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Superboy (
The Comic Book), later renamed
The Adventures of Superboy is the companion comic to the UPN series developed by Ilya and Alexander Salkind to follow their four
Superman films. The series premiered October 8th, 1988.
After John Byrne's
The Man of Steel retconned
Superman's career in
Smallville as a
boy out of the DCU Continuity.
This is
Shuster University, in
Seigel, Florida, student
Clark Kent. Along with
Lana Lang and
T.J. White. TJ was later replaced with
Andy McAllister. The series would feature some of the first live-action appearances of such classic rogues as
Metallo and
Mxyzptlk.
This book debuted February 1990, the same month as Second Season episodes
Run, Dracula, Run;
Brimstone;
Abandon Earth and
Escape To Earth. Seasons Three and Four shifted from
Shuster University in
Seigel, Florida to the
Bureau of Extra-Normal Matters in Capital City, Florida. The reason for the Florida setting is the series was filmed at
Disney/MGM, then
Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. The series ended with a final episode aired May 17, 1992. Time-Warner took control of Superboy back from the Salkinds. To date, only the
John Haymes Newton, first season of the series has been released on DVD. The series was followed by
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and later
Smallville. This title would only survive
two years and
twenty-two issues, to February of 1992.
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