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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.

Thank you.

They're a mean pair, Kent.

I'd say they'd try anything to get even.

Don't worry, Inspector.

I've been threatened before.

When are you going to close in?

Now.

He's a key man, and we've got to find out how they're operating.

I don't know how many valuable secrets he's wormed out of our top businessmen,

and I have a feeling he can lead us to the missing victims.

Over there, Curtis.

Wait, he's just a ghost. How did you live through that blast?

It was Superman.

Superman? What a story.

Kent! Kent!

Just when I need a reporter, Kent's wandered off.

Well, thanks to Superman, we've got our prisoners.

How'd you find out where the payroll was hidden?

Well, we'll take that up later. But the money, where is it?

Where in thunderation have you been?

I'm sorry, Chief, but there are a lot of bullets flying around here. Speak up.

Where's the money?

Go see if Superman's still in the shack.

No, wait. I'll tell you.

Foster, he's the one that... Just a minute, Curtis.

Pretend that I made the deal.

I'll spill it.

We got no choice, Kent. We're caught. Give him the money.

Money? What money? What are you talking about?

Oh, don't try to clam up on me.

You know where the money is.

They'll find out you've been working with us sooner or later.

Are you trying to say Kent's mixed up in this?

He's been a big help on this caper.

He's got the inside dope on a lot of things at Metropolis.

Yeah, now it comes to me why he tipped off you cops about our being here.

With us out of the way, he grabs off all the loot.

Well, I've witnessed some strange things, but Kent's always helped the

police.

It's a try to get even, Curtis, but it's too clumsy.

Just a minute, Inspector.

I want a break, that's why I squeal.

If you don't believe me, have a look for yourself. I saw Kent stash the money in

the glove compartment of that car.

Not quite sure, Bill. Knowing you as well as I do, I can't believe... Now,

now, just a minute. Isn't it pretty obvious I'm being framed?

Kent, I'd have staked my life on your honesty, but... Look, as a friend, I'd

like to give you every break I can, but there's the money and all of us as

witness.

Kent, you'll have to stand by for inquiry and probable trial.

Yes, it doesn't look very good for me, does it?

I know perfectly well that you're innocent. I posted bail for you, didn't

I? But I'm smart enough to know that you have something in mind. Now, what is it?

Well, Chief, I guess I should know better than to try and fool you.

Here's my idea.

Now, we know those two hoodlums are only part of an organization, right?

The only way we can find out who the others are is for me to pretend I'm on

the wrong side of the law. That way we'll be able to find out how they're

operating. Great Caesar's ghost. What a story.

But it's a terrific risk. What if you can't clear yourself?

I know it's a gamble, but I'm already committed.

And now I'm depending on you to help me on my way.

How?

Fire me.

That's right, fire me. Loudly, firmly, and lay it on thick.

Fire you? But what about your friends?

Why, Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane would be brokenhearted.

I know, Chief, and I'm sorry about them, but we can't take a chance on their

making an inadvertent slip and giving the whole show away. No, I think we'd

better start planning the idea in their heads right now.

Okay.

Now, Lois.

Yes, Chief?

Have you seen Jimmy Olsen? Well, he's right here.

We're worried about Clark.

Is there anything we can do, Chief?

I want you both to stay right there. You'll be busy enough.

I simply won't have it.

You're a disgrace, Kent.

You can turn in your press card and get your pay from the cashier. Yes, sir.

There's no room for a criminal on the staff of the Daily Planet.

Oh, Jimmy.

Clark Kent fired a supporter named Member of Gang.

The Daily Planet will never count on its underworld activity, says Perry White,

editor of The Planet.

Yeah, it's quite a story, isn't it? It is indeed.

It practically convicts you before you even go to trial.

When you've got yourself in such a spot, you'll have to go to trial. You know

that, don't you?

Yes, I hope it doesn't go any further than that.

You could go to jail.

And all because you've got a crazy notion to ride along with this frame-up.

Look, Bill, sometimes we all have to take chances to get these hoods, don't

we?

It's my job. I'm a cop. You're a reporter.

