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The Mystery Ship Part 01

The Adventures of Superman · December 23, 1942 · 14 min · 2,799 words

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Faster than a speeding bullet. More carholes than a locomotive. Able to leave poor buildings in a single bound. Look! Up in the sky! To burn! It's a plane! It's Superman! Yes, it's Superman! Strange visitor from another world who came to work with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men.

Superman, who can change the cause of mighty rivers, bend the steel in his bare hands. and who disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way.

But before we join Superman, here is an important message. Some of us and girls, have you ever seen this squadron of American bombers roaring through the air information? Have you seen newsroom pictures of Uncle Sam's destroyers cutting through the seas on patrol in search of enemy subs and surface raiders?

I'm sure you have, and I bet you were thrilled. You probably felt terribly proud too. Well, if you've been buying war saving stamps regularly, you have a right to be proud. Not only because those planes and those ships represent the fighting spirit of America, but because you helped to build them. Yes, sir.

Every time you bought a war saving stamp, your money helped buy the labor and materials that are used to make planes and ships and equipment to knock out the Nazis and the jets. in the jet. So next time you hear some boy or girl in your block say, oh, shock, what difference can one dime make? You tell them every dime does make a difference. It makes

a big difference. Tell them, for instance, that if every boy and girl in the United States bought just one 10 cent war saving stamp every day, he would add up to enough money to buy a lot of fifth-fist planes with which our army and navy forces could blast the Axis out the air. And while you're at it, you might remind them that another way all you fellows

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