Comic Title: Superman #57
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Mar/Apr 1949
Approx. On Sale Date: December 31, 1948 Copyright Date December 29, 1948
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1949
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: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Menace of the Machine Men"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Penciller: Wayne Boring
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 7 HC (2023)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #129; next appearance in Superman #57)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #129; next appearance in Superman #57)
• Perry White (last appearance in Action Comics #129; next appearance in Superman #57)

Villain(s)

• Luthor (last appearance in Action Comics #125; next appearance in Action Comics #131)
• Luthor's henchmen (no further appearances)
• Several robots (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Lois Lane travels to Northville to cover a story about a crashed meteor. She brings along a television crew. Superman is stopping a flood elsewhere, but he sees the television broadcast which shows robots destroying Northville. Superman reaches Northville only to find the city intact and undamaged. Confused, he tracks the television signal to Lois's location. Lois and the crew have pertrated a hoax under threat from Luthor.

Luthor has staged the robot hoax in order to extort diamonds from Metropolis. Superman can't stop him for fear of hurting Lois. Superman is forced to fake a battle with the robots which Luthor broadcasts on television. This scares viewers and convinces them to willingly turn over their diamonds to the robots. Superman is able to thwart the scheme once he rescues Lois. He then takes control of one of the robots and destroys the others with it. Then he captures Luthor.