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Does any one else realize that the chatacter of Supes is based..........


On many characters from Greek Mythology. And (along with Hugo Danner from
the Philip Wylie novel "Gladiator"). And Doc Savage, from the pulp
comics, all combined into making up the modern character we now know as
Superman. And that Ron Ely in the two-part (closing episodes of this
Superboy series, "The Road to Hell Parts 1 & 2") is the only actor EVER
to portray Doc Savage AND Superman.

This episode involves Clark accidentally causing a rip in the space
time continuum. When he meets up with his adult counterpart (Ely),
Superman's career is already winding down.

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And that Ron Ely in the two-part (closing episodes of this
Superboy series, "The Road to Hell Parts 1 & 2") is the only actor EVER
to portray Doc Savage AND Superman.


Did you know he also played Tarzan in the 1960s series?

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I always thought Superman had parallelisms with Hercules in a sense.

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I'm watching that episode now. I never caught it first time around because Superboy was no longer showing on regular TV at this point. Is that the best guy they could have gotten to play old Superman?

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