The Adventures of Superboy is a proposed TV series that was put into production in 1961.[1] 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")[2][3] was produced, although 12 additional scripts had been prepared, had the series been picked up.
It featured the first non-comic book portrayals ever of Superboy and Lana Lang and stands as a forerunner of the later series Superboy, which lasted four seasons and Smallville, which lasted ten seasons.
The only stand-alone 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.
This pilot episode has been included in the 62-disc DVD box set of Smallville: The Complete Series, released by Warner Home Video in November 2011, along with additional bonus features not included in the individual season releases of Smallville.[5]
Other mediaedit
A book titled Superboy and Superpup: The Lost Videos, written by Chuck Harter, was published in 1993 by Cult Movies Press. It 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.[6] The book also claims that a story in issue #88 of the Superboy comic is based on the pilot script.[2] In September 2022, BearmanorMedia.com republished "Superboy & Superpup The Lost Videos" by Chuck Harter, now with a full color cover. The new edition is available in hardback, paperback and e-book editions.
Look, Up In The Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman - a 2006 documentary containing a clip of the pilot.[2]
Referencesedit
^Cronin, Brian (2011-12-02). "Comic Book Legends Revealed #343". CBR. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
^ abcScivally, Bruce (2008). "Chapter 6 - The Middle Years - Superpup and Superboy". Superman on film, television, radio, and Broadway. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. ISBN978-0-7864-3166-3. OCLC 153579095.
^Robb, Brian J. (2014). A brief history of superheroes. London. ISBN978-1-4721-1055-8. OCLC 884547217. The second was a pilot for The Adventures of Superboy, made in 1961. Johnny Rockwell played a young Clark Kent/Superboy in a light-hearted drama set in Smallville. Bunny Henning played Laura Lang. Thirteen scripts were written, but only the twenty-five-minute pilot entitled 'Rajah's Ransom' was made, and it can also be seen on YouTube.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^"The Men Of Steel: 50 actors who played Superman". Empire. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
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^"The Superman Super Site - August 25, 2011: SUPERBOY AND SUPERPUP: THE LOST VIDEOS - An interview with, and about, Chuck Harter". supermansupersite.com. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
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