StoryStory"Luthor's League of Super-Villains"
Editor:Jack Harris
Writer: Bob Rozakis
Artist: Rich Buckler and Bob Layton
Cover Art: Buckler and Rubenstein (signed)
The Wizard
Funky Flashman
Copperhead
Matter Master - Mark Mandrill. A Hawkman foe who
first appeared in Brave and the Bold #35. Last seen in DC Super-Stars
#10. Appears next in the last story of DC Comics Presents #26.
Felix Faust - A longtime foe of the Justice League that first appeared
in Justice League of America #10. Last seen in DC Super-Stars #10.
Appears next in Justice League of America #182.
Lex Luthor - Appears next in Action Comics #486
Captain Comet
Hawkman - Last seen in Justice League of America #139. Appears
next in Adventure #451.
Hawkgirl - Last seen in Justice League of America #137. Appears
next in Adventure #451.
Gregory Reed, an Earth-1 actor who portrays Superman in
films
Batman appears in a single panel of JLA monitor duty
Citizens of Sapporo, Japan
San Francisco police
This issue portrays the Earth-1 version of the filming
of Superman, a movie also filming on Earth-Prime in 1978.
Funky Flashman shows his baldness in this storyline.
Lex Luthor has liberated Copperhead from prison in exchange
for the knowledge of how to contact the Secret Society of Super-Villains,
the leadership of which he attends to assume. Flashman, forgetting his
promises to the Wizard, welcomes the arch-villian but the Wizard objects.
After a skirmish with Luthor, the Wizard is defeated and Luthor outlines
his plan. He has heard that the Society is capable of acquiring the services
of any super-villain and he wants to attack Superman with criminals possessing
magical powers: Felix Faust and the Matter Master. Once the Wizard "apologizes",
he also joins the two. The villains are then dispatched to Sapporo, Japan
a day before the arrival of Superman, who will assist in the films "special
effects".
Meanwhile, Hawkman is relieved from JLA monitor duty by Batman and plans
to entertain Captain Comet with a Thanagarian meal along. After winning
an argument over who should cook dinner with his wife, Hawkgirl, he retires
to the kitchen. As Hawkgirl and Captain Comet watch a news broadcast, the
Wizard is scene contributing to an avalance in Sapporo, Japan at the site
of the Superman movie filming. Captain Comet declares he must intervene
immediately and Hawkgirl offers to join him, claiming Hawkman will occupied
in the kitchen for at least an hour. Using Captain Comets telekinetic abilities
to form a shield, the two depart the Hawks' Thanagarian space craft.
Not realizing that they are a day early, the villains are perplexed as
to why Superman is not stopping the avalance. To encourage him to be more
active, Felix Faust conjures a double-headed dragon, one head breathing
fire and the other, ice. At that moment, Hawkgirl and Captain Comet make
a timely arrival. Luthor, watching from San Francisco, is alarmed that
Superman has not acted but is re-assured by Flashman. Meanwhile, Hawkgirl
and Comet, acting in concert, defeat the dragon. The villains resort to
more direct methods, generating a volcano directly under the ersatz Man
of Steel. Hawkgirl rescues the actor while Comet deals with the volcano.
As the actor and heroine attack the villains, Faust casts a spell to take
away "Superman's" powers. Still not realizing the true identity
of "Superman", the villains are quickly defeated by the two.
Comet arrives to "clean up" as the actor removes his rubbery
Superman mask.
Back at the Sinister Citadel, Luthor is incensed. Vowing venegence on the
Secret Society, he storms out of their headquarters. Not to be outdone,
Flashman quickly arranges a police reception for the arch-villian as he
leaves the building. As Luthor is ignominiously taken into custody, , the
Wizard telephones Flashman to inform him that he has escaped custody and
is en route to San Francisco. Meanwhile, in space, Hawkman emerges from
the kicthen to serve dinner, only to be amazed that his dinner guests had
wrapped up the Secret Society in less than an hour.
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