- Harry Wong, manager of Lu Song's antique store, decides to help thief John Greer steal a priceless jade statue from Song. Although no one is supposed to get hurt, the plan changes when Song's niece Lily witnesses the robbery and is kidnapped by Greer. Superman, who, as Clark Kent, is interviewing Song for the scoop on his donating the statue to a museum, must solve the crime.—page8701
- Synopsis - The Riddle of the Chinese Jade John Greer reviews heist plans with Harry Wong, lifting the precious jade statue housed with Lu Song, antique store owner, escaping via the underground access tunnel. Greer claims no trouble executing the robbery during the showing to reporters, where Lu Song plans to donate the priceless object to a museum. Greer plans on grabbing the jade when Lu Song likely shows it to Clark for a feature story. The meeting and the robbery are all going down on a Sunday afternoon, when the store is closed. The meeting goes well for starters, Lu Song values the two-century old jade at a half-million dollars, and he plans to present it to the National Museum on Monday; both Lois and Clark agree the news of the donation is a scoop. Wong preps a hand-tossed bomb, throws it through the window of the shop, Clark and Lois go to investigate the shop, Clarks determines it was a home-made bomb; Lois calls Henderson to report the bombing. While everybody but Lily is looking downstairs at the damage, Lily is resting from the explosion noise, when Greer and Wong come up to purloin the jade. One problem, Lily arises, witnesses the two robbers, Greer grabs her, and down the escape stairs to the tunnel, Wong with the jade. Greer puts Lily on his back, climbs down the stairs, while Wong goes across the street to evidence the damage and talk to Clark. Lois and Lu Song notice the statue and Lily are missing; Lois said she left her on the couch resting. Lu Song is weeping over the loss of the jade, as Lois tries to comfort him. Clark sees the stain on Wong's shirt, excuses himself pinching some of the residue from Wong's shirt, and exits for the downstairs shop. Clark is speculating with Henderson Lily's involvement in all this, after all she is missing. Wong looks guilty because the soil on his shirt is from the jade case, bamboo dust transferred when he took the statue. Henderson accuses Lily of collaboration in front of Lu Song, he can't believe it; and where's Wong? Lily is captive in Wong's living room, Wong says she is Lu Song's only living relative, making her the heir to statue, not a museum. She doesn't want anything to do with Wong, calls him a thief. Wong confronts Greer on Lily's capture, they fight, Greer punches both of them out. Greer cradles Lily and Wong to the tunnel, hears Henderson at Wong's door, yelling open up, it's the police. Greer places both unconscious people on the tunnel floor, opens up the water main flooding the area with Wong and Lily still out. He grabs the jade, goes up to the shop, confronting Lois and Lu Song, knocks out Lu Song; marches Lois outside at gunpoint. Clark hears the water running below, he tells Henderson he'll be right back, Superman appears and begins tearing up the pavement in front of the antique shop, for access to the tunnel, to save the two victims from Greer's nasty deeds. Superman hands the two captors to the policemen above and sees Lois alongside the building walls to an alley. Greer wants to negotiate, Superman says they'll have to think it over, he leaves Henderson. Superman leaps up and then down to overcome Greer, save the jade, and carry off Greer. At the residence of Lu Song, Henderson questions Wong, Lu Song says the tunnels were used during the Tong wars, but Lu song was unaware of the tunnel under his place. Greer found out about the tunnels and the water main from the guy who built the place. Henderson says he going to act as judge and jury, in view of Wong testifying against Greer; Henderson is not going arrest Wong.
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