Superboy in other media

Superboy was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The character first appeared in More Fun Comics #101 (January–February 1945). 

A pilot episode was produced for The Adventures of Superboy television series in 1961. The black-and-white show was created as a successor to The Adventures of Superman starring George Reeves. Johnny Rockwell starred as the first actor to portray Superboy. Bunny Henning was cast as the first Lana Lang.

Superboy was voiced by Bob Hastings in The Adventures of Superboy, a series of 34 animated shorts produced by Filmation. The Superboy segments appeared in The New Adventures of Superman (1966–⁠1970), The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967–⁠1968), The Batman/Superman Hour (1968–⁠1969), and The Superman/Batman Adventures (1991). Superboy was voiced by Danny Dark in the Challenge of the Superfriends segment "History of Doom" (December 23, 1978) and by Jerry Dexter in the Super Friends short "Return of the Phantoms" (October 8, 1983).

The Superboy television series aired in syndication for four seasons from October 8, 1988, to May 17, 1992. The series was created by Ilya and Alexander Salkind, producers of the Superman and Supergirl films. Clark attends Shuster University in Siegelville and works for the school newspaper Shuster Herald. The first season starred John Haymes Newton as Superboy and Clark Kent. The roles were played by Gerard Christopher for the remaining three seasons. The series was titled The Adventures of Superboy for the third and fourth seasons.

The clone Superboy appears as a playable character in The Death and Return of Superman video game. The game was released by Sunsoft for the Super NES in August 1994. A Sega Genesis version rated MA-13 followed in 1995. Guinness World Records 2009 lists the title as the "First superhero game to tie into a contemporary storyline." The game features digitized artwork reproduced from the "Doomsday!" and "Reign of the Supermen!" comic book arcs.

Smallville aired for ten seasons on The WB from October 16, 2001, to May 13, 2011. The series starred Tom Welling as a young Clark Kent in his adopted Kansas hometown. The character is only referred to as "Superboy" once by Arthur Curry in the fifth season. The final season features a character named Conner Kent played by Lucas Grabeel. Similar to Kon-El, Conner was cloned using DNA from Clark and Lex. Conner wears the same black t-shirt and emblem as Kon-El in the comic books. In 2019, Tom Welling returned as Clark during the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover event on The CW.

An animated Legion of Super-Heroes series originally aired from September 23, 2006, to April 5, 2008. Due to the legal battle over the rights to Superboy, the animated character was referred to as a young Superman.

Superboy is voiced by Nolan North in the animated Young Justice series. The show originally aired from November 26, 2010, to June 9, 2022. Similar to Kon-El, Superboy is a 16-year-old clone created from the DNA of Superman and Lex Luthor. The animated character is given the name Conner Kent by Miss Martian and Martian Manhunter.

Joshua Orpin stars as Conner Kent in the Titans television series. The character debuted in the episode "Conner" on October 11, 2019. Originally named "Project-13," Conner is a hybrid clone of Superman and Lex Luthor created by Cadmus Laboratories. Conner frees Kyrpto and escapes after killing the scientists.

The CW series Superman & Lois premiered on February 23, 2021. An alternate version of Jonathan Kent named Jon-El wears a costume based on the Superboy design from the "Reign of the Supermen!" Jonathan and Jon-El were portrayed by Jordan Elsass.

Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons was released to home video on October 18, 2022. The animated film stars Jack Dylan Grazer as Jon Kent. Superboy and Robin team up to defeat Starro and save the Justice League.