Action Comics #125
Action Comics #125
Cover Credits
Penciller: Wayne Boring
Inker: Stan Kaye

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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)

Supporting Character(s)

Villain(s)

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.


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