Comic Title: Adventure Comics #219
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1955
Approx. On Sale Date: October 27, 1955 Copyright Date October 25, 1955
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1955
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: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Gorilla with X-Ray Eyes"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Otto Binder
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: John Fischetti

Reprinted In:
Superboy #174 (1971)

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #45; next appearance in Superboy #46)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Superboy #45; next appearance in Adventure Comics #221)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superboy #45; next appearance in Superboy #46)
• Lewis Lang (first name given as Thaddeus; last appearance in Superboy #42; next appearance in Superboy #46)

Villain(s)

• Doc Baird and his gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Chandu (a giant gorilla; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Superboy assists Professor Lang in the capture of a giant gorilla named Chandu. They return to Smallville with the gorilla who is put on display. Ex-con Doc Baird sees the gorilla on display and discovers that Chandu possesses X-ray vision.

Baird and his men steal Chandu and use his power for crime. The X-rays are triggered by lightning, so when lightning strikes the crooks are able to melt bank walls and start fires.

Professor Lang believes that Chandu got his powers from a pond in Africa containing Kryptonite. The gorilla's X-ray vision is also Kryptonite based which weakens Superboy. Despite the gorilla's advantage, Superboy overcomes him and the crooks. The effect of the contaminated water soon wears off, restoring Chandu to normal.