Comic Title: Action Comics #247
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1958
On Sale Date: October 30, 1958 Copyright Date October 30, 1958
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1958

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "Superman's Lost Parents"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Otto Binder
Artist: Al Plastino

Reprinted In:
Superman #193 (1967)
Superman:The Man of Tomorrow Archives Vol. 1 HC (2004)
Showcase Presents Superman Vol. 1 TPB (2005)
Superman in the Fifties TPB (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #98; next appearance in Superman #126)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #125; next appearance in Superman #126)

Villain(s)

• Cedric and Millicent Carson (disguised as Jonathan and Martha Kent; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Jor-El (as a statue in the Fortress of Solitude)
• Lara (as a statue in the Fortress of Solitude)
• Jonathan Kent (as a statue in the Fortress of Solitude)
• Martha Kent (as a statue in the Fortress of Solitude)

Synopsis:
A time machine appears in Metropolis containing Jonathan and Martha Kent. They have come to visit their son in the future. Superman gives them a tour of his Fortress of Solitude and introduces them to Lois Lane. The Kents explain that they must return in the time machine. They take some kryptonite with them because the scientist who created the time machine believes he can create an antidote.

After Superman bids farewell to his Earth parents, he realizes that it was all a scam. The time machine was fake, and the Kents were really crooks who now extort money from Superman, or they will reveal his identity. Superman constructs two robots which he uses to hypnotize the crooks into forgetting the entire experience including his secret identity.