1. As you know...Copy !req
2. recent cutbacks forced the city
to close many of its own museums.Copy !req
3. Which is why the Lex Luthor
Museum of Natural History...Copy !req
4. is such a boon
to the city's populace.Copy !req
5. And a boost to Lex's popularity.Copy !req
6. In anticipation of tomorrow's
grand opening...Copy !req
7. I felt that you, the elite
of the Metropolis press...Copy !req
8. might enjoy a sneak preview of the city's
newest state-of-the-art exhibition hall.Copy !req
9. The priceless artifacts
are displayed in open cases...Copy !req
10. protected by electronic surveillance...Copy !req
11. and an impregnable
automated security system.Copy !req
12. - Did you hear that?
- Just typical Luthor blarney.Copy !req
13. And now I will be happy
to answer any questions...Copy !req
14. regarding the museum
and its displays.Copy !req
15. How do you respond to charges...Copy !req
16. that the museum is really just
a large tax shelter for LexCorp?Copy !req
17. Let's see him get out of... Kent?Copy !req
18. I wouldn't.Copy !req
19. You never listen.Copy !req
20. What do you think
we'll get for it, Nito?Copy !req
21. I'd say five to 10...Copy !req
22. with time off for good behavior.Copy !req
23. I hope you're planning
on cleaning up this mess.Copy !req
24. You know, we can keep this up
all day, or you...Copy !req
25. You know, you don't look so hot.Copy !req
26. Maybe we should help him.Copy !req
27. Sure, we'll send him some chicken soup.Copy !req
28. Come on!Copy !req
29. Now, if you'll all just follow me.Copy !req
30. Lex Luthor.Copy !req
31. Ladies and gentlemen...Copy !req
32. I give you the
Lex Luthor Museum of...Copy !req
33. Thieves.Copy !req
34. Two.Copy !req
35. Stole the jewels.Copy !req
36. I tried...Copy !req
37. Get a security crew down here now.Copy !req
38. I thought...Copy !req
39. I could stop them.Copy !req
40. Next time you see
one of my museums being robbed...Copy !req
41. call someone who can do something
about it, like the police.Copy !req
42. What happened?Copy !req
43. I don't know.Copy !req
44. I'm... I'm sorry.Copy !req
45. Nito and Sam Corali.Copy !req
46. See that they're dealt with.Copy !req
47. Check.Copy !req
48. Wait. Go back.Copy !req
49. Interesting. As soon as he
gets near the rocks...Copy !req
50. in that display case,
he gets all wobbly and weak.Copy !req
51. So weak that he let
a couple of small-timers get away.Copy !req
52. And every one of those rocks
belongs to me.Copy !req
53. And here we have
some fine examples...Copy !req
54. of the crockery and dinnerware
of the ancient Babylonians.Copy !req
55. Their practice of fabricating utensils
out of soft metal alloys...Copy !req
56. proved to be their undoing
as the entire civilization was destroyed...Copy !req
57. by systemic metallic poisoning.Copy !req
58. Nothing's happening.Copy !req
59. You were expecting them
to dance for you?Copy !req
60. I like the stuff they had
in there before.Copy !req
61. - Before?
- Yesterday.Copy !req
62. They came in this morning
and changed the whole display around.Copy !req
63. The other meteor samples were
ordinary carbon-based elements.Copy !req
64. But this, its composition materials...Copy !req
65. are not even on the periodic table.Copy !req
66. We believe it originated
in an alien solar system...Copy !req
67. with properties totally
divergent from our own.Copy !req
68. We'll need to test it out
on Superman himself.Copy !req
69. See that it's in my office
within the hour.Copy !req
70. I don't think you realize
what you have here.Copy !req
71. On the contrary, I know exactly
what I have here.Copy !req
72. The very tool I need to completely control
and humiliate Superman.Copy !req
73. But surely the rock would be
more valuable to mankind.Copy !req
74. You work for me, Peterson.
Don't forget that.Copy !req
75. There shouldn't be an opinion
in your head that I haven't put there.Copy !req
76. Yes, Mr. Luthor.Copy !req
77. Two points.Copy !req
78. - Two...
- Does Perry know you're playing...Copy !req
79. - ... basketball on his time?
