Comic Title: Adventure Comics #313
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1963
On Sale Date: August 22, 1963 Copyright Date August 22, 1963
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1963

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

Title: "Father's Day on Planet Krypton"
Pages: 9

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

Writer: Leo Dorfman
Artist: George Papp

Reprinted In:
Superman #232 (1970)

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #313; next appearance in Adventure Comics #314)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Superboy #108; next appearance in Adventure Comics #314)
• Martha Kent (last appearance in Superboy #108; next appearance in Superboy #109)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in Adventure Comics #312; next appearance in Adventure Comics #314)
• Pete Ross (last appearance in Superboy #107; next appearance in Adventure Comics #315)
• Jor-El (in flashback; last appearance in Action Comics #303; next appearance in Action Comics #314)
• Lara (in flashback; last appearance in Action Comics #303; next appearance in Action Comics #314)

Villain(s)

• Jax-Ur (last appearance in Superboy #104; next appearance in Superboy #109)
• Three unnamed Phantom Zone prisoners (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Kal-El (as a baby on Krypton; last appearance in Action Comics #303; next appearance in Superman #173)

Comments:
Superboy discovers five statues belonging to his ancestors: Val-El – a great sea explorer, Sul-El – inventor of Krypton’s telescope, Tala-El – composer of Krypton’s constitution, Hatu-El – discoverer of electricity, and Gam-El – a pioneer of Kryptonian architecture.

Synopsis:
Superboy celebrates father’s day with his foster parents by giving Jonathan Kent a new pipe created from a meteor. Wanting to honor his Kryptonian father too, Superboy uses his mind prober ray to discover the Kryptonian father’s day rituals. He learns that Kryptonian’s honor their ancestors inside a crypt containing statues of their family.

Weeks later, Superboy discovers the statues belonging to his family floating in space. He covers them with lead to protect himself, since they have been transformed into Kryptonite. Then he places objects within a chest in the hands of the statues. By doing so, Superboy is able to learn about his family history.