Comic Title: Superboy #54
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1957
Approx. On Sale Date: November 20, 1956 Copyright Date November 18, 1956
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1956
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: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "Superboy's Substitute Suits"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Otto Binder
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: John Fischetti

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #231; next appearance in Superboy #54)

Supporting Character(s)

• Martha Kent (last appearance in Adventure Comics #231; next appearance in Superboy #54)

Villain(s)

• Doc Ellison (a criminal scientist; no further appearances)
• Several unnamed gangsters (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Superboy uses his indestructible costume to smother an atomic blast. The suit becomes radioactive, so Superboy leaves it on the testing grounds until the radiation wears off. Before Superboy can retrieve the costume, criminal scientist Doc Ellison steals it. Ellison then analyzes the material and develops synthetic super-suits which he sells to criminals. Finally Ellison launches the real costume into space.

Superboy discovers his costume is missing, so Ma Kent constructs an ordinary cloth costume for him. When he battles the first crook wearing a synthetic suit, the cloth suit is ruined. Superboy constructs additional costumes from various materials in order to defeat the other crooks. Superboy then learns that the synthetic suits deteriorate when in contact with milk. He uses this weakness to apprehend the last gangster.

Superboy then tricks Doc Ellison into revealing the location of the real costume. Superboy retrieves the costume and uses it as evidence to indict Ellison.