Episode
Superboy: Back to Oblivion
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Superboy
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 1988-10-22
Episode context
Back to Oblivion is Episode 3 in Season 1 of Superboy. It aired on 1988-10-22.
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Episode 4: The Russian Exchange Student
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.
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Episode 6: Bringing Down the House
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Episode 7: The Beast and Beauty
A Superboy impersonator is robbing banks and jewelry stores to get a million dollars so he can marry Florida's beauty queen.
Episode 8: The Fixer
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.
Episode 9: The Alien Solution
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Episode 10: Troubled Waters
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Episode 11: The Invisible People
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Episode 12: Kryptonite Kills
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Episode 13: Revenge of the Alien (1)
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