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Superboy. It's the adventures of Superboy.

Incredible boy of steel, powerful, fearless, invulnerable, only survivor of

the doomed planet Krypton, home of a race of fine and noble humans far

advanced over those of our own world.

Superboy, whose scientist father sent him hurtling into the far reaches of

interstellar space in a tiny craft moments before great Krypton exploded

into a billion, billion fragments, speeding the spaceship unerringly on its

course for planet Earth.

Where, landing safely, the infant Superboy was found and adopted by a

small-town couple, Jonathan and Martha Kent.

And now, some years later, the child is young Clark Kent, a student at

Smallville High School, where his meek, retiring manner hides an exciting secret

known only to himself and his foster parents.

The secret that Clark Kent is, in reality, Superboy, champion of the

oppressed. enemy of all evildoers, dedicated to the cause of truth and

justice.

After he completed the filtration plant in India, Fonda's company sent him to

South America to supervise construction of a similar facility there.

But Fonda says he's proudest of the fact that he was in charge of developing the

new water system right here in our own hometown of Smallville.

That was a very good talk, Donna. And your father certainly has an interesting

occupation. Thank you.

Our next speaker on my father's occupation will be Jimmy Drake.

My father

is the doorman at the Arrow Theater, period.

Jimmy, is that all you have to say?

That's all there is to say.

May I be excused, Miss Gibson?

Well, time is almost up anyway.

Jimmy, let's take this up again at our next public speaking class.

Class dismissed.

Let's walk home with him, Pat.

Okay, Lana.

Jimmy! Wake up!

I was listening to all of you talking about your father's jobs and careers.

Well, what can you say about a doorman at the Arrow?

Jimmy, my father works in a grocery store. And my father's just a teacher. I

bet your father makes more money here than mine does.

Your father owns the grocery store.

And your father's a professor.

They both have standing in the community.

There's Dad now.

They bought him a new uniform for the premiere.

Big deal.

See you later.

He's certainly being unfair to his father. What's wrong with being a

theater doorman?

Well, nothing, Lana. Except, well, you know, he thinks his dad's job doesn't

amount to much.

Well, Jimmy should consider the man and not the job.

Mr. Drake had to raise Jimmy without even a wife to help him.

And I think that's a lot more important than installing an old filtration system

in South America, don't you?

All right, all right. We're going to sit around here all

day. Why don't you relax?

Gunner and I have to pull this job. You don't. Yeah, you don't mind if we do a

little planning, do you?

Two-bit movie house and a two-bit town. The way you guys talked, you'd think you

were going to take Fort Knox. You think it's Fort Knox when we split up the

loot.

Seen enough, huh? Yeah.

What is it, Jimmy?

What's what, Dad?

Something's wrong.

Ever since you got home from school, you've been sighing and staring at the

space.

What happened? Did you fail an exam?

You know I don't fail exams, Dad.

I'm just concentrating.

Well, that's just about the most distracted concentration I've ever seen.

Now, what happened?

What happened, Jim?

This is going to sound terrible to you, Dad, but we had oral essays in class

today about our father's occupations.

When my turn came, I couldn't find anything to say about you.

Well, aside from the costumes he wears, I don't suppose there's much to say

about a theater doorman, is there?

On the other hand, I make no apologies for being one.

You know, Jimmy, we can't all be airplane pilots or great surgeons or

builders of dams in far-off places.

Background, circumstances, responsibilities.

These are factors that put some of us into ordinary jobs for all our lives.

So we hope for better things for our sons.

And Jim, between us, we're going to get you through college into your chosen

profession.

Now when that's accomplished, I'll consider myself as successful as anyone

you know.

And you know what I'm talking about?

I think so, Dan.

No, you don't.

But you will.

Hey, Jimmy, look at this.

Now, that's not bad for a correspondent school artist, is it?

Hey, you're coming along pretty good, Dad.

Well, that's my homework. Now, suppose you get back to yours.

Why don't you go sit down?

Shifty, will you relax?

This is going to be perfect. All you've got to do is you're part of the job

right. Just keep Superboy busy.

Just keep Superboy busy.

I'm the pigeon in this deal.

I'm the one that goes to jail.

For three months.

Six months at the most. Now, isn't that worth 50,000 bucks?

Besides, Jake and me are taking the real chances.

Suppose somebody should see us.

Suppose they do.

Who's going to know you?

That plastic surgeon guy made you look like a couple of movie stars.

Yeah, he did do a good job, didn't he?

Mother would never know us.

You boys stay right here, will you? I'm going to go check on the movie.

$200,000 worth of diamonds.

Smallville has never seen anything like this.

Like it says, a Rajah's ransom.

What time does the picture get here? 7.30 tonight, along with the producer

and other studio big shots, a hometown star and $200,000 worth of diamonds.

