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Is The Adventures of Superboy coming back?

The Adventures of Superboy (1966–1968) — action · adventure · children on CBS

The answer: Concluded November 2, 1968.
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Genre
Action · Adventure · Children
Network / streamer
CBS
Premiered
September 10, 1966
Ended
November 2, 1968
Runtime
~6 min per episode
3seasons
34episodes

About The Adventures of Superboy

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.

Each episode featured the Boy of Steel ducking out of high school and racing into action to battle a wide array of adversaries, from dognappers in "Krypto, K-9 Detective," androids run amok in "The Revolt of Robotville," and alien menaces in "The Spy from Outer Space," to another young hero with similar powers in "Superboy Meets Mighty Lad," and a slew of otherworldly monsters ("The Deep Sea Dragon," "Visitor from the Earth's Core"). He even wound up being captured and successfully having to fight a gang of small-time crooks—all while in his disguise as Clark Kent—in "The Gorilla Gang." Most of the stories were written by DC writers such as Bob Haney and George Kashdan, while character designs were based closely upon the Superboy comic books of the time.

The Adventures of Superboy episode schedule

34 aired

Aired · 34

DateEp.Title
November 2, 1968 S3·E8 The Great Kryptonite Caper
October 26, 1968 S3·E7 The Monster Molecule
October 19, 1968 S3·E6 The Space Refugees
October 12, 1968 S3·E5 The Trap of the Super Spacemen
October 5, 1968 S3·E4 Double Trouble, Double Doom
September 28, 1968 S3·E3 King Superboy
September 21, 1968 S3·E2 Superboy Meets Mighty Lad
September 14, 1968 S3·E1 Forget Me Not, Superdog
October 28, 1967 S2·E8 The Terrible Trio
October 21, 1967 S2·E7 The Neanderthal Caveman Caper
October 14, 1967 S2·E6 Krypto, K-9 Detective
October 7, 1967 S2·E5 Finger of Doom
September 30, 1967 S2·E4 The Great Space Race
September 23, 1967 S2·E3 The Chameleon Creature
September 16, 1967 S2·E2 The Gorilla Gang
September 9, 1967 S2·E1 The Beast with Two Faces
January 7, 1967 S1·E18 Revolt of Robotville
December 31, 1966 S1·E17 A Devil of a Time
December 24, 1966 S1·E16 Superboy's Super-Dilemma
December 17, 1966 S1·E15 Hurricane Fighters
December 10, 1966 S1·E14 The Jinxed Circus
December 3, 1966 S1·E13 Operation Counter Invasion
November 26, 1966 S1·E12 The Black Knight
November 19, 1966 S1·E11 Krypto, Super Seeing-Eye Dog
November 12, 1966 S1·E10 The Capricious Crony
November 5, 1966 S1·E9 Superboy's Strangest Foe
October 29, 1966 S1·E8 The Beast That Went Berzerk
October 22, 1966 S1·E7 The Visitor from the Earth Core
October 15, 1966 S1·E6 Super Clown of Smallville
October 8, 1966 S1·E5 The Deep Sea Dragon
Show 4 earlier episodes
October 1, 1966 S1·E4 The Man Who Knew Superboy's Secret
September 24, 1966 S1·E3 Krypto's Calamitous Capers
September 17, 1966 S1·E2 The Spy from Outer Space: Part 2
September 10, 1966 S1·E1 The Spy from Outer Space: Part 1

The Adventures of Superboy cast