Action Comics #120
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Superman, Stunt Man!", Superman steps in when the Cosmopolitan Museum of Ancient Art floods under mysterious circumstances, uncovering a scheme by curator Collins, who’s been replacing priceless artifacts with soap replicas. With the museum itself seemingly alive and revealing the truth, Superman helps expose the ex-con behind the fraud, while Zatara’s magic fails to control the strange phenomena. Written by Joe Samachson and illustrated by W. F. White, with a striking cover by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye, this 1948 classic blends mystery and early superhero flair in a tale that’s as clever as it is unexpected.
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The unscrupulous Collins, curator of the Cosmopolitan Museum of Ancient Art, has replaced many of the priceless artifacts with soap replicas and sold the originals. When Zatara visits the museum's wealthy benefactor they are summoned to the museum, which has flooded. Zatara tries to control the water and artifacts, but they ignore his magic. Finally, the museum building tells him of the phony substitutions. Collins confesses to being an ex-con, and is returned to prison.
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