Comic Title: Adventure Comics #214
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1955
Approx. On Sale Date: May 31, 1955 Copyright Date May 29, 1955
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1955
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: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Dog of Steel"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Otto Binder
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Stan Kaye

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #42; next appearance in Adventure Comics #215)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Superboy #42; next appearance in Adventure Comics #215)
• Martha Kent (last appearance in Superboy #42; next appearance in Adventure Comics #215)
• Krypto (last appearance in Adventure Comics #210; next appearance in Adventure Comics #220)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superboy #42; next appearance in Superboy #43)

Villain(s)

• Grabby Gordon and his gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Krypto II (an ordinary dog; no further appearances)
• Roger Danton (a dog trainer; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Krypto returns to Earth and nearly exposes Superboy's secret identity to Lana. Superboy locates another dog resembling Krypto in order to trick Lana. However, crooks kidnap the new dog when they believe that he has super powers. They intend to use the dog for crime. Superboy foils their plan, then carries out his plan to fool Lana. After his adventure with Superboy, Krypto returns to outer space.