1. Faster
than a speeding bullet.Copy !req
2. More powerful than a locomotive.Copy !req
3. Able to leap tall buildings
at a single bound.Copy !req
4. Look! Up in the
sky! It's a bird!Copy !req
5. It's a plane!
It's Superman!Copy !req
6. Yes, it's Superman,Copy !req
7. strange visitor
from another planetCopy !req
8. who came to Earth
with powers and abilitiesCopy !req
9. far beyond those of mortal men.Copy !req
10. Superman, who can change
the course of mighty rivers,Copy !req
11. bend steel in his bare hands,Copy !req
12. and who, disguised
as Clark Kent,Copy !req
13. mild-mannered reporter for a
great metropolitan newspaper,Copy !req
14. fights a never-ending battleCopy !req
15. for truth, justice and
the American way!Copy !req
16. And now, another
exciting episodeCopy !req
17. in the Adventures of Superman!Copy !req
18. Two of the best Stillson
wrenches ever made.Copy !req
19. Toss them away.Copy !req
20. And there goes a slow valve
that ain't even hardly worn.Copy !req
21. Get every piece of equipment
in that hole and then bury it.Copy !req
22. What's the idea, Corrigan?
This stuff costs money!Copy !req
23. The idea is because
I'm telling you toCopy !req
24. and I'm responsible
for it, not you.Copy !req
25. Hey. Car coming down the hill.Copy !req
26. Hi ya, Pop. Catch!Copy !req
27. My oranges!Copy !req
28. Thank you for
remembering, Mr. Craig.Copy !req
29. Well, folks. There it is.Copy !req
30. Havenhurst
Experimental Number One.Copy !req
31. How does it look?Copy !req
32. Just like any other oil well.Copy !req
33. Above ground, sure.Copy !req
34. But take my word for it.
It's the deepest ever drilled.Copy !req
35. No, wait a minute.
Don't take my word for it.Copy !req
36. Hey, Pop. This is Miss
Lane and Mr. Kent.Copy !req
37. How do you do, ma'am, sir?Copy !req
38. Pop Shannon, best
watchman in the oil field.Copy !req
39. Pop, these folks are gonna
do a feature story on the well.Copy !req
40. Oh, newspaper reporters, huh?Copy !req
41. That's right.Copy !req
42. Well, I'm afraid
you're a little bit late.Copy !req
43. They're just shutting her down.Copy !req
44. They're what?Copy !req
45. Shutting her down.Copy !req
46. What's the big idea?Copy !req
47. I wouldn't know.Copy !req
48. Mr. Corrigan gave the order.Copy !req
49. They just pulled the last drill.Copy !req
50. And now they're
stripping the base.Copy !req
51. That's a fine thing!
And nobody tells me.Copy !req
52. How can I handle
public relationsCopy !req
53. if I don't know what's going on?Copy !req
54. Excuse me.Copy !req
55. Oh.Copy !req
56. This is just ducky.Copy !req
57. If they've shut down,
there must be some reason.Copy !req
58. Was the well a duster?Copy !req
59. This well? No, sir.Copy !req
60. We struck gas at thirteen-two.Copy !req
61. And where you strike
gas, you look for oil.Copy !req
62. It figures.Copy !req
63. Well, it was a nice
plane trip, anyway.Copy !req
64. But wait till the chief
hears about this.Copy !req
65. He'll blow his top.Copy !req
66. There might be a story on the
deepest oil well ever abandoned.Copy !req
67. What'll I do for pictures?Copy !req
68. Just take out your Brownie
and get some of the derrick.Copy !req
69. Okay.Copy !req
70. But why is nothing ever easy?Copy !req
71. They can't do this to me,
Bill. I won't stand for it.Copy !req
72. Look at the spot it puts me in.Copy !req
73. I get these people to
make a 2500-mile trip,Copy !req
74. all the way from Metropolis.Copy !req
75. And now what?Copy !req
76. All I know is I made my report
to the home office last Monday.Copy !req
77. And the following day, the order
came through to shut her down.Copy !req
