Skip to content
Back
Playback unavailable Playback is disabled.

Playback is currently unavailable for S1 E1 · The Jewel of the Techacal. Episode details remain available below.

Poster for Superboy

Superboy

6.4/10 27 votes
Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Superboy is a half-hour live-action television series based on Kal-El's early years as Superboy. It depicted Superboy's adventures during his college years, his meetings with Lex Luthor and his romance with Lana Lang. The series was brought to the screen by executive producers Ilya and Alexander Salkind, who were the producers of the first three Superman movies and the 1984 Supergirl movie.

Created by:
Alexander Salkind, Ilya Salkind
Cast:
Gerard Christopher, Stacy Haiduk, Peter Jay Fernandez, Robert Levine
Language:
English
Country:
United States of America
Network:
Syndication

Episode guide

Seasons

4 available

Season 1

Episodes

Episode 1 selected
Still from The Jewel of the Techacal E01

Episode 1

★ 6.0

The Jewel of the Techacal

1988-10-08

Lana's father, an archeologist, comes to the university with what he thinks is a cursed relic. Lex Luthor then steals the jewel in order to sell it to the highest bidder.

Current episode
Still from A Kind of Princess E02

Episode 2

★ 6.0

A Kind of Princess

1988-10-15

Clark falls for Sara, the daughter of a crime boss. Both Clark and Sara get stuck in the middle between rival crime syndicates, and it is up to Superboy to save everyone.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from Back to Oblivion E03

Episode 3

★ 6.0

Back to Oblivion

1988-10-22

TJ goes to a scrap yard to investigate strange things that have happened there. When he arrives, he is trapped in a crushing machine by the old man, Mr. Wagner, who owns the scrap yard.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from The Russian Exchange Student E04

Episode 4

★ 6.0

The Russian Exchange Student

1988-10-29

When a scientist's formula to improve the efficiency of gasoline is nearly destroyed, a Russian exchange student named Natasha is accused of sabotaging the computer that the formula was stored on.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from Countdown to Nowhere E05

Episode 5

★ 6.0

Countdown to Nowhere

1988-11-05

The world first learns of the new hero, Superboy, when he rescues Lana Lang from kidnapper Roscoe Williams (Doug Barr).

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from Bringing Down the House E06

Episode 6

★ 6.0

Bringing Down the House

1988-11-12

A rock star, Judd Faust, wants the amusement park and puts everyone in danger when the owner refuses to sell it to him. Lana falls in love with Judd but learns of his true nature when he takes her away one night and puts her in a torture device.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from The Beast and Beauty E07

Episode 7

★ 6.0

The Beast and Beauty

1988-11-19

A Superboy impersonator is robbing banks and jewelry stores to get a million dollars so he can marry Florida's beauty queen.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from The Fixer E08

Episode 8

★ 6.0

The Fixer

1988-11-26

Clark discovers that Luthor is trying to fix some of the school's basketball games so that he make a killing in betting. And the way he does that is, that he has a photo of the team's star player in a compromising position that if it got out it would ruin his career.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from The Alien Solution E09

Episode 9

★ 7.0

The Alien Solution

1988-12-03

A strange cloud-like alien who can take over others bodies comes to earth hoping to steal Superboy's body so he can add it to his collection of warriors.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from Troubled Waters E10

Episode 10

★ 6.0

Troubled Waters

1988-12-10

A businessman wants to buy all the farms in the Smallville area during an agricultural depression. Mr. Kent wants to find out why. Kenderson, the businessman, has something to hide and tries to kill Mr. Kent but he is unsuccessful.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from The Invisible People E11

Episode 11

★ 6.0

The Invisible People

1989-01-21

A large group of homeless people are living in front of a beach club on a Florida beach. They were promised jobs by the wealthy beach club owner, who never gave them anything.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from Kryptonite Kills E12

Episode 12

★ 6.0

Kryptonite Kills

1989-01-28

A Kryptonite meteor falls in Addis Ababa and is sent to Shuster for study. It turns up in Clark's class on minerals. There, Clark feels the pain of kryptonite for the first time.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from Revenge of the Alien (1) E13

