Comic Title: Superboy #56
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: April 1957
Approx. On Sale Date: February 14, 1957 Copyright Date February 12, 1957
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1957
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: "The Secret of Fort Smallville"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Otto Binder
Artist: John Sikela

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #234; next appearance in Superboy #56)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lana Lang (last appearance in Adventure Comics #234; next appearance in Superboy #56)

Villain(s)

• Hal Howard (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Swift Deer (Johnny Stag; an indian boy; no further appearances)
• White Magic (Swift Deer's father; no further appearances)
• The mayor of Smallville (no further appearances)
• Four historians (James Crane named; no further appearances)
• Various Smallville students (Jimmy Jones named; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Swift Deer, an indian boy, moves to Smallville and prepares Clark Kent's class to reenact the battle of Fort Smallville. During the pageant several accidents occur. Superboy is suspicious and determines that a saboteur is at work. He discovers gold inside lead-coated cannonballs. Superboy determines that one of the local historians was responsible for the sabotage and wanted the gold. Superboy exposes the culprit, Hal Howard. In the process, Swift Deer's father is cleared of wrongdoing as was suspected.