The New Adventures of Superboy #9

When Clark Kent’s parents grieve for their lost son and Superboy grows increasingly distracted in his heroic duties, Pete Ross suspects something is wrong—especially when he sees the Kent family’s sorrow isn’t an act. As Superboy prepares to leave Earth forever, an alien gemstone disrupts the manipulations of the Phantom Zone inmates, including Jax-Ur, General Zod, and Faora Hu-Ul, triggering a long-forgotten memory in Martha and Jonathan Kent.

In "The Day of the Lost Clothing!", Clark Kent’s routine is upended when a school sports event takes a sudden turn—Mr. Trotter’s apothecary is robbed, and Clark must quickly don his Superboy suit to intervene. But when Bash Bashford stumbles upon the discarded clothes and notices a suspicious stain, the secret identity of the young hero begins to unravel in the most unexpected way. With Martha and Jonathan Kent watching from the sidelines, the day takes a turn neither Clark nor the town could have predicted.