But all the same, I admire you for it. Well, thanks.

Now watch yourself. These boys play rough.

And speaking of these boys, just where are they?

I've got them outside.

I had the DA ask the judge to set bail low enough so they could meet it.

Well, let's get this show on the road, shall we?

Ben Foster and Curtis in.

had to allow bail for your new friend, so we set it so high they couldn't make

it, we thought.

But a man named Jason met the amount a few minutes ago. Looks like you fellas

have a big organization.

What are you doing, pal? Penning the state's evidence?

Oh, very funny. I know your framing, and you know it too, but nobody else will

believe it. Too bad, Kent.

If we get to go to the big house, there's no reason why you shouldn't come

right along too, huh?

Oh, you did a pretty good job on me, all right.

And you finished it when you booked me.

Look, Inspector, if I can't get a job on another paper, and I doubt very much if

I'll be able to, will you tell me I'm going to make a living? That's your

problem, Kent.

Getting yourself involved with these monkeys, getting fired, you brought this

all on your own head.

However, I'm warning you, all three of you, right now, keep your noses clean

and stay in the city.

I will if I get a chance to, but if I can't get a job, I'm going to make a

living somehow.

On your way, gentlemen.

What do you think?

Could be a bluff.

Could be we really hooked him.

Let's go see.

Come in. This is locked.

Relax, pal.

Guy gets kind of beat looking for a job all day, don't he?

Especially when he don't get hired.

Okay, so what do you want? You see, Foster, sometimes a guy don't know who

his real friends are, right?

Right. Look, you're in.

Now, it looks like I've got to talk to you whether I want to or not. Listen,

Kent, maybe the dirty trick I pulled on you was a good thing.

I wasn't kidding when I said you were hep to a lot of things going on here in

Metropolis. We'll give you a job. You'll make more in a year than a hundred

reporters.

Well, it looks like I've got to do business with you. I never thought I

would, though, people of your type. Well, if you're leveling, why don't we

go see about it?

Okay, let's go.

Fancy layout, huh?

Might as well begin now, Kent.

What have you got for us?

Probably more than you bargained for.

I'll show you. Have you got a safe?

Yeah.

Over here.

Watch.

There you are, gentlemen.

Hey, how did you... Well, you remember Jimmy Valentine? He was supposed to have

super sensitive fingers. He could feel the tumbler slipping into place.

Just a gift, I guess.

Just a gift, maybe.

You know, it takes a train safe cracker to open that safe.

You sure you've been a reporter all your life? Well, it does begin to look like

I've had a little past, doesn't it? Yeah, it sure does.

And a big future with us.

Man, oh, man, wait till the boss hears about you.

The boss?

Who is he? You'll find out.

Fair enough.

Well, now that you know about me, how do you fellas operate?

There's something else you'll find out in about an hour.

Ever hear of Tom Wingate? Tom Wingate.

Oh, the wholesale jeweler? Yeah, we got an appointment tonight.

One he knows nothing about.

And by the way, this might be right up your alley, Mr. Jimmy Kent Valentine.

Yes?

Mr. Wingate?

Yes, it is Thomas Wingate. This is the police department.

We're in your office. It's been robbed.

You'd better get down here right away. Thank you. I'll be right down.

Mr. Wingate? Yes?

My... Oh, my head.

Easy, Mr. Wingate. You're in good hands. Just take it easy.

What? What happened? Where am I?

My office phoned and... Don't worry.

I'm Stoddard.

Federal Bureau of Investigation.

You're in the hospital.

We've been after a ring of jewel thieves who specialize in uncut diamonds.

They're harder to identify than cut gems, of course, and therefore easier to

market. Then the telephone called from my office. It was just an excuse?

Of course.

They wanted to capture you and force you to open your safe.

We caught up with them just after they knocked you out.

Unfortunately, they got away, but we were lucky enough to save you.

Hello, Washington calling, Mr. Stoddard. Oh, thank you.

Stoddard speaking.

Yes, sir, I'm on the Wingate case right now.

You're right, sir, they might try it.

Well, I'll ask him about it immediately.

Yes, and we'll take every precaution.

