Comic Title: Superboy #20
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jun/Jul 1952
On Sale Date: April 2, 1952 Copyright Date March 31, 1952
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1952
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.


Newsstand Date April 2, 1952
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V7 #2

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 40
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Dragon Teeth Soldiers"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: John Sikela
Inker: Ed Dobrotka

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #20; next appearance in Adventure Comics #177)

Villain(s)

• Big Boy Talbot and his men (Lefty Larry, Duke Adcook, and Al the Pal named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Porfessor Einlein and a prison warden (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Criminals steal several dragon's teeth from a private collection. They plant the teeth in public where they grow into soldiers. The soldiers soon try to rob banks, so Superboy apprehends them and puts them in prison.

When two large groups of soldiers are imprisoned they stage the breakout of gang boss Big Boy Talbot. Superboy allows them to escape. He has deduced that the dragon's teeth were a hoax, and that the soldiers were used for the prison break.

Superboy follows Talbot and the other escaped prisoners to their stolen loot. He then captures them and returns the crooks to prison.