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"Superman: "Zigi and Zagi's Trap for Superman!"": Superman bids farewell to his interplanetary friends Zigi and Zagi. Unbeknownst to them, Zigi and Zagi have a stowaway on their rocket ship. An escaped convict has boarded in an effort to run away from authorities. Superman is notified that th

Action Comics #316 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1964.

Synopsis for Superman: "Zigi and Zagi's Trap for Superman!"

Superman bids farewell to his interplanetary friends Zigi and Zagi. Unbeknownst to them, Zigi and Zagi have a stowaway on their rocket ship. An escaped convict has boarded in an effort to run away from authorities. Superman is notified that the convict might be on board and he goes after the spaceship as it travels back to their home planet. The two boys are delighted that Superman is visiting their home so they hide the convict in an effort to prolong Supermans visit. In the meantime Superman is introduced to Zigi and Zagi’s sister Zyra. The boys hope that a romance will flourish between the two and they could have Superman as a permanent brother in law. The couple spends time together as Zyra acts as a guide and shows Superman around. He is shown a contraption known as the Gravity Master which keeps a far away asteroid at bay and prevents the asteroid from slamming into their planet. At one point, the escaped convict eludes his captivity and disengages the Gravity Master by mistake. The asteroid heads towards the planet but Superman is readily able to deflect the asteroid away from their home. In the meantime, Zigi and Zagi recapture the convict and secretly ship him off back to Earth via a delivery service. They hope that Superman will remain on their planet if he believes that the convict is still on the loose. Zyra soon becomes very smitten with Superman especially after watching him fight against a boxing robot. She eventually proposes to the man of steel on the one night when the planets moons come together. Superman is at a loss as to how to handle the situation but then he learns about Zyras former boyfriend Zarthur who disappeared while exploring the mythical Graveyard Planet. Superman flies to the Krob galaxy and locates Zarathur. He returns him back to Alpha Centauri where Zyra is very happy to see him. She rescinds her proposal to Superman and their engagement is effectively broken. Superman then bids farewell to his two friends and flies home to find that the escaped convict is already on Earth serving time in prison.

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  • "Slash" Sabre
  • Dynamex

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  • Zigi
  • Zagi
  • Zyra (Single appearance)
  • Haron (Single appearance)
  • Zarthur (Single appearance)

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Synopsis for Supergirl: "Supergirl's Choice of Doom!"

Zor-El has Supergirl use a Kryptonian super-computer to project a simulation of what their future will be like if he and Allura remain on Earth. The computer predicts that a monster called the Zygor, who possesses hypnotic powers and wants revenge on Zor-El, will take over Supergirl's mind, lure Zor-El and Superman into a deathtrap, and force her to kill one of them. Supergirl destroys the computer before she can see which one she would have killed. Zor-El tells her that they can forego that future by he and Allura electing to stay in Kandor. Supergirl agrees, and her natural parents are exchanged for the Danverses. The family returns to Midvale to start their life anew. Meanwhile, in Kandor, Zor-El and Allura muse over the fact that they knowingly fed false data into the computer, and then go check up on the skeleton of the Zygor, who was sent into the Phantom Zone, released and put in a Kandorian zoo, and died in captivity.

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  • Zygor (Single appearance)

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