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, strange
visitor from another planetCopy !req
7. who came to Earth
with powers and abilitiesCopy !req
8. far beyond those of mortal men.Copy !req
9. Superman, who can change
the course of mighty rivers,Copy !req
10. bend steel in his bare hands,Copy !req
11. and who, disguised
as Clark Kent,Copy !req
12. mild-mannered reporter for a
great metropolitan newspaper,Copy !req
13. fights a never-ending battleCopy !req
14. for truth, justice and
the American way!Copy !req
15. And now, another
exciting episodeCopy !req
16. in The Adventures of Superman!Copy !req
17. Got a second, chief?Copy !req
18. Sure, Lois. Come in.Copy !req
19. Just got this letter.Copy !req
20. I thought maybe
you'd like to hear it.Copy !req
21. It's addressed to Superman,
care of the Daily Planet.Copy !req
22. "Dear Superman,
Tomorrow is my birthday.Copy !req
23. "I will be seven-years old.Copy !req
24. "I would like to go
to the county fairCopy !req
25. "and ride on the merry-go-round
and the roller coaster,Copy !req
26. "but I can't because
I'm crippled.Copy !req
27. "You do so many
good things for people,Copy !req
28. "I thought maybe you would
come and take me to the fair."Copy !req
29. Your friend, Kathie Williams,
22 Hill Street, Metropolis."Copy !req
30. It's kind of sad, isn't it?Copy !req
31. We'll take her to the fair.Copy !req
32. Hop out there and make
arrangements with her family.Copy !req
33. Oh, it wouldn't
be the same, chief.Copy !req
34. Think what it would
mean to this youngsterCopy !req
35. for Superman to
come out and take her.Copy !req
36. Well, we'll do the
next best thing.Copy !req
37. Give her a real party.Copy !req
38. Good human-interest
story. Go ahead.Copy !req
39. Okay, chief.Copy !req
40. Hello.Copy !req
41. Look... Look, they're after me.Copy !req
42. I gotta talk fast.Copy !req
43. The meeting's set for
10:00 Saturday nightCopy !req
44. at the Lambert
Engraving Company.Copy !req
45. You got it?Copy !req
46. Hello? Hello?Copy !req
47. Must've been a wrong number.Copy !req
48. Boy, you
sure took a long time.Copy !req
49. You learn anything?Copy !req
50. The
clerk at the tobacco storeCopy !req
51. says Cusak was talking on
the phone when he was shot.Copy !req
52. I don't get it.Copy !req
53. I thought Cusak was
supposed to call here.Copy !req
54. He was.
But he called the wrong number.Copy !req
55. How do you know?Copy !req
56. The clerk found
this on the floor.Copy !req
57. It's Cusak's writing.Copy !req
58. Ain't this our number?Copy !req
59. Ours is 3471, you idiot.Copy !req
60. That's the mistake Cusak made.Copy !req
61. Now he's dead,Copy !req
62. and we will never find out
who he gave the message to.Copy !req
63. We'll find out.Copy !req
64. I know a way to
trace this numberCopy !req
65. through the telephone company.Copy !req
66. Thank you very much.Copy !req
67. The name is Williams.Copy !req
68. Twenty-two Hill
Street, apartment 3.Copy !req
69. Williams?Copy !req
70. I'll bet you it
was the little girl...Copy !req
71. Slugger, keep quiet. What for?Copy !req
72. It says in the paper...
Please, Slugger!Copy !req
73. We've got to find out who
took the message, that's all.Copy !req
74. I still say it was the
little girl in the paper.Copy !req
75. All right, all right!Copy !req
76. What little girl? What paper?Copy !req
77. In the Planet.Copy !req
78. I was just reading about her.Copy !req
79. She's crippled, see?Copy !req
80. She's gotta stay
home alone all dayCopy !req
81. on account of her
ma's gotta go to work.Copy !req
82. It's the same name
and the same address.Copy !req
83. What are you talking about?Copy !req
84. Here, read it.Copy !req
85. "Kathie Williams,
22 Hill Street."Copy !req
86. He's right.Copy !req
87. She's written Superman,Copy !req
