Comic Title: Action Comics #232
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1957
Approx. On Sale Date: July 30, 1957 Copyright Date July 28, 1957
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1957
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 Story of Superman, Junior"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Jerry Coleman
Penciller: Wayne Boring
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted In:
Superman Annual #7 (1963)
Best of DC #25 (1982)
Superman in the Fifties TPB (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #116; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #90)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Superboy (in flashback; last appearance in Superman #116; next appearance in Adventure Comics #240)

Other Character(s)

• Jimmy Kirk (a boy with super-powers; no further appearances)
• Morton Kirk (Jimmy’s father; dies in flashback; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Superman meets a boy who lands on Earth in a rocket. The boy is Jimmy Kirk. His father sent him into space years ago because he thought the world was about to be destroyed. Superboy prevented that disaster, but Jimmy was never found.

Jimmy has now returned to Earth and has received super-powers as a result of his journey. His father’s dying wish is for Superman to become Jimmy’s father, so the Man of Steel takes Jimmy as his son. Together they become a super-powered team.

Superman’s powers begin disappearing one-by-one. He traces the cause to a poison carried on Jimmy’s rocket. Eventually all his powers disappear. Jimmy bravely sacrifices his own powers to restore those of his second father. With Superman back to normal, Jimmy is sent to live elsewhere.