ACTION COMICS - #329 (1965 - FN)
š„Ā CLASSIC SILVER AGE SUPERMAN!Ā
A medieval Knight smashes and loots in Metropolis, and Superman quickly finds out that the Knight is more powerful than he ā not only can its Super-Sword cut Superman's Costume, but Superman himself! After risking a brief analysis, Superman makes his escape; returning with a Kryptonian shield and a sword of his own, and he issues the Knight a formal challenge.
The Knight smashes Superman's sword; and in apparent desperation the Man of Steel plunges them both into the river; from which only the Knight emerges. The Robot Knight returns to the lead-lined cave of Jon Smatten, who had long ago sworn revenge on Kal-El. Smatten had hunted for Kryptonite but had found an indestructible metal, Kryptium, instead which he had made into a Super-Sword and a robotic suit of armor.
Once Smatten recorded what he thought was his victory speach on tape, Superman revealed himself inside the armor. He had remembered visiting Kryptonian scientist Hab-Rull as a child and learned how to manipulate Kryptium; as Smatten had done by translating Hab-Rull's notes. Jon Smatten had been captured, his robot destroyed, and his confession was on tape; thus Superman retreated to his Fortress of Solitude with his new invincible sword.
š„Ā CONDITION: FN
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