We begin with Supergirl in "Johnny Dee -- Hero-Bum" written and penciled by Mike Sekowsky and inked by Frank Giacoia.
Johnny Dee, star football player for Stanhope, is threatened by gamblers. If Johnny doesn't throw a game, they will hurt his girlfriend Roxie Thompson. Johnny reluctantly complies to protect Roxie.
When Johnny sits out the next game, Supergirl questions Johnny, but he refuses to admit why he isn't playing. Finally Supergirl and Roxie convince him to tell. However, Supergirl is unable to change his mind about playing.
At the next game, the crooks station sniper's around the stadium to target Roxie if Johnny plays. Supergirl rounds up the snipers, then saves Roxie. Johnny plays and wins the game for his team, while Supergirl apprehends the crooks. However, she is given a ticket for destroying property and blocking traffic to do it.
The back-up story is a unique one. Black Canary stars in "Television Told the Tale" by Robert Kanigher, Carmine Infantino and Bernard Sachs. This story was written and drawn in the 1940s, but was never published until this issue. It may have been intended originally for Flash Comics #106. This story takes place before Larry Lance knew Black Canary's identity, before he married her and before he was subsequently murdered..
Larry Lance is hired to guard Mrs. Landall and her diamonds while she displays her collection for a television program. Dinah Drake is watching the program and notices that the cameramen are not focusing on the jewels. She races to the scene as Black Canary.
She is too late to stop the cameramen from stealing the diamonds and arrives just in time to leap onto their getaway boat. Television cameras broadcasting a motor boat race catch all the action and keep the thieves from shooting her, allowing Black Canary to apprehend the crooks. Reprinted in Black Canary Archives Vol. 1 HC.
Edited by Mike Sekowsky.
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