Comic Title: Adventure Comics #263
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1959
On Sale Date: June 30, 1959 Newsstand Date June 30, 1959
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #255, Page 23

Copyright Date June 30, 1959
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1959

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Great Superboy Doublecross"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Otto Binder
Artist: John Sikela

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #262; next appearance in Superboy #75)

Supporting Character(s)

• Martha Kent (last appearance in Adventure Comics #262; next appearance in Superboy #75)
• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Adventure Comics #262; next appearance in Superboy #75)

Other Character(s)

• Sherlock Hames (a private detective; no further appearances)
• Tommy Todd, Pete Henshaw, and Jerry McLain (Smallville teenagers; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Jonathan Kent, in disguise, hires a private investigator to uncover Superboy’s secret identity. The detective, Sherlock Hames, checks out likely candidates. He finally deduces that Clark Kent is Superboy, but Clark is able to trick the man into believing otherwise. Jonathan hired the detective because he wanted to return money to the detective without revealing where it came from.