All right, sir.

Mr. Wingate, did you recently bring a large shipment of uncut diamonds from

South Africa?

Well, why do you ask?

Large and medium stones, approximately 940 carats.

Yes, I did.

Now, that's the shipment the ring was after.

Thank heavens they didn't get into your office.

But, Mr. Stoddard, the shipment isn't at my office. I have it in my apartment, in

a hidden safe I just had put in.

Mr. Wingate, you're being pretty careless with a shipment of that value.

Those diamonds must be moved to a safer place, and you're in no condition to do

it. What's the combination of the safe?

I don't know. My wife has it.

And she's out of town until Tuesday afternoon and I can't get in touch with

her. All right.

Where is the safe? I'll have a man watch it.

In the hall linen closet, behind the second shelf.

Well?

How do you like that?

It's amazing.

Anyone would fall for that setup and spill everything they knew.

And plenty of suckers have fallen for it, Kent.

We get a couple of them under lock and key and another... Shut up, Foster.

Good evening, Mr. Kent.

Good evening.

Congratulations, you're a very good actor.

Well, we have the location of a safe.

We know it holds a fortune in uncut diamonds.

And we know that you, Mr. Kent, have a knack for opening safes.

Well, what do you think, gentlemen?

Is Mr. Clark Kent sincere?

Does he want to join us?

Or spy on us?

Well, supposing I bring you the Wingate stones, will that prove where I stand?

Go ahead.

And Curtis will go with you.

To be sure you don't drop in on the police first.

Fair enough.

Think we can trust him?

Well, we'll soon find out.

Don't, Mr. Kent. You've got to go straight.

Don't rob any seats. Miss Lane and I will stand by you. How long have you

been snooping around?

Clark, Jimmy followed you from your apartment and called me. We just got

here when they opened the door, but we heard that you... That I was going to

pull a job.

Well, now Curtis doesn't have to risk getting caught.

Your friends are going to stay right here with us, Kent.

Sort of hostages, I'd say.

Turn us into the law and you'll never see them alive again.

Now get the diamonds.

All right, Jason, but I'll be back. And please remember that Jimmy and Lois are

friends of mine.

Or were.

Jeepers, Miss Lane, I still can't believe he's a crook.

Gosh, I can't either.

Oh, you've heard of me, then? Heard of you, my dear chap.

Everyone's heard of you, though I scarcely ever expected to meet you.

My name is Bennett, overseer of the mines here now.

Nice to meet you, Mr. Bennett. Can I offer you a spot of tea?

No, thank you. The fact of the matter is I'm in rather a hurry. I'd like to ask a

favor, though.

Oh, anything, old boy.

Well, it's rather a large favor. I'd like to borrow about 900 carats of uncut

diamonds. Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear. I'm afraid you've come to old Mother

Hubbard. If I had any, of course, you'd be more than welcome to borrow them. But

the fact is, the cupboard's bare.

I sent out every single stone from this place yesterday.

I see.

Well, could I dig them myself?

I mean, of course I'll return them.

Help yourself, my dear fellow.

Thank you.

Well, sir, time for tea.

We aren't going to wait much longer.

In any event, I think we'd better clear out of Metropolis.

That's good news. How about them?

We won't leave any evidence behind.

The Wingate stones, Mr. Jason.

Uncut diamonds.

Raw stones.

It's hard to believe these just came from Wingate's safe.

Yes, isn't it?

Now, are you satisfied as to where I stand?

Nice work, Kent.

But we've got news for you.

We're pulling out of Metropolis. It's too hot here.

You want to come with us?

What about them?

We can turn loose the people we're already holding.

They only saw my secretary Ann and myself, and then only under conditions

of shock.

But your friends here, they've been foolish enough to meet all of us, and to

sit in on an actual job.

Oh, you mean my little diamond raid?

Yes.

As such, they're witnesses against you and us.

We think they should be, shall we say, eliminated.

Any objections, Kent?

Objections? Why, no, of course not.

As a matter of fact, I resent having to look at them.

They remind me of the...

of the newspaper and my getting fired and Perry White.

