Comic Title: Adventure Comics #190
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1953
Approx. On Sale Date: May 27, 1953 Copyright Date May 25, 1953
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1953
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 Terrible Truant"
Pages: 12

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

Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Sy Barry

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #189; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #65)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Adventure Comics #189; next appearance in Superboy #27)
• Martha Kent (last appearance in Adventure Comics #189; next appearance in Superboy #27)

Villain(s)

• Two unnamed thieves (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Jero (a truant from Xanadu; aka Jerome Smith; no further appearances)
• The Smallville city council (Hiram Scrabble named; no further appearances)
• Thern and Tor (a Xanadu councilman and a truant officer; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Jero, a teenage boy from Xanadu, comes to Earth to avoid school on his planet. He meets Superboy, but refuses to tell him where he is from. Jero takes the name Jerome Smith and lives with Clark Kent. He begins pulling pranks around town which annoy Superboy.

Tor, a truant officer from Xanadu has follows Jero to Earth. He mistakes Superboy for the missing teen and tries to take him back to Xanadu. Superboy escapes, then convinces Jero that his pranks are harmful. With the help of his parents, Superboy convinces Jero to turn himself in and return home because his parents miss him.