Superboy #156

In "Superboy's Farewell to Smallville," Superboy is stunned when a UFO crashes near Smallville, revealing his long-lost parents, Jor-El and Lara, who survived Krypton’s destruction and have finally reached Earth after years of searching. Torn between his deep bond with the Kents and his destiny as the son of Krypton, Superboy makes the heart-wrenching decision to leave Smallville behind, departing with his parents into the unknown. Meanwhile, in a distant prison, "Killer" Mason deciphers a cryptic code that could expose Superboy’s secret identity, setting a new threat in motion.

In "The Two Worlds of Superboy," Superboy's elaborate double life begins to unravel when the truth behind his alien origins is exposed—only to be upended again when a meteor crash strands him and his supposed parents, Jor-El and Lara, on an asteroid. Back on Earth, Ma and Pa Kent prepare to accept honors at a banquet meant to celebrate their role as Superboy’s adoptive parents, unaware their son has been playing both sides of a grand deception. When a mysterious dummy impersonates Clark Kent at the event, the line between performance and reality blurs—leaving only one question: who is truly playing whom?

In "The Super-Hungry Super-Heroes!", Superboy and Krypto find themselves consumed by an unrelenting hunger after a bizarre encounter with a fire-breathing metal-eater in space. What starts as a strange craving quickly spirals as they devour everything in sight—from park benches to paint and even iodine—until Superboy realizes his hunger is tied to green objects, and Krypto’s to red. With their appetites now dangerously specific, they set off toward distant moons, one green and one red, in search of relief.

In "null," Super-Turtle rushes to save a woman from a burning building—only to flee at the first sign of rain. Returning moments later with an umbrella, he calmly explains he wasn’t about to ruin his new cape.