Superman Family Vol 1 166

"The Murdering Arm of Metropolis": Lois Lane becomes involved in an espionage case when a botanist is murdered by an assassin with a steel arm.

"The Murdering Arm of Metropolis"
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Superman Family Vol 1 #166
September, 1974
Cover Artists	Nick Cardy
The Murdering Arm of Metropolis
Writers	Cary Bates
Pencilers	John Rosenberger
Inkers	John Rosenberger
Previous Issue	Superman Family # 165
Next Issue	Superman Family # 167

Superman Family #166 is an issue of the series Superman Family (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1974.

Synopsis for "The Murdering Arm of Metropolis"

Lois Lane becomes involved in an espionage case when a botanist is murdered by an assassin with a steel arm.

Appearing in "The Murdering Arm of Metropolis"

Featured Characters:

• Lois Lane
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Synopsis for "Olsen's Super-Survival Kit!"

This story is reprinted from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #89.

Armed with a brace of secret gadgets created by Professor Potter, Jimmy Olsen goes undercover as a self-styled "Agent Double-Five" to rescue a scientist in a South American country.

Appearing in "Olsen's Super-Survival Kit!"

Featured Characters:

• Jimmy Olsen (First appearance as Agent Double-Five)

Supporting Characters:

• Lucy Lane
• Superman

Antagonists:

• Zero-Zero (General Pedro)
  • Carmenita (Dies)
  • Rosita

Other Characters:

• Geronimo (Mentioned only)
• Professor Juarez
  • Señor X (Dies)
• Professor Potter (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• South America
  • Andulia
• United States of America
  • Metropolis
    • Daily Planet
    • Metropolis International Airport

Items:

• Signal-Watch
• Survival Kit

Vehicles:

• Flying Newsroom
  

Synopsis for "The Great Supergirl Double-Cross!"

This story is reprinted from Action Comics #317.

Lena Thorul arrives at the home of Linda Danvers. She arrives in her boyfriends car alone and states that her boyfriend Jeff Colby had been called away on business and will join them later. Lena suddenly receives a strange sense that her boyfriend is in danger and about to crash on an airplane. Linda uses her super vision to confirm that a pilot has ejected from his plane and is landing near a body of water. Linda uses her super breath to make sure that the pilot and the plane land safely. She then witnesses the pilot burying uniform and parachute under a pile of leaves. After a while Jeff Colby arrives at Lindas house where Lena introduces him as her boyfriend. Linda’s suspicions are aroused as she wonders why Jeff is being so secretive about his activities. Linda uses her telescopic vision once more to see that Jeff is fidgeting underneath the hood of his car. She sees that he is using the car engine as a transmitter to communicate with a group of thieves on the ocean. Jeff radios that he has apparently sabotaged an experimental plane and that he will deliver the plans for a solar powered rocket. His communications are aimed at a man made spy-dome floating out in the ocean. The dome is operating outside the 3 mile jurisdiction limit and Linda witnesses a group of spies bidding on secret plans from the US. Linda finds herself torn between performing her duty and keeping Lenas friendship. She knows that once she exposes Jeff Colby her friend Lena will no longer want to be her friend. Linda decides that she must capture Jeff for the safety of her country. During a party she uses a hypnotic space crystal lure Jeff into a trance. She makes it seem like Jeff is only interested in dancing and spending time with Linda while Lena looks on. While in his hypnotic state, Jeff even places a ring on Lindas finger that was meant for Lena. Lena witnesses what is going on and feels devastated that her two best friends have betrayed her. She breaks up with Jeff the next day but Linda then learns some new information from a visit to FBI headquarters. Apparently Jeff Colby is a top FBI spy who once put Lex Luthor in jail. He had recently been posing as a traitor to gain entrance into the Spy-Dome gang. His job was to gather information and find a way to bring the spy-dome inside the 3 mile limit so that gang could be apprehended. Linda immediately sees the error of her ways and decides to help. She dives underneath the spy-dome and pulls it closer to shore allowing the authorities to easily apprehend the spy gang. She then flies off to find Lena who is attempting to join a nurses aid program in Africa to escape Midvail. Supergirl then explains that she mistakenly took Jeff for a spy and blacked out his mind hypnotically to prevent him from revealing military secrets. She then used a Jeff Colby robot at the dance to pretend that he was falling for Linda Danvers to spare Lena from marrying an alleged spy. Lena forgives Linda and Supergirl. Jeff and Lena are soon married with Linda acting as the maid of honor. Lex Luthor is seen reading the newspaper headlines wondering how his sister would feel knowing she was marrying the FBI agent that placed him in jail.

Appearing in "The Great Supergirl Double-Cross!"

