Comic Title: Adventure Comics #302
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1962
On Sale Date: September 27, 1962 Newsstand Date September 27, 1962
Source: House Ad, Superman #157, Page 20

Copyright Date September 27, 1962
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1962


Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "Superboy Meets Steelboy"
Pages: 14

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

Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: George Klein

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #301; next appearance in Adventure Comics #302)

Supporting Character(s)

• Martha Kent (last appearance in Superboy #100; next appearance in Superboy #102)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superboy #100; next appearance in Superboy #101)

Villain(s)

• Duvvil and his two partners (no further appearances)
• A race of Crystal Men (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Professor Bailey and the principal of Smallville High (no further appearances)
• Queen Luela and the people of Subbania (no further appearances)
• Steelboy (robot-hero of Subbania; no further appearances)
• An android Steelboy (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Superboy finds the underground civilization of Subbania. The people there migrated during a meteor shower on a surface centuries ago. The Queen of Subbania is Luela, a Lana Lang lookalike. She asks Superboy to help her protect Subbania against Duvvil, a troublemaker out to expose Subbania’s hero, Steelboy, as a robot.

Steelboy is a robot constructed to look like Superboy himself. Superboy fills in for the robot and prevents an invasion by the Crystal Men. Duvvil succeeds in destroying the robot, but Superboy replaces him, so no one knows Steelboy’s true nature. Finally, Superboy creates a non-metal android Steelboy to replace the destroyed protector of Subbania.