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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.

Out there, it's all right.

It's just a meteor, that's all.

Would you like to look through these nightglasses, Miss Lane?

No, thanks, Jim. It doesn't do any good.

You can't see anything anyway.

Didn't find Mr. Kent, did you? No, sir.

I'm sorry.

Oh, it's all right, all right.

Clark probably found a nice deep cellar someplace to hide in.

I'm sorry. I didn't really mean that.

Nobody said that meteor was going to hit Metropolis.

Maybe it won't even hit the Earth.

Asteroid is what the scientists are calling it.

That's a meteor, king size.

Did you talk to the observatory?

I wish we could see the blasted thing.

At least last night we could see where it was.

It's only flamed up like that when it's past other planets.

That's exactly what I meant before. It zoomed right past Venus and Mars, didn't

it? Just because a big thing runs wild and gallops all over the solar system

doesn't mean it's going to hit us.

I know, Jimmy.

I know.

Still.

It does seem funny. We can't see it anymore.

That's because it's so close it's in the shadow of the earth.

Chief, what did the observatory say?

Measurements, just measurements.

It's five miles and a quarter in diameter, they figured.

Chief, do you want to get out an extra on its size with maybe an artist's

drawing of it? Why bother?

What do you mean, why bother? We might as well wait and print it with a morning

wind-up story, if there is one.

Gosh, but there's... Golly, that isn't daylight.

Is it?

Any change, Professor? Out of the way.

Superman! But the sky is getting... There isn't time. Where is Superman?

Superman! Superman!

Over here, Professor. I'm just watching it.

Your eyes probably do a better job of it than the toes go.

It's stopped moving now.

Well, it's turned from its course and started to burn again. You can't see it

move because now it's coming straight toward us. Straight... Straight toward

Metropolis?

Excuse me, Professor.

I've got a date in outer space.

Don't try it, Superman.

Maybe I can knock it off its course.

Now listen, they've got spectroscopic photos in there and we can't even

identify the minerals and gases in that asteroid. So?

Your powers may have no control over them. Here on Earth, yes. But suppose

that's made of kryptonite or some other unknown element from cosmic space which

even you can't handle.

That's just a chance we'll have to take.

Look.

It's starting to fall now.

It's picking up speed.

Goodbye, Professor.

All it is just a chance.

It may cost the world a terrible price.

Superman.

Its motion stopped entirely.

It's just floating in space.

Now it'll never hit the Earth. It'll just float out there in its own orbit

like a second moon.

It can't reach our atmosphere.

Isn't that right, Professor?

Isn't that what it means?

I don't know.

I don't know what it means yet.

Except that every single one of us owes his life to Superman.

Hey, it's not so bright anymore.

And it's changed direction.

Hey, Mary!

Quick!

Look. Ah, there you go.

I say, you want to live?

I guess so.

Well, come on, get in there.

Boy, oh boy, did you see that thing?

Wow.

Zoom like this, then.

Whap, she goes.

What did you say?

The planet thing up in the sky.

I thought we was goners for sure.

Superman done it. The radio said so.

Superman? Yeah, yeah.

Superman done it.

All right, get in.

Don't mean nothing to you.

World gets saved.

Happens every day.

Here's the front page, Chief.

Yes, that's right. From the White House. I could have told him Superman had come

through. All right, Professor. Yes, we'll be cautious, sure.

Mayor, this is White again.

Yes, I'll hang on, huh? We're taking pictures on the roof. The asteroid's

just circling the Earth and we've got to get it before it's out of sight.

All right, sure.

Yes, that's much better. I'll call you the minute we get in touch with him.

Boy, what excitement.

The mayor's planning a big reception for Superman already.

Yes, but... London observers wouldn't believe it was actually Superman who

stopped it. What did Professor Roberts... In Rome, people are going

crazy on the streets, huh?

Oh, the astronomer. He's a gloomy gust, that's all.

Wondering about the effect of that thing after... But does he know what happened

to Superman?

No. They couldn't see what happened to him.

After that terrific collision, do you think he could be dead?

Mabel, is Clark Kent out there yet?

I want him to get on the ball and find out what happened to Sid. He isn't back

yet either.

Clark's still missing too.

Mr. Kent!

Excuse me, please, I... Jeepers, where'd you go? I've been worried sick.

