Comic Title: Adventure Comics #194
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1953
Approx. On Sale Date: September 25, 1953 Copyright Date September 23, 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 Super-Charged Superboy"
Pages: 12

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

Artist: John Sikela

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #193; next appearance in Superboy #29)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superboy #28; next appearance in Superboy #29)

Villain(s)

• Genius Wemberly and his gang (Beetles, Willie G-Note, and Biff Randles named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Tom Ferritt (a Smallville news reporter; no further appearances)
• Two Smallville women (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Genius Wemberly, a criminal scientist, invents a lightning gun which he uses for crime. When he shoots Superboy with the gun, the Boy of Steel becomes super-charged with electric current. The current poses a danger to everyone around him, which prevents Superboy from capturing Wemberly.

Superboy tries to expel the charge, but he finds that he is still giving off electricity. The situation also nearly exposes his identity as Clark Kent, as his presense causes electric devices to malfunction.

Superboy uses the electricity in his body to create a magnet. He then pulls the lightning gun from Wemberly's hand. Once the crook is disarmed, Superboy is able to apprehend him. Superboy then allows the rest of the charge to dissipate and comes up with an excuse to protect his secret identity.