88. asking him to come and
take her to the county fair.Copy !req
89. Marie, that's how we get to her.Copy !req
90. Huh?Copy !req
91. She's expecting Superman.Copy !req
92. Well, Superman is
going to show up...Copy !req
93. or, let's say, someone
dressed as Superman.Copy !req
94. Yes!Copy !req
95. Say, that's a great idea.Copy !req
96. But who are we
gonna get to, uh...Copy !req
97. Say!Copy !req
98. What you lookin' at me for?Copy !req
99. I give you one guess.Copy !req
100. Good morning, Lois.Copy !req
101. Oh, hello, Clark. You're back.Copy !req
102. How was it?Copy !req
103. Pretty grim.Copy !req
104. I don't like covering
train wrecks.Copy !req
105. What's new around here?Copy !req
106. Oh, let's see.Copy !req
107. Herman Cusak, a
small-time hoodlumCopy !req
108. believed to be mixed up
with Big Jim Hanlon's gang,Copy !req
109. was shot and killed in a
cigar-store phone booth.Copy !req
110. Mm-hmm. I picked up a
copy of the Planet in Chicago.Copy !req
111. He did a stretch for
counterfeiting, didn't he?Copy !req
112. Five years.Copy !req
113. Mm-hmm. Anything
else new around here?Copy !req
114. No, that's about it.Copy !req
115. Oh! Kathie Williams. Oh, yes.Copy !req
116. The little girl that
wants SupermanCopy !req
117. to take her to the fair.Copy !req
118. Uh-huh, you read my story.Copy !req
119. Sure, I did. The question
is, did Superman?Copy !req
120. Well, I don't know.Copy !req
121. Clark, that poor little kid,Copy !req
122. sitting out there,
waiting and hoping...Copy !req
123. And I promised that...Copy !req
124. Lois, listen.Copy !req
125. Superman has never
let you down yet, has he?Copy !req
126. No, but...Copy !req
127. Well, I don't think
he's going to now.Copy !req
128. You're Superman?Copy !req
129. Yes... Where's Kathie?Copy !req
130. That's what I'd like to know.Copy !req
131. I came to take her to the fair.Copy !req
132. You came to take...Copy !req
133. Well, yes. You are
Kathie's mother, aren't you?Copy !req
134. What's wrong?Copy !req
135. You know what's wrong.Copy !req
136. I just came in.Copy !req
137. I took time off from work
to fix a birthday party,Copy !req
138. and... I found this.Copy !req
139. "Dear Mommy,Copy !req
140. "If I'm not back by the time
you get home, don't worry.Copy !req
141. Superman took me to the fair..."Copy !req
142. I don't understand.Copy !req
143. This is Katherine's writing?Copy !req
144. Of course. And you
made her write it. You...Copy !req
145. I made her write it?Copy !req
146. Don't pretend. You've
taken her someplace.Copy !req
147. You've taken her!Copy !req
148. You're mistaken.Copy !req
149. Well, you won't
get away with it.Copy !req
150. If any harm's
come to Kathie, I'll...Copy !req
151. I'm gonna get the police.Copy !req
152. Superman, why'd you
carry me up the fire escape?Copy !req
153. I thought you could fly.Copy !req
154. And why'd we come here?Copy !req
155. You promised to
take me to the fair.Copy !req
156. Don't ask so many
questions, little girl.Copy !req
157. I don't think you're
Superman at all.Copy !req
158. You don't talk like Superman.Copy !req
159. You don't act like Superman.Copy !req
160. You don't even
look like Superman.Copy !req
161. Yeah?Copy !req
162. Is that so?Copy !req
163. You made it, Slugger. Good work.Copy !req
164. Kathie, I am your Aunt Marie.Copy !req
165. And this is your Uncle Marcel.Copy !req
166. I don't have any
aunts or uncles.Copy !req
167. Well, you do now, little girl.Copy !req
168. You must be wondering why
we played this little joke on you.Copy !req
169. It is a surprise.Copy !req
170. We have some gifts for you,Copy !req
171. and a birthday party,
cake and ice cream...Copy !req
172. The message. Get to the message.Copy !req
173. Oh, yes.Copy !req
174. Kathie, dear,Copy !req
175. yesterday a man called
