Television Series
(1988-1992)

* Thanks to DMWC for most of these pics

Executive Producer: Ilya Salkind
Character created by: Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster
Music: Kevin Kiner - Opening Theme: [Real Audio]

CAST

SEASON 1 | SEASON 2 | SEASON 3 | SEASON 4
#1 - The Jewel Of Techacal - (10/3/88)
Writer: Fred Frieberger
Director: Reza S. Badiyi
Lana Lang's globe-trotting father(Peter White) and his assistant are heading to Shuster University to mount an exhibition of artifacts from their latest archeological dig. Professor Lang's assistant believes one of the relics is cursed. Their arrival at the local airport seems to support this theory when their landing gear fails to function, and they are nearly killed - except for the fact that Superboy enters the scene in the knick of time and rescues the endangered plane. Reunited with her father after the near catastrophe, Lana Lang tries desperately to smooth out past differences until the curse strikes again, felling Professor Lang with a massive heart attack. It's clear the cursed artifact must be returned to its place of origin or all of Shuster is in danger. Unfortunately, a ruthless upper-classman, Lex Luthor, along with his henchman, Leo(Michael Manno), has pilfered the priceless artifact intending to sell it to the highest bidder.

#2 - A Kind Of Princess - (10/10/88)
Writers: Howard Dimsdale and Michael Morris
Director: Reza S. Badiyi
Clark Kent has fallen for Sarah Danner(Julie McCullough), whose father(Ed Winter[Project: UFO]) is a very important man in organized crime. He's come to Shuster University for his daughter's birthday, which doesn't sit well with Casey(Harry Cup), the local crime boss. Fearing that Sarah's father is moving in on his territory, Casey orders him killed. All-out war is declared between the two gangsters after Superboy saves Sarah's father. Clark questions his feelings toward Sarah, who accepts her father's work a little too matter-of-factly for Clark's tastes, though it's not long before Sarah herself becomes her father's bargaining chip against Casey. Helpless to do much but wait with his girl's life hanging in the balance, Clark Kent sees what little value Sarah's life has to her father, as he gambles frivolously with Casey.

#3 - Back To Oblivion - (10/17/88)
Writer: Fred Frieberger
Director: Colin Chilvers
T.J. White, the son of Daily Planet newspaper editor Perry White, is investigating several acts of violence reported at the scrap heap near Shuster University, when he too falls victim to deadly machines constructed by old man Wagner(Abe Vigoda) to protect his yard. When Lana Lang hears of the attempt on T.J.'s life, she defends Wagner as a fine upstanding citizen. She even goes out to his scrap yard to calm the frightened Mr. Wagner. Hounded for years by inconsiderate children and neighbors, the old man's past catches up with him as he begins to relive the Nazi holocaust, surrounding himself with protection. When Lana Lang turns up with some food, the senile old man mistakes her for his murdered daughter Lena. Attempts to reason with him are futile and it takes Superboy to brave the scrap-metal onslaught Mr. Wagner has prepared for the imagined Nazi takeover.

#4 - The Russian Exchange Student - (10/24/88)
Writers: Vida Spears and Sava V. Finney
Director: Reza S. Badiyi
The college adventures of Superboy continue as Natasha Pokrovsku(Heather Haase), a Soviet exchange student, visits the Shuster University campus to work on a joint Soviet/American energy experiment with Professor Abel Gorden(Ray Walston[My Favorite Martian]). While working in his high-security laboratory, Professor Gorden is jolted from his seat by an electrical short in the computer. Knowing that only he, Natasha, and his assistant Jeff Hilford(Courtney Gaines) have access to the lab, Gorden, already leery of the foreign exchange student, suspects Natasha of rigging the explosion. Insulted and hurt, Natasha packs to return home to the Soviet Union while Clark, Lana and T.J. try to talk her in to staying. Later, another incident occurs that nearly kills Professor Gorden, and Natasha is believed to be the cause. But T.J. and Clark believe that she is innocent and become determined to clear her from suspicion.

