Comic Title: Superboy #23
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Dec/Jan 1952
Approx. On Sale Date: October 8, 1952 Copyright Date October 6, 1952
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1952
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: 40
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Super Superboy"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Jerry Coleman
Penciller: John Sikela
Inker: Ed Dobrotka

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #23; next appearance in Adventure Comics #183)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superboy #23; next appearance in Adventure Comics #183)

Villain(s)

• Jud and Batty (crooks; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Evans (Smallville residents; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
While trying to extinguish a house fire, Superboy suddenly finds that his powers have increased. The Boy of Steel is unable to control the intensity of his newly increased strength and soon becomes a menace to Smallville. When Clark Kent exhibits tremendous strength too, Lana believes she has proven his secret identity.

Superboy eventually discovers that a recently crashed meteorite is responsible for his increased powers. The closer he gets to the meteorite, the stronger his powers become. They become too strong to approach the meteorite to dispose of it, so he gathers a Kryptonite meteorite from the ocean and uses it to counterbalance his great strength. He then throws both meteorites into deep space. With the meteorite gone, Superboy's strength returns to normal.

Superboy then explains to Lana that he took Clark Kent's place on their date, so that Clark could study in the library. He had placed a wax figure of himself in the library to back up the story. Lana's efforts to prove that Clark is Superboy once again are thwarted.