Comic Title: Superman #114
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1957
Approx. On Sale Date: May 9, 1957 Copyright Date May 7, 1957
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1957
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of April, June, Oct., and Dec.
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Man Who Discovered Superman's Identity"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Otto Binder
Artist: Al Plastino

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #114; next appearance in Showcase #9)

Supporting Character(s)

• Perry White (behind-the-scenes in a telephone conversation; last appearance in Superman #114; next appearance in Action Comics #230)

Villain(s)

• Mento (a phony mind-reader; no further appearances)
• Big Joe (a gangster; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Superman attends a stage show in which Mento, one of the acts, pretends to read his mind and learn his secret identity. Mento goes to a gangster, Big Joe, to ask for money in exchange for the secret. He then frames Clark Kent as Superman’s secret identity.

Superman initially believes that Mento did read his mind, but after the phony shows his proof to the gangster, the Man of Steel learns that Mento is a phony. As a final test they shoot Clark, but the bullets don’t kill him. Superman later arrives to arrest the men claiming Clark wore a bullet-proof vest. Since Mento knew the stunt was a phony, he doesn’t realize that he was right the whole time.