Comic Title: New Adventures of Superboy #54
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1984
On Sale Date: March 29, 1984 Newsstand Date March 29, 1984
Source: DC Releases, #1

Newsstand Date March 29, 1984
Source: Comic Reader, #217

Newsstand Date March 29, 1984
Source: Amazing Heroes, #42

Shipping Date March 6, 1984
Source: Comic Reader, #217

Shipping Date March 6, 1984
Source: DC Releases, #1

Shipping Date March 6, 1984
Source: Comics Journal, #87

Copyright Date March 6, 1984
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1984
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date March 6, 1984
Source: Amazing Heroes, #42

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Dumbbell That Saved the Earth"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Superboy (of Earth-1)

Writer: Paul Kupperberg
Penciller: Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker: Joe Giella
Letterer: Ben Oda
Colorist: Jerry Serpe

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in New Adventures of Superboy #53; next appearance in Legion of Super-Heroes #312)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in New Adventures of Superboy #53; next appearance in Action Comics #507)
• Martha Kent (last appearance in New Adventures of Superboy #53; next appearance in Superman #161)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in New Adventures of Superboy #53; next appearance in Superman #161)
• Krypto (last appearance in New Adventures of Superboy #53; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #29)
• Police Chief Parker (last appearance in New Adventures of Superboy #53; next appearance in Superman #359)
• Lewis Lang (last appearance in New Adventures of Superboy #30; next appearance in Superman #374)

Villain(s)

• Superboy Revenge Squad (last appearance in New Adventures of Superboy #53; no further appearances)