Comic Title: Adventure Comics #184
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1953
Approx. On Sale Date: November 28, 1952 Copyright Date November 26, 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: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 40
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Shutterbugs of Smallville"
Pages: 12

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

Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: John Fischetti

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #183; next appearance in Superboy #24)

Supporting Character(s)

• Martha Kent (last appearance in Superboy #23; next appearance in Superboy #24)

Villain(s)

• Blake and the inmates of Smallville prison (Jeff named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mr. Wilkins (a camera store owner; no further appearances)
• Larry Wright and several amateur photographers (no further appearances)
• Wiggins (an army colonel; no further appearances)

Comments:
The Kryptonite in this story is colored brown instead of green.

Synopsis:
A new camera store opens in Smallville. Wilkins, the owner, holds a contest for teenagers with the winner being determined by the best action shot featuring Superboy. The contest builds business for the shop as many boys buy cameras or have their existing camera's repaired. Wilkins needs help to fix the broken cameras, so he enlists the aid of prisoners at the Smallville prison.

Blake, a former geologist, is one of the prisoners. He has found Kryptonite while working in the rock pile. He plants tiny pieces of Kryptonite in the repaired cameras. When the owners take photos of Superboy, then also expose him to Kryptonite radiation.

As more teenagers surround Superboy to take pictures, he becomes weaker. When he offers to put on a exhibition by catching an experimental missile, hundreads of amateur photographers show up. Superboy is so weakened, that he collapses. When news reaches the prison, Blake starts a jailbreak.

Using the last of his strength, Superboy is able to divert the incoming missile. He holds on to it and is guided away from the cameras. Although, he is too weak to move, he directs the missile to the prison and circles it. The prisoners halt their escape attempt and return to their cells. After the crisis has passed, Superboy destroys the Kryptonite cameras and replaces them with new ones. Larry Wright wins the photo contest for his picture of Superboy riding the missile around the prison.