78. Well, if you ask me,
it doesn't add up.Copy !req
79. Mr. Corrigan. Just
what was in that report?Copy !req
80. I mean, the one that you
sent to the home office.Copy !req
81. Ah, you're the newspaperman.Copy !req
82. That's right. I'm Clark Kent.Copy !req
83. Metropolis Daily Planet.Copy !req
84. And this is Miss Lane.Copy !req
85. Too bad you came all the
way out here for nothing.Copy !req
86. Just one of those
things, I guess.Copy !req
87. But about that report?Copy !req
88. That's company business,
Mr. Kent. Confidential.Copy !req
89. I see.Copy !req
90. Now, Bill, we promised
these people full cooperation.Copy !req
91. Well, then, you cooperate.
I haven't got the time.Copy !req
92. Okay, Eddie. Let's
dump those shackles.Copy !req
93. Mr. Corrigan, would you mind
answering just one question?Copy !req
94. Oh, what is it?Copy !req
95. How far down did you get
before you stopped drilling?Copy !req
96. Thirty-two thousand seven
hundred and forty feet.Copy !req
97. Thirty-two thousand!Copy !req
98. Why, that's more
than six miles down.Copy !req
99. Good heavens! Practically
to the center of the earth!Copy !req
100. Well, not quite. But it's deeper
than man's ever gone before.Copy !req
101. Mind if I get a few shots?Copy !req
102. Nah, go ahead.Copy !req
103. I'm awfully sorry about this,
Mr. Kent. But you see how it is.Copy !req
104. The right hand never knows
what the left hand is doing.Copy !req
105. We'll put you folks up at
the hotel in Silsby for tonight.Copy !req
106. Company's expense, of course.Copy !req
107. I'm really sorryCopy !req
108. you came all this way
without getting a story.Copy !req
109. I'm not so sure we
won't get a story.Copy !req
110. Hello there. You all packed?Copy !req
111. Uh-huh. How about you?Copy !req
112. I thought I'd wait till morning.Copy !req
113. Well, this certainly isCopy !req
114. a gay and cheerful
little place, isn't it?Copy !req
115. "Silsby, population 1430.Copy !req
116. Home of the world's
deepest oil well."Copy !req
117. Big deal.Copy !req
118. Too bad Craig doesn't
like to drive at night.Copy !req
119. Otherwise we'd have been
on our way to Dallas by now.Copy !req
120. Where is Craig?Copy !req
121. Turned in. Said he's all
worn out from this afternoon.Copy !req
122. But he left us
the keys to the carCopy !req
123. in case we want to go anywhere.Copy !req
124. Oh, fine. Well, at least I
can say I've seen Silsby.Copy !req
125. I couldn't have
lived without it.Copy !req
126. What were you reading?
Anything interesting?Copy !req
127. As a matter of fact,
Lois, I wasn't reading.Copy !req
128. I was sitting here thinking.Copy !req
129. What about?Copy !req
130. About Corrigan. His
attitude this afternoon.Copy !req
131. Oh, he's just a fool.Copy !req
132. I don't know.Copy !req
133. I think I'll drive
out to the well.Copy !req
134. What for?Copy !req
135. Oh, nothing. Look around,
maybe talk to the watchman.Copy !req
136. Good idea. I'll go with you.Copy !req
137. Now, Lois, what do you
possibly expect to find out thereCopy !req
138. this time of night?Copy !req
139. What do you expect
to find, Mr. Kent?Copy !req
140. All right. Come along.Copy !req
141. Well? Where do we start?Copy !req
142. Great Scott!Copy !req
143. Is he...Copy !req
144. dead?Copy !req
145. Heart attack?Copy !req
146. I don't know.Copy !req
147. Now, Clark, don't go
building this thing up.Copy !req
148. He was an old man,
he had a heart attack.Copy !req
149. It's as simple as that.Copy !req
150. I wonder.Copy !req
151. Those oranges on the
floor. How did they get there?Copy !req
152. Well, he was probably
