We begin with Supergirl in "Love Conquers All -- Even Supergirl" written and penciled by Mike Sekowsky and inked by Jack Abel. Starfire, a crimelord, has successfully amassed a fortune with the help of her con man, Derek Ames, who romanced rich women and fleeced them of their money and jewels. Starfire is now ready to launch a world-conquering scheme, but she needs to destroy all superheroes first. Another of her subordinates, Dr. Kangle, has concocted a power-nullifier pill, and Starfire wants to test it on Supergirl.
Derek meets Supergirl on the Stanhope campus. He romances her but Supergirl feels she can not get romantically involved with him. During a last date though, Derek covertly feeds her the power-negating capsule.
When Starfire's gang attacks with machine guns, Supergirl feels her powers ebbing, and is knocked unconscious by a fall. Derek and the thugs leave her for dead. To be continued. There was speculation at the time that since Superman's powers were being siphoned off by the sand creature in Superman, that DC decided to cripple Supergirl's powers so that she would not be stronger than their main man in blue.
The back-up is Tracey Thompson in "Rat-Race" written and penciled by Mike Sekowsky and inked by Tony DeZuniga. Tracey Thompson and her friend Betsy are harassed by a group of bikers. An ex-marine called Bob Judd turns up and helps them out. In gratitude, Tracey decides to drive him back home. The biker gang chase after them, but the trio successfully escapes from them. This is the last Tracey Thompson story.
Edited by Mike Sekowsky.
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