Comic Title: Superboy #12
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jan/Feb 1951
Approx. On Sale Date: November 17, 1950 Copyright Date November 15, 1950
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1950
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 Heroes' Club"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: John Fischetti

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #159; next appearance in Superboy #12)

Other Character(s)

• Jim Gordon and his parents (no further appearances)
• Terry Terwilliger III (a stuck up boy; no further appearances)
• Stella Mars, an unnamed rancher, and the sheriff of Lost Mesa (no further appearances)
• Members of the Heroes Club (Lloyd Morgan and Joe named; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Jim Gordon petitions to join the exlcusive Heroes Club for Smallville boy with heroic ancestors. Jim tries to prove that his grandfather was a hero, but his evidence is accidentally destroyed. Other accounts show that Captain James Gordon was an outlaw, so Jim is denied membership in the club.

Jim seeks to clear his grandfather's name and travels to Lost Mesa where Capt. Gordon died. Superboy follows him as Jim learns about his grandfather. He hears several stories each indicating that Gordon was indeed an outlaw, but that his thefts were actually beneficial.

Superboy then discovers more evidence which proves that Capt. Gordon was a secret government agent sent to stop some renegades. Gordon's crimes were part of the secret, but were actually done to stop the outlaws. With the new evidence, Jim's grandfather is honored as an American hero.