Comic Title: Adventure Comics #118
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1947
Approx. On Sale Date: May 23, 1947 Copyright Date May 21, 1947
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1946-1947
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: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Quiz Biz Broadcast"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Don Cameron
Penciller: John Sikela
Inker: George Roussos

Reprinted In:
Adventures of Superboy HC (2010)

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #117; next appearance in Adventure Comics #119)

Other Character(s)

• Quentin Quale (a boy genius; no further appearances)
• Ray Sneed, Miss March, and Frank (a radio producer, a school teacher, and a fruit vendor; no further appearances)
• The owner of Mammoth Soap Company (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Quentin Quale, a boy genius, goes on a radio quiz show in hopes of earning a contract that will finance a new playground. As questions are phoned in from listeners, Quentin is intimidated by stage fright. Since there is no rule against where he can find the answers, Superboy helps him gather answers to the difficult questions.

Listeners learn that Superboy is helping Quentin, so they ask for Superboy's secret identity. Superboy flies into the sky and collides with a lightning bolt at the same moment that he speaks his name. The lightning causes static which makes his name inaudible and protects his secret. Quentin overcomes his fears and earns a regular contract to pay for the playground.