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You've got the most powerful being on the planet under your control and the most ambitious caper you can concoct is looting an armored car? On top of that, the Rainbow Raider's advertised on the cover to be an alien! Wouldn't an alien rather steal some Palladium or some cabbage seeds or something? Superboy - Issue No. 84, October 1960. Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye.

All that metal that we're dumping in the oceans might really come back to harm us if Biff Bailey and the Sea Devils can't figure out a way to defeat the Magnetic Menace!! Sea Devils - Issue No. 12, August 1963. Cover art by Irv Novick and Jack Adler.

A race of giant aliens with butterfly-wing appendages where there ears ought to be extract some measure of revenge for all their fallen, earthly insect counterparts in "The Plight of the Human Cocoons!" Strange Adventures - Issue No. 157, October 1963. Cover art by the prolific Murphy Anderson.

Speak softly, and carry a big stick! Armed with keen deductive reasoning skills and a sensible pair of loafers, young Liza Warner deftly disarms a series of thugs and espouses social responsibility in this one-shot offering from DC in the summer of 1975. First Issue Special - Lady Cop - Issue No. 4, July 1975. Cover art by John Rosenberger.

Armed with a dandy helmet and magical elixir, Mike Maxwell is able to communicate with and control the beasts of the jungle; additionally, he is able to fuse two animals together which form a Chimera of sorts to likewise do his bidding! B'wana Beast - Showcase - Issue No. 66, February 1967. Cover art by Mike Sekowsky.

Lois wasn't necessarily one to wait around, as this colorful 80 Page Giant and its super-collection of Lois' romances attests. Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane - Issue No. 68, October 1966. Cover art by Kurt Schaffenberger.