Comic Title: Action Comics #323
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: April 1965
On Sale Date: February 25, 1965 Newsstand Date February 25, 1965
Source: House Ad, Superboy #120, Page 10

Copyright Date February 25, 1965
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1965


Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "Clark Kent in the Big House"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Otto Binder
Artist: Al Plastino

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #56; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #84)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #56; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #84)
• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #56; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #84)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #176; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #84)

Villain(s)

• Larceny Luke Damon and Big Monk Flint (no further appearances)
• Blacky Blake and his gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Governor Benton and Warden Bancroft (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Clark Kent pretends to be a blackmailer and is sent to prison. Clark is secretly working with the prison warden and the governor in order to learn the location of loot stolen by another prisoner, Larceny Luke Damon.

Clark earns the respect of the other prisoners and soon completes his mission. However, the warden then refuses to release Kent, claiming no knowledge of the plan. Later, the warden approaches Clark and offers to let him escape. The guards try to kill him, but as Superman, Clark survives.

Clark then finds that the warden is an imposter, Blacky Blake. Blake also wants Larceny Luke's loot. He has replaced the warden and tried to eliminate Kent. Superman apprehends Blake, finds the loot, and rescues the real warden. Clark's name is publicly cleared, and he returns to work at the Daily Planet.