sitting in his chairCopy !req
153. when the attack came on.Copy !req
154. He tried to get up, the sack
of oranges was on the table,Copy !req
155. he knocked it over with his armCopy !req
156. and the oranges
spilled out on the floor.Copy !req
157. Well, that's fine
except for one thing.Copy !req
158. How'd that sack get over here?Copy !req
159. Good question.Copy !req
160. Well, we'd better
notify somebody.Copy !req
161. The sheriff or constable or...Copy !req
162. Call Craig. Let him handle this.Copy !req
163. I'm going outside to
take a look around.Copy !req
164. Hello, operator. Would you
get me the hotel in Silsby?Copy !req
165. Hello. I'd like to
speak to Mr. Craig.Copy !req
166. Craig. That's right.Copy !req
167. Lois! Are you all right?Copy !req
168. What happened?Copy !req
169. Answer me.Copy !req
170. Hello? Hello? Hello?Copy !req
171. Hello, who's this? Craig!Copy !req
172. This is Clark Kent. Now, listen.Copy !req
173. I want you to get hold of
the sheriff and CorriganCopy !req
174. and get over here right away.Copy !req
175. I'm at the well.Copy !req
176. No, I can't explain now.Copy !req
177. Just get over as
quick as you can.Copy !req
178. Nothing out there.Copy !req
179. What's the verdict, doc?Copy !req
180. Well, it looks
like a heart attack.Copy !req
181. It'll take an autopsy
to make that official.Copy !req
182. I don't find any
signs of violence.Copy !req
183. How old was he?Copy !req
184. Close to 70.Copy !req
185. That's probably it, then.Copy !req
186. I'll send Reagan
up for the body.Copy !req
187. Doctor,Copy !req
188. could Shannon have
been frightened to death?Copy !req
189. Frightened?Copy !req
190. Yes. I mean, by
something he saw.Copy !req
191. Oh, possibly.Copy !req
192. A sudden shock could
have caused an attack.Copy !req
193. Provided he had a heart
condition to begin with.Copy !req
194. Oh, Miss Lane.Copy !req
195. Remember and take
another one of those capsulesCopy !req
196. before you go to bed.Copy !req
197. Good night, all.Copy !req
198. Good night, doc.Copy !req
199. Well, I don't reckon there's
much more we can do up here.Copy !req
200. Well, aren't you going to do
anything about those creatures?Copy !req
201. Now, Miss Lane.Copy !req
202. Mr. Corrigan and me, we
looked all over, and we couldn't...Copy !req
203. You don't believe me. You
think I made the whole thing up.Copy !req
204. The inquest likely
will be on Wednesday.Copy !req
205. We'll need you folks.Copy !req
206. We'll be there.Copy !req
207. Oh, come on, Clark.
Let's get back to the hotel.Copy !req
208. Wait a minute.Copy !req
209. Somebody has to
stay with the bodyCopy !req
210. until the undertaker gets here.Copy !req
211. I'll stay. I guess I will too.Copy !req
212. That is, if you don't mind
giving me a lift back to town.Copy !req
213. No.Copy !req
214. Well, we'll be on our
way. See you later.Copy !req
215. I, um, guess you know why
I hung around, Mr. Corrigan.Copy !req
216. No. Why?Copy !req
217. I thought you might
be ready to talk now.Copy !req
218. About what?Copy !req
219. About that report you
submitted to the home office.Copy !req
220. Just why did you
close the well down?Copy !req
221. I told you once. The
report's confidential.Copy !req
222. That was this afternoon.
Shannon was still alive then.Copy !req
223. And why did you
bury those tools?Copy !req
224. Kent, you're a newspaperman.
You want a story.Copy !req
225. Well, I can give you one
that's so big, so fantasticCopy !req
226. that you wouldn't dare print it.Copy !req
227. Whatever you
can prove, I'll print.Copy !req
228. Okay.Copy !req
229. Come on.Copy !req
