Superman #403 is an issue of the series Superman (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1985.
Synopsis for "The Greatest Thief in the Universe!"
A master thief from the planet Ramox is compelled to steal because of a genetic compulsion, but finds a way to get Superman to release him from the compulsion.
Appearing in "The Greatest Thief in the Universe!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Monitor (Cameo)
- Jimmy Olsen
- Perry White (Mentioned only)
Antagonists:
- Thief-Master of Ramox (Single appearance) (Origin)
Other Characters:
- Houdini (Mentioned only)
- Metro Match Company Security Guard (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Daily Planet employee (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Healer (a Ramoxian) (Single appearance) (In dream sequence only)
- Four Photron Photoelectric Company Employees (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Surefire Spark Plug Employees (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Charlie
Locations:
- Space
- Earth
- Earth's Moon
- Metropolis
- Metro Match Company
- Galaxy Communications Building
- Auto Junkyard (Mentioned only)
- S.T.A.R. Labs (Mentioned only)
- South Side Metropolis
- Photron Photoelectric Company
- Suburb of Metropolis
- Chemical Supplier (Mentioned only)
- Surefire Spark Plug Company
- Gotham City (Mentioned only)
- Lightbulb Plant (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis
- Ramox (Single appearance) (In dream sequence only)
Items:
- Matchsticks and Sulfer (Stolen by the Thief-Master)
- Chrome Bumpers (Stolen by the Thief-Master) (Mentioned only)
- Polonium (Stolen by the Thief-Master) (Mentioned only)
- Tellurium (Stolen by the Thief-Master) (Mentioned only)
- Tungsten (Stolen by the Thief-Master) (Mentioned only)
- Selenium (Stolen by the Thief-Master)
- Molybdenium
- Large Tuning Forks
Vehicles:
- A Large Spacecraft
- Thief-Master's Spacecraft
- Monitor's Satellite
Concepts:
Synopsis for "Clark Kent--Super-Hero from Krypton!"
Johnny Webber, Clark Kent's classmate and the former Dyna-Mind, asks Clark to come to a Smallville High School reunion, but is compelled to call him "Superman."
Appearing in "Clark Kent--Super-Hero from Krypton!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Johnny Webber (Final appearance)
- Jimmy Olsen
- Lana Lang
Antagonists:
- Dyna-Mind (Mentioned only)
- Four Robbers (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Three WGBS employees (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Martian Manhunter (Mentioned only)
- Smallville High School Graduates (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Security Guards (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Metropolis
- Galaxy Communications Building
- Clark Kent's Office
- Galaxy Communications Building
- Smallville
- Smallville High School
- Smallville National Bank (Mentioned only)
- Smallville Orphanage (Mentioned only)
Items:
- $275,000 in cash
- Jimmy Olsen's Signal Watch
Vehicles:
Concepts:
Notes
- The Thief-Master traded information on his homeworld of Ramox with the Monitor for information on the planet Earth.
- All the items stolen by the Thief-Master are of the same grouping on the Periodic Table.
- Smallville is 100 miles from Metropolis as stated in Clark Kent--Super-Hero from Krypton!
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