Comic Title: Superboy #30
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1954
Approx. On Sale Date: November 27, 1953 Copyright Date November 25, 1953
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1953
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, with the exception of Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 40
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "Tommy Tuttle -- Superboy's Pal"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Artist: John Sikela

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #30; next appearance in Adventure Comics #197)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superboy #30; next appearance in Adventure Comics #197)
• Tommy Tuttle (next appearance in Adventure Comics #197)

Villain(s)

• The Crime Professor (aka Mr. Oates; a librarian; no further appearances)
• The Crime Professor's gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Chief Wilkins (a police chief; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
When Superboy attempts to stop a robbery, the crooks grab Tommy Tuttle and use him as a hostage. Superboy manages to rescue Tommy and apprehend the crooks, but he fails to learn who they are working for. Other members of the gang grab Tommy again later, prompting Superboy to perform another rescue.

The next day, Tommy brags to his classmates that he helped Superboy stop the crooks. Clark Kent hears the tall tale, which Tommy has changed to make himself sound like a hero. However, the tale does make Clark suspect that the librarian, Mr. Oates, is the gang leader.

Superboy apprehends Oates after proving that the librarian was delivering orders to his men using library books. Tommy had checked out a book containing some orders, prompting the gang to snatch him. After Oates is caught, Superboy recommends that Tommy be given an award for his help.