Comic Title: Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 6 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2019
On Sale Date: July 31, 2019 Direct Market Date July 31, 2019
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Direct Market Date July 3, 2019
Source: Previews, #362

Direct Market Date July 3, 2019
Source: DC Previews, #7

Cover Price: $125.00
Page Count: 824

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Cross-Country Chess Crimes"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-2)

Artist: John Sikela

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #112 (1947)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #48; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #30)

Supporting Character(s)

• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #48; next appearance in Superman #49)

Villain(s)

• Mr. Mxyztplk (last appearance in Superman #46; next appearance in Superman #51)
• Two bank robbers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Bugashlovsky and Smith (chess players; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Mxyztplk returns and begins causing trouble is Metropolis. Superman convinces the imp to take up playing chess. Mxyztplk then kidnaps two chess champions and builds a gameboard using castles and statues as pieces. Superman confronts Mxyztplk again and returns the stolen landmarks. He then challenges the imp to a chess game in the Sahara Desert. Superman creates giant pieces including a surprise piece called a Klptzyxm. When Mxyztplk speaks the name of the piece, he is sent back to his own dimension.