Action Comics #66 (of 1000000)
The Boy Who Came Back
November 30th, 1943
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Number:
66
(of 904)
Name:
The Boy Who Came Back
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Cover date:
November 30th, 1943
Store date:
September 16th, 1943
- The Boy Who Came Back (Superman) -- 2. The Sword of Destiny (Vigilante) -- 3. Vitamin Vic -- 4. The Talking Trees (Congo Bill) -- 5. Private Pete -- 6. Burma Remembers (Americommando) -- 7. Quiz Quix -- 8. Mission of Danger -- 9. Circus Daze (Zatara)
Four years pass, and then one day a 9 year old boy shows up and claims to be Jackie. Lois and Clark go to Barnett's house to cover the story, but while there, Clark's X-ray vision spots some criminals loading guns onto a boat in Barnett's boathouse. Changing to Superman, he tries to stop them, but the thugs tell Superman that the boy isn't the real Jackie, and that unless Superman leaves them alone, they will tell Barnett, probably causing him to die from shock as a result of learning that his grandson is still missing.
Unknown to all of them, the boy overhears the conversation and upon discovering that he's not the real Jackie, decides to run away. While running beside the river, he too falls in and is swept away. This time, however, Superman hears his cries for help and discovers that part of the waterfall goes into an underground cavern, which is where the original Jackie was swept. Since the underground channel goes out to sea, this explains why his body was never found.
After saving the boy, Superman takes him back to Barnett's house and the family doctor is called. The doctor discovers that the boy is not Jackie, since he doesn't have a scar from an operation the doctor performed years earlier. The doctor tells Barnett, but Barnett says he already knew since he felt for the scar the same day the boy showed up. However, Barnett is happy to adopt the boy anyway.
With the family situation solved, Superman is now free to nab the crooks.
