Comic Title: Adventure Comics #229
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1956
Approx. On Sale Date: August 30, 1956 Copyright Date August 28, 1956
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1956
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: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The End of the Kent Family"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Otto Binder
Artist: John Sikela

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #52; next appearance in Adventure Comics #230)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Superboy #52; next appearance in Superboy #53)
• Martha Kent (last appearance in Superboy #52; next appearance in Superboy #53)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superboy #52; next appearance in Superboy #53)

Other Character(s)

• Millie and Billie Trent (no further appearances)
• A blind man (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
While the Kents prepare to leave on vacation, a meteor strikes their house, destroying it. Superboy rescues them, but an eyewitness saw them enter the house. To maintain Superboy's secret identity, the Kents must pretend to be dead.

The Kents move to Centerville and assume new identities. Jonathan and Martha become Josepth and Mabel King and Clark becomes Charles. Superboy also meets two nosy neighbor girls, Millie and Billie Trent. The twins try to expose his secret identity just like Lana Lang in Smallville.

Superboy divides his time between Centerville and Smallville. The Kents try to concoct an explanation for their survival, but the existance of an eyewitness thwarts them. Superboy then realizes that the witness was blind and could not have seen them enter the house. The Kents then safely return to town using the explanation that they had already left on vacation. Superboy rebuilds their house, and life returns to normal.