Adventure Comics #228

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Clark Kent's BodyguardAfter a heavy rain, Superboy repairs the damage to a local bridge. Returning later that day, as Clark Kent, he is stopped by a mysterious man who refuses Kent access to the bridge, until the man can test it for structural soundness. After checking the bridge, Kent is allowed to continue on his way. Kent encounters the man a second time, that day, when he cautions Kent on walking too close to a work site. The man reveals himself to be a private detective, hired to serve as Kent's bodyguard, until such time as Kent can testify in an upcoming trial. A man, named Stevens, has been accused of stealing plans from an engineer, named Wilbur. Kent's eyewitness testimony, however, puts Stevens in a meeting with another man, Colonel Hawkins, at the time of the armed robbery.Unfortunately for Stevens, Hawkins died in an automobile accident before he could testify on Stevens' behalf. Stevens hires the bodyguard to make sure no harm befalls Kent, before he can clear Stevens' name, at trial. Under the ever watchful eye of the bodyguard, Kent finds it increasingly difficult to protect his secret identity, as Superboy. When Kent spies a tornado heading for Smallville, the bodyguard rushes him into a cellar, before Kent can act. Feigning terror, Kent climbs into a steel trunk, then "accidentally" allows the lid to slam shut, locking him inside. While the bodyguard feverishly works to free Kent from the steel trunk, Kent burrows out the bottom, tunneling through the ground, to emerge, on the street, as Superboy. Superboy dissipates the tornado, then returns to the trunk, as Kent, before the bodyguard can pry the lid off to "free"him.The next day at school, Kent is attacked by Wilbur's son, Willie,who believes Kent is lying about seeing Stevens with Hawkins. The bodyguard breaks up the "fight", before Kent can get hurt. After school, Kent spies Willie placing himself in a precarious situation, and fears the worst. Using his X-Ray vision on a car mirror to momentarily...