I don't want any part of them. That fits, then, because there's one more

proof I want from you. What's that?

You ought to let them to get rid of them.

And this time, Curtis will go with you.

I'm telling you, he's crazy, Mr. Kent. You're not going to do anything like

that, are you? Why not?

In the rackets, it's dog-eat-dog, isn't it? I'll be back and without him. Come

on.

But somehow I don't believe it.

They've all been close friends for years.

Kent may be trying to trick us.

But it's just possible he's made one mistake.

I'm going to check on that right now.

I don't get it, Kent. Why here at the planet? It's very simple.

I'm going to get even with that Perry White. I'm going to dump them right in

his lap. And he'll never recognize that officer as either.

Well, I don't like it. It's too dangerous. At this hour of night, will

you relax?

Hold it.

Berkeley alarm.

Perry showed me this a long time ago.

Okay, in.

Get away from that chair.

Now put them down back to back. We'll tie them together.

Use that twine on the desk.

Better gag him.

Hey, what's this all about?

A match in the papers, then the chair, then the carpet, and the whole office,

including our friends here, are just a happy memory.

Accidental death of Planet Reporters.

Accidentally on purpose, huh?

Smart.

But why all this fuss? Why don't we just let them have it? Don't you get it? By

the time this place catches on fire, we'll have had time to establish our

alibi. Got a match? Yeah.

Come on.

Well? Boss, this guy's a genius.

You should have seen the gimmick he set up to rub out those reporters.

Yes, I think he is pretty clever.

Hey, what's going on?

You'll find out.

Over there.

Feeling better?

I certainly am.

Thanks to you and your FBI.

Now, once again, Mr. White, you're absolutely certain that only you and

Clark Kent knew that your firing him was just an act? Yes, I am.

Kent wanted to be able to pretend he was a member of the gang so he could unmask

them.

Excellent.

Bring him in here.

Kent. This whole setup's phony, Chief. This is the gang.

Yes, but I thought... I know, you got slugged and you thought the FBI saved

you. Yes, and then I went out... You talk.

As others have.

They're prisoners in the basement.

Tell them the mistake they made.

I have connections, White. I was able to find out that you personally posted bail

for Kent. Now, a man wouldn't do that for a friend and then fire him.

Yes?

When?

I see.

Yes, we'll pick you up on the way.

That was Ann.

I sent her after you and Kent.

She saw you leave the planet.

She also heard a burglar alarm go off.

The police just picked up the two people you were supposed to have killed. But

they're alive and talking.

They'll bring the cops here. We've still got about ten minutes. Let me rub them

out. No, wait a minute.

Maybe not getting involved in a murder rap with the other two was a good thing.

No reason to start now.

What do we do with them? All we need is a little head start.

A quick sleep and we'll be out of town.

Here.

Take that.

You too.

Inspector, I think you'll find a lot of missing people in the basement of that

house. Where's Clark?

Yes, where is he? Where he usually is. Excuse me.

Jimmy, Lois, what happened?

You phony criminal, you. What a killer you turned out to be.

Fast asleep while Superman did all the work. Well, better him than me, I guess.

Are you all right, Chief?

Yeah, I'm a little groggy, huh?

What about these diamonds? They're not the ones from Wingate's safe.

Oh, they belong to Superman.

He has to put them back, too. Some kind of a loan, he said.

Mr. Kent?

Yes? What if that alarm hadn't gone off?

And if the fire had really gotten started in that chair, things could have

been pretty hot for us.

Oh, about the chair, yes. Well, if you remember, I gave it to Mr. White for his

birthday. Tell him about it, Chief.

Well, Kent's been ribbing me for a long time about dozing off with a lighted

cigar.

He said I ought to have a special chair just made for... You mean so the chair's

fireproof? Yeah. Then the fire couldn't have really gotten started.

That's right, Jimmy.

That's fine.

But what if something had gone wrong?

Well, in that case, I guess Superman would have to show up in time, as usual.

Don't miss the next real tactic. episode in the amazing adventures of Superman.

Superman is based on the original character appearing in Superman

magazine.