Comic Title: Superman #185
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: April 1966
On Sale Date: February 3, 1966 Newsstand Date February 3, 1966
Source: Direct Currents, Batman #179, Page 17

Copyright Date February 3, 1966
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1966

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Mar., Sept. and Dec.; (semi-monthly, Jan.)
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "Superman's Achilles Heel"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Leo Dorfman
Artist: Peter Costanza

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #336; next appearance in Superman #185)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Adventure Comics #342; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #92)
• Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #336; next appearance in Superman #185)

Villain(s)

• Gat Gronn and his gang (mobsters; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A group of teenage mountain climbers (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Achilles, his mother, and Ajax (in flashback)

Synopsis:
While rescuing some stranded mountain climbers, Superman is exposed to a piece of Red Kryptonite. Criminals overhear Superman tell Jimmy Olsen that the Rek K has made one spot on his body vulnerable. The crooks then plot to find Superman's weak spot and use it to kill him.

Superman learns that the underworld is plotting against him and begins wearing a steel box around his right hand. The crooks think the Man of Steel is bluffing, so they shoot his other body parts seeking the weak point. When they fail to find it, they force Superman to remove the box from his hand. The crooks then shoot the hand with a poison arrow.

Superman pretends to be injured by the arrow, but he is really just hiding until the Red K wears off. He then captures the gang, led by Gat Gronn, revealing that his real weak spot was his heel, just like Achilles.