Comic Title: Superboy #16
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Sep/Oct 1951
Approx. On Sale Date: July 25, 1951 Copyright Date July 23, 1951
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1951
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
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Strange Costumes of Superboy"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Alvin Schwartz
Penciller: John Sikela
Inker: Ed Dobrotka

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #167; next appearance in Superboy #16)

Supporting Character(s)

• Martha Kent (last appearance in Superboy #14; next appearance in Adventure Comics #168)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in Adventure Comics #167; next appearance in Superboy #16)

Villain(s)

• Jack Meyers and his cellmate (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A magazine editor and Miss Benton (no further appearances)
• Andrew Hobson and Jennie Hobson (an explorer and his daughter; no further appearances)
• A witch doctor (no further appearances)
• Reynolds (a pilot; no further appearances)
• Three of Lana's friends (Marian named; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story contains three flashbacks to Superboy's previous adventures. However, since there is no indication as to when they occurred, it is assumed they take place immediately preceding this story.

Synopsis:
Superboy arrives for a magazine interview wearing a different costume. The costume looks so much like his normal costume, that the interviewer can't tell the difference. Superboy then gives the interview in which he relates the stories behind other strange costumes he has worn.

One costume was rainbow colored, used to make a witch doctor see a rainbow in the evening sky. Another was striped like a prison uniform which Superboy used to alert police to a criminal imposter. The last uniform was shiny gold in color which Superboy used to guide a lost pilot.

After the interview Superboy returns home. Lana sees him in costume and tries to get him to admit that he is Clark. Superboy does as Lana asks, but then takes off the costume, revealing it to be made of candy. Lana's suspicions are once again thwarted.