#5 - Countdown To Nowhere - (10/31/88)
Writer: Fred Frieberger
Director: Colin Chilvers
During a peaceful protest over the development of a dangerous new laser gun for the government, four thieves dressed as Shuster University football players steal the controversial weapon. To protect their getaway, the kidnap the protest's organizer, freshman Lana Lang. Clark and T.J. are at a loss as to where the criminals are headed with Lana and the gun, but the young journalism students decipher a cryptic clue, and they realize that the thieves intend to sabotage the launching of NASA's space shuttle scheduled for that afternoon. Concerned for the safety of his dearest friend and the danger posed to the U.S. space program, Clark Kent has little choice except to venture out into public as the Boy Of Steel - Superboy - for the first time ever.

#6 - Bringing Down The House - (11/7/88)
Writers: Howard Dimsdale and Michael Morris
Director: Colin Chilvers
A rash of deadly mishaps plague the boardwalk and baseball amusement park the same week that Shuster University alumnus Judd Faust(Leif Garrett) returns for a rare concert appearance at the college. The introverted rock star sweeps Lana Lang off her feet and appears to make Clark Kent a little bit jealous. While investigating the strange accidents, Clark discovers there is a bizarre link between Faust's return to Shuster and the deadly theme-park threats. Faust's compulsion to collect almost anything is revealed to be a driving force in his personality - and in his profession. When Lana finds out what lengths Faust will go to add to his collection, it may be too late for her to survive her crush on the outlandish celebrity.

#7 - The Beast And Beauty - (11/14/88)
Writers: Toby Martin and Bernard M. Khan
Director: Jackie Cooper
After a jewelry store is held up, the guard(Tom Nowicki) swears it was Superboy who melted their vault with his heat vision. Not realizing there is an impostor, the police issue a warrant for Superboy's arrest. Meanwhile, at Shuster University, Clark Kent is interviewing Jennifer Jenkins(Lonnie Shaw), a Shuster graduate and contestant in a regional Beauty Pageant. Hugo Stone(David Marciano) is the imposter and the would-be suitor of Jennifer Jenkins. Once she jokingly agreed to marry Stone if he "had a million bucks." Armed with high-tech machines and a Superboy costume, he is stealing his million dollar dowry. The girl has no idea that the lunatic Stone will soon be paying a call on her, and Superboy's problems are only beginning as the police arrest him after he saves two officers from a burning car that wrecked in pursuit of the imposter.

#8 - The Fixer - (11/21/88)
Writer: Alan Schwimmer
Director: Colin Chilvers
Superboy gets involved in a fixed basketball game at Shuster University which is masterminded by Shuster University senior, Lex Luthor. Luthor has bribed the star player(Michael Landon Jr.) to throw the game by threatening to publish some photographs of him smoking grass at a party, which would ruin his pro-basketball career. Clark, Lana and T.J. team up to defeat Lex by convincing Stretch to win the game in spite of the consequences. Stretch eventually comes to the realization that if he does throw the game, he will be in Luthor's hip pocket for the rest of his life. He decides to try his best to win, but his every move is foiled by another player who is on the take.

#9 - The Alien Solution - (11/28/88)
Writers: Michael Carlin and Andrew Helfer
Director: Colin Chilvers
Unknown to Superboy and Lana Lang, they are being monitored by a weird gaseous creature in a spaceship high above the Earth's atmosphere. After inhabiting a lifeless body(Jeff Moldovan) on board its ship, the alien follows and captures the unsuspecting Lana and subsequently succeeds in luring the Boy Of Steel into its clutches. After a pitched battle on the Shuster University campus where Lana is rendered unconscious, it appears that Superboy has indeed defeated the strange alien warrior. But the gaseous being escapes the lifeless warrior form, and enters Lana's comatose figure. Thinking his lifelong friend is on the verge of death, Clark stands vigil over her hospital bed until he is confronted by the alien-possessed Lana. Clark is torn up over Lana being hurt by the alien, until the being regains consciousness and tricks Clark into following the gaseous creature back to its ship as Superboy. Once on board the alien vessel, the creature plans to add Superboy to its collection of lifeless warriors.

