Superman #5
In "The Slot Machine Racket," newly minted reporter Bill Harkness stumbles into a startling secret while covering the opening of the State Hospital—where he meets the famed ventriloquist Great Gordon, only to learn the man's son, Johnny, is none other than his own dummy. Written by George Shute and illustrated by Bernard Baily, this 1940 Superman issue blends journalistic curiosity with a chilling twist, all wrapped in the crisp, expressive art of Wayne Boring on the cover.
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Clark Kent smells a rat when he enters several offices of financial wizards, hoping to find out why they are profiting during a time of extreme depression, and noting a sickening sweet smell of incense in the air. Superman discovers that it involves a plot by Luthor, who uses the narcotic incense to inslave the men and thus profit off their ventures.
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