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The Adventures of Superman.

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.

Are you looking for someone?

Yes, yes, yes.

How did you guess?

Oh, I just put two and two together, and the answer came out in Mr. Kent.

Oh, he's exactly the young chap I must see.

Well, maybe you must, but you can't. He's inside in a very important

conference. Young man, nothing in the world is more important than this.

This is the answer to everything.

Hey, will it tell me how to get a raise?

Better than that. It will fix things so you won't need one.

Thanks, but the chief already suggested that. He told me to go jump off a

bridge.

Yes. Well, why don't you go do that while I see Mr. Kent? I'm sorry, but

you're really going to have to come back later.

Young man.

Some of us may never come back.

Oh, I'm sorry, but you can't go in there. Who says I can't?

It must have been me.

You know, in the good old days, I have a smart punk like you fitted for a pair of

cement pajamas.

Cement pajamas?

Yeah, for a long sleep at the bottom of the river.

It's funny, but everybody seems to want me in the river these days. Well, it

figures. Come on, get out of the way. No, look, I've got my orders.

Look, your orders have just been changed, kid.

Oh, you must be Turk Jackson.

Right as rain.

We've been expecting you. Go right in.

Turk Jackson?

Yeah, who do you think I am, Little Red Riding Hood?

Who's them?

Well, them, as you so neatly phrased it, are Miss Lane and Mr. White, our editor.

Oh.

Okay, okay, let's get it over with.

First, let me ask you a question, Turk.

Now, you've ruled a gangster empire for 20 years. Now, all of a sudden, you

decide to turn yourself in to me. Why?

Well, my luck was run out. It's just a matter of time, see?

So I figured I'd get a better deal if I turned myself in. Why not go directly to

the police?

Because this way I got guarantees.

Cat's got a lot of respect in this town.

DA guarantees him that I'll get a square deal. So I get a square deal. Otherwise,

I haven't got a chance.

You don't deserve much of a chance.

Forget it, Lois.

I've had this confession typed up exactly as you gave it to me over the

phone. Read it and sign it, and we're on our way.

Okay, this will do. Give me a pen.

Pen will be a collector's item.

Let's go.

Is he taking us in or are we taking him in?

That is a good question.

Hello, everyone.

I've been waiting for you. So what?

Yes. You see, I am Professor Twiddle.

I am a scientist.

So what?

Now wait, please.

I know who you are, too.

You are Turk Jackson.

You are a gangster.

Well, I'm sorry, Professor, but you see, we don't have time.

Time? That's just the point.

I've conquered it.

With this little machine.

Well, that's very nice, Professor. Now, why don't you run home and bury it in

your backyard?

Hold it.

Where I'm going, there ain't gonna be many laughs.

Go ahead, Prof. Tell us about your time gimmick.

Yes. Well, you see, it's really very simple.

You just pick out the period in history that you'd like to go back to, and I

turn this dial, flick this switch, and back we go.

You're not trying to back out of our deal, are you, Turk? I told you, this is

strictly for laughs.

Go ahead, prop. Give it a try.

Delighted. Pick your age. I'll take any age before paper was discovered.

Well, I think I'd like to go back to where it all started.

Prehistoric times.

It is not a bad idea.

Prehistoric. That's when there were no cops.

And I could have the whole territory all to myself.

What about that, Professor?

Back to the days of the caveman.

Yes, that would be 50,000 B.C.

Well...

Everybody ready?

Yes.

Then here we go.

It worked.

Holy cow.

I did it.

I did it. That's the understatement of the year.

Yes, but of what year?

50,000 B.C., like the prof said.

Jeepers, I should have left a note for my mother. Professor.

I know this whole thing is foolish, but apparently you did get us here. You've

got to get us back.

Oh, yes.

Mr. Kent, now, I don't want to alarm you, but I'm afraid that I have spent so

much time on the process of getting us here that I have neglected the reverse

process. Oh, that's all right, Professor.

I kind of like it here.

