Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 156, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 2, 1950 Page: 27 of 30
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WAYNE
PORING
\ THAT DOSS IT. QUICK-LET'S
/grab the ring off mis
tingeR and blow.' ___■>
HUH?? WHY'
IT'S A FIRE
l-OOF'
r WILL YOU SECRET SERVICE
GUVS RELAX? OUR MEN'LL
. SAVE TME GOVERNOR /
that smoke bomb we PLANTED
Really has tme governor's
GUARDS CONVINCED / . .
streaking high into the air, superman
MAKES AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY...
witnesses told tme
FIRE-INSPECTOR THIS FIRE
WAS DELIBERATELY
STARTED BY A FIRE-
ENGINE WHICH THEN 4
SPED UP RUSSELL ,
STREET.
MEANWHILE, BACK
At THE REAL FIRE/
SEVERAL BLOCKS
AWAY... f — -
AFTER WHAT I
JUST OVERHEARD
THE FIRE-INSPECTOR
TELLING THE CHIEF,
I'D BETTER GET ON
THE JOB AS ,
SUPERMAN./ _
I MM-THAT HEAW SMOKE
OVER WHERE THE GOVERNOR'S
PLACE IS—ON RUSSELL
VSTREET.' ONLV YESTERDAY
v FOILED AN ATTEMPT TO
OSTEAL THE GOVERNOR'S
> /RING / THOSE "CRAZY
rCRlME" OPERATORS l*-
’ might be TRYING Jm
< AGAIN/
ZOOMING SWIPTL^ BACK TOWARD THE jgjpgg
CLEAR NOW.' Then STARTED
REAL Fire to WMICM TMEV COJLr
^^■^■MesCACE LATER and lose tmemselves
's&SmFr among the other arriving
l jL jC FIREMEN. HOW CAN 1 TELL
t/f - fa REAL PROM FAKE IN ALL THIS
L’ y£kM CONTUSIONT AND-UM-UM-
THAT Fire .
■ f GREAT SCOTT.' SO
r-» MV HUNCH WAS
RIGHT.' WELL- I WON'T
WASTE TIME HERE,'
seconds later, THE MAN OF steel arrives
AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION TO FIND... e—7
SUPERMAN.' QUICK-
STOP THEM.'
OW--MV HEAD,
AND MY RING-
it'sgone;j
gp* A BUNCHT
flf OFTMUG5X
U' DISGUISED^
^Las firemen.'
THEVJUST
DROVE OFF'
HAVING UNDERCUT THE FLAMING
LOT, SUPERMAN LIFTS THE ENTIRE
THING AND STREAKS HIGH INTO THE
STRATOSPHERE WITH
WHILE IN ANOTHER PART OF TOWN
\ A moment ago, THAT fire JrS
^ WAS UNDER CONTROL. NOW- A JS
SUDDEN WIND SHIFT HAS TURNED IT
INTO A CONFLAGRATION.' BEST WAY
TO STOP IT QUICKLY IS TO CUT A DEEP
.GROOVE AROUND THE WHOLE LOT->
AH-THE SIGNAlHSO! HM-lT'S just
MV BOVS HAVE NAS WELL.’ WE'RE
THE RING,GRIFFIN.')UP TO THE REALLY
WE'RE EVEN.1 /TOUGH TEST AT
L. _ yVlAST.' fine; WE'LL SEE
WHICH OF US SUCCEE DS
GETTING SUPERMAN'S
i CAPE/ w_A
^WAY UP HERE THERE'S HARDLY
ENOUGH OXYGEN TO FEED THE FLAMESJ
THEY'LL DIE DOWN IN A MOMENT-AND
THEN I CAN SET THE WHOLE LOT
Lback down in ITS PLACE AGAIN
Comic ftiMkmon., Inc-
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Baker, Allen. Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 156, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 2, 1950, newspaper, July 2, 1950; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth748796/m1/27/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.