you up on the telephoneCopy !req
176. and left a message.Copy !req
177. It was all a mistake.Copy !req
178. He dialed the wrong number,Copy !req
179. and the message
was really meant for us.Copy !req
180. Can you remember
what the man said?Copy !req
181. Oh, sure.Copy !req
182. He said, "Look,
they're after me.Copy !req
183. Gotta talk fast."Copy !req
184. Good, good.Copy !req
185. And then?Copy !req
186. Then he said,Copy !req
187. "The meeting's set for
10:00 Saturday night."Copy !req
188. Saturday. That is tomorrow.Copy !req
189. Go on, dear.Copy !req
190. Go on?Copy !req
191. The rest of the message.Copy !req
192. Where did he say the meeting
was going to take place?Copy !req
193. Oh, that. I forget.Copy !req
194. You forget?Copy !req
195. Uh-huh.Copy !req
196. What's the use of knowing
the time of the meetingCopy !req
197. if we don't know
where it's to be held?Copy !req
198. Leave this to me,
Marcel. I will handle it.Copy !req
199. Do you think you might
remember after a while?Copy !req
200. I don't know.Copy !req
201. I want to go home.Copy !req
202. Well, this is what
we will do, Kathie.Copy !req
203. Stay here, have
the birthday party,Copy !req
204. and after you have finished all
that lovely cake and ice cream...Copy !req
205. And remembered the
rest of the message.Copy !req
206. And remembered the
rest of the message,Copy !req
207. we will have Slugger
take you home.Copy !req
208. My mommy doesn't
know where I'm at.Copy !req
209. She'll be worried.Copy !req
210. We will call her up and explain.Copy !req
211. Slugger, you take care of that.Copy !req
212. Tell her Kathie is
safe and not to worry.Copy !req
213. Marcel, get the ice cream.Copy !req
214. I will get the cake.Copy !req
215. I forget the number.Copy !req
216. What number?Copy !req
217. The little girl's ma.
You told me to call...Copy !req
218. You fool.Copy !req
219. Fool.Copy !req
220. That ain't nice.Copy !req
221. Listen to this from
the Daily Blade.Copy !req
222. "It is now over 24 hours
since little Kathie WilliamsCopy !req
223. "was forcibly taken from
her home by Superman.Copy !req
224. "What is being done to find her?Copy !req
225. "Why is a certain rival
newspaper offering a rewardCopy !req
226. "for any evidence that
will clear Superman?Copy !req
227. "The Daily Blade has always
stood for decency and fair play,Copy !req
228. but when it comes to
shielding criminals..."Copy !req
229. That's all. I can't
read any more.Copy !req
230. Don't take it to heart, Lois.Copy !req
231. We know that Superman
had nothing to doCopy !req
232. with Kathie's disappearance.Copy !req
233. Of course. It was an impostor
dressed as Superman.Copy !req
234. But when I read this
rubbish, I get so mad, I could...Copy !req
235. Come in.Copy !req
236. May I help you?Copy !req
237. My name's Perkins.Copy !req
238. I've come about the reward.Copy !req
239. They told me outside that...Copy !req
240. Oh, yes, Mr. Perkins.
Won't you sit down, please?Copy !req
241. Thank you.Copy !req
242. I'm the clerk at
the tobacco storeCopy !req
243. where that fellow
was shot the other day.Copy !req
244. Cusak?Copy !req
245. Well, I was sweeping the floor,Copy !req
246. and I found a piece of paper
with a phone number on it.Copy !req
247. Well, I figured that
that was the numberCopy !req
248. that Cusak was calling
when he was shot.Copy !req
249. Well, excuse me, Mr. Perkins,Copy !req
250. but exactly what has this
got to do with Superman?Copy !req
251. Well, I'm coming to that.Copy !req
252. You see, this piece of paper
with the phone number on it...Copy !req
253. Yes, may I see it?Copy !req
254. Well, I don't exactly
have it right now.Copy !req
255. You see, a man and a
woman came in the store,Copy !req
256. and I was showing it to them,Copy !req
257. and I guess they took
