601 – Super Hobbies

A panel from Adventure Comics #215, June 1955
A panel from Adventure Comics #215, June 1955

In Adventure Comics #215 (June 1955), Superboy decides to take up a “super-hobby” and collect rare and exotic minerals. To store them in, he hollows out a mountain. Later when explorers accidentally stumbles on his collection, Superboy decides to store them in a space platform orbiting Earth.

Another panel from Adventure Comics #215, June 1955
Another panel from Adventure Comics #215, June 1955

It’s not quite the “Fortress of Solitude”, but we are getting closer.