But I'll figure it out.

All I need is one certain kind of metal.

Great Caesar's ghost. What sort of metal?

You can't say Great Caesar's ghost anymore, Chief.

He wasn't even born yet. Yes.

Oh, no.

Madam,

madam, please control yourself.

Me Turk, me friend.

Put it there, pal.

Congratulations, Turk. You seem to have made a friend here, and I have a hunch

we're going to need all we can find around here.

Right. That's why I'm taking over, see?

First, we've got to get some of them duds.

We've got to show them we can down to their level.

Hey.

Duds. Close. Get it?

Close. Yeah.

Hey, this guy's got possibility.

He does seem to be learning rather fast.

Here. Turn it in for a new sundial.

Pretty good, huh?

Hey, kid, come here.

Me? Yeah.

Listen, this is going to make history someday, especially when them

archaeologist guys get digging around.

So I want you to put out a newspaper.

A newspaper?

Well, that's fine, except we'll need two things.

News and the paper.

Well, I'm news, and how I'm taking over.

And as for the paper, you got rocks, ain't you?

Yes, sir.

Especially in my head.

Okay, back in the cave and start setting up housekeeping.

If there isn't a spare room for me, chew one out of the rock, will you, Turk?

Just a minute, Kent. What's the matter?

I hate to do this, but if the professor finds that medal, I don't want him to be

able to use it, so I'll take the box.

I'm very sorry, Turk, but I'm going to keep charge of this. You see, you might

never want to go back, but the rest of us do.

Give me the box.

This guy doesn't know when he's knocked out.

Clark, he hit you. I saw him.

Lois, will you please let me alone? Oh, no. Somebody has to look after you, and

it looks like I'm elected.

Come on.

Thank you, madam. I am not hungry.

Well, it all may seem like a bad dream, but it's not.

We've actually passed the time barrier.

Yes, but only in one direction.

Backwards.

How do you spell Neanderthal?

If you can't spell, you've no business being on a newspaper.

Professor, have you anything to say for the four-star final?

Oh, uh, yes.

You may quote me.

Even science can backfire.

Oh, if I only had my calculations.

You see, I left them in my office. If only Superman were here.

Well, Jimmy, I'm not so sure even Superman could be of much help now.

Jeepers. No more Saturday afternoons at the ballpark.

No more of those headaches at the office. I never thought I'd miss them.

Yes, it certainly makes you appreciate the little things you've always taken

for granted.

Okay, where's the girl? In the other cave.

Hey, woman, come here.

Here, give.

Okay, so I ain't so popular.

But just get one thing straight, I'm still a law around here.

Can I quote you on that?

Yeah, sure.

Here, put on these duds.

That's for you, Junior.

What about me?

Sorry, Buster, this is the last one.

The caveman didn't have too much of a wardrobe.

Now look, Turk, what did you actually do with that time machine?

Well, if the professor finds the metal he needs and I ever decide I want to go

back, then I'll let you know.

Not bad. Not bad at all.

You look very charming right here.

Gee, where did you get the woolies? I catch cold very easily. Who would have

ever believed that beneath the classy exterior of the most distinguished

editor in Metropolis reposed such an area of plain old red flannel?

It kind of humanizes him, doesn't it?

I've had better, Miles, but I guess you'll do.

Isn't anyone going to stand up to this hoodlum? Don't anybody let's try.

Oh, yes.

Now, look, I don't care what you do to me, but I want my time machine back.

Mr. Kent says you have it. Perfectly all right, Professor. Don't get out of line,

you understand?

Well, don't be ridiculous. It's mine. I want it. Watch it, Professor.

Watch what? Oh, you wouldn't dare shoot me.

Someday you may want to get out of here, and I am your only hope.

Stand back in the next...

The vibration of that shot caused a cave-in. What are we going to do? We've

got to get out of here.

We'll never be able to get out of here.

Like I always say, the lust for power leads to its own destruction.

Do something. Somebody do something.

There's nothing we can do.

