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Number one to XL. Number one to XL.

This is Luthor. Come in, number one.

The police haven't spotted.

Start away. I'll cover your escape.

Clark. Clark Kent.

Clark Kent.

Lewis.

Jimmy.

The police believe that Luthor, the renegade scientist, is at work again.

You mean Superman's archenemy? Yes, but I still think Superman scared him away.

Well, if it is Luthor, he'll give himself away sooner or later. How do you

mean?

Well, he always likes to brag about what he's done and what he's going to do

and... Harry White speaking.

Okay, thanks, Chief.

Luthor is on the radio.

Police wavelength.

The police are right in suspecting that I have returned.

The Daily Planet is wrong, as usual, and is powerless to unmask and stop me, as

is its ally, Superman.

Now pay attention, city authorities of Metropolis.

I will leave your city on one condition.

that you turn over to me all the money in the vault of the Metropolis Trust

Company. You have just one hour in which to decide.

If I've not heard from you by that time, I will demonstrate my power by

destroying the Metropolis River Bridge.

If you still refuse to deal with me after that, I'll reduce your city to

dust.

You're right about his bragging, but I still say that his threats are absurd.

Fantastic.

I'm not so sure about that.

Luthor has some strange evil genius.

Far above that of any scientist I've ever known. And I say it's rubbish. A

stupid attempt to scare us.

The police don't seem to think so. They wouldn't. But I still say... Yes?

Of course not. It's a plain attempt at a hold-up.

The city will refuse to pay.

The police are going to close the bridge to avoid any trouble or panic.

We'd better get out and get that story.

Nothing will happen out there.

But you three go out and get the public reaction.

Cover the human interest angle.

This begins to look like a job for Superman.

It is.

Get moving.

Coming, Clark?

I've got some dope on that bridge here someplace.

Well, don't try to drive across an hour from now. I won't.

More powerful than the greatest locomotive.

Superman, man of tomorrow.

It's almost time for things to start to happen.

Say, how long do you think we're going to be held up here? Can't tell anything

about it.

They think I'm bluffing. I'll show them.

I'll destroy the bridge and then all of Metropolis.

Hey, look at the time. I got to get out of here.

You're in a hurry.

I'm an hour late now. Me too.

There's a woman driving under the bridge. She must have gone past the

police. Typical woman driver.

There's a woman in that car. Get her out.

There's Superman.

Look, it's Superman.

The bridge has stopped swaying.

Get the girl from that car. I'll hold the bridge.

Stay back, folks.

Come on.

You'll be all right. Just wait.

Superman saved her. I knew he'd do it. The man of steel's super-sensitive

hearing detects the direction from which the destructive sound waves are coming.

Now his X-ray vision reveals Luthor's secret hideout.

I'm going after him.

Police radio says Superman has spotted us.

What'll we do?

I'll turn the beam on Metropolis and destroy the city.

You can't defy the world and get away with it, Luthor What

a

story

You only got that because Superman is partial to you.

What happened to your assignment?

Oh, it didn't work out.

Are you going to the reception for Superman?

Not if I can help it.

White to Olsen.

White to Olsen.

White to Olsen.

This is Olsen. Go ahead.

Cover second alarm fire at box 324.

Olsen to White. Will do.

They ran out of a place that's on fire.

Wait till I tell Perry White about this.

You can't even cover a routine fire without getting hallucinations.

But he faded out, I tell you. Like that. It's a plain case of hysteria or

hypnotism. But I saw him. Get busy and write the story of the fire and stick to

facts.

Reminds me of something.

Of what?

Wait a minute, you two.

Here, cover this tomorrow.

Have you any statements before you take your long trip?

I'm not worried as long as I have my lucky coin.

He had one of those coins. Now, do you believe me? We certainly do. Perry White

better believe it, too.

I'm forced to accept your fantastic story against my better judgment, but

what happens now?

Maybe somebody has solved the problem of invisibility.

Oh, it's more than that.

You've had something on your mind all along. What is it?

Well, all these super scientific things are something you'd expect from Luthor,

but he's in prison.

Maybe he's escaped.

Oh, let's be rational. If he had, it'd be front-page news and we'd know all

about it.

Why don't you check with the warden, Chief, just for luck?

Get me the warden of the state penitentiary.

I'll dig up Luther's file in the morgue and I'll look it over. I'll get it for

you, Clark.

Well, thanks, Jimmy.

Perry White speaking.

Oh, hello, Ward.

I just wanted to check with you and see if you still have Luther locked up

there.

In solitary?

Why?

Oh, I see.

Well, thanks, Warden. Let me know if you have any trouble with him.

Luthor's in solitary for his own protection.

He's applied for parole, and the other prisoners resent it. How can he even

hope for a parole?

He's one of the most dangerous criminals ever known.

He's promised to turn over to the government one of his greatest

inventions. It's a combination of radar and television.

If he's paroled, it'll be the disgrace of a century.

Well, there's nothing we can do about it now.

Here's the file on Luthor.

Luthor could have been the most brilliant scientist ever known, if he

had only gone straight.

Have they heard anything about my petition for parole?

Not yet.

I see that friend Lawson is not familiar with my latest invention.

This apparatus can accomplish the transmission of matter over short

distances. Its secret ray breaks down the component atoms and reassembles them

here. That's how you brought me here.

How is the work on my main arc progressing, Albert?

It's ready for a test, sir. Good.

Turn on the high-frequency control.

This is the greatest of my many marvelous inventions.

The world will soon know of it through my friend and partner, the Atom Man.

It's a master transmission machine.

So powerful it can move armies across continents.

It may be even powerful enough to conquer my archenemy, Superman.

If I can lure him under it, I can project his atoms into space.

There they would circulate aimlessly for eternity.

Fate of the empty doom.

It's kind of hard to believe.

Would you dare be the first one to test it?

Not me. Get another guinea pig.

I will. I rescued you for an entirely different purpose.

What's that?

Your unique talents will soon be of great help to me.

Give me a quick report on everything that's happened, Albert.

I must return to that penitentiary within the hour before they miss me.

Here's an odd fact.

Before Lawson turned to crime, he was a stuntman, specializing in human fly

exhibitions. What of it?

Here's a flash from the city news service. A human fly is creating a

disturbance by climbing the Commerce Building.

I'll see if the chief will let us cover it.

Again, Superman makes use of his X-ray vision.

Officer, that human fly is Lawson, the escaped prisoner.

Time for me to be transmitted to my cell.

You must assist me to return to prison.

All right, get up.

I thought I told you to beat it.

They've taken Jimmy in the television truck.

I'll tell the police.

You won't find the police in here, Mr. Kent.

Yes, I know. I was... That truck has something to do with the

holdup. It's getting away.

Couldn't be. It was too big.

Superman! Bear to headquarters.

Bear to headquarters.

Come in, headquarters. Superman has got us. It's an emergency.

Use emergency plan Z.

Roger.

When will the mysterious Atom Man appear?

What new adventures lie ahead for Superman?

Don't miss Atom Man Appears, the second thrilling chapter of Atom Man vs.

Superman at this theater next week.