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Faster than a speeding bullet.

More powerful than a locomotive.

Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound.

Look, up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman.

Yes, it's Superman.

Strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities

far beyond those of mortal men.

Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers.

Bend steel in his bare hands.

And who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great

metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice,

and the American way.

And now, another exciting episode in The Adventures of Superman.

Looking for someone?

I've been looking all over the boat for you. Why didn't you knock?

So I didn't knock. So sue me. What do you want?

Doc sent me to meet you.

Oh, just what I thought.

I got on a quarantine.

Is Doc meeting the boat, too? You know he never goes out.

He sent the bus and a couple of the boys.

They're waiting for us at customs.

Never misses a bet, does he?

You're not so slow yourself, registering as Madame Charpentier.

You should have let us know. I could have missed you.

How did you get away with it?

Madame Set the bus down there.

That's it.

Are you taking the stuff through customs?

Right on the button. The gang fight's just going down. Wait right here while I

line up the interview.

Do you see any sign of him?

No.

Think something went wrong?

I'll have to wait and see.

You don't want to wait too long.

Hey, see something?

Right by the entrance of the pier.

That guy's got a bed written all over him.

Take a look over there.

This place is crawling.

Must be some VIP aboard.

Hey, we better get out of here.

Wait. Give him a couple more minutes.

They're starting to come out of customs.

Young man.

Jeune homme.

Who, me?

May we, please?

You are so kind.

And I do not know this country.

And I must catch a train quick.

And I have twist my ankle.

You see that ambulance over there?

Sure. You will give this box to them, no?

It is serum for the doctor.

They are most anxious to get it.

Sure. It is a matter of life and death.

I'll hurry it right over. Be sure to give it to the doctor personally.

Sure thing.

Oh, I am greatly in debt.

Oh, my uncle.

Let me give you a hand.

Merci.

You the doc?

What? I got some serum. A lady said to give it to the doctor.

Well, that's what we've been waiting for. The doc's inside.

Yeah?

I don't see any doctor in there. Inside.

Jimmy!

What's the big idea? Where are you taking me? Just a little ride, sonny

boy.

There's Fisher in the count.

He never showed up.

Who's this boy?

He's got what we were sent for.

Listen, doctor.

Where's the box?

I guess this is what you want, though I still don't know what it's all about.

Where did you get it?

A French lady came out of customs and gave it to me.

She said she hurt her ankle or something and had to make a train.

So I took it over to the ambulance for her. That's all I know about it. That's

his story. Quiet.

Did this French lady you mentioned give you any inkling as to what was in the

box? Yeah, she said it was serum and I was to give it only to the doctor.

That's why we brought him here, Doc. It sounded fishy.

Look, my name's Olsen, Jim Olsen. I'm a reporter for the planet. There's my

identification.

What were you doing on the pier? I was waiting for a friend of mine to get me

an interview with a movie star.

Sounds perfectly reasonable.

Fisher and the Count found themselves in difficulty, so...

Pass the box to the French lady. He speaks up and here it is

Something

wrong nothing

except that the box is empty

Yes, what is it?

Dead?

This is fantastic.

Yes.

Yes, of course, that's quite obvious.

Well, thanks for calling.

Give me a moment to think about our next step, Vance.

I'll call you back.

Fisher is dead.

Well, what happened?

He just found his body on the boat.

In a stateroom which had been occupied by a Madame Charpentier.

Madame Charpentier?

Who's she?

I'll leave it to you.

Fisher was dead.

He couldn't leave the boat.

You say the Count never appeared.

But out of nowhere, a French lady sends over a box.

An empty box.

Nobody told us to be on the lookout for a female impersonator.

I have only myself to blame for this. I have not yet learned my lesson. In this

world, trust no one. Absolutely no one.

I wish I knew what this was all about.

You know too much already, young man. Maybe he hasn't told us all he knows.

That's right.

Maybe you better find out.

What are you going to do to me? I can assure you that is my least concern at

the moment.

Give me the officer's operator, please.

Take him inside.

I'm not going in there. Get going.

I want to put through a call to Dr. Hans Schumann, Frankfurt, Germany, United

States-based Hospital 991.

What's that?

A delay of three hours in all calls to Germany?

Well, we'll have to wait.

Shall I turn on the current now, Doctor?

No, not yet.

We may have to use him later.

May I come in, Inspector?

Oh, come in, Kent.

Oh, any news of Jim?

No, and I'm really worried.

Well, from what Lois and that peer guard saw from the gangplank, I'd say that Jim

was just up to a little fancy ambulance chasing.

Probably turned up with a whale of a story.