#10 - Troubled Waters - (12/5/88)
Writer: Dick Robbins
Director: Reza S. Badiyi
Clark Kent's father is a prominent and vocal resister to Carl Kenderson(Peter Palmer), a suspicious land investor, who is mysteriously making bids on their community's modestly valued farmlands. Having obviously chosen an unscrupulous adversary, Jonathan "Pa" Kent soon finds himself in Smallville Community Hospital, the victim an unexplainable tractor accident. Against Jonathan's wishes, Clark's old girl friend, Ellen Jensen(Julie Donald), calls the Kent's son back to Smallville from Shuster University. When Clark arrives, Pa Kent tells Clark of his suspicions that Kenderson plans on buying up the land and mining it. Clark uses his X-ray vision to discover there is nothing unusual under the soil except an underground river. When Kenderson sets out to torch the Kent farm, disaster is averted by Superboy, who discovers what that the underground river is Kenderson's goal - he intends to sell the water cheaply to outsiders. But Kenderson isn't about to quit yet, and part of his plan includes the death of Jonathan Kent.

#11 - Kryptonite Kills - (1/23/89)
Writers: Andrew Helfer and Michael Carlin
Director: Jackie Cooper[The SUPERMAN Movies]
Professor Peterson's colleagues send part of a glowing green meteorite to Shuster University where he displays it in his geology class. Peterson begins to tell what a great source of energy the rock seems to be when Clark suddenly faints before the entire class. In the confusion, Lex Luthor steals the strange, radiating rock from space. With the Kryptonite in his clutches, Luthor plans to overload the city's power plant, plunging the city into darkness as a cover to rob the town blind.

#12-13 - Revenge Of The Alien, parts 1&2 - (1/30/89 - 2/6/89)
Writers: Andrew Helfer and Michael Carlin
Director: Peter Kiwitt
The gaseous alien that opposed Superboy was defeated when the Boy Of Steel placed the being in a canister that was then locked in a lab. Unfortunately, a vandal(Mark Macaulay) steals the canister from the laboratory and releases the creature, who now wants revenge on Superboy. Disguised as a policeman(Chick Bernhardt), the alien tracks Superboy/Clark Kent to Shuster University, where Clark's father, Jonathan Kent, is visiting his son. Suddenly there is a huge explosion, and everyone, including Clark, is temporarily knocked unconscious. In the confusion, the alien enters the body of Pa Kent. When Jonathan and Lana Lang leave together, no one suspects that the alien has taken over Pa Kent's body and abducted Lana, and is using her as bait to capture Superboy. The alien holds Lana hostage at a building where Kryptonite, the only substance that can kill Superboy, is secretly hidden. The alien knows if he can get Superboy close enough to the Kryptonite, he will weaken the Boy Of Steel and take over his body. Superboy's attempt to rescue Lana may be his last...

#14 - Stand Up and Get Knocked Down - (2/13/89)
Writers: David Patrick Columbia and Toby Martin
Director: David Grossman
T.J. White and Clark Kent investigate the mysterious death of T.J.'s friend Michael(Hayden Logston), who had recently performed at a local comedy club. Suspecting that the club is involved in Michael's death, T.J. signs up to perform. That night, he overhears the club owners talking about Michael's murder. They thought Michael was trying to muscle in on their drug running business, so they eliminated him. When the club owners realize T.J. is snooping too much, they decide to get rid of the pesky teenager - permanently.

#15 - Meet Mr. Mxyzptlk - (2/20/89)
Writer: Dennis O'Neill - Script: [.txt]
Director: Peter Kiwitt
A creature from the fifth dimension named Mr. Mxyzptlk(Michael J. Pollard) comes to Earth to find the secret of Superboy's powers. Mr. Mxyzptlk turns himself into a Clark Kent clone to win the affections of Lana Lang. When Superboy tries to get Mr. Mxyzptlk away from Lana, Lana believes that Superboy is jealous of her newfound relationship with Clark. Meanwhile, Superboy must find another way to get Lana away from the Clark clone before she is whisked away to the fifth dimension by the mysterious Mr. Mxyzptlk.

#16 - Birdwoman Of The Swamps - (2/27/89)
Writer: Bernard M. Khan
Director: Reza S. Badiyi
A construction project benefiting the poor is halted by mysterious, inexplicable occurrences. The local wildlife is blamed for the acts of vandalism. The spokesperson for the wildlife, and old Indian woman(Marlene Cameron), says the local animals are upset by the construction and they must not be disturbed. The investigative talents of Clark, T.J., and Lana come into play when they try to get to the bottom of the strange attacks on the construction company. The old Indian woman claims the birds themselves are causing the acts of destruction, while Mr. Hogan(James MacArthur[The Swiss Family Robinson]), the owner of the construction company insists the woman is behind the mishaps. Superboy is called in to upright the huge pieces of fallen construction machinery, only to find himself momentarily succumbing to the Indian woman's ancient magic. Meanwhile, Mr. Hogan, showing his true colors, sends his men out to remove the threat of Indian woman - permanently.