it when I wasn't looking.Copy !req
258. Hmm. Go on.Copy !req
259. I remember the number, though.Copy !req
260. It was Avondale 3741.Copy !req
261. Well, I got kind of curious,Copy !req
262. so I called this number,
and a woman answered.Copy !req
263. I found out it was
where this little girl lives,Copy !req
264. this Kathie Williams,Copy !req
265. that Superman's
supposed to have taken.Copy !req
266. Have you been to
the police about this?Copy !req
267. No.Copy !req
268. No, I didn't think
nothing about itCopy !req
269. until I read about
Superman and the reward.Copy !req
270. Can you describe
this man and woman?Copy !req
271. Well, the man was
kind of ordinary-lookingCopy !req
272. with a little mustache.Copy !req
273. And the woman,
she was kind of plain.Copy !req
274. They both talked with
an accent. French, I think.Copy !req
275. You know, now that
I come to think of it,Copy !req
276. she called him Marcel.Copy !req
277. Marcel.Copy !req
278. That's a French name,
all right. I wonder...Copy !req
279. Excuse me.Copy !req
280. Get me the FBI,
please. Craig Roberts.Copy !req
281. What is it, Clark?Copy !req
282. Just a hunch.Copy !req
283. Uh... well, where's the reward?Copy !req
284. When do I, uh...?Copy !req
285. Oh, yes, Mr. Perkins. Of course.Copy !req
286. Would you mind sticking aroundCopy !req
287. till after I've checked
with the FBI?Copy !req
288. No. No, I guess not.Copy !req
289. Clark, I'm going
over to Mrs. Williams.Copy !req
290. I'm sure Mr. Perkins'
story will convince herCopy !req
291. that Superman had nothing
to do with Kathie's abduction.Copy !req
292. I'll be here if you
need me. Right.Copy !req
293. Kathie, dear, please.Copy !req
294. Please try to remember
the rest of the message.Copy !req
295. I can't.Copy !req
296. If you will only try real hard.Copy !req
297. I've been trying all day,
and all day yesterday.Copy !req
298. I don't like it here.
I want to go home.Copy !req
299. But why? Haven't
we been nice to you?Copy !req
300. Look at all these toys.Copy !req
301. If there is anything you
want, anything at all...Copy !req
302. I want to go home!Copy !req
303. I got a football...Copy !req
304. boxing gloves and
a baseball outfit.Copy !req
305. She's a girl, idiot.Copy !req
306. Yeah, I know.Copy !req
307. Also, I got a doll.Copy !req
308. It says "Mama."Copy !req
309. I don't like it.Copy !req
310. What do you mean
you don't like it?Copy !req
311. I picked it out special for you.Copy !req
312. It's no good!Copy !req
313. Any old doll can say "Mama."Copy !req
314. My doll can sing!Copy !req
315. I want my own doll.Copy !req
316. I want to go home.Copy !req
317. Marcel, do you think if we
got her own doll for her...?Copy !req
318. You mean go to her house?Copy !req
319. That's too dangerous.Copy !req
320. Of course it is dangerous,
but what else can we do?Copy !req
321. She's got to remember
the meeting placeCopy !req
322. if we are to be there tonightCopy !req
323. and stop Larue from
delivering the plates.Copy !req
324. Mm-hmm. The doll
might work at that.Copy !req
325. Slugger, look after Kathie.Copy !req
326. We'll be back in a little while.Copy !req
327. Here it is.Copy !req
328. Who are you? What do you want?Copy !req
329. Well, I'm a reporter
from the Daily Planet. I...Copy !req
330. I had an appointment
with Mrs. Williams.Copy !req
331. Go on.Copy !req
332. Well, I just wanted to tell
her that we're doing all we can.Copy !req
333. To find Kathie, that is.Copy !req
334. Kathie's her little girl.Copy !req
335. She's missing.Copy !req
336. Um...Copy !req
337. Been missing for a day or so.Copy !req
338. Well, I guess I
came a little early.Copy !req
339. Let's get out of here. Fast.Copy !req
340. You're sure about
this? There's no question?Copy !req
341. Nope. That's them, all right.Copy !req
