DC 100-Page Super Spectacular #18 is an issue of the series DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1973.
Synopsis for Superman: "I Sustain the Wings"
This story is reprinted from Superman #25.
Appearing in Superman: "I Sustain the Wings"
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Supporting Characters:
Other Characters:
- TTC Cadet Larry Thomas (Single appearance)
- Mary, Larry Thomas's fiancee (Single appearance)
- Cadets and Officers in the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Connecticut
- New Haven
- Metropolis
Vehicles:
- Bomber planes
Synopsis for Atom: "Murder on a Star"
This story is reprinted from Flash Comics #90.
Appearing in Atom: "Murder on a Star"
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Antagonists:
- gang of crooks
Locations:
- Calvin College Observatory
Synopsis for Atom: "Lockup in the Lethal Lightbulb"
This story is reprinted from The Atom #8.
Dr. Light manages to break out of prison using a specially treated light bulb to escape into the sidereal world. The warden of the prison asks Ray Palmer to use his scientific knowledge to figure out how Dr. Light managed to escape. Ray does so, recreating the experiment with the trace chemicals still left in the bulb. Ray creates another, smaller doorway into the sidereal realm big enough for the Atom to get through.
There, he tracks Dr. Light to his hideout and is easily captured. Dr. Light puts solder into his size changing device's control and traps the Atom in a light bulb which will eventually destroy him while he goes back to Earth's dimension to cause havoc so that he can get revenge against the Justice League of America.
The Atom uses the light bulb's own filament to reheat the solder in his controls and use his size changing abilities to get free. Returning to Earth's dimension, the Atom uses the element of surprise to deactivate Dr. Light's light weapons, defeat him, and turns him back over to the authorities.
Later when the Atom meets with the Justice League of America, he begins to tell them of his battle against Dr. Light.
Appearing in Atom: "Lockup in the Lethal Lightbulb"
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Other Characters:
- Justice League of America
- Aquaman (New Earth) (Flashback only)
- Superman (Flashback and main story)(Cameo)
- Batman (Flashback and main story)(Cameo)
- Wonder Woman (Flashback and main story)(Cameo)
- Green Lantern (Flashback and main story)(Cameo)
- Flash (Flashback and main story)(Cameo)
- Green Arrow (Flashback and main story)(Cameo)
- Aquaman (Flashback and main story)(Cameo)
- Martian Manhunter (Flashback only)
- Snapper Carr
- Prison Warden Barnes
- William Wilson (Mentioned only)
Synopsis for Superman: "Superboy's Last Day in Smallville!"
This story is reprinted from Superman #97.
Clark Kent investigates rumors of a possible breakout at Metropolis Jail and overhears a crook claiming he will soon collect a million dollars because of something Superboy did on his last day in Smallville, when he is released on the next day. Superman reviews memories of his last days in Smallville, from his graduation from high school through his farewell to Lana Lang through Smallville's letting-go ceremony for him. Finally, he deduces that the prisoner is referring to bars of gold which have been painted with lead and disguised as cell doors on the new prison.
Appearing in Superman: "Superboy's Last Day in Smallville!"
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Supporting Characters:
- Lana Lang (Flashback only)
Antagonists:
- Member of Frisco Pete's Mob (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Smallville Residents (Flashback only)
Locations:
- Metropolis
- Metropolis Jail
- Smallville, Kansas
- Smallville High School
- Smallville Jail
Synopsis for TNT & Dan the Dyna-Mite: "The Crime Clown"
This story is reprinted from World's Finest #5.
Appearing in TNT & Dan the Dyna-Mite: "The Crime Clown"
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Antagonists:
- Crime Clown (Single appearance)
- his gang
Locations:
- New York City
- Broadway
- Gotham Bank
Items:
Synopsis for Hourman: "Dr. Togg's Gombezis"
This story is reprinted from Adventure Comics #57.
A series of crimes are carried out by a pack of monstrous chimerical beasts, called "Gombezi," a genetically engineered race of talking winged dogs, created and controlled by Dr. Rocco Togg, from his secret laboratory on Wide Island, off the New England coast. The gombezis also have a thick slippery hide, making them immune to some projectiles and difficult to hold on to, and police are stymied. Hourman and the Minute Men tackle the case.
Hourman and the boys catch all the creatures, and Hourman improvises an explosive from Togg's own lab materials, which destroys the lab and Togg's creations.
Appearing in Hourman: "Dr. Togg's Gombezis"
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Antagonists:
- Doctor Togg (Apparent Death)
Locations:
- Wide Island (off the New England Coast)
Items:
- Miraclo
- Togg's Radiofoto system
Animals:
- five or more Gombezi
- several Wolf/Buzzard hybrid beasts
Synopsis for Captain Triumph: "All that Glitters Is Not Gold"
This story is reprinted from Crack Comics #42.
Redfue sells Biff a fake gold mine but it turns out to have real gold. Redfue and his gang try to get the deed back, and do some hostage taking in the process, grabbing Kim Meredith, which brings Captain Triumph down on them. One rescue, one escape, and one short knife fight later, they're out of business.
Appearing in Captain Triumph: "All that Glitters Is Not Gold"
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Antagonists:
- Redfue
- his gang
- his gang
Synopsis for Superman: "The Amazing Story of Superman-Red and Superman-Blue"
This story is reprinted from Superman #162.
Superman is scolded by the Kandorians for failing to live up to his goals to enlarge Kandor, cure Kryptonite, and end crime on Earth. Shamed, he uses a machine he has devised, which is powered by the various forms of Kryptonite, in order to increase his intellect a hundredfold in order to complete these tasks. The process succeeds, but it also splits him into two near-identical beings: Superman-Red and Superman-Blue.
Together, these two Supermen recreate Brainiac's enlarging ray to restore Kandor to its proper size and place it on a New Krypton, which they have created from the remains of the old planet. This, incidentally, removes every bit of kryptonite from the Universe since it all now constitutes the restored Krypton and is rendered harmless. Superman-Red and Superman-Blue next create an anti-evil ray that ends all villainous tendencies on Earth. Thus, a reformed Lex Luthor develops a panacea that cures all physical ailments and defects, which transforms Earth into a paradise. Retiring, Superman-Red marries Lois Lane and moves with her to New Krypton, and Superman-Blue weds Lana Lang and remains on Earth where he devotes his life to science. He also assigns his Superman Robots with the task of dealing with any future natural disasters.
Appearing in Superman: "The Amazing Story of Superman-Red and Superman-Blue"
Featured Characters:
- Superman Blue/Superman Red (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Lana Lang (Single appearance)
- Lois Lane (Single appearance)
- Supergirl (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Brainiac (Single appearance)
- Superman Revenge Squad (Single appearance)
- Lex Luthor (Single appearance)
- Phantom Zoners
- Dru-Zod (Single appearance)
- Jax-Ur (Single appearance)
- Kru-El (Single appearance)
- Mister Mxyzptlk (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Kandorians
- Lori Lemaris (Single appearance)
- Lena Thorul (Single appearance)
- Perry White (Single appearance)
- Jimmy Olsen (Single appearance)
- Krypto (Single appearance)
- Lucy Lane (Single appearance)
- Comet (Single appearance)
- Nikita Khrushchev (from Earth-162) (Single appearance)
- Fidel Castro (from Earth-162) (Single appearance)
- John F. Kennedy (Mentioned only)
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