#17 - Terror From The Blue - (3/6/89)
Writer: George Kirgo
Director: David Grossman
Lana Lang shows up at the police station to do an interview for her paper on community relations. Lt. Harris(Roger Pretto) isn't back from lunch, son Lana goes for a walk. Meanwhile, Harris is outside talking to Detective Jed Slade(Cary-Haroyuki Tagawa), a crooked cop who Harris is trying to talk into turning himself in for his criminal activities. Just as Lana walks by, Slade pulls out a gun and tries to kill Harris. Seeing the attempted murder, Lana runs when Slade orders a couple of his cronies to get her. Running from the scene of the crime, Lana hides out in a friend's house far away from the location of the incident, but the crooked cop hasn't given up and is still trying to find and silence Lana before she can reveal what she saw. She finally calls Clark for help, but a tapped phone at Clark's house leads Slade and his henchmen to Lana, where they hunt her down.

#18 - War Of The Species - (3/13/89)
Writer: Steven L. Sears
Director: Peter Kiwitt
Lana Lang, Clark Kent, and T.J. White come face-to-face with a super-powered android(John Matuzak) at a nearby scientific laboratory. While researching a story for the Shuster Harold, Lana and T.J. find the dead body of a scientist(Kevyn Major Howard) in his lab. They also encounter the shocking results of his latest experiment - an eight foot robot who tries to kill them. Superboy crashes through the wall, momentarily obstructing the robot, saving Lana and T.J.. But the three discover the robot will multiply into an army of robots programmed to kill all of humanity, unless Superboy can stop it.

#19 - Little Hercules - (4/10/89)
Writer: Wayne A. Rice
Director: David Grossman
While sending a romantic poem to his girlfriend by computer, a thirteen-year-old computer genius(Leaf Phoenix) accidentally sets off a sequential code which activates secret military weapons. The military can not stop the nuclear chain of events once it has started. The only hope is to call on Superboy, who flies the boy genius to a secret submarine where the missiles are ready to launch. With time running out, the boy decodes the computer while Superboy uses all his super-powers to deactivate the nuclear missiles. But unless they can finish in time, it may be the beginning of World War III.

#20 - Mutant - (4/17/89)
Writer: Michael Morris
Director: Joe Ravitz
While attending a nuclear scientists' convention, Clark sees a prominent physicist(Jack Swanson) being kidnapped by some strange-looking people. He follows them to the top of a skyscraper, where they promptly vanish after walking through a wall into a spaceship. Having been stunned by a ray beam, Superboy cannot stop the ship from leaving, and when Clark and T.J. try to report the mysterious happenings to the police, the officer interviewing them thinks that they are both nuts. Meanwhile, the kidnappers turn out to be dangerous mutants from 24th century Earth. Because the plutonium and other materials they need do not exist in their century, they have returned to the 20th century to force the physicist to help them build an atomic bomb. He refuses, but they insist they have ways to force him into submitting. Back on Earth, Clark, T.J., and Lana try to learn what has really happened to Professor Lipcott, resulting in T.J. being taken prisoner as well.

#21 - The Phantom Of The Third Division - (4/24/89)
Writer: Bernard M. Khan
Director: David Nutter
Clark Kent and schoolmates Lana and T.J. return to Smallville to visit Martha and Jonathan Kent. Soon after their arrival, a mysterious phone call leads the Kents to believe Clark was injured in a car accident. At the hospital, Pa Kent is abducted by the "Phantom"(Joe Campanella), a crazed war veteran who was in the army with Jonathan. The Phantom blames Kent for his capture during the Korean War and now seeks revenge. Clark must find a way to turn into Superboy and save his father without giving away his dual identity.

