Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Charley Carson (barker); the fire-eater (performer); the fat lady (performer); the India-rubber man (performer); the human fly (performer); the sword swallower (performer); tattooed man (performer); Henry Hulbert (promoter)
Synopsis
When a sideshow museum is sabotaged, Superman uses his powers to fill in for the sick performers to perform a super sideshow.
Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]; Jimmy Keller; Baldy Smith (crook); Muggsy (crook)
Synopsis
Jimmy White sees Zatara perform magic at a basketball game and decides he will learn it too. Soon he is performing simple sleight of hand, but one of the young onlookers decides to steal items from passing adults and claim the missing item had just vanished. Zatara sees what is happening and teaches the young offender a lesson. His brother is escaped convict Baldy Smith and one of the gang is about to shoot Zatara in the back when Jimmy saves him.
Shorty runs away from home to avoid doing the dishes. When he has to jump into a lake to avoid a swarm of hornets he is arrested for trespassing, and forced to wash dishes to work off his five dollar fine.