Sunday, October 25, 2009

Superboy TV show

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Above, a full-page ad for "Superboy" in a cable-TV trade magazine.

In 1988, the "Superboy" series premiered, to my enthusiastic welcome. Although low-budget, it was an enjoyable show, which is in my opinion more enjoyable than the current "Smallville" series. John Haymes Newton, who, although a bit wooden, carried himself well in the suit and made a both a good Clark and Superboy. The flying wirework was equal to the movies, but the greenscreen flying effects were less convincing. Still, it was good to see a live-action Super-series of any kind, and was the next best thing to a Superman series.

Below, another cable trade magazine ad for the show.

And lastly, an article from Electronic Media magazine about the movie from the Disney studio to Universal. Sadly, I don't have the rest of the article.

2 comments:

  1. superboy is a good show .But my favorite shows are Heroes and Friends.

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  2. I love this series, and my favorite seasons were 2-4 when Gerard Christopher came on board. I just blogged about it myself now. Thanks for posting this. Did you ever watch the series Voyagers! from 1982-1983? It was a an adorable time travel show and I run a huge fan website for it.
    http://www.voyagersguidebook.net

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