With you not coming to the office since last night, and the chief yelling for

you all the time, and all that stuff about Superman going on.

I had these keys.

It seemed like the right place to come to. I don't know.

You're not mad at me for coming to your place, are you?

The guy downstairs let me in, and I figured you wouldn't mind.

I don't know.

What's the matter, Mr. Kent?

Gee, you look tired.

Tired? Yes.

Yes, I'm tired.

Well, it's no wonder with all this excitement going on.

I'll tell you what.

Why don't you go and take a good hot shower? I'll run out and get some

sandwiches and coffee.

Shower.

That's a good idea.

I'll be back right away.

I'm back, Mr. Kent. I got some coffee and sandwiches.

I'll put them on the table in the bedroom.

Mr. Kent.

Here we are.

Wait a minute.

All right, where is he? What's this all about? He's in the bedroom.

I finally got him into bed.

He must weigh a ton.

I guess he cracked his head pretty hard when he hit the floor.

Jimmy, all that glass.

I know. He must be the luckiest guy that ever lived.

Not a scratch.

Probably slipped in a piece of soap. Only, why didn't you send for a doctor

instead of us?

Well, I... Please, I'm all right.

What happened to me?

Don't you know?

Oh, no.

Not since I opened my eyes, I'm sorry.

Are you all right, Mr. Kent?

What? What did you call me?

Mr. Kent?

Who?

What's the matter?

Don't any of you know me?

Please answer me. Who am I?

Amnesia. He's lost his memory. Oh, nonsense.

Kent, wake up. You're a reporter. You work for me. Now, come on. Stop this.

Am I?

Are you sure?

Who are you?

Well, I'm Lois Lane, reporter of the planet. Kent, I want you to stop this.

Now, you can't lose your memory. It's not possible.

You know us. I'm white. This is Jimmy. That's Lois.

This is just a joke, isn't it, Clark? Of course, that's all it is.

But let me tell you one thing, young man. I'm in no mood for jokes.

I've had all the headaches I want from all this asteroid business.

Superman missing.

Oh, please, just a minute.

You said Superman?

Seemed to have heard of him before somewhere.

Who is Superman?

Great Caesar's ghost.

Professor?

What are they going to name it?

Superman's moon?

Don't be stupid.

Well, what's eating you?

Settled down in its own orbit, hasn't it?

Circling the Earth twice a day, nice and steady.

It's cooled off, too.

Oh, I developed those pictures for him from the big lens.

It's got a lot of little bumps on its surface. Looks just like it ought to

look. Perfectly normal.

I know, I know.

Well, then what's wrong, Professor?

Well, we're going to find out soon enough.

There's some government research men and scientists from the Weather Bureau

flying in this afternoon for a conference.

If I'm not back, meet them, will you? Weather Bureau?

Well, where are you going? See Perry White, the Daily Planet.

You know, I think we should have Superman here at the conference. I'm

afraid we'll need him.

You know, the Earth is still in deadly danger from that asteroid.

You say this is where I work? Are you sure?

Well, of course, Mr. Kent.

Don't you remember anything?

It's a big city, isn't it?

Lots of big buildings.

Guess the chief had the right idea.

When you get behind your own desk and start pounding your old typewriter,

you'll snap out of it.

They say it's going to cross the sun like that nearly every day.

Hmm? What are you talking about?

That's always been up there, hasn't it? It's what they call the moon, isn't it?

That does it. In here.

Doesn't anything come back to you, Mr. Kent?

Look, there's the desk I fell against.

Remember the day the chief was trying to find out who spilled the ink on his rug?

No, I'm sorry, Jimmy.

That is your name, isn't it? Kent!

Kent, I want to see you.

Well, that's me.

Yes, sir? Oh, wait.

Chief, it's hopeless. All you can do is get him a good doctor. I have no time

for that.

Lee there?

Home again.

Everything's going to be all right.

Nothing to worry about.

Only this, Kent.

I want you to find Superman for me.

I don't care how you do it.

You've done it for me before, so I want you to find him.

Well, do you know what he looks like, sir?

Now, see here, Kent. I told you, Chief, it's useless.

I'll help you, Mr. White. I was supposed to cover the flowers. Be quiet, be

quiet.

Kent, the whole world needs him, don't you understand?