Well, perhaps there is something we can do.

I guess it doesn't matter who knows now.

Wait, I smell something.

I know that odor.

It's coal gas.

The same kind that seeps into minds in the 20th century.

Well, at least it'll make it quicker.

Clark, you said maybe there was something to be done. For heaven's

sakes, whatever it is, do it now.

Well, I'm sorry, Lois. I guess I was just talking to keep our spirits up.

Clark, I feel dizzy.

So do I.

I guess this is it.

It's in block.

We can save.

It's impossible.

I don't know how you did it, buddy, but thanks, thanks.

I think he's trying to say he didn't

do it. Well, it really doesn't matter.

He can only talk.

He drove Big Al.

That can only mean one thing.

Superman is here.

Superman? That's right, Turk. Now you'll see who's boss around here.

Come on, Clark, let's go find him. Let's just wait till he finds us, shall we?

Oh, come on.

All right, Lois, we'll go find him.

I think I'll have a look around, too.

Please, whatever you do, don't leave me.

Listen, you guys.

Superman might be around here, but I'm Stoneman, see?

And I can do anything that he can do.

Watch, I'll show you.

Is that something?

Look, watch this.

You like that, huh?

Well, I got a lot more.

I'm tired, Clark. I think I'll rest here a minute.

That's a good idea, Lois.

I'll go ahead and scout around a bit. You wait right here. Okay. Don't get

lost.

Superman! We've been looking everywhere for you. Yes, Miss Lane, I know.

You've got to help us, Superman. You've got to get us back.

The trouble is, I don't know exactly what to do.

Well, there's one thing you can do. The professor has some important information

at home. If he had it here, he could figure out the kind of metal he needs.

And you want me to try and go get it?

Please, Superman, you must.

Very well, Miss Lane.

I'll try.

Superman, what... I'm sorry, Miss Lane. I can't do it. I can't crack the time

barrier. But you broke through it to get here.

Yes, I know. But that was a one-way trip, and please don't ask me why. I

can't explain.

You were our last hope. Now even that's gone.

I'm afraid you're right. Although at least I can keep Turk in line. Oh, you'd

better join the others in the cave.

Anything you say, Superman.

Think, Professor, think.

What do you think I'm doing?

But it's hard to do calculations in your head.

Did you find him? Did you find him? Is he really here?

I found him. But for once, even Superman is helpless.

I don't know how many times I've told you this. You don't seem to understand.

But you see what I can do.

Me stone man, me boss.

Huh? You're not boss anymore, Turk. That's what you think.

But they think differently.

Who's boss?

Me or him?

Boss. Far.

I've been watching Superman.

He made fire with his lighter and chipped a rock with his gun.

Oh, perhaps we can do him one better.

Chief, all you need is your X-ray vision.

He wants you to chip the rock like Turk did.

Oh, that's what he wants.

Boss!

I'll show you who's boss.

Superman, you win.

What are you going to do with me now?

Not a thing, Turk.

We've all got to learn to live together here somehow.

Let's get back to the others.

Come on.

This is really going to be a home-cooked meal tonight.

Cave-cooked, you mean.

Well, Superman, we heard the bad news that you can't get back, but thanks for

trying to help us.

Well, I'm sorry I couldn't do more than try.

Professor, I'm afraid it's all up to you. I'm trying, I'm trying, Superman.

And I almost have it. You see, what I need is a metal that gives off neutral

isotopic rays.

Well, then let's round up all the metal we can find around here.

Look, we need metal.

Metal.

Metal.

Understand?

Metal.

Metal. Don't blame me if he brings back a compact.

Compact? That's it.

That's what, Professor?

That's it. That's the answer. That's the metal I need.

You see, atoms must be extraordinarily compact in order to give off the right

rays. Well, do you know of such a metal? I do now.

It's called carborium X.

Well, then let's go find some of that.

I'm afraid it won't be quite that easy. You see, carborium X... is found only on

meteors. Then by all means, let's find a meteor.

