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"Superman: "The Secret Life of Clark Kent!"": Clark Kent is sent to cover Operation Moon Launch for the Daily Planet. He is flown to a secret location where he is witness to the latest technology in robotics. He is joined by reporters from other newspapers. As he examines the exhibits, he fal

Quote1 I don't care if I do turn into some monstrous demon! I'd pay any price to keep dad alive. Quote2
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Action Comics #324 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1965.

Synopsis for Superman: "The Secret Life of Clark Kent!"

Clark Kent is sent to cover Operation Moon Launch for the Daily Planet. He is flown to a secret location where he is witness to the latest technology in robotics. He is joined by reporters from other newspapers. As he examines the exhibits, he falls prey to bully antics by another reporter. Later in the day they are placed in a balloon and sent up into the air to observe the path of a rocket launch. They are suddenly hit by turbulence and Clark falls out of the balloon seemingly to his death. As he plunges towards the Earth, Clark notices a fertile valley below and flies towards it. He lands and encounters a group of old fashioned Quakers who have made a settlement for themselves in the isolated setting. Clark is befriended by Pete Fry and his daughter Elizabelle. Fry reveals that Crater Valley is cut off from the outer world and its inhabitants are unaware of humans living beyond their borders. He relates the story of how their ancestors discovered the isolated valley and settled it free from the evils of mankind and wars. Generations of settlers have lived in the Valley unaware of the outside world around them. Clark decides to stay in the valley to research a possible story on the lost colony of quakers. He is offered a job as a blacksmith and becomes close to Fry's daughter Elizabelle. Clark enjoys the anonymity of living amongst the Quakers but he soon runs into a jealous suitor for Elizabelle. A hulking Quaker named Luke soon draws Clark into a fight and surprisingly Clark roughs him up to teach him a lesson. He no longer feels the need to act timid since he is isolated from the normal world. Life goes on in the Valley until one day Pete Fry falls seriously ill. Clark flies him through the air as Superman to bring down his fever. At the same time he is forced to reveal his Superman identity to Fry. Fry's fever eventually returns and Clark fears he may have to use his superman powers to save his life. At one point, the bully Luke finds a book on first aid and surgery. Luke reads that raging fevers are often cured by blood transfusions and he offers his own blood to save Fry. Clark confirms that both men have the same blood type match and performs the transfusion. The procedure is a success and Fry makes a full recovery. Luke is lauded as a hero and Clark returns to the outside world. He vows to keep the isolated valley a secret and he flies back to the rocket base. He tells the authorities that he fell from the balloon into a snow bank and Superman flew him back to civilization.

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  • Luke Robb
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Synopsis for Supergirl: "The Black Magic of Supergirl!"

While patrolling in India, Supergirl sees a fakir die when he is struck by a cobra. With his dying breath, Abdul, the fakir, bequeaths to Supergirl a small casket containing the Satan Ring, and a scroll. The last part of the scroll is torn off, revealing that the ring will grant wishes, but the third wish will turn the wisher into a demon--with horns such as she finds on Abdul.

Supergirl, in the days to come, uses the Satan Ring's magical powers to save Superman from Kryptonite (a pair of skeletal hands hurl it into the sea), to save an innocent man from the electric chair (a skeletal hand pulls down the knife switch while a ghostly figure sits in the chair, short-circuiting it), and, though she fears the third wish, to save her father's life during an operation (the skeletal hands guide the surgeon). As a result, Supergirl gains horns on her head, and, despite her resistance, does evil. At one point, she makes a witch's brew that produces ghostly hands to blind Superman.

However, she visits India again, and sees that Abdul is alive, after having been cleansed by fire intended to cremate him. Supergirl recovers the last of the scroll, which says the curse can be lifted by fire. Not even the heat of the sun works on her, but Supergirl comes across the Fire Falls of Krypton, hurled intact into space. She bathes herself in its Kryptonite-tinged flames, and is cured.

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"The Black Magic of Supergirl" is reprinted in Adventure Comics #416 and The Best of DC #38.



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