Comic Title: Superboy #7
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Mar/Apr 1950
Approx. On Sale Date: January 25, 1950 Copyright Date January 23, 1950
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1950
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: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Man Who Knew Superboy's Secret Identity"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: William Woolfolk
Penciller: John Sikela
Inker: Ed Dobrotka

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #7; next appearance in Adventure Comics #150)

Supporting Character(s)

• Martha Kent (appears in flashback; last appearance in Superboy #26; next appearance in Adventure Comics #173)

Other Character(s)

• Pete Bates (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in More Fun Comics #101; next appearance in Superman #173)

Comments:
This story contains two flashbacks featuring Clark Kent before he became Superboy.

Flashback 1: (page 11, panel 1) Clark (age 7) finds a needle in a haystack.

Flashback 2: (page 11, panel 7) Clark (age 8) carries a stack of heavy boxes.

Both flashbacks occur between scene 7 in the third story of More Fun Comics #101 (page 5, panel 4) and scene 4 in the second story of Superman #173.

Synopsis:
Reporter Pete Bates buys the diary of late cartoonist Rod Rudley author of "Strange But True". The diary contains evidence that Clark Kent is Superboy. Bates goes to Smallville to prove his findings. Using a variety of tricks, Superboy is able to protect his secret and prevent Bates from discovering the truth. Bates confesses to Clark that he got the idea from the diary, so Clark comes up with explanations for several childhood feats that Rudley had seen.