Action Comics #171
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Secrets of Superman!", Superman prepares a time capsule for future generations, including a personal message revealing his secret identity as Clark Kent—only for the tape to go missing. With his memory fading after a recent explosion, Superman races to recover the recording before its contents fall into the wrong hands. Written by John Broome and illustrated by Wayne Boring, with inks by Stan Kaye, this 1952 classic features a cover by Win Mortimer that captures the mystery and urgency of the moment.
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Superman is contributing film footage of his powers and other items to a time capsule which is to be buried for future generations to uncover five thousand years hence. On one of the personalized tape recordings he reveals his secret identity to have been that of Clark Kent. That tape goes missing and Superman, who has been experiencing lapses in memory after being caught in an explosion, tries hard to find it.
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