Comic Title: Superboy #16
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Sep/Oct 1951
Approx. On Sale Date: July 25, 1951 Copyright Date July 23, 1951
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1951
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: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Worst Circus on Earth"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Alvin Schwartz
Penciller: John Sikela
Inker: Ed Dobrotka

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #16; next appearance in Superboy #16)

Villain(s)

• Jeff and Loki (a circus owner and a sword swallower; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Eddie and Wilbur Griffin (school boys; no further appearances)
• J.J. Rugg (a circus booking agent; no further appearances)
• The Zambezis and Benjy (a trapeze act and their son; no further appearances)
• Various circus performers (Tina named; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The boys of Smallville want to attend a circus, so Superboy agrees to help bring the circus to town. He hires a circus through a booking agent, but the agent cheats him and sends a run-down circus. Superboy helps rebuild the circus and inspire the performers.

Superboy also uncovers information about an old payroll theft. The Zambezis, an acrobat couple, were accused of taking the payroll and fled. Superboy proves that the circus owner, Jeff, and the sword swallower Loki were the real thieves. The Zambezis are cleared of the crime and return to work.