Alex Greer
Alex Greer
"A furtive man" who is described as "the slickest lobbyist in Washington. No one know what interests back him" (Act No. 1, Jun 1938), Greer is secretly in the employ of ruthless "munitions magnate" Emil Norvell, who is determined to maneuver the United States into becoming "embroiled with Europe" in the impending war with the Axis (Act No. 2, Jul 1938).
After overhearing Alex Greer conspiring with U.S. Senator Barrows to railroad the bill through the U.S. Senate whose effect would be to embroil the United States in the coming war in Europe, Superman seizes Greer and leaps high into the air with, racing precariously along some telephone wires and then bounding to the dome of the Capitol, in an effort to terrify his captive into revealing the identity of the mastermind behind his lobbying efforts. From the Capitol dome, Superman makes a mighty leap toward the roof of a distant skyscraper, but either through accident or design, he misses his mark (Act No. 1, Jun 1938) and the two men hurtle toward the pavement far below:
As they topple like a plummet to the street below, eighty stories distant, Greer shrieks insanely the entire length of the building!
Finally, Greer can endure the agony of terror no longer. "I'll talk!" he cries. "--The man behind the threatening war is Emil Norvell..." (Act No. 2, Jul 1938). The stories chronicling these events are reprinted in Superman No. 1/1 (Summer 1939) and Superman No. 1/2 (Summer 1939). (TGSB)
