Superboy #31

From 1954 comes this colorful DC adventure featuring the Boy of Steel in an unexpectedly exotic situation — the cover by Win Mortimer places Superboy right in the middle of a chaotic elephant encounter, with turbaned figures wielding sticks and a young rider perched atop the massive animal as chaos erupts around them. The bold cover text promises "The Amazing Elephant Boy from Smallville!," hinting at a story that takes Clark Kent's hometown in a wonderfully unexpected direction. At just a dime, this is a cheerful slice of Silver Age DC storytelling with Jerry Coleman writing and John Sikela on interior art.