But you can't fly like you used to. You tried.

Miss Lane, it's true I can't fly through time, but I can still fly through space.

I sure hope you're able to find it. All right, all right, knock it off. You're

forgetting something.

I'm the only one who knows where the time machine is. Without that, Cabora

Max ain't gonna help you.

But we need it now. That's our way to get back.

I ain't ready. All I got waiting back there for me is a jail cell.

But you were ready to give yourself up before all this happened.

Sure, but I don't have to now.

Then why don't you let us go back and you stay here?

Nope. I might get lonesome.

We'll make you tell where that machine is.

Kirk won't talk unless he wants to. I've got one thing, willpower. I've been

worked on by experts.

Where are you going?

Out to find myself a nice, quiet cave, alone.

Did you find it? Did you find Carborium-X? I hope so, Professor.

I dug this out of a meteor.

There may be some Carborium-X in it.

This is it. This is Carborium-X.

Yes, this rusty part here is what I'll need.

Well, then let us get to work right away.

Say, by the way, there's been so much going on around here, I'd forgotten

about Clark Kent.

Where is he?

Please, let's not worry about Kent.

I can find him any time, I promise you.

Yes, but first I must have my time machine, because without it, this is

absolutely worthless.

Professor, this isn't easy to say, but this will be the second time I've failed

you. You see, your time machine can be almost anyplace. It could take years to

find. Yes, but I must have it now before the other radioactive elements in it go

dead.

Well, let's face it, we're cave people.

That's the way it's going to be.

Well, one good thing about it, we've all got a lot of experience.

Maybe we can get society off on a better foot.

I hope so, Jim.

Meanwhile, I'll go look for Kent.

Well, we got company.

Metal.

Metal. That's not metal. Don't be. Those are stones.

Huh?

Probably nothing but diamonds.

A big, fat diamond.

Hey,

buddy, you don't know what these are worth back where I come from, but you

can buy yourself out of mostly anything, even jail.

Far.

Far.

Oh, yeah, sure. Here.

You don't know it, fella, but you just paid a couple of million dollars for a

lighter. I know.

In about 50,000 years, there's going to be the cutest hat in the window of that

little shop across from the office.

I don't know how I'm going to live without it.

Well, thank heavens you've come to your senses.

Why? Why did you do it?

Let's just say I got a streak of decency about me.

The first thing I'm going to do when we get back is destroy that machine.

The first thing I'm going to do is ask for a raise.

This newspaper work can be pretty dangerous.

Yes. Now, we are all ready to attempt a return to the 20th century. Wait, not

yet. Clark isn't here.

I'm here.

Well, do you think I'd pay you a salary just to roam around the countryside?

Well, I'm sorry, Chief, but a man can get lost out there, you know.

But where's Superman?

Oh, he's all right, Jimmy. Just don't worry about it.

but he can't get through the time barrier.

Lois, I've been in touch with him. You see, Superman's been in contact with

this Carborium X, so he won't have any more trouble with the barrier.

Well, then everything's settled, darling.

Perhaps if we had met at another time in another world, everything would have

been different.

But now, Lana, I'm afraid it's goodbye.

Goodbye.

Well, come on, let's hurry back. I'm hungry.

Well, here we go.

We forgot to change clothes first.

Don't worry. I'll buy everybody a new wardrobe.

I'll buy the whole town.

With those?

Diamonds, my boy. A whole handful.

I'm afraid not, Tarek. You see, you've got nothing but common quartz here. Ask

the professor.

Oh, yes. Mr. Kent's absolutely right. They're worthless.

You're crazy.

They're real. It's got to be.

Okay, Kent. You win again.

I started out to give myself up.

Let's do it now and get it over with.

I hope Superman got back all right.

Don't worry, Lois. I'm sure he did.

Well, what's the trouble? Didn't you ever see a caveman before?

Don't miss the next grill-packed episode in the amazing adventures of Superman.

Superman is based on the original character appearing in Superman

magazine.