They need him in a hurry.

Why? What is it?

You're the only one who's ever been able to contact him.

You've got to find him.

Well, sir, I'll do my best.

I'll study upon him real hard, look all through the files downstairs.

And I'll ask everybody I meet, and how about putting an ad in the paper? No,

no, no. No, I'm sorry.

You just rest for a few days. You cover the flower show with Jiminy while the

world's coming to an end.

Chief, what did you mean by the world coming to an end?

Read this. Just came in on the wire.

Tidal wave down in Brazil.

Well, that's terrible.

I'll get right on the story.

For just a minute, Miss Lane. This tidal wave, I'm afraid, is just the beginning.

I don't understand.

Does it have something to do with the asteroid that Superman stopped?

Well, Superman just sidetracked it. That's the trouble. It should have been

destroyed. You see, its gravitational influence is upsetting the Earth's

rotation. I just had a call from our bureau in Cairo.

North Africa's having the worst wind and sandstorm it's ever had. The seismograph

out of the observatory shows an earthquake, but we haven't determined

its origin yet.

You mean all these disturbances were caused by the asteroid?

What other explanation can there be? That thing up there might disturb the

balance of the entire solar system. I don't know. Just find Superman. Do you

understand? Find him.

Where's Kent? He went home.

I'm pretty worried about him, Chief.

You're worried about him. I'm worried about Superman.

Well, I guess we're all pretty worried about Superman.

Well, we better be.

If he doesn't turn up, we're finished, that's all.

You're right.

Oh, I sent Jimmy up to Clark's apartment to make sure he's all right.

Okay to come in?

Sure, Jimmy. Come on in.

Are you feeling better?

Oh, yes. Thanks, Jimmy. I'm feeling much better, thanks.

You look worried, Mr. Kent. Is something bothering you?

Well, Jimmy, I've been thinking about Superman.

Do you suppose it's his costume that gives him this peculiar power?

I don't follow you. You know what I mean.

They haven't been able to find him, and they've got to.

The world may not last another day.

But suppose... Suppose someone else found his costume. No. No, wait, Mr.

Kent. That's not right.

Superman explained it to me once.

That costume doesn't have any particular powers.

Only Superman can do super things.

Nobody else.

Nobody. Well, someone has got to try and save this world of ours.

Huh?

Well, Jimmy, you came over to see if I was all right. Well, I am. Thank you

very much. Now, if you don't mind riding along, I've got some things to do.

Professor Roberts.

The observatory.

Just this.

It could save the world.

Without Superman, it's useless.

Couldn't the army or the navy or somebody put it in a guided missile and

shoot it towards the asteroid?

I'm afraid they haven't developed a guided missile yet that can go that far

out into space.

So the only answer is still Superman.

Yeah. Nobody knows where he... Look!

What can I do for you, Professor? This box.

Do you think you can carry this out to the asteroid?

Yes, sir.

Now, nothing can happen until you set the controls.

After you reach the asteroid, throw the first switch.

This one here. That's right.

That'll start the chain reaction.

Then five seconds later, throw the main switch.

That does it. That's right. Now, the atomic energy people are positive.

There's enough explosive in that to destroy the entire...

Goodbye,

Professor. Miss Lane?

Everyone? You sound as though you don't expect to come back.

I may not.

You had a pretty rough time of it before.

The asteroid was burning then, but since you changed its orbit, it's cooled.

Now, perhaps the elements that almost destroyed you were altered in the

cooling process. I don't know. It's just a chance, nothing more.

I understand, sir.

Well, no matter who I am, here goes.

Thus the asteroid was completely disintegrated and the world saved from

possible destruction due to its influence.

Superman, who was slightly injured by his first collision in space, seemed to

be completely recovered when he returned to Earth.

Probably it was the second blow that... Wait a minute. How do you know all that?

Oh, didn't I tell you? I have my memory back again now.

Really, Clark? Just because you got hit on the head is no sign that's what

happened to Superman.

Why not? I think we have something in common. As a matter of fact, I know we

do. You see, I know who he is now, too.

Oh, you do?

Well, come on, who?

Oh, just knock me on the head sometime.

You'll find out.

Mr. Kent, I'm really very glad you're well again.

But I'm not so sure it's much of an improvement.