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Superboy 1988

Superboy – A television series that aired for four seasons; from October 8, 1988 to May 17, 1992. It was brought to the TV screen by executive producers Ilya and Alexander Salkind. They are the same producers of the first three Superman films and the 1984 Supergirl movie. The first season of the show went on the air on October 1988 with John Haymes Newton as Superboy/Clark Kent and the lovely Stacy Haiduk as his love interest Lana Lang.

The show’s storylines for Season 1 revolved around Clark/Superboy and Lana in college at Shuster University in Siegelville Florida (a nod to Superman's creators, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel). However, during its second season drastic changes took place. For instance, John Haymes Newton was replaced with actor Gerard Christopher in the lead role. Also, a lot more comic book characters were introduced into the show. The third season saw even more changes, such as the show's title officially becoming The Adventures of Superboy and the setting shifting from 'Shuster University' to ‘The Bureau for Extra-Normal Matters’ in Capitol City Florida, where Clark and Lana became interns. It also developed darker and more mature storylines.

The fourth and final season maintained its darker look and feel as well as generating high rating numbers. Hence, there is some controversy as to why the show was cancelled after its fourth season in 1992. The Salkinds were planning a fifth and sixth season for the show, but a lien was filed by Warner Bros against the series wanting all the film and television rights to Superman back under their control. At that time, the Salkinds had rights to Superboy, Supergirl and Superpup, which had allowed them to spearhead the Superboy TV Show in the first place. This is where it gets complicated because although Superboy was a Salkind production of a Time Warner property, it was distributed in the United States by the Viacom corporation, which later merged with Paramount in 1994. Therefore, because of the number of different companies involved in Superboy and due to legal issues between Salkind and Time Warner which took time to settle, the series has not re-aired on American television since its initial syndicated run. After Warner Brothers put the lien in place and regained the film and television rights from the Salkinds, the company produced Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. It is therefore believed by some that Warner put the lien in place only to open the door for Lois & Clark, not wanting two Superman-related TV series on the air at the same time.

Episode Index of all Lana Lang appearances and or references in “Superboy” television series:

Superboy: The Complete First Season (DVD Released: June 20, 2006)

All of Lana Lang's first season episode appearances

Season 1 (1988-1989):

1 –“The Jewel of Techacal” – Aired: October 8, 1988

2 – “A Kind of Princess” – Aired: October 15, 1988

3 – “Back to Oblivion” – Aired: October 22, 1988

4 – “The Russian Exchange Student” – Aired: October 29, 1988

5 – “Countdown to Nowhere” – Aired: November 5, 1988

6 – “Bringing Down the House” – Aired: November 12, 1988

7 – “The Beast and Beauty” – Aired: November 19, 1988

8 – “The Fixer” – Aired: November 26, 1988

9 – “The Alien Solution” – Aired: December 3, 1988

10 – “Troubled Waters” – Aired: December 10, 1988

11 – “The Invisible People” – Aired: January 21, 1989

12 – “Kryptonite Kills” – Aired: January 28, 1989

13 – “Revenge of the Alien Part One” – Aired: February 4, 1989

14 – “Revenge of the Alien Part Two” – Aired: February 11, 1989

15 – “Stand Up and Get Knocked Down” – Aired: February 18, 1989

16 – “Meet Mr. Mxyzptlk” – Aired: February 25, 1989

17 – “Birdwoman of the Swamps” – Aired: March 4, 1989

18 – “Terror From the Blue” – Aired: March 11, 1989

19 – “War of the Species” – Aired: March 18, 1989

20 - “Little Hercules” – Aired: April 15, 1989

21 – “Mutant” – Aired: April 22, 1989

22 – “The Phantom of the Third Division” – Aired: April 29, 1989

23 – “Black Flamingo” – Aired: May 6, 1989

24 – “Hollywood” – Aired: May 13, 1989

25 – “Succubus” – Aired: May 20, 1989

26 – “Luthor Unleashed” – Aired: May 27, 1989

Season 2 (1989–1990)

