736 – Super-Hypnosis

A panel from Lois Lane #17, March 1960
A panel from Lois Lane #17, March 1960

In Superman’s Girlfriend, Lois Lane #17 (March 1960), Doris Drake, the world’s richest heiress learns how to read minds and accidentally stumbles onto Superman’s secret identity.

Knowing this, she schemes to marry Clark Kent, but Clark Kent discovers what’s going on and uses super-hypnosis on Doris to wipe her mind clean. This is the first time we’ve seen Superman use this god-like power.