This picture will do the biggest business in our history.

Well, I wouldn't want the responsibility for those diamonds.

Why, Shifty, you're nervous.

Wouldn't you be?

Well, you better not be nervous. Not while you're shooting that rifle.

Be sure you hit a tie. You've got to stop him. I'll stop him, all right, if

he shows up.

He'll show.

He comes by here every day, right on schedule. It's like a train.

I wish I was on one.

There's where you're going.

Go on. Get up there while there's no one around.

Good luck.

Chief of Police Parker!

She's fired and come out of there!

Chief Parker calling Superboy.

Chief Parker calling Superboy.

What's wrong with the light?

I don't know. Maybe it needs a new bulb.

We'll finish these math problems later, Lana.

I don't feel like doing any more right now.

You promised me you'd help me with all the problems, Clark.

Why can't we do them now?

Never mind, Lana. You come and help me with the cookies for the church social.

Perhaps when we finish, Clark will feel like working again.

Well, when the young genius is in the mood, please notify this eager student.

Come on, Lana.

Chief Parker calling Superboy.

Chief Parker calling Superboy.

Go ahead, Chief.

This is Superboy.

I'm on the Wilton Road about three miles west of Smallville.

Somebody blasted my tire with a rifle and it's got me pinned down behind the

car. I'm leaving right away.

Clark?

Clark?

Oh, that boy disappeared again.

Hi, Superboy. Hi, Gene.

He's just been keeping me pinned down. I don't think he's even trying to hit me.

I wonder why.

Well, I don't know.

I could have radioed for some of my men instead of for you, but I didn't want

anyone hurt.

Good.

Let's see what I can do with him.

You up there!

You better come out!

Now, remember, Gunner, after you throw that bomb, don't breathe any of that

sleeping gas. And then cover me while I grab the stone. Right.

I guess he wants to do it the hard way.

Last chance up there.

Are you coming out?

Or do I come in after you?

Chief Parker from dispatcher. Chief Parker from dispatcher.

This is Parker. Go ahead.

Jewel robbery at Smallville Theater.

Two guards and employees still unconscious.

No witnesses so far.

See if you can seal off the town.

I'll be in there as quick as I can.

There he is, Steve.

We just grabbed a diamond display at the Arrow Theater.

I'll see you later.

Now, before I put the cuffs on you, let's see how good you are at changing

the tire.

They took my diamonds, my fabulous display. Did anyone see anything? The

guards were knocked out. They didn't see anything. Nobody saw anything.

I saw them. Two men in light suits.

Can you describe them any better than that?

They were just average looking. They headed east in a convertible. The

license number was PBT-595.

Thank you.

It's the display, a world premiere for the first time in our history, and we've

lost the Rogers ransom.

I found the abandoned car.

They evidently switched and made a complete getaway.

No way of telling which direction they took.

Now, my supervision doesn't do any good unless I know what the men look like.

Would you recognize either of them, Mr. Drake?

Yeah, I'm sure I would. Good.

Then let's go down to Chief Parker's office and look at some mug shots.

But what about my diamond display, my premier?

What kind of heat do you have at police headquarters, officer?

Cold furnace.

Why? I'll send you some pretty fair invitations until we get the real ones

back. May I go with you, Superboy? Sure, Jimmy.

The two men I saw aren't in these books, Chief.

You know, Chief, it can't be a coincidence that Shifty was doing all

that shooting just at the time that these were stealing the diamonds.

There has to be a connection.

Of course you're right.

Wait a minute.

Shifty Barr.

Let's look him up here.

Sounds fun. Here we are.

Known accomplices and partners in most of his crimes are two brothers, Jake and

Gunnar Ferg.

You sure those aren't the two men, Fred?

Positive.

No fingerprints at the scene of the crime. No identification of the

criminals. Looks like we're stuck.

You could draw the two men, couldn't you, Dad?

Yeah, I guess I could.

I didn't know you were an artist, Fred.

I'm not an artist. He is, too. He's good. Give him some paper and a pencil,

Chief Parker.

Here you go, Fred.

That was a great idea, Jimmy. But while your dad's working on it, would you do

me a favor?

Sure, Superboy. What do you want me to do?

Well, go down to the furnace room and get me about a dozen pieces of coal.

Coal? What for?

Remember when I told your dad's boss I'd do something for him?

Yeah? Well, I don't want to go back on my word.

Get the coal, huh, Jim? Okay.

Say, he's pretty good.

He sure is.

Our friend with the rifle wouldn't tell you anything when you questioned him,

huh? He wouldn't even tell us his name. We had to get his fingerprints to

identify him.

Would he take a lie detector test?

Not a chance.

What's more, he knows that we can't make him take one.

