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Learning that the Reducer Ray machine

is to be taken to Metropolis,

the Spider Lady plots to steal it.

Clark Kent accompanies the truck,

which is used as a decoy.

But now the Spider Lady is informed

that the machine is coming by train, and...

This ray will set it off just ahead of the train.

There's the car, but what's goin' on?

Looks like our men lost out too.

Well, we can fix that.

Cops.

We got two of them. They walked right into the trap.

There was another guy with me here.

That reporter, Clark Kent.

He was knocked over that...

What happened?

Plenty! Superman was here.

Say, you sure play things safe, don't you?

Usually.

I'd like to know just how you got that story

about Superman stopping a train.

There's something very fishy

about you being at the exact spot.

I guess I'm just lucky.

You're more than lucky.

Sometimes, I... I'd like to...

I'm sorry, Lois, but I can't help it

if, uh, these breaks come my way.

I'd like to give you a break, preferably a leg or an arm.

Oh, quit it, Lois.

Now, here's a break for you.

What is it? Dr. Graham is coming here

to experiment with his Reducer Ray.

I want you to meet him, escort him to the university,

and get an exclusive interview.

Well, that helps some.

Your marvelous weapon was just a toy to him.

I didn't think it would boomerang.

Two more of our men were arrested.

They can't tell anything, even if they do talk.

It looks as if I'll have to accomplish

what you've failed to do.

Dr. Graham is coming to Metropolis,

and I'll force him to give me the secret of his Reducer Ray.

That would mean making him a prisoner.

You'll never get away with it.

I think I will, the way I planned it.

You know when and where Dr. Graham is arriving?

Yes, thanks to the Daily Planet.

It also informs me that Lois Lane

is to meet him for an interview.

I shall take her place.

And you, Dr. Hackett, with skillful makeup,

should make an admirable Dr. Graham.

Here's his latest photograph.

I didn't know any had been published lately.

How'd you get it?

One of my men in Washington took it without Graham's knowledge.

SL to car one.

SL to car one.

Lois Lane heading out Highland Avenue

toward airport.

Now one mile north of city line.

We'll contact the Lane car in five minutes.

I'm sorry, miss, it was my fault,

but I don't think there's much damage.

All right, all right. But I've gotta meet a plane.

Uh, Dr. Graham? Yes.

I'm Lois Lane of the Daily Planet.

Oh, yes. I've been looking for you.

I'm to drive you to the university

and get an interview on the way.

Shall we go? By all means.

What is this, a holdup?

Precisely, Dr. Graham.

We're holding up your plans.

Then you are not Miss Lane?

But I don't understand.

You will, Dr. Graham. All in good time.

Elton, you mustn't keep Miss Lane waiting.

Get his briefcase and his bag.

I'll be glad to pay for any damage, miss. My card.

Oh, that won't be necessary. But thank you.

Uh, Dr. Graham? Yes.

I'm Lois Lane of the Daily Planet.

Oh, yes, we've been looking for you.

I'm terribly sorry,

but I was delayed by a slight accident.

I'm sorry to hear that.

But, uh, we haven't been waiting very long.

Uh, may I present my assistant, Mr. Conrad.

How do you do? How do you do?

We can go to the university immediately.

The car is over there. Thank you.

Let's see your pass.

Okay.

Have you a pass, sir?

Yes, I have.

Thank you, sir. Right through there.

Thank you.

Well, thank you very much, Miss Lane.

I'll go in with you. I haven't all my story yet.

Oh.

Very well.

What a layout.

The people in Washington know you're here,

don't they, Dr. Graham?

Oh, certainly.

As a matter of fact, it was their idea.

Then don't you think it's strange

they allowed you to come unguarded?

Oh, not at all.

Mr. Conrad here is my guard, as well as assistant.

Possibly, I'm being watched every moment

without being aware of it, hm?

Keep him here until the Spider Lady learns of his arrival.

The Spider Lady? Who is she?

Don't be impatient.

You'll have plenty of time

to get acquainted with her.

How are things going, doc?

Very well, Conrad.

Didn't you invent the Reducer Ray?

Why, certainly. Why do you ask?

Well, then why are you photographing it?

I am very much interested in the technique used

to install it here.

I see a new wire plan has been used.

Remove the blindfold.

It won't do you any good to try to see me.

Let me introduce myself.

I'm the Spider Lady.

I cannot tell you how happy I am to see you, Dr. Graham.

This is a pleasure.

The pleasure is all yours.

May I ask what you're after?

Certainly. The secret of the Reducer Ray.

Well, you surely don't think I'd tell you that, do you?

We're using another method of learning it.

Make the doctor comfortable.

Well, Dr. Graham, I have all I need to know.

I'll hurry back to the office and write my story.

Well, thank you. Goodbye, Miss Lane.

Do you think she suspects anything?

No, I don't think so.

I thought we'd never get rid of her.

Operator, I'm calling from Metropolis University.

There's a man here posing as...

Jimmy took this picture of Dr. Graham when Lois met him.

It was spotted on page one with her story.

I met him some time ago.

That's not Graham.

That's Hackett. Hackett? How do you know?

Find Clark Kent for me. I think he's gone crazy.

That'll hold her. Yeah.

Now to find a way to destroy this machine,

and then we'll have the only one in existence.

Is everything all set? Yes.

I've caused a tremendous short circuit

that'll turn the radiations of the Reducer Ray inwards.

And when that gauge hits the 10,000 mark,

the entire mechanism will explode.

Well, let's get out of here.

Goodbye, Miss Lane.

You will have a few moments

to regret having interfered with us.

Is Jimmy Olsen also to be a victim

of this sinister scheme?

Who will be lured into this flaming trap?

Next week in this theater, see the plot unfold further

in "Between Two Fires," chapter ten of Superman.