced Newton therefore by Gerard Christopher. Scott Wells, who is perhaps best known for the role of Lex Luthor in season 1, was replaced by Sherman Howard. In the first episode of the season left the producers Luthor plastic surgery undergo to explain why he suddenly looked different. T.J. White was written out of the series, and replaced by Ilan Mitchell-Smith.

<p lang="en" len="448" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">More famous Superman villains were introduced in this season as Metallo, Bizarro and the Yellow Peri. ===Season 3<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the third season the series again underwent a change. The title was now officially The Adventures of Superboy, and the series shifted from Shuster University to the "Bureau for extra-normal Matters in Capitol City, Florida, where Clark and Lana went to work. Andy McCalister was written out of the series. Many of the characters were now members of Clark and Lana in place of fellow students.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The undertone of the series changed dramatically. The stories in season three were a lot grimmer and the series as a whole got more the appearance of a film noir. Journalists wrote these changes to the success of theBatman movie from 1989. Many stories turned to adult themes. For example, Superboy temporarily when he thinks his heroic life an innocent bystander to have killed, is faced with his greatest fears by an alien who influenced his nightmares, and travels to a number of parallel universes which shows how his life would be run as he had made other choices. So he meets a version of himself who could no longer involve and Luthor killed, and a version of themselves that instead of humanity, to help right the world has conquered with his forces. ===Season 4<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The fourth season retained the structure of the third season, and was the first season in which no major changes took place within the cast. The trend of episodes with a more mature story was continued in this season.For example, in an episode Bizarro finally back an ordinary person, but must specify this to save Superboy. ==The end of the series<span class="mw-editsection" len="354" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The fourth season would actually end up with a Cliffhanger in which Superboy apparently is killed by Luthor. The viewing figures of the series in season 4 were still high and the producers assumed that there at least another two seasons would follow. The series had to retire when [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWarner_Bros. Warner Bros.] claimed the rights to Superboy. The final of the fourth season was therefore rewritten so plain to see was that Superboy still lived.

<p lang="en" len="477" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Warner Bros. probably Wanted the rights to the character because they have their own superman series, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, had in mind and did not want that there are two superman series would run at the same time. ==Cast<span class="mw-editsection" len="336" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Season 1<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Seasons 2-4<span class="mw-editsection" len="346" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * Stacy Haiduk - Lana Lang
 * John Haymes Newton - Superboy/Clark Kent
 * Jim Calvert -T.J. (Trevor Jenkins) White
 * Scott James Wells – Lex Luthor
 * Michael Manno -Leo
 * George Chakiris -Professor Peterson
 * Roger Pretto -Lt. Zeke Harris
 * Stuart Whitman – Jonathan Kent
 * Salome Jens – Martha Kent
 * Stacy Haiduk -Lana Lang
 * Gerard Christopher -Superboy/Clark Kent
 * Ilan Mitchell-Smith -Andy McCalister
 * Peter Jay Fernandez -Matt Ritter
 * Robert Levine -C. Dennis Jackson
 * Gilbert Gottfried -Nick Knack
 * Sherman Howard -Lex Luthor
 * Tracy Roberts -Darla
 * Stuart Whitman -Jonathan Kent
 * Salome Jens -Martha Kent