Chief, how long do you think he'll go to jail for that stunty pool today?

Oh, three to six months.

Worst we can charge him with is malicious mischief and resisting arrest.

Plus, of course, we could tie him in with a jewel robbery.

If he is tied in with a jewel robbery and you can't prove it...

Three or six months in jail is pretty light for his cut of the diamonds.

That's right.

I'm convinced those are exactly the odds that he's playing for.

But proving it is another matter.

Superboy? Be right with you, Chief.

Thanks,

Jimmy. Sure.

But what are you going to use it for?

Just this.

As you know from what you've studied in school, diamonds are nothing more or

less than pure carbon, which has been subjected to tremendous heat and

pressure. And, of course, coal is carbon.

So, I subject this piece of coal...

Super pressure.

And in a moment, I've created synthetic diamonds.

Practically as good as the real thing.

Good enough anyway for your dad's boss in his lobby display.

As soon as I made a few more batches.

This one's a blonde.

No, I just haven't filled it in yet. They both had dark hair, like this.

Oh.

Oh, good, good.

Well, make it as accurate as you can. It's important.

There,

that ought to do it.

Now, take them down to the theater, Jim.

Sure. But I wanted to wait and see Dad's drawings.

Later, Jim.

These are pretty important to Mr. Edlund, you know.

Sure.

They're excellent drawings, Mr. Drake. They sure are.

The point is, do they really look like the two men?

I'd stake my life on it. Yeah.

Chief, could you have Shifty Barnes brought in here? Why not?

Have Shifty Barnes brought in here.

You think you can really get anything out of him?

I don't know for sure, but I think I can give him a lie detector test without his

even knowing it. How?

Well, as you know, lie detectors work on the simple premise that a subject's

pulse steps up in spite of himself if he tells a lie.

Sure. I see.

You're going to listen to his pulse with your super hearing.

That's right.

Here you come.

Do you know anything about the diamond robbery?

Do you know Jake and Gunner Ferdy?

Do you

know these two

men?

We don't need him anymore, Chief. All right, take him back.

He was in on the diamond robbery.

He knows the Ferdie brothers.

He recognized them in the sketches.

So, Jake and Gunner had plastic surgery to change their faces.

Right.

Now, would you be willing to be the bait in the trap?

It might be very dangerous.

I'll do whatever you say.

Good.

Now, we'll put these sketches on the wire to every newspaper in the country.

Giving the name and the address of the artist.

And you must stay in your apartment.

Don't go out for any reason.

The criminals know that they can't be convicted by the sketches alone.

But they can be convicted by an eyewitness. The artist who drew the

sketches. So, eliminate the artist.

You know, these drawings don't mean a thing.

It's the guy that made them that's important.

We get rid of him, we get rid of all our worries.

You're right.

You know, he's pretty good at that.

In fact, he's too good for his own good.

Where'd you say he lives?

Over the movie house in Smallville.

Let's go back there and pay him a visit.

You've been looking out that window all morning. How come you keep staring at

that old building?

I wasn't staring at it, Lana.

I guess I was staring through it.

Well, you better get busy with your math problems.

Or does the genius just have to guess at the multiple choice answers?

You're not discussing the exam, are you, Lana?

Well, in a way, yes, but we weren't helping each other.

You may be disturbing the others.

finished, Miss Gibson.

May I be excused?

Well, if you think you've checked all the answers, yes.

Thank you.

Hello? Hello, Mr. Drake?

Yeah.

I'm calling from the emergency hospital.

Your son has been injured, not critically, but...

Can you get over here right away?

I'll be right there.

Your kid's all right, but you're not in the car.

What?

Well, he's still out, all right.

We'll fix it so that he'll stay out for good.

We'll make it look like a clear case of hit and run with no connection with us

or the diamond robbery.

They're sober, boy.

Keep going.

Put it to the floor.

They tricked me.

They said they were calling from the emergency hospital.

That's where they'll be going.

Fred, the insurance company is rewarding you with a full scholarship for Jimmy at

any college that he wants to attend.

That's not all.

They're offering you a job in their offices in Metropolis. That may be more

money than you're getting now.

Well, what do you say, Jim?

Should I quit my job and leave Smallville?

Whatever you decide, Dad.

I'm with you.

Well, then tell him no thanks, Chief.

I like the people here, and I'd like to go on with my art lesson.

Who knows? Maybe someday.

Superboy, I want to thank you for saving my life. You're welcome, Mr. Drake.

Lots of luck to you, Jimmy.

See you, Steve.

Students, we'll continue today with our public speaking class.

Last time, we left off with Jimmy Drake.

So today, we will start with him.

Jimmy?

My father is the doorman at the Arrow Theater.

But he's the best theater doorman in the United States.

And that isn't all he is.

He's a brave man.

A kind man.