Adventure Comics #163

Adventure Comics #163 brings a wonderfully offbeat 1951 scenario right to the cover: Superboy streaks through the air firing his X-ray vision to melt a gun, while a crowd of startled onlookers reacts — one man boldly declaring "Yep! That's my son!" — setting the stage for the story "Superboy's Phoney Father." Al Plastino's clean, expressive linework captures the mix of action and small-town drama beautifully, with bystanders gesturing and gaping in that charming mid-century style. At a dime for 52 big pages, this issue offers a genuinely fun slice of the Boy of Steel's early adventures.