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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.

I did not faint.

After all, I'd been awake almost 48 hours. I was tired.

I fell asleep.

That's right, Jerry. And when you woke up, you wrote a fine story.

How about that?

Superman rescues us, captures the crooks, and Miss Lane and I get another

scoop. As easy as that.

Oh, I'm glad you think it was that easy.

Incidentally, Ken, where were you when all this was going on? Oh, Chief, now

you know that. Yesterday was my day off.

Well, I'm sure glad it wasn't Superman's day off. It would be a sorry day for you

and Olsen if Superman ever takes a day off.

You two couldn't do a thing for yourselves without his help.

except maybe get yourselves killed.

Suppose we did. A real front page story.

There's no use discussing it. It's just not possible.

Would it be worth a little raise in the pay envelopes, like that $10 you

promised us two years ago?

I promised you a raise?

Yes, you did.

Which we never got.

If we got the story without Superman's help, how about that raise?

Oh, I suppose so.

Okay. You heard him, Clark. Let's go, Jim.

Just a minute. I have a right to protect my own interests.

I want to see this great story from its formative stages.

You mean you're going to work with them on the story?

That's precisely what I mean.

It just happens that I used to be a pretty good working man's reporter

myself. Oh, brother.

What did you say?

Oh, nothing at all, Chief.

But if you are going to work with us on this story, you've got to promise one

thing. I've got to promise you.

Miss Lane's right, Chief. I mean, Mr. White.

This time you're going to have to promise to let us run the show.

I'm afraid they've got you, Chief.

You've made yourself a deal and you're stuck with it.

Well, that's settled. Let's get our campaign started. Sure, McClain.

And, uh, you keep yourself in readiness. We may be needing you.

You know, it's easy enough to say we'll get a front page scoop.

But where do we start?

I don't know, Jim.

What about, oh, maybe getting the goods in a real big-time lawbreaker?

That's risky, but it's good.

What do you have in mind?

Well, who would you say is the biggest crook in town?

Mugsy Maples, I guess.

You're absolutely right.

Mugsy Maples has committed more crimes than any other crook in the history of

Metropolis, and the law still can't catch up with him.

Maybe we can.

like I said, with that nosy reporter from the Gazette?

I sure did, Muggsy.

Right now he's taking a bath in the river.

Can he swim?

Not unless he can swim with two cement blocks on his feet.

Well, that's what he gets for snooping around here after a story. If there's

one thing I don't like, it's nosy people, especially newspaper reporters.

Me too.

Well, Professor Pepperwinkle, how are you?

It's been a long time since you've dropped in to see me, sir. Oh, it has?

That's odd. I don't remember we ever met before.

Won't you sit down, sir?

Oh, yes, yes. Thank you, thank you.

Now, tell me.

Have you perfected any new inventions lately?

Oh, yes.

Yeah,

yeah, yeah.

This.

What's that?

Dinosaur powder?

No, no.

That's anti-memory vapor.

One whiff, and you can't remember anything that's happened in the last 15

minutes. And it's guaranteed to work every time. Have you tried it? Oh, yes,

yes. But that didn't prove anything.

You know, I've got such a bad memory, how can I tell?

But I, uh... I thought you might test it for me. It's quite harmless.

Well, now, I wouldn't mind, you understand, but I'm afraid I might be

immune to it. However, there's Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen.

Oh, they're in Mr. White's office. Do you remember where that is?

It's just around the corner. Let me show you.

It's right around the corner. Here's your... There we go. To your left, sir.

Straight ahead.

Fact is, you haven't turned up any kind of a story since our little deal.

Well, we're working on it. In fact, we expect a break any minute now.

Professor Pepperwinkle. As I say, I don't remember how I came to invent it.

But I know that it works.

Wait a minute, Professor. This is a brand new conversation.

You just came in.

Oh, so I did. So I did. Well, anyway, if you'll just let me squish it at you. You

won't remember anything that happened in the last 15 minutes.

You mean that... Anti-memory vapor.

Preposterous. Yes, indeed.

Would anyone like to test it?

No. Don't squish it on me.

I'll tell you what we'll do, Professor.

