Comic Title: Adventure Comics #308
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1963
On Sale Date: March 28, 1963 Newsstand Date March 28, 1963
Source: House Ad, Superman #161, Page 16

Copyright Date March 28, 1963
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1963

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Super-Menace of Smallville"
Pages: 14

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

Artist: George Papp

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #307; next appearance in Adventure Comics #308)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Adventure Comics #307; next appearance in Superboy #105)
• Martha Kent (last appearance in Adventure Comics #307; next appearance in Superboy #105)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in Adventure Comics #307; next appearance in Superboy #105)
• Pete Ross (last appearance in Adventure Comics #306; next appearance in Superboy #105)
• Police Chief Parker (last appearance in Adventure Comics #307; next appearance in Superboy #105)

Villain(s)

• Lex Luthor (last appearance in Adventure Comics #301; next appearance in Superboy #107)
• Kronn (an Atlantean renegade; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Working with an Atlantean renegade, Kronn, Lex Luthor constructs a device which causes mass hallucinations on the residents of Smallville. Superboy’s friends imagine they are exposed to Red Kryptonite and begin experiencing the transforming effects of the mineral. Superboy connects Lex to the scheme and stops him from escaping jail.