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There's the car, but what's going on? Looks like our men lost out, too.

We can fix that.

We got two of them. They walked right into the trap.

There was another guy with me here. That reporter, Clark Kent.

He was knocked over that... What happened? Plenty. Superman was here.

Say, you sure play things safe, don't you?

Usually.

I'd like to know just how you got that story about Superman stopping a train.

There's something very fishy about you being at the exact spot.

I guess I'm just lucky.

You're more than lucky.

Sometimes I like to... I'm sorry, Lois, but I can't help it if these breaks come

my way.

I'd like to give you a break, preferably a leg or an arm. Oh, quit it, Lois. Now

here's a break for you.

What is it? Dr. Graham is coming here to experiment with his reducer ray. I want

you to meet him, escort him to the university.

And get an exclusive interview.

Well, that helps some.

Your marvelous weapon was just a toy to him.

I didn't think it would boomerang.

Two more of our men were arrested. They can't tell anything, even if they do

talk. It looks as if I'll have to accomplish what you failed to do.

Dr. Graham is coming to Metropolis, and I'll force him to give me the secret of

his reducer ray.

That'd mean making him a prisoner.

You'll never get away with it.

I think I will, the way I planned it.

You know when and where Dr. Graham is arriving?

Yes, thanks to the Daily Planet.

It also informs me that Lois Lane is to meet him for an interview.

I shall take her place.

And you, Dr. Hackett, with skillful makeup, should make an admirable Dr.

Graham.

Here's his latest photograph.

I didn't know any had been published lately.

How'd you get it?

One of my men in Washington took it without Graham's knowledge.

SL to car one.

SL to car one.

Lois Lane heading out Highland Avenue toward airport.

Now one mile north of city line.

Contact the lane car in five minutes.

I'm sorry, miss, it was my fault, but I don't think there's much damage.

All right, all right, but I've got to meet a plane.

Dr. Graham?

Yes. I'm Lois Lane of the Daily Planet.

Oh, yes, I've been looking for you. I'm to drive you to the university and get

an interview on the way. Shall we go?

By all means.

What is this, a hold-up?

Precisely, Dr. Graham.

We're holding up your plant.

Then you're not Miss Lane?

But I don't understand.

You will, Dr. Graham. All in good time.

Elton, you mustn't keep Miss Lane waiting. Get his briefcase and his bag.

I'd be glad to pay for any damage, miss.

My card. Oh, that won't be necessary, but thank you.

Dr. Graham?

Yes. I'm Lois Lane of the Daily Planet.

Oh, yes, we've been looking for you.

I'm terribly sorry, but I was delayed by a slight accident.

I'm sorry to hear that, but we haven't been waiting very long.

May I present my assistant, Mr. Conrad. How do you do? We can go to the

university immediately. The car is over there.

Thank you.

Let's see your pass.

Okay.

Have you a pass, sir?

Yes, I have.

Yes, sir. I drew that.

Thank you.

Well, thank you very much, Miss Lane. I'll go in with you. I haven't all my

story yet.

Oh.

Very well

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The people in Washington know you're here, don't they, Dr. Graham?

Oh, certainly.

As a matter of fact, it was their idea.

Then don't you think it's strange they allowed you to come unguarded?

Oh, not at all.

Mr. Conrad here is my guard as well as assistant.

Possibly I'm being watched every moment without being aware of it.

Keep him here until the spider lady learns of his arrival.

The spider lady?

Who is she?

Don't be impatient. You'll have plenty of time to get acquainted with her.

How are things going, Doc?

Very well, Conrad.

Didn't you invent the reducer, Ray?

Well, certainly.

Why do you ask?

Then why are you photographing it?

I'm very much interested in the technique used to install it here.

I see a new wire plan has been used.

Remove the blindfold.

It won't do you any good to try to see me.

Let me introduce myself.

I'm the Spider Lady.

I cannot tell you how happy I am to see you, Dr. Graham.

This is a pleasure. The pleasure is all yours.

May I ask what you're after?

Certainly. The secret of the reducer ray.

Well, you surely don't think I'd tell you that, do you?

We're using another method of learning it.

Make the doctor comfortable.

Well, Dr.

Graham, I have all I need to know. I'll hurry back to the office and write my

story. Well, thank you. Goodbye, Miss Lane.

Do you think she suspects anything?

No, I don't think so.

I thought we'd never get rid of her.

Operator, I'm calling from Metropolis University.

There's a man here posing as...

Jimmy took this picture of Dr. Graham when Lois met him.

It was spotted on page one with her story.

I met him some time ago.

That's not Graham.

That's Hackett. Hackett? How do you know?

Fine clock tent for me. I think he's gone crazy.

That'll hold her.

Yeah. Now to find a way to destroy this machine, and then we'll have the only

one in existence.

Is everything well set? Yes. I've caused a tremendous short circuit that'll turn

the radiations of the reducer ray inward.

And when that gauge hits that 10,000 mark, the entire mechanism will explode.

Well, let's get out of here. Goodbye, Mr. Lane.

You'll have a few moments to regret having interfered with us.

A short circuit almost wrecked the ray machine, but I caught it just in time.

Have the apparatus checked.

Next week in this theater, see the plot unfold further in Between Two Fires,

Chapter 10 of Superman.