20

Superman

References Action Comics 424.

Queen Bee captures all of the Justice League except superman, who uses Kryptonian technology to reverse earth residents' perceptions of Clark Kent and Superman.  This confuses Brainiac so that Superman can trace Queen Bee's Bee-Men back to her liar and free the Justice League, who then capture her and the other villains.

Inker: Tex Blaisdell; Writer: Elliot S Maggin; Penciller: Curt Swan;

12

Sea Devils, The

This story could be explained as a nitrogen narcosis-induced dream of Judy's instead of a real adventure, as the male members have no memory of the adventure at the end of the story.

After watching a singer named Circe Smith at a nightclub, the Sea Devils appear to meat the mythological Circe during their next dive.  She puts the male members into a contest and Dane abandons his oxygen tank, and when Judy tries to save him by sacrificing herself it jolts the boys out of their spell to save her.

Inker: Russ Heath; Penciller: Russ Heath; Editor: Robert Kanigher; Writer: Robert Kanigher;

11

Matt Savage

Matt concocts a ruse with his men to capture Jed Crogan and his men, who have been menacing a town and its ranchers.

Editor: Whitney Ellsworth; Writer: Gardner Fox; Inker: Joe Giella; Penciller: Gil Kane; Editor: Julius Schwartz; Letterer: Morris Waldinger;

12

Adam Strange

References Strange Adventures 235 and Action Comics 437.  Continued in sequence 11: "Amazing Thefts of The I.Q. Gang!"

Sardath attempts to control Adams Zeta-Beam visits to Rann but a side-effect gives Adam a super-evolved brain which also creates a brain-wave menace for the planet.  When Alanna shuts down Sardath's machine all returns to normal but some of the brain-wave energy becomes frozen into a rock which Adam takes back to Earth.

Writer: Gardner Fox; Inker: Sid Greene; Penciller: Carmine Infantino;

14

Hawkman

Continued from sequence 9 "The Super-Brain of Adam Strange!"

Ira Quimby' thinking is enhanced whenever he is near the rock that Adam Strange brought back to earth containing his super brain-waves.  Ira constructs several super-science devices and executes crimes until defeated by Hawkman and Hawkgirl, and the rock eventually stops emitting the brain-waves.

Inker: Murphy Anderson; Penciller: Murphy Anderson; Writer: Gardner Fox; Letterer: Joe Letterese;

8

The Black Pirate

Writer revision by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005) and verified by Moldoff in interview with Roy Thomas. Previously credited to Ted Udall and/or Gardner Fox.

Count Valdez and Don Carlos (the king's son) plot to place Don Carlos on the throne by imprisoning the king.  But the jester tips off The Black Pirate, who rescues the king, imprisons Count Valdez and helps to kill Don Carlos.

Editor: M C Gaines; Editor: Sheldon Mayer; Inker: Sheldon Moldoff; Inker: Sheldon Moldoff; Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff; Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff; Writer: Sheldon Moldoff; Writer: Sheldon Moldoff;