Comic Title: Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies HC
Publisher: Crown/Harmony (Bonanza Books)
Address: One Park Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: 1971
On Sale Date: December 14, 1971 Copyright Date December 14, 1971
Source: Library of Congress, Pamphlets 1972

Cover Price: $12.95
Page Count: 388

Title: (The Light)
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Leo Nowak

Reprinted From:
Superman #13 (1941)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron Annual #3; next appearance in Superman #13)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in All-Star Squadron Annual #3; next appearance in Superman #13)
• Perry White (last appearance in Action Comics #41; next appearance in Superman #13)
• Sergeant Casey (last appearance in Superman #14; next appearance in Superman #13)

Villain(s)

• Luthor (uses the alias the Light; last appearance in Superman #12; next appearance in Action Comics #42)
• Luthor’s henchmen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Senator Tom Billingsley and other national leaders (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story originally was not titled; the title shown here was given on the contents page of Superman Archives Vol. 4 in which this story is reprinted.

Synopsis:
Superman foils an attempt to kidnap a senator who has received threats from the Light. Later, after a successful abduction, Superman captures one of the Light’s henchmen and forces him to reveal the location of the criminal hide-out. When he arrives, he is hypnotized by the Light and sent on a spree of destruction.

Before he is able to start destroying the city, Lois is able to snap the Man of Steel out of the spell. Restored to his senses, Superman smashes the Light’s machines and learns that the Light is his arch-enemy, Lex Luthor. Luthor escapes, but his plot is foiled.