230. Well, we started drilling 21
months ago. September 5.Copy !req
231. Nine months later, June
3, we hit 24,810 feet.Copy !req
232. Deeper than any well's
ever been drilled before.Copy !req
233. June 26, at 30,000 feet,Copy !req
234. I took a sample of the stuff
that we've been boring through,Copy !req
235. put it in a test tube, labeled
it and stuck it on the rack.Copy !req
236. This one.Copy !req
237. I switched off the lights
and started to leaveCopy !req
238. and then I remembered that
I'd left my keys on the table.Copy !req
239. I turned to get them
and this is what I saw.Copy !req
240. Radium?Copy !req
241. That's
what it looks like.Copy !req
242. Friend of mine is coming out
with a Geiger counter tonight.Copy !req
243. That's a good idea.Copy !req
244. It might just be harmless
phosphorescence.Copy !req
245. Well, that's what I
figured. Until this last one.Copy !req
246. And that one looks as
hot as a fireman's helmet.Copy !req
247. Those five samples, they
were taken at various levels?Copy !req
248. Mm-hmm. At
intervals of 500 feet.Copy !req
249. And the radium
content increases?Copy !req
250. Well, that's what scared me.Copy !req
251. I was afraid if we
went any deeper,Copy !req
252. that we'd be coming up
with almost pure radium.Copy !req
253. And I wouldn't want to
expose anyone to that.Copy !req
254. Hmm. But you did go deeper.Copy !req
255. Yes.Copy !req
256. At 32,600 feet, the
drill broke through.Copy !req
257. Broke through what?Copy !req
258. Well, it was hanging in midair,Copy !req
259. as though we'd gone through
the last solid layer of the earth.Copy !req
260. And after that, nothing.
Just empty space.Copy !req
261. You mean the center
of the earth is hollow?Copy !req
262. Well, is there any
other explanation?Copy !req
263. Well, anyway,Copy !req
264. when I got the drill head up,
it had sort of a funny look to it.Copy !req
265. What do you mean, funny?Copy !req
266. Well, I don't know.
It didn't look right.Copy !req
267. So just for luck,Copy !req
268. why, I scraped it and put the
stuff under the microscope.Copy !req
269. Here. Take a look.Copy !req
270. What are they?Copy !req
271. I don't know.Copy !req
272. But whatever they
are, they're alive.Copy !req
273. Well, I thought
that all life ceasedCopy !req
274. below the first rock level.Copy !req
275. Yeah, so did everyone else.Copy !req
276. But these things were
alive six miles down.Copy !req
277. Then it's possibleCopy !req
278. there could be other
forms of life down there.Copy !req
279. More highly developed.Copy !req
280. Maybe another civilization.Copy !req
281. And here's the point.Copy !req
282. We've drilled a holeCopy !req
283. right down to the hollow
center of the earth.Copy !req
284. So whatever is down
there could come up.Copy !req
285. And you think something
came out of that hole tonight.Copy !req
286. I don't know.Copy !req
287. But those creatures that
Miss Lane said she sawCopy !req
288. and Pop being scared to death.Copy !req
289. Well, I put a metal
cap on the drill case...Copy !req
290. But the cap was
off when I got there.Copy !req
291. Oh, that's our ring.Copy !req
292. Yes?Copy !req
293. Oh, yes, doc.Copy !req
294. No, he left right after you did.
He should be in town by now.Copy !req
295. What?Copy !req
296. Well, where was this?Copy !req
297. Okay, I'll be right down.Copy !req
298. Doc Saunders, the coroner.Copy !req
299. Those... Those creatures!Copy !req
300. Jeff Reagan saw them
walking on the road.Copy !req
301. He was on his way
out here to get the bodyCopy !req
302. and he lost control of his car
and turned over in the ditch.Copy !req