- It helps me think.Copy !req
80. Why didn't he nab those
two museum thieves?Copy !req
81. - It doesn't make sense.
- Who?Copy !req
82. Who? Superman.Copy !req
83. Free throw. Three-point play.Copy !req
84. By the way, where'd you
run off to yesterday?Copy !req
85. - Yeah?
- Ms. Lane?Copy !req
86. It's Professor Peterson.Copy !req
87. So, what have you got for me
this time, professor?Copy !req
88. Something extraordinary, Ms. Lane.Copy !req
89. Quite literally extraordinary.Copy !req
90. Impressive, huh?
I like to stay in shape.Copy !req
91. - Want to feel?
- Feel what?Copy !req
92. I don't think she's interested.Copy !req
93. Sure she is. Aren't you, baby?Copy !req
94. Don't call me "baby."Copy !req
95. Yeah, well...Copy !req
96. like I told you people over the phone,
I don't do Metropolis.Copy !req
97. Not since the blue guy showed up.Copy !req
98. This job needs someone
with your technical expertise.Copy !req
99. I pull this heist of yours,
it's a sure bet I'll get caught.Copy !req
100. You don't understand.Copy !req
101. That's exactly what I want.Copy !req
102. Be with you in a second, sir.Copy !req
103. - Good catch. What'll it be?
- I'd like the turkey loaf, baked potato...Copy !req
104. no butter, no soup, salad,
dressing on the side. Give it all legs.Copy !req
105. Sorry, Kent. I'm in a hurry.Copy !req
106. Say, you don't look so hot.Copy !req
107. I'm fine.Copy !req
108. What's the rush?Copy !req
109. Take a look at this.Copy !req
110. - Careful!
- I'm sorry.Copy !req
111. Just clumsy, I guess.Copy !req
112. What is it?Copy !req
113. LexLabs got ahold of some meteor...Copy !req
114. that seems to be able
to drain Superman's powers.Copy !req
115. This is just a small sliver.Copy !req
116. - You sure you're not catching something?
- I'm okay.Copy !req
117. Really.Copy !req
118. I'm taking this piece over to S.T.A.R. Labs
to let them have a look at it.Copy !req
119. I'll let you know what they say.Copy !req
120. The gentleman would like a large orange
juice, chicken soup and tea with lemon.Copy !req
121. You gotta take care
of yourself, Smallville.Copy !req
122. Yeah, you really
don't look so good.Copy !req
123. Transfer of the treasury plates to the
Metropolis district office is official.Copy !req
124. The plates are yours,
Commissioner Jones.Copy !req
125. I'll take those plates now,
Commissioner Jones.Copy !req
126. Now, I'd like you all to drop your weapons
and kick them over here.Copy !req
127. You don't wanna make trouble
for me, commissioner.Copy !req
128. You'll never get away with this.Copy !req
129. By now, they've shut down
all the exits and entrances...Copy !req
130. the stairs, the elevators.
There's no way down off this roof.Copy !req
131. How about up?Copy !req
132. He's coming. Let's do it.Copy !req
133. He's past checkpoint one...Copy !req
134. heading due north.Copy !req
135. Checkpoint number two.Copy !req
136. Checkpoint three.Copy !req
137. - He's coming.
