Superman: The Action Comics Archives HC Vol 5 Mid Grade (2007)

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• 1 The Lost-and-Found Mystery! Script: Jerry Siegel +
  Clark and Lois are mystified by ads in the Daily Planet offering huge sums of money for the recovery of lost items. But Superman gets involved when Lois disappears, thanks to the Prankster!
• 2 Superman Takes a Holiday! Script: Don C. Cameron +
  A new villain, the Thinker, continues to outwit the Man of Tomorrow...until Superman decides to leave for a vacation and allows Clark Kent to take over for him!
• 3 Valentine Villainy! Script: Don C. Cameron +
  Superman and Jimmy have much the same problem: what to buy their respective girlfriends for Valentine's Day.
• 4 Superman and the Super-Movers! Script: Jerry Siegel +
  Superman compares himself to construction workers and heavy crane operators as he helps the owners of "Super Movers" against a rival, who is trying to buy the owner out in order to use the business as a front for robbery.
• 5 The Hobby Robbers! Script: Jerry Siegel +
  Clark investigates a series of robberies involving people's hobbies and those items being held for ransom, but when it is revealed that Kent's hobby is collecting clocks, Superman must step in "in time" to save the collection.
• 6 Courtship of Adelbert Dribble! Pencils: Ira Yarbrough +
  Adelbert Dribble traps Superman in order to pose as him and win the affections of his one and true love...but he gets more than he bargained for!
• 7 Aesop's Modern Fables Pencils: Ira Yarbrough +
  An escaped prisoner named Johnny Aesop, ribbed when he was younger about his last name, decides to commit crimes based on the ancient fables to gain wealth and notoriety.
• 8 A Voyage to Destiny! Script: Bill Finger +
  Young Roger Carson is told on his father's death bed that he will inherit his father's fortune IF he will take that ship and follow the same course his father had before him that earned him all those riches. He does, not realizing that he will soon run afoul of Black Patch, a man that once lost an eye to Roger's father during a fight!
• 9 The Headline Hoax! Script: Don C. Cameron +
  The Prankster disguises himself as a blind news dealer and manufactures Daily Planet headlines to con certain people so that he can make a profit off of them!
• 10 The Chef of Bohemia! Script: Al Schwartz +
  Ex-pug Biff Condor, losing money from renting a spot to a small businessman in a prosperous nightclub area, seeks to oust the man any way possible in order to attract a newer tenant who will pay a higher rent.
• 11 The Golden Fleece! Script: Don C. Cameron +
  When Wilbur Wolfingham brings his crooked "rags to riches" scheme to Metropolis, Lois decides to reveal his antics and prove to him that "in the end, his schemes only hurt himself"!
• 12 Mr. Mxyztplk Returns! Script: Don C. Cameron +
  When unusual and weird things begin affecting Clark Kent, there is only one answer for it: that imp from another dimension has returned, and that means more headaches for the Man of Tomorrow!
• 13 Fairyland Isle! Pencils: Ira Yarbrough +
  John Nicholas' dream of building "Fairyland Isle", whose admission is absolutely free to kids, seems not to be ready for the Christmas season opening until Santa 'Superman' Claus steps in to make it a reality. Open it does, but the dis-inherited heirs of the man who provided their playland provide their share of sabotage.
• 14 The Water Sprite! Script: Al Schwartz +
  Superman investigates the allegations of a young woman about the existence of a "water sprite", all a hoax to keep the authorities from discovering cheap materials that had been used in building a dam.
• 15 Hocus & Pocus...Magicians by Accident! Script: Jerry Siegel +
  A pair of would-be magicians believe they have magicial powers, and a crime boss sees them 'perform', intending on using those abilities for make him some quick illegal cash!
• 16 Tommy Gets a Zero! Pencils: John Sikela +
  Tommy's teacher assigns a Saturday essay for each class member, although Tommy believes his will be the most boring in class because nothing in his life ever happens that is exciting. That is, until he meets Superman!
• 17 The Puzzle in Jade! Script: Don C. Cameron +
  When reports of toy ships attacking freighters comes across the desk of reporter Clark Kent, he suspects that it's all a plot of recent prison escapee, the Toyman.

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