Action Comics #443

In "At Last! Clark Kent—Super-Hero!" from Action Comics #443, Queen Bee strikes by capturing the entire Justice League—leaving only Superman to fight back. Using Kryptonian tech, he flips public perception of Clark Kent, turning the world’s view of the mild-mannered reporter into a heroic revelation, throwing off Brainiac’s plans long enough to track down the villain’s lair and rescue his teammates.

In "The Ghost of the Deep!" from Action Comics #443, the Sea Devils dive into the ocean's depths after a night at a club where they met the mysterious singer Circe Smith. When they encounter the mythological Circe beneath the waves, she traps the male members in a spell, but when Judy risks everything to save Dane, the sudden sacrifice breaks the enchantment and snaps them back to their senses.

In this brief, wryly funny moment from *Action Comics* #443, a boy fishes from what looks like shallow water—until The Quiet Man steps in, only to find himself suddenly submerged, the joke revealed by the boy’s hidden stilts. A perfectly timed visual gag with a deadpan twist, all in under half a page.

In "The Super-Brain of Adam Strange!" from Action Comics #443, Adam Strange finds his interstellar journeys to Rann upended when Sardath's attempt to regulate the Zeta-Beam inadvertently grants him a super-evolved mind—bringing both extraordinary potential and an unexpected threat to Rann. As the planet faces a dangerous brain-wave menace, Alanna’s decisive action restores balance, but not before a fragment of the energy becomes trapped in a stone Adam carries back to Earth.

When Ira Quimby discovers the rock Adam Strange brought from Rann—its strange energy amplifying his intellect—he turns his newfound brilliance to crime, building advanced gadgets and pulling off daring heists. Hawkman and Hawkgirl must stop him before his schemes spiral out of control, but the source of his power may be fading as quickly as it began.

In "Throne of Spain!", the king’s own son, Don Carlos, conspires with the treacherous Count Valdez to seize the throne, trapping the monarch in a desperate bid for power. When the jester secretly warns The Black Pirate, a masked figure of justice emerges to foil the plot, rescuing the king and turning the tide against the usurpers.