27 - "With This Ring I Thee Kill" – Aired: October 7, 1989

28 - "Lex Luthor Sentenced to Death" – Aired: October 14, 1989

29 - "Metallo" – Aired: October 21, 1989

30 - "Young Dracula" – Aired: October 28, 1989

31 - "Nightmare Island" – Aired: November 4, 1989

32 - "Bizarro… The Thing of Steel" – Aired: November 11, 1989

33 - "The Battle With Bizarro" – Aired: November 18, 1989

34 - "Mr. & Mrs. Superboy" – Aired: November 25, 1989

35 - "Programmed for Death" – Aired: December 2, 1989

36 - "Superboy’s Deadly Touch" – Aired: December 9, 1989

37 - "The Power of Evil" – Aired: December 16, 1989

38 - "Superboy… Rest in Peace" – Aired: December 30, 1989

39 - "Super Menace!" – Aired: January 13, 1990

40 - "Yellow Peri’s Spell of Doom" – Aired: January 20, 1990

41 - "Microboy" – Aired: January 27, 1990

42 – "Run, Dracula, Run" – Aired: February 3, 1990

43 - "Brimstone" – Aired: February 10, 1990

44 - "Abandon Earth" – Aired: February 17, 1990

45 - "Escape to Earth" – Aired: February 24, 1990

46 - "Superstar" – Aired: March 3, 1990

47 - "Nick Knack" – Aired: April 14, 1990

48 - "The Haunting of Andy McAlister" – Aired: April 21, 1990

49 - "Revenge from the Deep" – Aired: April 28, 1990

50 - "The Secrets of Superboy" – Aired: May 5, 1990

51 - "Johnny Casanova and the Case of the Secret Serum" – Aired: May 12, 1990

52 - "The Woman Called Tiger Eye" – Aired: May 19, 1990

Season 3 (1990-1991)

53 - "The Bride of Bizarro Part One" – Aired: October 6, 1990

54 - "The Bride of Bizarro Part Two" – Aired: October 13, 1990

55 - "The Lair" – Aired: October 20, 1990

56 - "Neila" – Aired: October 27, 1990

57 - "Roads Not Taken Part One" – Aired: November 3, 1990

58 - "Roads Not Taken Part Two" – Aired: November 10, 1990

59 - "The Sons of Icarus" – Aired: November 17, 1990

60 - "Carnival" – Aired: November 24, 1990

61 - "Test of Time" – Aired: December 1, 1990

62 - "Mindscape" – Aired: December 8, 1990

63 - "Superboy… Lost" – Aired: December 15, 1990

64 - "Special Effects" – Aired: January 5, 1991

65 - "Neila and the Beast" – Aired: January 12, 1991

66 - "The Golem" – Aired: January 19, 1991

67 - "A Day in the Double Life" – Aired: January 26, 1991

68 - "Bodyswap" – Aired: February 2, 1991

69 - "Rebirth Part One" – Aired: February 9, 1991

70 - "Rebirth Part Two" – Aired: February 16, 1991

71 - "Werewolf" – Aired: February 23, 1991

72 - "The People vs. Metallo" – Aired: April 6, 1991

73 - "Jackson and Hyde" – Aired: April 13, 1991

74 - "Mine Games" – Aired: April 20, 1991

75 - "Wish for Armageddon" – Aired: May 4, 1991

76 - "Standoff" – Aired: May 11, 1991

77 - "The Road to Hell Part One" – Aired: May 18, 1991

78 - "The Road to Hell Part Two" – Aired: May 25, 1991

Season 4 (1991-1992)

79 - "A Change of Heart Part One" – Aired: October 6, 1991

80 – "A Change of Heart Part Two" – Aired: October 13, 1991

81 - "The Kryptonite Kid" – Aired: October 20, 1991

82 - "The Basement" – Aired: October 27, 1991

83 - "Darla Goes Ballistic" – Aired: November 3, 1991

84 - "Paranoia" – Aired: November 10, 1991

85 - "Know Thine Enemy Part One" – Aired: November 17, 1991

86 - "Know Thine Enemy Part Two" – Aired: November 24, 1991

87 - "Hell Breaks Loose" – Aired: December 1, 1991

88 - "Into the Mystery" – Aired: December 8, 1991

89 - "To Be Human Part One" – Aired: January 19, 1992

90 - "To Be Human Part Two" – Aired: January 26, 1992

91 - "West of Alpha Centauri" – Aired: February 2, 1992

92 - "Threesome Part One" – Aired: February 9, 1992

93 - "Threesome Part Two" – Aired: February 16, 1992

94 - "Out of Luck" – Aired: February 23, 1992

95 - "Who is Superboy?" – Aired: March 1, 1992

96 - "Cat and Mouse" – Aired: April 19, 1992

97 - "Obituary For a Superhero" – Aired: April 26, 1992

98 - "Metamorphosis" – Aired: May 3, 1992

99 - "Rites of Passage Part One" – Aired: May 10, 1992

100 - "Rites of Passage Part One" – Aired: May 17, 1992

DVD/Special Features for Lana Lang

Sadly, only the first season is currently available on DVD. Some of the special features in the box set include commentaries from actor John Haymes Newton and producer Ilya Salkind and a ‘making of’ featurette.

Other "Superboy" Related Items for Lana Lang

Sources/References: Sources: imdb.com, amazon.com & personal confirmation