Buddy, can you spare a dime?
- -- Superman
Appearing in "From Riches to Rags"Edit
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
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:
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:
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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TriviaEdit
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Recommended ReadingEdit
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- Comics
- Week 13, 1966
- 1966
- 1966, May
- Silver-Age
- Original Price 0.12
- Comics Published in USA
- Action Comics Vol 1
- DC Comics
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Superman DC National Comics
- USA
- Curt Swan/Cover Artist
- Leo Dorfman/Writer
- Al Plastino/Penciler
- Al Plastino/Inker
- Mort Weisinger/Editor
- Otto Binder/Writer
- Jim Mooney/Penciler
- Jim Mooney/Inker
- Kal-El (Earth-One)/Quotes
- Kal-El (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Lois Lane (Earth-One)/Appearances
- James Olsen (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Perry White (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Jonathan Kent (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Martha Clark (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Metropolis/Appearances
- Kara Zor-El (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Stanhope College/Appearances
- Editor-in-Chief Credit Needed
- Colourist Credit Needed
- Letterer Credit Needed
- Synopsis Written
- Notes Needed