303. Where was this?Copy !req
304. Just outside of town.Copy !req
305. Kent, there's no question
about it now, whatever they are.Copy !req
306. Humans, animals or
monsters, they're here.Copy !req
307. And they've come up
from the center of the earth.Copy !req
308. We better be going.Copy !req
309. Corrigan.Copy !req
310. Look!Copy !req
311. These oranges.Copy !req
312. Those creatures must
have handled them.Copy !req
313. And if that stuff's radioactive,
anything they touch will be...Copy !req
314. Come on. We're wasting time.Copy !req
315. Hello.Copy !req
316. Who are you?Copy !req
317. Well, it looks like
the news got around.Copy !req
318. Those are Luke Benson's dogs.Copy !req
319. We've got to stop them.Copy !req
320. We can't let them get
near those creatures.Copy !req
321. Don't worry, Corrigan.
Let me handle it.Copy !req
322. Joe, you and Larry CarpenterCopy !req
323. cover the woods
west of the mill.Copy !req
324. Get one of those
searchlights from the firehouse.Copy !req
325. Rick Maddox, Chuck Webber,Copy !req
326. you cover the paths
beyond the fork.Copy !req
327. Eddie and Matt, you check
the arroyo east of town.Copy !req
328. Me and the rest of the boysCopy !req
329. will run the dogs from
Miss Pomfrey's place.Copy !req
330. Just a minute, please.Copy !req
331. Before you start anything,
I'd like to warn you.Copy !req
332. These creatures
may be dangerous.Copy !req
333. Is that right, mister?Copy !req
334. Now, who are you?Copy !req
335. My name is Kent.
I'm a newspaperman.Copy !req
336. Have you seen these critters?Copy !req
337. Well, no, I haven't...Copy !req
338. Well, some of these folks
have. Miss Pomfrey here...Copy !req
339. Yes! There I was,
putting my hair up...Copy !req
340. And Jeff Reagan.Copy !req
341. Almost killed him like
they did old Pop Shannon.Copy !req
342. And you're telling
us they're dangerous!Copy !req
343. But you don't understand.Copy !req
344. We understand plenty, mister.Copy !req
345. You keep out of
this or you'll get hurt.Copy !req
346. Come on, boys. Let's
go. Wait a minute.Copy !req
347. You must listen to me!
Clark, don't interfere.Copy !req
348. They know what they're
doing. They haven't any idea.Copy !req
349. Now, listen to me, all of you.Copy !req
350. You don't know anything
about these creatures,Copy !req
351. what they are or where
they've come from.Copy !req
352. But here's a man
that can tell you.Copy !req
353. Go on, Corrigan.Copy !req
354. They came up out of the
drill shaft in the oil well,Copy !req
355. from six miles underground.Copy !req
356. They look strange
to us, it's true.Copy !req
357. We must look just
as strange to them.Copy !req
358. But as far as we know,
they don't mean us any harm.Copy !req
359. Yeah? What about
old Pop Shannon?Copy !req
360. And what about me?Copy !req
361. And me too.Copy !req
362. There I was putting
my hair up for the night...Copy !req
363. Don't you understand
all these things happenedCopy !req
364. because you were frightened?Copy !req
365. Now, if you'll just be
reasonable and keep your head...Copy !req
366. And what? Just settle down
and let these critters take over?Copy !req
367. Not likely.Copy !req
368. Don't you see, if you go
around shooting at shadowsCopy !req
369. someone's liable to get hurt?Copy !req
370. Go home! Lock your
doors if you're afraid.Copy !req
371. Let me handle this. You?Copy !req
372. Are you crazy, Clark? Please.Copy !req
373. I promise you I'll take
care of these little creaturesCopy !req
374. one way or another.Copy !req
375. If you don't want to talk
or look at any of my books,Copy !req
