Comic Title: Adventure Comics #227
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1956
Approx. On Sale Date: June 28, 1956 Copyright Date June 26, 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
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Good Samaritan of Smallville"
Pages: 12

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

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

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #226; next appearance in Superboy #51)

Other Character(s)

• Thad Becker (a postmaster; no further appearances)
• Charles Todd and his family (no further appearances)
• Walter and Emma Wright (no further appearances)
• Hiram Otis and his family (no further appearances)
• John Thackery and an unnamed construction worker (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Smallville plans to honor a good samaritan. The town votes on who they think should win the award. Superboy declines the honor believing it should go to someone else. However, many of the entries vote for him anyway.

When Superboy begins reading some of the stories he discovers that he was not responsible for the good deeds reported. He investigates several stories and learns that Smallville has a secret good samaritan that is purposefully giving credit to Superboy. Further investigation reveals that Thad Becker, the postmaster, is responsible.

Becker is outwardly surly, but has a heart of gold. He doesn't want anyone to know, so he made sure that Superboy got credit for his good deeds. Superboy finally arranges for Becker to receive the credit he deserves.