Wish I felt as easy about it.

Any word on that ambulance yet?

I guess I'd better let you in on the whole story. It doesn't look so good.

What did the boys find out?

Well, it was a rented ambulance.

A phony name, of course. They put on their own driver, so we don't know where

it went or... Who or what it carried.

Frankly, they didn't leave us a clue to follow.

I've had a feeling right from the first that there was a direct connection

between Jim's disappearance and that ambulance and the murder in the

stateroom. Did you identify the victim yet?

He's the only one we know anything about so far.

Small-time confidence man named Figure.

Here's his picture.

He used the health officer gag to get on at quarantine.

What about Madame Charpentier? She boarded the boat at Bremerhaven,

Germany. Spoke to no one on the entire trip, never left her stateroom, and

completely disappeared after clearing customs.

Excuse me.

Ed, Anderson speaking.

I see.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Oh, thanks, Bob.

Checkup on her passport just came through.

Forgery as expected.

We've got to find that woman, Inspector. I'm convinced she's the only one that

can lead us to Jim.

America's a mighty large haystack to find one small needle in.

Mm-hmm.

It's perfectly obvious that Fisher and that ambulance were on the dock to meet

Madame Charpentier.

They probably escorted her to a prearranged rendezvous, and she decided

to double-cross them.

That makes sense.

There's one point to be explained.

Why did the boys in the ambulance let her get away?

That's pretty easy. They weren't expecting a woman. That's it.

And the woman was no lady.

The fingerprints in the stateroom and on the gun were male prints.

You didn't tell me anything about that, Inspector.

Could I have a set of those prints, if you can spare them?

Pick them up at the lab on your way out.

By the way, if you're thinking of checking with the police in Germany,

we've already tried.

Did they identify them?

Unfavorable atmospheric conditions reduce the telephotos to complete

distortion. We're going to try again in the morning. Tomorrow morning may be too

late. There must be some other way.

Well, if you happen to bump into Superman, he might give you a hand.

You never can tell.

Colonel Redding, in charge of Army Intelligence over there, is one of my

best friends.

I'll see you, Inspector.

If you come up with anything, let us know.

Those are the prints we found in the staterooms.

Those are the ones we took off the gun.

Those are clear as a bell.

Do you have any identification on them in your files?

Nothing remotely resembling them.

We also got a print of a full hand from the top of the bureau.

Must have leaned on it, fixing his hair or making up in the mirror. I'm just

running off a copy for you. Well, these are all I really need, Jake. Well, we

might as well take it along. Give me two seconds in the dark room, I'll have it

for you.

instead of dry as a... Mr. Cat.

Where are the Dickens?

What are you doing here?

Just flew in on a little mission. Sure, good to see you. Pull up a chair.

Good to see you. Mind if I sit here? Not at all.

Thanks.

Working kind of late, aren't you?

Plenty to do over here.

Dr. Schumann to see you, sir.

Add Dr. Schumann when you cover him.

Jack, I need your help.

Name it.

These belong to a fellow who sailed from Bremerhaven on the 9th. He masqueraded

as a Madame Charpentier. Can you identify him for me?

Let's take a look at her files.

See what we've got. Let's do it.

We're in luck.

Let's see.

That's a man without a question.

Otto von Claven, 35, formerly Count von Claven, Lieutenant Wilmacht, captured by

Russians in 1944, repatriated in 1947. Here it is.

At present employed as orderly in U.S. Base Hospital 991.

Dr. Schumann might be able to help us.

Okay to check with him? Of course.

Send Dr. Schumann in.

Guten Abend, Colonel.

I have a kleiner favor.

I am sorry I did not know you were busy.

I will see you in the morning.

Oh, just a minute, Doctor.

I want you to meet... Anything wrong, Clark?

You look as if you've just seen a ghost.

I'm sorry.

Doctor, this unhealthy-looking character is an old newspaper friend of mine from

the States.

Clark Kent, Dr. Schumann. How do you do, Herr Kent?

Nice to meet you, Doctor.

Sit down, Doctor.

Clark's interested in talking to an orderly you've got working here, Doctor.

The name is Von Kleben. Otto Von Kleben.

Von Kleben.

Oh,

I am sorry, but that is not possible.

Was something wrong?

Von Kleben was discharged two weeks ago.

Two weeks ago?

I am afraid I have no information here as to his present whereabouts,

gentlemen. Perhaps I can help you.

He docked in the United States this morning.

So? Would I be out of turn in inquiring what your interest in this von Kleben

is?

Not at all, doctor.

