Rigging Competitions is a Job for Superman!

I found myself a reprint of Action Comics #252, which was restored because it has the first appearance of Supergirl.  But equally as awesome was the first appearance of Metallo, a character who has been around so long that most of us have forgotten his origin.

He was in an automobile accident and he just happened to be found by a guy who could put his brain in a robot body:

But there's a catch!  There's always a catch:

It seems to me that if you're John Corben, the answer to that question would be pretty dang important.  But Corben interrupts the good doctor before he can tell him:

Corben must have had ADD.  Something else can keep me alive?  Tell me!  Wait!  Isn't that Haley's Comet?

Scientists often have debilitating health episodes at the most inconvenient times in comic books.

But before we go on, check this out:

Okay, so the sub is trying to set a record for being submerged the longest and it looks like they've had technical difficulties.  So, Superman decides to interfere:

In other words, he's going to help them cheat.

ANYHOO, it turns out Metallo didn't choose that rather silly name for himself:

Meanwhile....

Now we're talking!  Go kill Lois and Superman, Metallo!  And take Jimmy Olsen down while you're at it.  I hate his green jacket and little bow-tie:

And if a plot device worked earlier in the story, why not twice?

That's the second character to have a cardiac episode in a single story.  Every restaurant in Metropolis must have been using a lot of trans-fats.

And I suppose we still have time to put a piece of uranium or kryptonite in his chest cavity before he's brain-dead, but he kind of cheesed me off.

See you Monday!