Comic Title: Action Comics #125
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1948
Approx. On Sale Date: August 18, 1948 Copyright Date August 16, 1948
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1948
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Modern Nostradamus"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-2)

Artist: Al Plastino

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 6 HC (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #36; next appearance in Leave It to Binky #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #36; next appearance in Superman #55)
• Perry White (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #36; next appearance in Superman #55)

Villain(s)

• Luthor (last appearance in Superman #48; next appearance in Superman #57)
• Luthor's henchmen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A hermit (called the modern Nostradamus; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A hermit claiming to be a modern Nostradamus visits the Daily Planet. He predicts a meteor strike. The newspaper runs an article about the man the following day. Later, a meteor comes close to hitting the Daily Planet building, but Superman stops it.

Lois then visits the hermit's cave dwelling where he issues another prediction. It also comes true and forces Superman to go into action. A crook witnesses Clark Kent change into Superman. The crook is a henchmen of Luthor, who has been feeding the hermit his predictions with a fake scroll. Luthor plans to loot Metropolis after he gets the city to evacuate due to an earthquake.

When Nostradamus predicts the quake, the city panics. Superman realizes that the earthquake is a hoax. He captures Luthor who then threatens to expose Superman's secret identity. Superman uses his super speed to make it appear that he and Clark are different people. Luthor is taken to jail believing that his henchman was wrong.