Talon

The Talon

The sinister mastermind behind a series of hideous attempts to sabotage and destroy the Metropolis subway system, including one attempt, thwarted by Superman, to electrocute entire trainloads of helpless subway passengers. Captured by Superman he is exposed as Albert Caldwell, The president of Metropolis Subway Inc., a secret “Fascist sympathizer” and “fifth columnist” who, in Superman’s words: “Tried to sabotage the city’s transport system, so that the conquest of our nation by the Axis would be that much simpler” (S No. 17, Jul/Aug 1942: “Man of Superman?”) (TGSB)