Episode 13

★ 7.0

Revenge of the Alien (1)

1989-02-04

The alien from "The Alien Solution" escapes after a thief steals the canister containing him. He wants revenge on Superboy for destroying his collection of warrior bodies.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from Revenge of the Alien (2) E14

Episode 14

★ 6.0

Revenge of the Alien (2)

1989-02-11

Now controlling Pa Kent, the alien makes his move to get revenge. He kidnaps Lana and holds her hostage on a rooftop near Shuster University.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from Stand Up and Get Knocked Down E15

Episode 15

★ 6.0

Stand Up and Get Knocked Down

1989-02-18

TJ finds his friend Michael dead outside of the Bonkerz comedy club. TJ wants to find out what happened to him, so he goes to the club's amateur night.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from Meet Mr. Mxyzptlk E16

Episode 16

★ 6.0

Meet Mr. Mxyzptlk

1989-02-25

Superboy is called on to help remove a totem pole from the ground so it can be studied. When he arrives, the totem won't budge.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from Birdwoman of the Swamps E17

Episode 17

★ 6.0

Birdwoman of the Swamps

1989-03-04

When a bulldozer is turned over at a construction site, TJ and Clark decide to investigate. Clark meets an old Indian woman who believes the birds turned over the bulldozer.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from Terror from the Blue E18

Episode 18

★ 6.0

Terror from the Blue

1989-03-11

After witnessing a police officer being gunned down by a corrupt colleague, Lana is targeted by crooked cops.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from War of the Species E19

Episode 19

★ 6.0

War of the Species

1989-03-18

T.J. discovers a government created robot that killed someone. Superboy manages to save him. When a government official tells them that everything is classified they leave. Later the man confronts the creator who seems have other plans. He later grabs T.J. setting a trap for Superboy.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from Little Hercules E20

Episode 20

★ 6.0

Little Hercules

1989-04-15

Clark and TJ visit a young high school genius named Billy Hercules who has been offered a scholarship by Shuster University. Clark befriends the boy, with whom he can relate as both are different and out of place.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from Mutant E21

Episode 21

★ 6.0

Mutant

1989-04-22

Clark witnesses the kidnapping of Professor Craig Lipcott, a famous nuclear scientist. As Superboy, he follows the kidnappers to a rooftop and sees them enter a strange ship just before he is attacked by a powerful ray that leaves him disoriented.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from The Phantom of the Third Division E22

Episode 22

★ 6.0

The Phantom of the Third Division

1989-04-29

Jonathan Kent is being stalked by a man with whom he fought alongside during the Korean War. As Clark, Lana and T.J. come to Smallville for a visit, Mr. Kent is lured to the Smallville hospital and kidnapped by the man.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from Black Flamingo E23

Episode 23

★ 6.0

Black Flamingo

1989-05-06

An attempted assassination of a senator leads Superboy to a mysterious nightclub.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from Hollywood E24

Episode 24

★ 6.0

Hollywood

1989-05-13

Professor Zugar, invents a time machine and sends himself and Superboy back in time to Hollywood in the 1930s. Superboy meets a famous actor, Victoria Letour, and discovers that she is being stalked by men who want to kill her.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from Succubus E25

Episode 25

★ 6.0

Succubus

1989-05-20

A beautiful vampire-like creature seeks to drain Superboy of his life force and seduces TJ as part of her plot.

Watch progress · Not tracked
Still from Luthor Unleashed E26

Episode 26

★ 6.0

Luthor Unleashed

1989-05-27 · 21m

Luthor steals a powerful weapon developed by the army and prepares to sell it to weapon dealers. Later, while Luthor is working in the Shuster laboratory, he causes an explosion, and Superboy saves him by blowing the chemical fumes out of the building.

Watch progress · Not tracked

Cast

Gerard Christopher

Gerard Christopher

Superboy / Clark Kent

Stacy Haiduk

Stacy Haiduk

Lana Lang

Peter Jay Fernandez

Peter Jay Fernandez

Matt Ritter

Robert Levine

Robert Levine

C. Dennis Jackson

More Like This

Drag to explore