Action Comics Vol 1 337

Buddy, can you spare a dime?

-- Superman

Appearing in "From Riches to Rags"Edit

Featured Characters:

•  Superman 

Supporting Characters:

• Lois Lane
• Jimmy Olsen
• Perry White

Adversaries:

• The Tiger Gang (Single appearance)^[1]
• Two Thieves (Steve named) (Single appearance)^[1]
• Gunner Murdock (Single appearance)^[1]

Other Characters:

• Superboy(Appears in flashback and main story)
• Jonathan Kent(Appears in flashback and main story)
• Martha Kent(Appears in flashback and main story)
• Metropolis Mayor
• Sir Jeffrey Winston (British Lawyer) (Single appearance)^[1]
• Dr. Vaugn (Single appearance)^[1]
• Dr. Stacey (Single appearance)^[1]
• Princess Pale Flower (Single appearance)^[1]
• Unnamed FBI Investigator (Single appearance)^[1]

Locations:

• Metropolis

Items:

• Pure Jade Pole
• Bow & Arrow used by Superman
• Gold Bricks

Vehicles:

• Tiger Gang's Armored getaway vehicle
• Thieve's getaway motorcycle
• Flying Vacuum Cleaner
  
  

Synopsis for "From Riches to Rags"Edit

Superman falls under a strange compulsion to take on various roles while performing his duties. He stops a crime while acting as a rich man, pretends to be poor to elicit government support for a slum project, captures two thieves while dressed as an indian chief, impersonates an attorney to stop a killer, and fakes an operation on Clark Kent acting as a doctor.

Superman then warns the FBI that he will commit a theft. Agents set up a Kryptonite trap, but Superman outwits them by stealing the Kryptonite. After disposing of the Green K, Superman returns and offers an explanation. He explains that the compulsion was caused by a nursery rhyme: "rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief, doctor, lawyer, indian chief". As a child a Kryptonian comet appeared in the sky while he was saying the rhyme. A hypnotic effect caused him to assume the roles when the comet reappeared.

Appearing in "The Green Sun Supergirl!"Edit

Featured Characters:

•  Supergirl 

Supporting Characters:

• An unnamed family on the planet Lumal

Adversaries:

• The Evil-Eyed People (Single appearance)^[1]

Other Characters:

• Stanhope Students (Joan named)

Locations:

• Stanhope College
• The Planet Lumal

Items:

Vehicles:

• American experimental spacecraft
  
  

Synopsis for "The Green Sun Supergirl!"Edit

A spacecraft Supergirl is testing for the U.S. government deposits her on Lumal, a planet under a green sun, where she has no super-powers. Supergirl helps the people of Lumal triumph over their oppressors, the Evil-Eyed People. She improvises with equipment from the spacecraft, causing the Lumalians to think she has super-powers. Later, Supergirl manages to find radioactive material and uses it to power the ship back to Earth.

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