342. Now do I get the reward?Copy !req
343. Yes, Mr. Perkins, now
you get the reward.Copy !req
344. Marcel and Marie Duval,
eh? Where did you get these?Copy !req
345. The FBI. Craig
Roberts sent them over.Copy !req
346. They're French counterfeiters.Copy !req
347. They hired a man named LarueCopy !req
348. to steal a couple of 1000-franc
plates from the Bank of France.Copy !req
349. Did he?Copy !req
350. He sure did, but he
double-crossed those two.Copy !req
351. He brought the
plates to America,Copy !req
352. and the FBI figures he
plans to sell the platesCopy !req
353. to Big Jim Hanlon.Copy !req
354. Wait a minute.Copy !req
355. This little punk, Cusak, who
was shot in the phone booth,Copy !req
356. didn't I hear someone sayCopy !req
357. that one of Hanlon's
boys rubbed him out?Copy !req
358. Right.Copy !req
359. Cusak was working
for them, the Duvals.Copy !req
360. He probably found outCopy !req
361. where Larue was to
deliver the plates to Hanlon.Copy !req
362. He tried to call the Duvals,
but he got the wrong number.Copy !req
363. Kathie Williams' number.Copy !req
364. A second later he was dead.Copy !req
365. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
366. It's all beginning to fit.Copy !req
367. These characters hereCopy !req
368. thought Cusak had given
the message to Kathie,Copy !req
369. so they grabbed her.Copy !req
370. Right. Someone in a
fake Superman outfit.Copy !req
371. They might be
torturing the poor kid,Copy !req
372. trying to beat it out of her.Copy !req
373. Kent, she's crippled.
We've got to...Copy !req
374. Clark, chief, I...Copy !req
375. Great Caesar's ghost!Copy !req
376. I just saw them, the
man and the woman.Copy !req
377. You mean these two? The Duvals?Copy !req
378. Yes.Copy !req
379. They were snooping
around Kathie's apartment.Copy !req
380. They got a cab, I followed.Copy !req
381. But I got caught at a traffic
light, and they got away.Copy !req
382. A cab? What kind? A United.Copy !req
383. Excuse me, chief.Copy !req
384. Miss Bachrach, will you get
me the United Cab Company?Copy !req
385. Thank you.Copy !req
386. How long ago was this, Lois?Copy !req
387. About 10 minutes ago.Copy !req
388. Ten minutes ago. Where
did they pick up that cab?Copy !req
389. Right out in front of
the apartment building...Copy !req
390. There's a stand right there.Copy !req
391. Hello. This is Clark
Kent, Daily Planet.Copy !req
392. Yes.Copy !req
393. One of your drivers picked up
a couple of fares on Hill Street.Copy !req
394. Yes. I'd like to contact him.Copy !req
395. I see.Copy !req
396. Will you have him call me the
minute he does? It's important.Copy !req
397. That's right. Kent. K-E-N-T.Copy !req
398. Thanks.Copy !req
399. The driver hasn't
reported in yet.Copy !req
400. Well, we might as well
make ourselves comfortable.Copy !req
401. All we can do is wait.Copy !req
402. And so the tin soldier
stood straight and stiffCopy !req
403. from that time on.Copy !req
404. You like that
story, little girl?Copy !req
405. Yes. And you know something?Copy !req
406. What?Copy !req
407. I like you.Copy !req
408. I like you too, little girl.Copy !req
409. Mr. Slugger, you're
not really a bad man.Copy !req
410. Why don't you take me home?Copy !req
411. Well, now, that
wouldn't be right.Copy !req
412. I know. You're
just afraid of them.Copy !req
413. Afraid, me? I ain't
afraid of nobody.Copy !req
414. Didn't I tell you about the timeCopy !req
415. I went 20 rounds with
Terrible Tommy O'Toole?Copy !req
416. If that ref hadn't been
blind as a bat, I'd-a...Copy !req
417. Then you will take
me home, Mr. Slugger?Copy !req
418. You're not afraid?Copy !req
419. Me, afraid? Hah.Copy !req
420. I ain't afraid of
nobody. Climb aboard.Copy !req
421. Huh!Copy !req
422. Where do you think you're going?Copy !req