The police found a man murdered in his stateroom. We have good reason to

believe that the murdered man was sent to meet him and escort him ashore. I

see.

You know the identity of the murdered man?

Yes. He was a Nazi espionage agent and a small-time confidence man named Fischer.

Fischer? Huh?

Name strike a bell?

Ach, there are so many Fischers in Germany, Colonel.

Doctor, you wouldn't by any chance be able to tell us what von Kleben's

mission in the United States was, would you?

Me? After all, Herr Kent, he was just an orderly here.

We have a staff of nearly a thousand people.

You haven't missed anything around here, have you? I mean, anything of

substantial value?

What could he have stolen?

An X-ray machine?

We have no secret formulas that could have been committed to memory either.

Nein, I'm afraid von Kleben's business had nothing to do with the hospital.

Well, Colonel, looks like we've reached the end of another blind alley.

Sorry, I cannot be of more help, Herr Kent. My business will wait till

tomorrow. Guten Abend, gentlemen.

That Schumann's a dead ringer for Fisher.

Fisher? Yeah, the fellow they found murdered in Von Claven's stateroom. Oh,

Schumann's been working for us a long while.

He couldn't be here and dead in the States at the same time.

Maybe he has a twin brother.

Well, we could check on it.

I look too much alike. There's some connection somewhere.

Who's in charge of medical supplies?

Major Lee.

Okay if we drop in on him? By all means. He's just across the hall.

Fine, Doc. Thanks to your little white pills.

Major Lee, Clark Kent. Hello.

How do you do?

Major, have you missed anything in the hospital in the last two weeks?

Anything of great value?

No, I don't think so. Do you have anything of great value? I mean,

anything transportable? Well, we've got a million dollars worth of radium, if

that'll help you.

That's it?

It's no bigger than a peanut, but we keep it in a lead line safe.

Have you used it in the last two weeks?

No, I believe Dr. Schumann was the last one to... Could we have a look in that

safe, Major?

Of course. Come along.

What happened?

Schumann. He locked us in.

Any phone in here?

No, and don't light any matches.

Anybody hear us if we shout?

It's airtight and soundproof.

We'll just have to wait till someone comes down for supplies.

If neither one of you moves or makes a sound, I'll get us out of here. Is it a

deal? What have you been doing? Reading up on Houdini?

Absolute silence and no motion for ten seconds, please.

What's that?

All right, gentlemen. On the count of three, we'll all put the door. You

ready?

One, two, three.

Well, if it is human, he won't be able to get very far.

Evening, Inspector.

Oh, hello, Kent.

Where have you been?

Oh, over the water and far away. Any progress?

Some. We've located the taxi driver who picked up Madame Chapontier at the pier.

Wonderful. Where'd they take her? Or him?

This is the answer to your question, I hope.

Henderson speaking.

Oh, yes, Toby.

Great.

Yeah, well, let's have him.

Santa Fe Chief.

Miami Red Arrow.

Pennsylvania Limited.

Good work, Toby.

Bye. Great.

Send Johnson in.

Madame Chapontier left Metropolis on one of those trains at... Oh, Johnson, find

out the present location of these three trains. They left Metropolis Central

Station at noon today.

I'll have to be going. Hey, wait a minute.

You've got some explaining to do. Listen to this from Frankfurt, Germany.

Inspector Henderson, Metropolis. Dr. Albert Schumann, twin brother deceased

Fisher, confessed theft million-dollar radium smuggled through U.S. Customs and

specially designed earrings by Otto von Kleben.

Radium consigned to Dr. Rudolf Albrecht, 444 Causeway Boulevard. Arrested once.

Credit Kent, Daily Planet, with double play.

Signed, J. Redding, Colonel, USA.

Well, how'd you do it, Kent?

Trade secret.

Here's von Kleben's picture.

Oh, so this is Madame Chapontier.

Mm-hmm.

I know how you did it.

Superman. You can credit him with an assist.

Well, I've got to run along. I'll see you.

Aren't you going to be in on the kill? We're picking up Albrecht tonight.

I'll be there.

Great day in the morning.

Pretty smart.

Color lead.

Your passenger's returning east by air.

I've got the whole force out there.

If you don't drop that gun, Doctor, you're going to eat those words.

Now,

what

have you done with Jim Olsen?

Perhaps you would like to see for yourself.

Golly, Superman, do you know how all this started?

No, Jim, how?

Oh, I was waiting on the pier for Miss Lane to arrange an interview with Dennis

Dario, the French movie star. Oh, I'm sorry you missed her. I understand she's

very pretty. Right now, you're prettier to me than all the movie stars in the

world. Golly.