Featured Characters:

• Supergirl

Supporting Characters:

• Dick Malverne
• Edna Danvers
• Fred Danvers
• Lena Thorul

Antagonists:
Other Characters:

• Jeff Colby (First appearance)
• Lex Luthor
• Federal Bureau of Investigation

Locations:

• United States of America
  • Metropolis
    • Metropolis Prison
    • Metropolis Pier
  • Midvale
    • Overseas Nurses Aid Service
    • Supergirl's Laboratory
  • Washington, D.C.
• Atlantic Ocean
  • Gulf of Mexico
    • Spy-Dome (Single appearance)
• Africa

Items:

• Jeff Colby Robot
• Luthor's Spy Camera
• Space Crystal Pendant
• Superman Robot
• Wedding Ring

Vehicles:

• Experimental Jet
• Solar-Powered Rocket
  

Synopsis for "Superbaby Captures the Pumpkin Gang!"

This story is reprinted from Superman #152.

Back when Superman was a baby living in Smallville with the Kents, the young boy was getting up to mischief until Ma Kent sent the boy off to play in Nova City, an old abandoned movie set near the Kent home. There the boy runs into Officer Douglas Parker who is on the beat. Later, after the Pumpkin Gang has succeeded in robbing the Smallville bank, they hide out in Nova City as well. When Superbaby confronts them, they consider him an ordinary child and send him on his way, but putting one of their pumpkin masks on the boy's head backwards.

While they are counting their loot an a prop flying car, Superbaby breaks free of the mask with his super-breath, blowing the sci-fi prop into the air. This makes the crooks believe that maybe the science fiction weapons really work. The flying car meanwhile crashes outside the police station, prompting Officer Parker to go out and investigate Nova City. There, the crooks are testing out the sci-fi devices on Superbaby, who uses his various super-powers leaving them to believe that the weapons really work.

Officer Parker arrives just as Superbaby is being shot at with the mobsters Tommy guns. Parker pulls Superbaby aside, unaware that the boy had caught all the bullets and thinks they are jelly beans. Believing the villains assertion that the weapons on the movie lot work, Officer Parker uses a ray gun to melt the crooks weapons -- unaware that it's really Superbaby's x-ray vision that is pulling off the feat. Parker then single handedly captures the crooks, and when one of them tries to toss a grenade, Parker swats it away. At that moment, Superbaby has been trying the "black jelly beans" and finds them to not be flavorful and spits them out at a tank of hydrogen which causes a gigantic explosion that destroys Nova City.

With the crooks rounded up and Superbaby returned to the Kents, the newspapers report about how Officer Parker has been promoted to Captain of the Smallville police.

Appearing in "Superbaby Captures the Pumpkin Gang!"

Featured Characters:

• Superbaby

Supporting Characters:

• Douglas Parker
• Ma Kent
• Pa Kent

Antagonists:

• The Pumpkin Gang (Single appearance)
  • Krimp (Single appearance)
  • Spider (Single appearance)
  • third member (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• The Mayor of Smallville
• Smallville Police Department

Locations:

• Smallville
  • Kent Farm

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Synopsis for "Lex Luthor and Clark Kent: Cell-Mates!"

This story is reprinted from Adventure Comics #301.

Lex Luthor frames Clark Kent after Clark's father, as a member of the parole board, refuses to parole Luthor. Clark ends up having to share a cell with Luthor.

Appearing in "Lex Luthor and Clark Kent: Cell-Mates!"

Featured Characters:

• Superboy

Supporting Characters:

• Jonathan Kent

Antagonists:

• Lex Luthor

Other Characters:

• Krypto

Locations:

• Smallville
  • Smallville High School

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Synopsis for "Car 45, Get Lost!"

This story is reprinted from Adventure Comics #299.

For a vacation, Bizarro No. 1 and Bizarro-Junior No. 1 come to Earth, where they apply for jobs on the Metropolis police force. Superman is on a space mission, so Captain Bloke of the police sends the Bizarro pair on various missions, which they screw up every time. Then, when Bloke gets an accidental conk on the head, he offers a gold badge to Bizarro No. 1. Insulted by this, since anything less than a rusty tin can is unacceptable, Bizarro and his son turn on their heels and leave Earth.

Appearing in "Car 45, Get Lost!"

Featured Characters:

• Bizarro No. 1

Supporting Characters:

• Bizarro-Junior No. 1

Antagonists:

• Unnamed Crook (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Bizarros
• Metropolis Police Department
  • Captain Bloke (Single appearance)
• Superman

Locations:

• Earth
  • Metropolis
• Htrae

Items:

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Vehicles:

• Squad Car

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Superman Family series

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