Comic Title: Superboy #29
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1953
Approx. On Sale Date: October 7, 1953 Copyright Date October 5, 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: 8 times yearly – monthly, except Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 40
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Super Athlete of Smallville"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: William Woolfolk
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Sy Barry

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #194; next appearance in Superboy #29)

Villain(s)

• James Willoughby and his gang (Dutch named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Several teenage athletes (Tim Collins, Jed Noble, and Fred Hawley named; no further appearances)
• The Corinth police chief (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
James Willoughby from Corinth sponsors a track and field tournament between the boys of Corinth and the boys of Smallville. On the first day of the tournament, Corinth wins most events convincingly. Superboy discovers that Willoughby has fixed the competition.

Anxious to discover Willoughby's motive, Superboy enters the competition himself and wins every event on the second day. However, he is disqualified because the rules state that he must try his best and he held back to prevent injury and damage.

Superboy tries again on the next day of competition. This time he also discovers Willoughby's motive. The tournament was set up as a distraction, so that his gang could tunnel under the Smallville bank and rob it. Willoughby allowed Superboy to learn that he had fixed the competition in order to keep the Boy of Steel occupied. Once Superboy learns the true purpose of the event, he apprehends the crooks. He then uses the reward money to sponsor an honest tournament.