Action Comics Vol 1 287

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"Perry White's Manhunt for Superman!"

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Action Comics Vol 1 #287
April, 1962

"Supergirl's Greatest Challenge!"

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Pardon the telepathic interruption, but... please give me some milk!

-- Whizzy the Super-Cat

Appearing in "Perry White's Manhunt for Superman!"

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Synopsis for "Perry White's Manhunt for Superman!"

The Superman Revenge Squad plans to stage a real invasion attempt after giving Superman a series of nightmares, believing that he will think their invasion is just another dream and will not oppose it. But the Man of Steel discovers that their attack is for real, and defeats them.

Appearing in "Supergirl's Greatest Challenge!"

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Supergirl

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Legion of Super-Heroes

Whizzy (First appearance)

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Positive Man (Only appearance; dies)
Chameleon Men (Single appearance)

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Metropolis

Legion Clubhouse

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Phantom Zone Projector

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Synopsis for "Supergirl's Greatest Challenge!"

After spending time at her friend Margie's house where her Superman fan-club has Lois Lane over as a guest visitor, Supergirl (as Linda Lee) returns home. There she is told by Fred Danvers that the sheriff is about to blow up the tree stump which hides the secret exit to their home which Supergirl uses to leave unseen. Supergirl rushes off to prevent the entrance from being seen. Returning home once more she gets a signal from the Legion of Super-Heroes to visit them in the 21st Century.

At first she wonders why the Legion called her because they all appear to be busy doing other things, however she strangely finds them at the Legion's headquarters. The Legion quickly have her board their ship to go out into space to stop the Positive Man. Supergirl succeeds in doing so by attracting a negative creature from space to cause the two to explode.

Returning to Earth, the Legion members find that their super-powers no longer work, and in order to avoid a crime spree, Supergirl with the help of Whizzy (the future descendant of her super-cat Streaky) help make it appear as though the Legion still has their super-powers by helping them out behind the scenes.

However, this is all a trick, and the "Legion" members are really members of the Chameleon men, alien shape changers who are posing as the Legion. With Supergirl's guard down, they use a Phantom Zone projector to shunt both Supergirl and Whizzy into the Phantom Zone. Using Whizzy's telepathic abilities, they gain the aid of the owner of an android factory they had saved earlier to send in an android resembling the Chameleon Men to enter the Legion base and free Supergirl and Whizzy.

Supergirl then quickly defeats the Chameleon Men, trapping them in a transparent dome, and freeing the other Legion members. After she says goodbye to the Legion and Whizzy and returns to her own time and relates to the story to Streaky.

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The Legion of Super-Heroes appeared last in Superman #152. They appear next in Action Comics #289.

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