Negative Superman

[[Image:Negative-Superman.jpg|left]]By June 1962, [[Lex Luthor]] has devised a diabolical weapon designed to “re-arrange [[[Superman]]’s] molecules so that he has no more substance than a shadow! Superman,” gloats Luthor, “will become a living ghost!” Hair-raising complications arise, however, when a freak accident, the result of Superman’s simultaneous exposure to two bizarre rays, the first emitted by Luthor’s weapon and the second by an experimental ray-device undergoing development in a nearby laboratory, has the totally unanticipated effect of bringing into existence a so-called '''Negative Superman''', a black-and-white super-powered being with all the strength and powers of Superman but with a personality that is “negative” where Superman’s is “positive,” so that whereas Superman uses his powers for good, the Negative Superman is determined to use his powers for evil.

For a time the Negative Superman wreaks havoc in [[Metropolis]], sheltering Luthor and his henchmen whenever Superman tries to apprehend them and deliberately aggravating catastrophes whenever Superman tries to ameliorate their effects. [[Batman]] and [[Robin]] ultimately devise a means of destroying the Negative Superman, however, thus enabling them to apprehend Luthor and his henchmen (WF No. 126: “The Negative Superman!”).