Con artist J. Wilbur Wolfingham makes his final appearance in Action 573 (Nov. 85), getting a send off from Boldman, Schaffenberger and Oskner. Wolfingham very rarely appeared after the 40s, and was last in an issue of Superman in 1979.
This one has Wolfingham, with a young nephew, explaining to Superman where all the people on Earth went. Wolfingham met a friendly alien, and pulled one of his typical scams, selling the guy a deed to the Earth. As it turned out, the alien had the needed powers to take possession.
The alien tries to sell the property to other beings, but Superman keeps creating disasters, making it all look unlivable. The alien finally sells the deed back to Wolfingham, and brings all the people back.
A decent enough story for what it is. Very like an original Wolfingham tale.
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I like your review, but it was very sparse in details. For one thing, I personally liked that the alien was also a con artist, as I would feel bad that a being who honestly thought he was buying the planet would have to give it back by issue end (because of course, there is no way Superman could have allowed him to keep it) I also like the ingenious way Supes made the planet appear undesirable. Also, that the alien picked J. Wilbur Wolfingham’s pocket to get the money to pay it! Although if they wanted to show that cheaters never prosper, I would have had the alien make an exact copy of money to pay J. Wilbur Wolfingham, only for Superman to point out at the end that all the money was useless since it had the exact same serial number.
And speaking of how I would do things, my favourite story in this issue is “If I were Superman” with a hot dog vendor imagining how he would stop crimes and disasters if he was Supes. It was heartwarming.
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