Action Comics #367
Action Comics #367
Cover Credits
Artist: Neal Adams

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Title: "Mysteries of the Superman Awards"
Pages: 14

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Otto Binder
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: George Klein

Feature Character(s)

Supporting Character(s)

Villain(s)

Guest Appearance(s)

Other Character(s)

  • The police commissioner of Metropolis (no further appearances)
  • Ron and his mother (no further appearances)
  • Two unnamed scientists (no further appearances)
  • An unnamed hermit and a forest ranger (no further appearances)
  • Mr. Pyle (a heart transplant recipient; no further appearances)
  • Jonas Crowther (a scientist; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story contains three flashbacks which take place sometime during the previous three years.

Synopsis:
Superman attends an award ceremony in which worthy people receive an achievement award for helping the Man of Steel. This year's winner is Clark Kent, but Superman and Clark cannot appear together. While Lois looks for Clark, Superman tries to dream up a way to cover his secret identity. His robots are unable to respond because his apartment is being painted, and Bruce Wayne is attending the ceremony too, so Batman can't fill in for Clark.

While Superman thinks of a solution, the commissioner tells the audience the stories of the past three award winners which include a baby who disabled a scientist's prediction machine, a hermit who saved Superman from the Revenge Squad, and a forest ranger who died while saving Superman from Kryptonite, then donated his heart to save another life.

Finally Superman solves his dual identity problem by hypnotizing an amnesia victim. The man substitutes for Clark and receives the award. Superman then helps the man recover his memory, though he doesn't retain any memories of being Clark Kent.


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