376. maybe you'd like to play Catch.Copy !req
377. Why, it...Copy !req
378. It's getting prettier!Copy !req
379. It sort of shines all over!Copy !req
380. Are you magic?Copy !req
381. Where'd that scream come from?Copy !req
382. Sounded like it
was up the street.Copy !req
383. Come on!Copy !req
384. Shh!Copy !req
385. Well, I hope you realizeCopy !req
386. what a fool you've
made of yourself.Copy !req
387. He always does that.Copy !req
388. Gets himself in a jam
and then runs away.Copy !req
389. Well, let's see what's
happening outside.Copy !req
390. The little girl's all right.Copy !req
391. She was just scared.Copy !req
392. Get out of that doorway.Copy !req
393. Put the gun down, Benson.Copy !req
394. It's men like you
that make it difficultCopy !req
395. for people to
understand one another.Copy !req
396. You were warned nothing
would come of this but trouble.Copy !req
397. You fellas know
what to do. Get going!Copy !req
398. What about the hounds, Luke?Copy !req
399. Get them on the scent.Copy !req
400. Superman!Copy !req
401. Am I glad to see you!Copy !req
402. Hello, Miss Lane.Copy !req
403. This is Mr. Craig
and Mr. Corrigan.Copy !req
404. How do you do?Copy !req
405. I suppose you know
what happened.Copy !req
406. I know what's going to happenCopy !req
407. if that mob isn't stopped.Copy !req
408. Where's the sheriff? Why
isn't he doing something?Copy !req
409. Oh, the sheriff! Huh!Copy !req
410. There's only one person
who can handle this job.Copy !req
411. And that's Superman.Copy !req
412. The dogs have got the scent.Copy !req
413. Pop Shannon maybe
don't mean nothing.Copy !req
414. And Jeff Reagan's old
enough to take care of himself.Copy !req
415. But when these critters
come after a little kid,Copy !req
416. I aim to do something about it.Copy !req
417. Let's go!Copy !req
418. They climbed
through this window.Copy !req
419. Do you mean they were
actually inside the house?Copy !req
420. Yes.Copy !req
421. The child wasn't afraid.Copy !req
422. It was the mother's
screams that frightened her.Copy !req
423. I know what you're thinking.Copy !req
424. You better wrap the child and
her mother in heavy blanketsCopy !req
425. and take them to
hospital at once.Copy !req
426. There's nothing to do nowCopy !req
427. but wait for routine
decontamination.Copy !req
428. Decontamination?Copy !req
429. Those creatures
may be radioactive.Copy !req
430. Good grief!Copy !req
431. That's the one thing Benson
and his friends don't know.Copy !req
432. The dogs have cornered 'em!Copy !req
433. I'd better go.Copy !req
434. Yeah, they're up
there, the two of them.Copy !req
435. We flushed them
out of the arroyo.Copy !req
436. Who's on the other side?Copy !req
437. Larry Carpenter
and the Prow boys.Copy !req
438. We got 'em trapped.
They can't get away.Copy !req
439. Tie up the dogs, Matt.Copy !req
440. Eddie, get that searchlight.Copy !req
441. Let me take the
first shot, Luke.Copy !req
442. Old Betsy here will knock
'em off like sitting ducks.Copy !req
443. You sure they're up there?Copy !req
444. Lessin' they went
over the spillway.Copy !req
445. If they did, we ain't got
nothing to worry about!Copy !req
446. Sweep her across
the top of the dam.Copy !req
447. Hunted
by men and dogs,Copy !req
448. trapped on the high
parapet of the dam,Copy !req
449. the strange little creaturesCopy !req
450. from the dark
center of the earthCopy !req
451. are now at the mercy of
Luke Benson and his mob.Copy !req
452. What will happen?Copy !req
453. Stand by for a previewCopy !req
454. of part two of "The
Unknown People"Copy !req
455. in the Adventures of Superman!Copy !req