Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 4 HC
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 4 HC
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Artist: Darwyn Cooke

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Title: "Tommy Gets a Zero"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Joseph Greene
Penciller: John Sikela

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #84 (1945)

Feature Character(s)

Villain(s)

  • Dapper and his gang (Lame-Brain Looie and Joe named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

  • Tommy Allen (a school boy; no further appearances)
  • Miss Mentor and Mr. Daniels (a teacher and a principal; no further appearances)
  • Freddie and his girl friend (Tommy's classmates; no further appearances)
  • Tommy's mother, Mrs. Morton, and Mr. Kimberley (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
School boy Tommy Allen is assigned homework to write a composition about his Saturday. When he witnesses a robbery, Tommy calls for help. Superman arrives to stop the robbers. Tommy plans to write up the story and embellishes it by claiming that some of the crooks got away. When the wind carries away one page of the report, it lands in the hands of a crook who thinks the kid is a junior g-man.

The crook kidnaps Tommy and takes him to his boss. The boss realizes that the kid is just writing a school report. He then pretends to be a federal agent and lets Tommy go. He tells Tommy to meet him that night to help catch the rest of the gang.

Tommy sneaks out of the house, but Superman sees him. The Man of Steel saves Tommy from the crooks and captures them. Tommy is a hero for his help on the case. However, when he turns in the report, his teacher gives him a zero. She does not believe the story. Tommy is sent to the principal who gives Tommy one hundred percent and tells Tommy to give his teacher a newspaper to verify the story.


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