Leave it with me. I'll have it tested. Give you a full report.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much.

Anti-memory vapor.

Oh, man.

Well, he's a little eccentric, but some of his inventions have worked in the

past. And every time any one of them did work, they caused nothing but trouble

for everybody concerned.

And got us a good story every time.

You mean if this gizmo really works, we might get another story?

Sure, just like the one on Mugsy Maples.

I forbid it.

You're not going to fool around with any goofy inventions or Mugsy Maples.

Ah, ah, ah, ah, Chief, remember the agreement. No interference.

Oh, it's just sitting around not doing nothing that's getting me down, Mugsy.

We ain't been able to pull a decent caper since last September.

I know, I know, but something will turn up. I gotta sneak and hunch our luck's

gonna change real fast. Hey, do you really think so? Why, sure, it always...

Hey, wait a minute, you. Wait a minute.

Where do you think you're going, huh?

Oh, a wise guy. Now, look, when I ask you a question, I want a respectable

answer, understand?

Hello? Hello?

My battery must be dead.

You mean you don't know what I'm saying to you?

Yes, it is nice weather.

Now listen to me, you little weasel. Don't you see, Knuckles? He can't listen

to you. Now lay off of him, will you? He's harmless.

We gotta hunch our luck's gonna change real soon. As a matter of fact, I've

been thinking about a little job we might... Ixnay, boy, Ixnay.

Don't spill nothing in front of strangers.

Will you relax? He can't hear us.

You made me forget... Oh, yeah, the job I've been casing. There's a financing

loan company that's always got about 50,000, 60,000 bucks in their safe.

Hey, that sounds pretty good.

What's the name of the outfit?

It's the Acme Loan Company on the corner of 13th and Broadway.

14th and Broadway.

Oh, yeah, thanks. That's right.

Wait a minute.

What are you trying to do?

So you've been faking, huh? I'll be Adam. I'll find out what he's up to.

Whoa!

Okay, nosy. You gonna come clean or do we cut you down and let you fall?

No. I'll try. No, I don't cut that road. Let me in.

No, you come clean first. Now tell us, what are you doing listening to our

conversation? I'm trying to get a story for the Daily Planet.

A reporter.

All right, come on in here, you.

Get down there. Who do you think you are, anyhow? What are you trying to

pull?

Hey, you know what Muggsy does with reporters?

He doesn't do anything to me.

One whiff of this anti-memory vapor, and you won't even remember I came in here.

Hey, boss, dig him.

Anti-memory vapor. Yeah, it's true.

Watch, I'll prove it to you.

Who's office is this?

What am I doing with these clothes?

Hey, he's faking again, boss. Let me knock him off. No, no, wait a minute.

Maybe the stuff in that can is for real.

Here, let me have it.

Good thing we got this left over from the time we used tear gas in that bank

holdup.

Hey, cut it out, boss. That stuff might be dangerous.

It didn't kill him. Now hold still.

Hey, boss, what do you do with that gas mask on?

And who's this guy over here?

You mean you really don't remember him?

I don't even remember coming in here. Neither do I.

Lucky for you, you don't. Now scram out of here.

Yes, sir.

Goodbye now, whoever you are.

In case you're wondering why I turned him loose, he can't do us no damage.

Whatever it was he heard us talking about, he don't remember.

Well, what was we talking about? I don't remember neither.

Really?

Means this anti-memory vapor really works.

And that means we're going to get away with a perfect crime. Not just one, but

dozens of them. Yeah?

We're going to rob every big money outfit in this town, starting with the

Acme Loan Company and working right up to the national banks.

And if there are any witnesses...

We just give them one whiff of this and they won't remember what we look like.

They won't even remember there was a robbery.

Hey, that's pretty good. Yes, sir, Knuckles. With this anti-memory vapor,

we're really going to go to town.

Yes, sir.

There's only one hitch.

What's that? It's empty.

How do you like that?

Hey, boss, wait a minute. There's something written on the bottom of this

thing. Professor J.J.

Pepperwinkle, 64 Hope Street, Central 42768.

Here, let me have that.

