ACTION COMICS (1938) #57

« Crime’s Comedy King! » (Siegel/Sikela) featuring Superman – The Prankster is waiting in crime lord Ruggles’ study, and has a bizarre proposition for him: if Ruggles gives the Prankster $100,000, the Prankster promises to return $1 million to him within a month. Ruggles’s greed overcomes his caution, and he gives the Prankster the money. The Prankster’s first action is to head to the police station, where he publicly donates $50,000 to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ostriches, and then turns himself in. However, he is soon out of jail, as the charity’s donors post bail for him. Shortly afterwards, a series of thefts afflicts the rich residents of Metropolis.…