Professor Pepperwinkle

aka Professor Jasper J. Pepperwinkle

A "well-known" inventor and apparent acquantaince of Clark Kent who resides in a "modest suburban home" near Metropolis. In March 1976, he provides the intrepid reporter with an anti-gravity "gizmo" that Clark Kent, who is temporarily without his super-powers as the result of a complex scheme instigated by the alien observer Mr. Xavier, uses to defeat a group of Inter-Gang hoodlums (S No. 297: "Clark Kent Forever--Superman Never!").

Professor Potter considers himself to be the "greatest inventor in the world," while Clark Kent notes that he has "been known to fowl-up occasionally" (S No. 297, Mar 1976: "Clark Kent Forever--Superman Never!").

Some of his better-known works include:

• "The Anti-Magneto Gravitational Register," a device which causes disorientation in people by seemingly reversing the effects of gravity;
• A transportation cabinet which can transmit people over telephone lines;
• An anti-memory vapor;
• A robot in the shape of an iron mechanical man;
• A method of converting cider, peanuts, and a combination of certain metals into pure gold.

(This entry still needs biographic info from Act No 442/1, Dec 1974: "The Midnight Murder Show!"; S No. 289/1, Jul 1975: "The Phantom Horseman of Metropolis!"; S No. 308, Feb 1987: "This Planet is Mine!")