What are you going to do, boss? What do you think I'm going to do?

Here, hold that, will you?

Professor, uh... Oh, yes, yes.

Pepper Winkle speaking.

Professor, this is Dr.

Horatio Maples.

Me and my colleague, Dr. Nelson, is wondering if you have any more of your

anti-memory vapor available.

Oh, yes, yes. I'm sure I have another can. Just a moment.

Whipped cream.

Yes, yes, I just found it.

Now, if you tell me where you are, I'll bring it to you right away.

No, no, no, don't bother. We'll pick you up on the way to the job.

The job?

What job?

Well, you see, like I was saying, me and my colleague is doctors, and we wish to

use your marvelous vapor to make sad people forget things they don't wish to

remember.

Splendid, splendid.

Well, right now, we're on our way to see a patient at the Acme Loan Company.

He gets very unhappy whenever he remembers how much money he has.

Good.

We'll be there in ten minutes.

Come on.

robbery at the acme loan company one hundred thousand dollars and they don't

even remember how it happened they don't remember that means mugsy maples must

have pulled the job he must have squirted them with that anti-memory

vapor and it's all your fault

I still say we shouldn't have come here looking for Muggsy Maples without first

notifying Inspector Henderson.

We're not looking for Muggsy. We're looking for evidence against him. If he

was nice enough to leave his door open.

I still say this is too risky.

What if Muggsy Maples catches us searching his office?

How can he if he isn't even here? I called first to make sure and no one

answered. I still say it's too risky.

No, no, Chief. You remember our bargain.

On this story, we're giving the orders. You agreed to do whatever we said.

All right, all right. Start looking for clues.

Professor?

Professor Papawinkle?

Police headquarters?

Inspector Henderson, please.

Wow, wow, we got company.

Oh, yes, Inspector.

Yes, this is Superman.

Could you meet me at Mugsy Maple's office right away, please?

But it's just around the corner from headquarters. You could make it in two

minutes.

All right.

Half an hour, then.

Really, there's no need to be alarmed, Miss Lane. These gentlemen are using my

anti-memory vapor for the good of mankind.

Oh, I'll bet they are.

Look, what we want to know is what's the big idea of busting in here and frisking

the joint.

Well, I mean to say, you can't threaten me with that gun.

I'm Perry White, publisher of the Daily Planet.

Reporters, huh? Nosy reporters, including our phony window washer

friend. Okay, everybody, come on.

But where are you taking us? To the country. I got a beautiful place in the

country. Go.

Hello, Inspector.

Nice of you to come.

Is this what you wanted to talk to me about?

What's that?

Lois Lane's handbag.

Well, it wasn't here a little while ago.

She must have been here since then.

She must have left in a hurry.

You suppose Naples has taken her somewhere?

If he has, he's got Perry White and Jimmy Olsen, too. They're all working

together. And they're all in danger together.

We've got to do something and do it fast.

I intend to.

But what can we do?

There's no telling where he may have taken them.

Inspector, this must be the clue that we're looking for.

As you can see, this is a private phone. It has no dial and no number. A lot of

good that does us.

It may do us a lot of good.

There's only one reason for Maples to have a private number.

It must be a direct connection to some secret hideaway.

Isn't that what you'd say?

Yes, I'd say that.

Now, if we can just trace this connection to its source... Oh, you

can't do that. There must be millions of phone lines all through the city.

How can you trace any single one of them?

By listening.

Inspector, here's what I want you to do. Pick up the receiver of this phone and

just start talking.

Talking to nobody?

That's right. I don't care what you say. Just count from one to a hundred, but

keep going.

Don't stop.

But why?

Because by using my super hearing, I'm going to follow your voice along the

wire. And sooner or later, it has to lead me to the other end of the

connection, wherever that is.

I see.

Do you really think it'll work? It has to.

Let's get started.

down the cellar. Come on, that means you. Come on. Move, move.

86, 87, 88, 89, 90,

91, 92, 93, 94, 95,

96.

Okay, downstairs, Pop.

I'm not going to take another step.

You can't get away with this, Maples. But I am getting away with it. So far,

$100,000 worth.

