Comic Title: Superman from the 30s to the 80s HC
Publisher: Crown/Harmony
Cover Date: 1983
Approx. On Sale Date: January 1, 1983
Cover Price: $15.95
Page Count: 384

Title: "The Pied Piper of Steel"
Pages: 14

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Leo Dorfman
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Murphy Anderson
Letterer: John Costanza

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #398 (1971)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #201; next appearance in Action Comics #398)

Villain(s)

• Morgan Edge's clone (last appearance in Superman #235; next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #138)
• Cy Horkin (a concert promoter; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Groups of concert performers (no further appearances)
• The audiences at several concerts (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story introduces the mobile newsroom.

The Daily Planet globe is removed from the building in this story, but it would later be restored.

Synopsis:
Morgan Edge assigns Clark Kent to drive a mobile newsroom, so that he can report news live from the scene. Clark's first report comes from a rock concert. During the show, the audience is compelled to dig. Superman is forced into action to prevent a nearby hotel from being destroyed. The strange behavior of the crowd remains unexplained.

Clark then reports on another concert. This time the crowd begins fighting each other in order to obey a command to drink. Superman again intervenes.

Suspecting something might happen again, Superman uses Kryptonian recording technology at the next show. When the audience is commanded to tear down a building, Superman is affected too. However, when his Kryptonian recorder is knocked loose, he regains his senses. He then finds that the concert promoter has been using a device to brainwash the crowds. Superman destroys the device and apprehends the promoter.