Comic Title: Adventure Comics #243
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1957
Approx. On Sale Date: October 31, 1957 Copyright Date October 29, 1957
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1957
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Super-Toys from Krypton"
Pages: 12

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

Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: George Klein

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #25; next appearance in Superboy #62)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #25; next appearance in Superboy #62)
• Jor-El (last appearance in Superman #113; next appearance in Superboy #67)
• Lara (last appearance in Superman #113; next appearance in Action Comics #246)

Villain(s)

• Tad Thaine (a swindler; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mr. and Mrs. Gray and their son (no further appearances)
• John Andrews (an engineer; no further appearances)
• Rawl and Mary Graham and their son (no further appearances)
• Dan Marrow (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Kal-El (as a baby on Krypton; last appearance in Superman #113; next appearance in Action Comics #246)

Comments:
Baby Kal-El is mistakenly depicted with blond hair in this story.

Synopsis:
A box of Kal-El's toys from Krypton land on Earth and are found by swindler Tad Thaine. Thaine sells them to the residents of Smallville little suspecting their origins. When Superboy sees the toys, he recognizes them and believes them to be dangerous. Superboy tracks down all the toys except one, which Thaine was reacquired. The last toy allows Thaine to create objects from his thoughts. Superboy tries to stop the crook, but Thaine creates Kryptonite. With the last bit of his x-ray vision, Superboy reverses the controls on the toy, dematerializing the Kryptonite. Superboy then apprehends Thaine and buries the toys on the moon where they can cause no harm.