And the prof's anti-memory vapor is going to get us plenty more.

Oh, this is beautiful.

The witnesses can't even remember who robbed them. The law's got nothing to go

on. They can't even touch us. What about Superman?

Chief, don't even mention his name.

If Superman takes a hand in this, we'll never get that raise.

Come on, come on. Cut out the chattering downstairs.

Wonder who that could be. Shut up. Go get it, Knuckles. Hey, Muggsy, suppose

it is Superman.

If it was Superman, he wouldn't knock, he'd bust the door down.

Yeah, sure, that's right.

Yeah, sure, that's right.

Clark.

Golly, Mr. Kent, what are you doing here?

I just followed you, Jimmy. Looks like I ghost.

You can say that again, Buster. Who are you?

Just another planet reporter.

Another one, boss.

I never seen so many nosy newspaper people in one place. Did you?

No, but I'm kind of glad to have them all gathered together.

Makes it a lot easier to get rid of them all in one bunch.

All right, everybody, come on, downstairs.

You have to get going.

You two, come on. Sit down.

Get in there.

All right, now sit down and make yourselves comfortable. You're going to

be here a long, long time.

Tie them up, Knuckles.

Come on, sit down. Get your hands behind your back.

Hands behind your backs.

I said take a chair, Buster.

That includes you.

Sit down.

402, 403, 404, 405.

Well, they're going to hold them, boss.

Yeah, for as long as they live, which won't be very long. Here, hold this.

Sorry, me and Knuckles can't stick around, but I'm afraid it wouldn't be

healthy for us. What are you going to do?

I'm going to take this little pellet here.

Open up this bottle of acid.

drop the pellet in.

I'm gonna close it real quick.

This stuff is murder.

Come on, Knuckles.

Nobody could live in here more than five minutes after those fumes start to

spread.

There's something wrong.

The handle's broke.

Wait a minute. You mean we can't get out of here? We're goners just like they

are. Oh, no. We gotta get out of here.

Raise or no raise.

If we could only get word to Superman.

You'll get the raise anyway.

Superman or no Superman.

Thanks a lot, Chief.

If we ever needed him, we need him now.

Well, there's no point in trying to keep this a secret any longer.

I can't believe it.

Mr. Kent is Superman.

He is?

I hope this stuff works.

Come on, Junior.

We've got work to do.

Thanks, Mr. Kent.

Come on, Jimmy. Knock the door down.

Me? Yes, you. Knock it down.

Me? You. Go on. Take a whack at it.

as quick as you can.

712.

713.

714.

715.

716.

717. You can stop counting now, Inspector.

Because of you, our friends are safe.

And Mr. Maples caught with the goods.

Because of me?

Because of you, you mean?

Oh, no.

If you hadn't kept this line open, we'd never have made it.

Oh, incidentally, do me a favor, will you? And don't mention to anyone that I

was connected with this in any way.

If that's the way you want it, you've got my word.

Good. Now, you can pick them up. That's the fourth estate on the left.

And that's four miles outside Belleville.

Route 26.

Right.

Let's face it, Chief.

Superman didn't rescue us this time.

I did. You?

Well, like you said, Chief, let's face it.

None of us remember anything after we were taken to that place in the car.

So, Jimmy must have broken his bonds, knocked out the two crooks, knocked down

the door, and rescued us.

It's not possible.

Obviously, the can of anti-memory vapor fell out of Muggsy's pocket when I

knocked him out.

That's why none of us remember anything.

But who was the only one that wasn't tied up when we started to come to?

You. If so, fact of, I'm your hero.

A hero I might add with a $10 raise?

Hey, just a minute. I'm in on that raise department too, remember?

All right, all right. You'll get the raise.

Oh, dear, dear. It seems a pity.

What seems a pity? That we get a raise?

No, I mean it's a pity I seem to have forgotten the formula for making my anti

-memory vapor.

I'll never be able to make any more.

Don't you think it's a pity, Mr. Kent?

Oh, I do, Professor.

I do indeed. There are a great many things that would be better for people

not to remember.

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

Superman is based on the original character appearing in Superman

magazine.