Bates and artist Kurt Schaffenberger were the creative team for The New Adventures of Superboy which took the character out of the Legion of Super-Heroes and back into solo adventures .
The New Adventures of Superboy are a series debuting in January 1980 .
Bates and artist Kurt Schaffenberger were the creative team for The New Adventures of Superboy , a series debuting in January 1980 , which took the character out of the Legion of Super-Heroes and back into solo adventures .