- Good.Copy !req
138. Now just remember
what I told you.Copy !req
139. I guess I've flown myself
into a corner.Copy !req
140. Okay, you win.Copy !req
141. I give up.Copy !req
142. That's right. Make him come to you.Copy !req
143. Here.Copy !req
144. What's the matter?Copy !req
145. Don't you want it? Here.Copy !req
146. I'm sorry. Here. Let me help you up.Copy !req
147. Hey, I guess all that time
in the gym is paying off.Copy !req
148. Jab. Jab.Copy !req
149. Cross. Uppercut.Copy !req
150. What are you doing?
Get him back to the center of that room.Copy !req
151. Maybe I'd rather just
finish him off right here.Copy !req
152. Mercy, get the rock, fast.Copy !req
153. Supe, you don't look so good.Copy !req
154. That's right. Put S.T.A.R. Labs
on 24-hour surveillance.Copy !req
155. I want to know everyone
who goes in or out.Copy !req
156. My spies tell me that Hamilton
has a piece of my rock.Copy !req
157. I'd like to know who gave it to him.Copy !req
158. I'm on it.Copy !req
159. If you'll excuse us.Copy !req
160. Actually, I'm glad you came.Copy !req
161. I have a deal to offer you.Copy !req
162. I'm listening.Copy !req
163. As long as I have the rock...Copy !req
164. you can't stop me.Copy !req
165. But it is bothersome
to have you always trying...Copy !req
166. so the deal is this:Copy !req
167. You leave me
and my operations alone...Copy !req
168. and I and my little green rock
will leave you alone.Copy !req
169. I don't make deals with criminals.Copy !req
170. I control everything
in this town, Superman.Copy !req
171. Your cooperation is not really necessary.Copy !req
172. The offer was merely a courtesy.Copy !req
173. You will never control me, Luthor.Copy !req
174. Never.Copy !req
175. Well, then...Copy !req
176. I guess I'll have to kill you.Copy !req
177. Yes.Copy !req
178. Interesting.Copy !req
179. My contact at LexLabs thinks
it isn't even from this solar system.Copy !req
180. Incredible.Copy !req
181. What?Copy !req
182. That certainly would be
in keeping with my theory.Copy !req
183. Which is what, exactly, professor?Copy !req
184. The fact that your body
absorbs the radiation so readily...Copy !req
185. leads me to believe you share
with it a point of origin.Copy !req
186. You mean it came from Krypton?Copy !req
187. More than likely it is Krypton,
or, rather, a small piece of it.Copy !req
188. Kryptonite, if you will.Copy !req
189. The radiation could have
been created by the energy released...Copy !req
190. in the explosion
which destroyed your planet.Copy !req
191. There is one bit
of potentially helpful data.Copy !req
192. Its radiation can be shielded
by element atomic number 82.Copy !req
193. - Lead.
- Of course.Copy !req
194. - Yeah?
- Ms. Lane, it's Peterson.Copy !req
195. Listen closely.Copy !req
196. LexLabs is developing
a synthetic version of the green rock.Copy !req
197. It's imperative I get this information
to Superman immediately.Copy !req
198. Yes, of course.
Where should we meet?Copy !req
199. The museum.
Come in through the alley entrance.Copy !req
200. But the security system.Copy !req
201. I designed the security system,
Ms. Lane.Copy !req
202. I know how to bypass it.Copy !req
203. The door will be open between 9:05
and 9:06. Make sure you're not followed.Copy !req
204. Very convincing.Copy !req
205. You're certain he's there?Copy !req
206. Our men saw him go in minutes
after the Lane woman.Copy !req
207. Excellent. Superman will now insist
on accompanying her to the museum.Copy !req
208. Professor...Copy !req
209. Mercy will see you safely home now.
Won't you, my dear?Copy !req
210. Please. No. I mean,
I can see myself home. Really.Copy !req
211. But I insist.Copy !req
212. Metropolis can be such
a dangerous city, Peterson.Copy !req
213. I'd hate to wake up tomorrow
and find out...Copy !req
214. that something terrible
had happened to you.Copy !req
215. He said the back alley between...Copy !req
216. Right on time.Copy !req
217. Wait.Copy !req
218. Let me check it out.Copy !req
219. I don't see anyone. Lois?Copy !req
220. Professor?Copy !req
221. Professor Peterson?Copy !req
222. Kryptonite.Copy !req
223. Lois! Get the Kryptonite out of here.Copy !req
224. Two annoyances with one stone.Copy !req
225. If only we had some lead.Copy !req
226. entire civilization was destroyed
by systemic metallic poisoning.Copy !req
227. The cups...Copy !req
228. they're made of lead.Copy !req
229. Lane squares off.Copy !req
230. She aims. She shoots.Copy !req
231. Two points.Copy !req
232. No!Copy !req
233. Thank you, Superman.Copy !req
234. No, Lois. Thank you.Copy !req
235. - You saved my life.
- I suppose I did.Copy !req
236. I owe you one.Copy !req
237. I'd say an exclusive interview
would just about even us up.Copy !req
238. All right.Copy !req
239. Under one condition:Copy !req
240. You don't print anything
about the Kryptonite.Copy !req
241. No, green. It has to be green.Copy !req