Comic Title: Action Comics #396
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1971
On Sale Date: November 25, 1970 Newsstand Date November 25, 1970
Source: Direct Currents, Teen Titans #31, Page 20

Copyright Date November 25, 1970
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1971

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Editor: Murray Boltinoff

Title: "The Super-Panhandler of Metropolis"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Leo Dorfman
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Murphy Anderson

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (imaginary appearance)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jimmy Olsen (imaginary appearance)
• Lois Lane (imaginary appearance)

Villain(s)

• Two bank robbers (imaginary appearance)

Other Character(s)

• An unnamed television show host (imaginary appearance)
• An adolescent boy (imaginary appearance)
• Lois Lane's unnamed husband (imaginary appearance)
• Clark (imaginary appearance)
• Dr. Carl Reynolds and his wife Lisa (imaginary appearance)

Comments:
This is an imaginary story. The events depicted are not part of regular continuity.

This story continues in Action Comics #397.

Synopsis:
Superman's powers begin to fade over time. By the 1990s, he has dropped out of the public eye completely. Now he lives anonymously on the streets of Metropolis as a wheelchair bound beggar. His friends are not aware of his condition. He does however retain his super-vision and super-hearing. However, modern technology has rendered Superman obsolete.

One day while working on an experiment to restore his powers, an accident causes his clothes to become ruined. He then wears his Superman costume while panhandling. He covers his costume with a blanket to hide his secret, but when the blanket is removed, Superman's identity is exposed. He is forced to flee from onlookers who want to know what happened to the once mighty Man of Steel.