{"id":2981,"date":"2025-04-21T13:26:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T17:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/?p=2981"},"modified":"2025-04-21T13:31:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T17:31:51","slug":"reread-search-for-missing-boy-halted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/2025\/04\/21\/reread-search-for-missing-boy-halted\/","title":{"rendered":"Reread: Search For Missing Boy Halted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This post, which was originally published on October 20, 2008, isn’t exactly<\/em> a reread, though it does refer to events depicted in Adventure Comics<\/em> #267, but which I read – or reread; I’d read it years before in a digest collection – in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes<\/em> volume 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was brought to mind by a recent video over at Casually Comics discussing the original comic (embedded below) and I felt like it deserved to be ported over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Police Call Off Search For Missing Boy; Visit To Future Suspected, But Lingering Questions Remain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artist’s rendition of the last time the boy was seen<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Smallville –<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The search for a missing local boy has been called off by Smallville Police Chief Parker after an exhaustive two-week investigation.
The boy, whose name has been withheld by police, was last seen on Main Street nearly fifteen days ago wearing a sailor outfit and taunting local hero Superboy during the most recent visit by the Legion of Super-Heroes, time-traveling teenaged heroes from the 30th Century.
\u201cHe was sticking his tongue out and telling Superboy that he \u2018ain\u2019t so hot,\u2019\u201d the child\u2019s mother reported, \u201cand then there was this \u2018whooshing\u2019 sound and he was gone.\u201c
\u201cWe were all so caught up in the negative feelings we had for poor Superboy that at first we didn\u2019t notice he was missing,\u201d the mother added, alluding to the influence of Legionnaire Saturn Girl, who used her super thought-casting abilities to drum up public disapproval of Superboy as part of an elaborate scheme to drive the Boy of Steel away.
In justifying the halt of the search, Chief Parker was quoted as saying, \u201cWe looked and looked, but saw no sign of the boy,\u201d denying rumors that search crews had found the singed remnants of what appeared to be a sailor outfit on the back forty of the former Kent farm just outside Smallville.
\u201cHe probably stowed away on that time machine those super-teens use. Most likely having the time of his life a thousand years from now. Kids are always getting into monkeyshines like that around here. I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll turn up safe and sound the next time the Legion comes to visit.\u201d
The child\u2019s anxious mother is not so certain, however. \u201cI just want to know where he is,\u201d she said, visibly shaken. \u201cIf those super-teens have him in the future, can\u2019t they send back some kind of message telling me he\u2019s safe? And,\u201d she paused at this point, obviously reluctant to continue, \u201cwhat about Superboy? He can travel into the future and find out for me. I hate to say anything negative about him after what we all put him through, but\u2026what if Superboy\u2019s somehow involved in his disappearance? Why won\u2019t the police say anything about that possibility?\u201d
\u201cThat\u2019s ridiculous,\u201d Chief Parker said when questioned about a link between Superboy and the boy\u2019s disappearance. In an uncharacteristic moment of anger he slammed his fist on his desk. \u201cI won\u2019t stand for anyone besmirching that boy\u2019s good name! He\u2019s saved our bacon more times than I can count! I tell you, I won\u2019t stand for rumormongering!\u201d
When asked to comment, Superboy said, \u201cMissing boy? Uh\u2026Great Scott! A meteorite is heading straight for Smallville!\u201d With a whoosh he streaked off into the sky and since that time has not been available for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comment from the original post<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Merlin T Wizard said…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thank you, I really needed that chuckle this morning before training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think my favorite is everyone’s tacit denial that Superboy could have anything to do with the disappearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The little brat had it coming.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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