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− | A “fanatic scientist†of [[Kandor]]—â€the only surviving city of lost [[Krypton]]â€â€”who constructs a gigantic “enlarging-ray projector†to accomplish the long-hoped-for enlargement of the city, unaware that his enlarging apparatus contains a “fatal drawback†that will “bring doomsday†to the entire city and its populace by weakening the bonds between the city’s atoms and causing it to disintegrate completely after only three hours’ time.
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− | Aware of the fatal danger inherent in Than-Ol’s enlarging process but helpless to prevent the head strong Kandorians—who have become convinced that [[Superman]]’s opposition to their plan stems only from petty personal jealousy—from using the flawed ray projector to enlarge their tiny city, Superman barely succeeds—with the aid of [[Jimmy Olsen]], [[Nor-Kan]], [[Van-Zee]], and the [[Superman Emergency Squad]] —in reducing the city back to its former lilliputian size with the aid of a “shrinking ray†confiscated from [[Brainiac]] just as the three-hour time limit elapses and the city’s buildings begin to disintegrate and collapse, just as Superman had warned.
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− | “- - I vow that I’ll never cease trying to find a safe way to make you normal!†announces Superman to the now-remorseful Than-Ol and his fellow Kandorians I promise that some day Kandor will become big again, and will stay so forever!†(S No. 158, Jan ‘63: “Superman in Kandor†pts I-Ill— “Invasion of the Mystery Super-Men!â€; ‘The Dynamic Duo of Kandor!â€; “The City of Super-People!â€). Superman and Jimmy Olsen adopt their alternate Kandorian identities of [[Nightwing]] and [[Flamebird]] for the very first time during the course of this adventure.
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