423. I'm just gonna take
the little girl home.Copy !req
424. Get back into the room.Copy !req
425. I've
been patient, Marie.Copy !req
426. I've let you handle this
your way, with no results.Copy !req
427. The toys, the doll.
Nothing's worked.Copy !req
428. It's 9:30.Copy !req
429. We only have half an hour to
get the information out of her.Copy !req
430. Now I'll take over.Copy !req
431. You remember, all right.Copy !req
432. You're just being stubborn.Copy !req
433. Well, I know how to
handle stubborn children!Copy !req
434. Lamb...Copy !req
435. That's it.Copy !req
436. L-Lambert.Copy !req
437. Lambert something.Copy !req
438. Lambert Engraving Company.Copy !req
439. Out in Watsonville.Copy !req
440. We just have time to make it.Copy !req
441. What about them?Copy !req
442. We leave them here.Copy !req
443. By the time they're found,
we'll be out of the country.Copy !req
444. The girl. Don't you
think we ought to...?Copy !req
445. Oh, she's no problem.
She can't walk.Copy !req
446. But just to make sure...Copy !req
447. Don't do that. Don't do that!Copy !req
448. Don't do that! Don't do that!Copy !req
449. All right. Come.Copy !req
450. Yes?Copy !req
451. Yes, he's here.Copy !req
452. Clark, the cab driver.Copy !req
453. Oh, good.Copy !req
454. Clark Kent speaking.Copy !req
455. That's right, a man and a woman.Copy !req
456. Where did you take them?Copy !req
457. The Rosewood Apartments
on Bleeker Street?Copy !req
458. Thank you.Copy !req
459. Call Inspector Henderson.
Tell him to meet us there.Copy !req
460. Come on, Lois.Copy !req
461. Yeah, that's right, inspector.Copy !req
462. They left about half an hour agoCopy !req
463. for the, uh... um...Copy !req
464. The Lambert Engraving
Company, out in Watsonville.Copy !req
465. The man said 10:00.Copy !req
466. It's 10 minutes to 10.Copy !req
467. Maybe we can get
out there in time.Copy !req
468. And maybe not.Copy !req
469. Clark, where are you going?Copy !req
470. This is a job for Superman.Copy !req
471. I mean, I've got to find him.Copy !req
472. Are you going to
arrest Mr. Slugger?Copy !req
473. Have to, Kathie.Copy !req
474. But I'll do what I can to
see that he gets off lightly.Copy !req
475. He's really not a bad man.Copy !req
476. Hanlon?Copy !req
477. Hanlon could not
make it, Larue. Marcel.Copy !req
478. You have a bad memory
for appointments, Larue.Copy !req
479. You were supposed to
deliver those plates to usCopy !req
480. in Paris two months ago.Copy !req
481. Marcel, if you'll
let me explain, I...Copy !req
482. It's too late for
explanations now.Copy !req
483. Give Marie the plates.Copy !req
484. I... I don't have them, Marcel.Copy !req
485. You lie!Copy !req
486. You came here to
deliver them to Hanlon.Copy !req
487. Uh... No. I do not have them.Copy !req
488. I'll shoot you down like a dog.Copy !req
489. Oh!Copy !req
490. Okay, Hanlon, get 'em up.Copy !req
491. All of you.Copy !req
492. What's your hurry, lady?Copy !req
493. You're not going anywhere.Copy !req
494. Take care of them.Copy !req
495. Superman!Copy !req
496. What happened?Copy !req
497. I just stopped a gun battle.Copy !req
498. The plates, Marie,
get rid of them!Copy !req
499. The plates! She dropped
them in a vat of acid.Copy !req
500. There you are, inspector.Copy !req
501. You can see that these are
returned to the Bank of France.Copy !req
502. Kathie, I've come in
answer to your letter.Copy !req
503. Yes, I'm the real one.Copy !req
504. It's the real one this time.Copy !req
505. Now, as I understand it,Copy !req
506. you want to go on
the roller coaster?Copy !req
507. And the merry-go-round.
And the Ferris wheel.Copy !req
508. All right.Copy !req
509. Well, we're going
on a roller coaster,Copy !req
510. a merry-go-round and a
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