#22 - Black Flamingo - (5/1/89)
Writer: Cary Bates
Director: Chuck Martinez
A punk-rocker(Remy Palacion) positions his high-powered rifle atop a tall building, waiting for his target to come into view: a senator(Ron Knight) who is about to be assassinated. Luckily for the politician, Clark Kent is nearby, and he saves the senator and captures the giggling rocker. Superboy notices the boy is wearing a medallion with an emblem form a local club, so he goes undercover in the punk nightclub to discover why the boy was convinced he must murder the senator. At the club Clark comes up against the mysterious Snake-Man(Fernando Allende), who is using hypnosis to force young punk-rockers to perform evil deeds against their will. The Boy Of Steel is momentarily mesmerized by the Snake-Man's mind-altering spell but uses his super powers to overcome the brainwashing. Now with the help of Lana and T.J., Superboy tries again to apprehend the evil Snake-Man.

#23 - Hollywood - (5/8/89)
Writer: Fred Frieberger
Director: David Nutter
Superboy arrives to help and eccentric scientist(Doug McClure[The Land That Time Forgot]) repair his time machine. Superboy considers the scientist dubious at best, but his machine is causing power outages everywhere, so he agrees to use his heat vision to repair the device. But when he does so the scientist accidentally hurls them both back in time to 1939 Hollywood. Trapped in the past, Clark saves a beautiful girl from some thugs. It turns out that she is Victoria Letour(Gail O'Grady), a beautiful, famous movie star whom he ends up falling in love with. Meanwhile, he finds the Professor but the odd man reveals that the time machine must be repaired before they can return home - and the necessary parts don't exist in 1939. Superboy enlists Victoria to help him build the world's first electric calculator, which Superboy hopes he can use to fix the time machine and return the scientist and himself back to their own time.

#24 - Succubus - (5/15/89)
Writer: Fred Frieberger
Director: David Nutter
A man asks a beautiful woman author for her autograph, but gets more than he bargained for when Pamela Dare(Sybil Danning [V, Battle Beyond The Stars]) instantly drains his youth and turns him into an old man - a dead one. Later, T.J. White becomes smitten with the sexy romance novelist when she visits Shuster University to promote her new book. She does her best to get in good with T.J., knowing that he is Superboy's friend, but is only using him to find the Boy Of Steel - a similar tactic she uses on Clark after meeting him. Unbeknownst to all, the author is a "Succubi," a centuries old vampire-like creature who drains the youth out of her victims to maintain a youthful existence. Pamela captures Lana and T.J., holding them hostage to lure Superboy to her lair. She plans to drain the life out of Superboy to keep herself youthful forever.

#25 - Luthor Unleashed - (5/22/89)
Writer: Stephen Lord
Director: David Nutter
Lex Luthor uses a strange electronic device to knock out security equipment and guards to break into an Army base and steal some top secret laser weapon made specifically to kill people. Later, because Lex and his accomplice were wearing ROTC uniforms from Shuster University, T.J. and Clark are called in to find out if students were involved. Although Lex isn't an ROTC student, he immediately comes to mind as the guilty party. Meanwhile, Lex is in a lab working on a chemical weapon when an explosion occurs and he is trapped behind a sea of flames. Superboy saves the life of Luthor by blowing out the flames. At first Luthor is appreciative - until he learns that the exploding chemicals being blown around have caused all his hair to fall out. To Luthor's dismay, he'll be bald for the rest of his life. Lex vows to get even with Superboy for this horrible fate.

#26 - The Invisible People - (6/5/89)
Writer: Mark Evanier
Director: Jackie Cooper[The SUPERMAN Movies]
Superboy becomes involved with a group of homeless people when he comes to their aid after a savage fire-bombing of their tent city. The chief suspect is a greedy business man, Gerold Manfred(Sonny Shroyer), who has agreed to sell adjoining property to a real estate developer for $145 million if he is able to rid the nearby land of the tent city. T.J., Lana and Clark get involved in their plight, attempting to fix up the tent city after the fire-bombing. Hired goons, acting as Gerold's "security guards," kidnap Damon(Greg Morris [Mission Impossible]), the leader of the homeless workers. In the scuffle, T.J. is knocked unconscious, unceremoniously dumped in a van, and pushed towards a watery ocean grave. Superboy dashes to save him and the kidnappers escape. Superboy teams up with Lana and the destitute families in an inspirational attempt to rescue their missing ally. Lana finds Damon, but is captured herself by Manfred. When Damon rejects Manfred's bribes to move the tent city, both of them face death.

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