Presenting the transcription feature, Superman! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman! Yes, it's Superman! Strange visitor from the planet Krypton, who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can leap tall buildings at a single bound, race a speeding bullet to its target, bend steel in his bare hands, and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle for truth and justice. And now to our story. Led by Professor Browning, famous radiologist held captive by the foreign agent Dr. Deutsch, Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen found their way into a secret room filled with cases of books deep in the cavern of part of Volcano Island. Unable to track them down, Dr. Deutsch has ordered the passageway sealed and the ventilation machinery reversed. Kent, Jimmy, and Professor Browning, unaware of the danger they face, made plans for further investigation of Deutsch's headquarters in an effort to discover the meaning of his master plan. Listen. Do you think we're safe in here, Professor Browning? I don't know, Jimmy. We'll have to take a chance on that. I hope this is our lucky day. You know, there must be thousands of books here in this room. I wonder what Deutsch plans to do with so many books. Look at what somebody's done to this book, Mr. Kent. Well, there's a square hole cut right through the pages. Same with this one. And this one. Why, they're all like that. Well, you're right, Jimmy. Every one of them is mutilated in the same way. Thank God. Oh, it's amazing. Have you noticed that each one of these holes is exactly the same size? Yes, about two inches square. Cut right through the book, except for ten pages at the beginning and ten at the end. With the book closed, you'd never even guess there was anything peculiar about it. You know, Kent, those little square hollows are perfect hiding places for something small and very valuable. Such as a little lead container filled with radium. Mr. Kent, I think you've got the answer. But why would Deutsch want to hide the radium in books? Why would he want to hide it at all? I don't know, Jimmy, but I believe Deutsch has found a new way to use radium. To unleash the energy in the radium atom. If this is so, he has in his grasp the most powerful, destructive force humanity has ever known. Why, the atomic energy in one ounce of radium could blow the United States off the map. And Deutsch is trying to get twelve ounces. What's that? I've heard that motorhome before. They are closing the stone doors leading from this tunnel. Something is up. Gosh, there go the lights. Yeah, we'd better get out while we can. Let's try this door. We're locked in. What are we going to do now? Attention, Herr Browning. What's that? It's Deutsch talking on the public address system. Listen. I know you are hiding somewhere off channel number ten. But I'm pleased to inform you that you and your friend will turn off the day. You will find yourself... Why? I didn't think even he was low enough to do anything like this. However, Herr Professor, in need of your services, I am willing to offer you and whoever is with you a chance to live. Under the loudspeaker through which my voice is coming, you will find a push button. If you wish to remain alive, press this button. This will indicate to me which room you are in. I'll pretend for you. You have thirty seconds to choose between life and death. Thirty seconds. Wait, Professor. Don't touch that button. What else can I do, Kent? There is no choice for myself. I would rather die, but I can't sacrifice you and Jimmy. There must be some other way. Let me think. Fifteen seconds to go, Herr Professor. Ten seconds. I can't stand this, Kent. Let me press the button. No, don't touch it. Get down on the floor. What will that accomplish? Do what I say. Get down. You too, Jimmy. Your time is up. Kent, you see? He's going to murder us. Take it easy, Professor. And keep low. The air will be fresh near the floor. What's that hum, Mr. Kent? Sounds like a ventilator blower. It is. But Deutsch probably has it running in reverse, drawing the good air off. It's getting close already. Are you all right, Jimmy? I don't know. My head feels light. Kent, you should have let me, let me press the button. No air now. We are suffocating. Can't breathe. Kent. Kent. He's out. I wonder how long Jimmy can take it. Jimmy. Jimmy. Out, too. Good. Now I can get to work. That's Superman. I'll have that door broken down in a moment. Here it goes. It's like a dog barking. What? Coming from under the floor. It must be stormed. Here now. Right into this pile of books. I'll just clear them away. There must be an opening of some sort here. Yes. Here it is. Trapped door. Here's the