Cover: Win Mortimer

Superboy #27

Aug 1953 · DC · 0.10 USD

📊 ~17,392 copies sold its debut month

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“The Pied Piper of Smallville”

In "The Pied Piper of Smallville," Superboy fakes running away from home to test his parents’ loyalty—only to discover a chilling truth: the Kents he knows might not be the real ones. Written by Jerry Coleman and illustrated by John Sikela, this 1953 tale weaves suspense into Smallville’s quiet streets, with Win Mortimer’s cover capturing Clark’s determined resolve.

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writer Jerry Coleman · artist, inker John Sikela · cover Win Mortimer

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writer Jerry Coleman

artist, inker John Sikela

cover pencils, inks Win Mortimer

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When Pa Kent insists that Clark do chores rather than meet his friends, he runs away from home, but it's all a ruse because Clark realizes that his parents have been replaced by impostors trying to uncover his Superboy identity.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).