handle. One good pull should tear that loose. Now. Here. There we are. Storm. Storm. An abandoned passageway. Now to get the professor and Jimmy out of here. Better not us and see me as Superman. Jimmy. Come on, Jimmy. Wake up. What? What's happened? He fell asleep when the air went bad. Take a few deep breaths now. Gosh. It feels good. I remember now. Why'd you turn the air off? Did you turn it on again? No, Jimmy. I found a way out. A track door. And guess who led me to it? Storm. I heard him whining under the floor. Good old Storm. Where is he? In a narrow passageway under the track door. Come on, now. Give me a hand to the professor. Okay. I'll take his shoulders. It sure is how cold. Now, hold him here, Jimmy. I'll go up into the passageway, then you slide him down to me, will you? Here I go. All right, now. Let him down easy. Easy, Jimmy. If I can get a good grip on it. All right. I got it. Okay, Jimmy. Let yourself down now. Hang on the edge and then let go. I'll catch you. Here I come. Look out. Oh, boy. It sure feels good to get out of that plane. Professor. Professor, are you all right? I think so, Kim. Oh, good. Now, this tunnel must be an abandoned entrance. Or maybe an emergency exit for Deutsch. Look, Mr. Kent. You can see the beach and the ocean from here. Sure, Jimmy. It certainly looks good. But how did we get here? No time for explanations, Professor. Now, you stay here with Jimmy and Storm. I'm going back into the tunnel and look around. There must be an entrance to the main passage through this corridor. Mr. Kent, please don't go back in there. You'll get caught. Now, don't you worry, Jimmy. I'll be careful. You wait here for me. I have to sneak up on my friend Deutsch as Superman. Get some more information. There should be a passage linking up with Deutsch's private office. There's that ladder I noticed on our way out. I'll see what it leads to. There's a short corridor. Dead end on both sides. Oh. Wait. Voices. Coming through this door, set into the side of the passage. Yes, and familiar voices. Deutsch and Hans. I'll see you later. See if you can take contact with the other wavelength. I will try, Herr Doctor. Okay. Here. On the earphones, Herr Doctor. Quickly, give them to me. This should be interesting. Hello? Hello? Ja, this is Deutsch. Ja, ja. Good. Now, listen closely. You are at the hands of boat ten miles out to sea due west of the coast. I have only two men on board, so there will be no suspicion. We will dispatch a radio-controlled seaplane immediately with a shipment of books. Understand? Perfect. Right. Now, quickly, Hans. Go to the hangar upstairs and load the plane for a takeoff immediately. Stand up. Jawole, Doctor. I go. Fire two shots when you're ready for me to stand off the plane. Ja, ja, Doctor. The hangar is upstairs, eh? Hmm. Oh, yes. See, a ladder leads up from here. Well, here's where we get off this island on that plane and kill two birds. Professor! Jimmy! Yes, sir. What's up, Kent? Any luck, Mr. Kent? You bet. They're loading up a radio-controlled plane for a takeoff. And we're going to be in it. Come on, now. Follow me. Gosh, Mr. Kent. Well, where's it going? To meet a boat offshore. All right. Here's the iron ladder. Now, you go first, Professor. Then you, Jimmy. Be careful. All right, Jimmy. Go ahead. That's it. Up you go. We're coming away, Jimmy. Now, here we are. There's the door over there. Now, be very quiet. Yes, I'm going to open it very gently. Here, Jimmy. Look through the crack. What do you see? Jiminy, Mr. Kent. Amanda's getting ready to load some books into a plane. He's alone. Yes. It's Hans. Mr. Kent. Look at that cliff wall. It's open like a huge door. Yes, the same opening we saw the plane disappear into when we landed on the island. All right, now. When I count three, we make a dashboard. Overpower Hans and pile into that ship. Okay, I'm with you. I hope we make it. Ready now? One. Two. Jiminy! Hey. That takes care of our friend Hans. Get into the plane, Jimmy. All right, get in, Professor. Professor Kent, he's conscious. Look out, he's going to shoot. That'll fix you. All right, come on. Into the plane. Quick. I can't, Kent. I can't. The professor. He's wounded. All right. Quick, Jimmy. I'll carry the professor. Hurry. All right, now. Slam the door. What will Kent and Jimmy find when the radio-controlled plane comes to rest near the boat? Whose boat is it? And why is George shipping the strange books away from Volcano Island? There are thrills ahead, thrills and excitement. Be sure to listen in. Don't forget. Tune in again for the next thrilling episode with Superman. It's a plane. It's Superman. Superman is a copyrighted feature appearing in Action Comics magazine. It's a plane.
