Terra-Man chuckled. He spun his energy blaster on his finger and then slipped the weapon back into its holster.

The outlaw patted Nova on the horse’s powerful neck. “Guess Superman ain’t as tough as we heard,” the outlaw bragged. “I was hoping he’d put up a better fight.”

Terra-Man hopped off of Nova’s back. “Oh, well,” he continued. “I guess we don’t have to worry about him bothering us from now on.”

Then the space outlaw started walking. He passed through an alleyway between an old dress shop and a saloon. Nova followed behind him obediently.

“We got a lot of ground to cover before we can hightail it back home,” Terra-Man said. “Now let’s get searchin’. Keep your eyes open, Nova.”

The white horse shook his head up and down as if to say ‘yes.’ Then, Nova lowered his head and sniffed. The horse carefully searched the ground in front of him just like Terra-Man was doing.

“It’s got to be around here somewhere,” Terra-Man muttered. “We’ll check every inch of this town until we find it!”

Nova stopped suddenly and reared back on his hind legs in surprise.

Terra-Man looked around but saw no threat. He was puzzled.

“What’s wrong, Nova?” the outlaw said. He drew his energy blasters. His eyes darted back and forth, looking for danger. “I don’t see anything, boy!”

With an explosive roar, the ground at Terra-Man’s feet burst into a blinding cloud of dirt. The outlaw fell backward. He threw his arms up to protect his eyes from the dust.

“No!” said Superman, who erupted from the ground like he had been shot from a cannon. “Now you don’t see anything!”

Nova charged through the blinding storm of dust. But Superman saw him coming. The Man of Steel grabbed one of the reins and leaped onto Nova’s saddle.

Nova bucked wildly in protest. The horse began to kick and thrash in the air. Superman held on tightly, clinging to the stallion like a rodeo rider.

“Easy, Nova!” Superman said. “I’m not going to hurt you.”

“Well isn’t that sweet of you,” snarled Terra-Man.

The outlaw wiped dust from his eyes with the back of his hand. With the other, he quickly reached for something inside his cowboy hat.

“Too bad we’re not going to be so nice in return,” he said to Superman.

Suddenly, Terra-Man threw what looked like a handful of twigs into the air. The twigs grew into giant, eight-foot-tall tumbleweeds.

“Now, Nova!” Terra-Man yelled.

The horse lurched violently. Surprised, Superman lost his grip on the reins. He flew through the air. Suddenly, the tumbleweeds rushed at him like bees to honey.

Superman saw them coming. Before he could fly out of their path, something wrapped around his leg. It was Terra-Man’s lasso! The outlaw’s powerful rope held the Man of Steel down. Soon, the tumbleweeds caught Superman. They wrapped around his body.

The giant plants moved their branches like snakes. For every weed Superman swatted away, three others raced at him. Before he knew it, he was trapped inside the grip of the terrible tumbleweeds.

Superman tried to break through the tangled twigs, but the thin branches refused to snap. They stretched like rubber bands in his iron grip.

“Forget about bustin’ out, Superman,” Terra-Man said. “These are unbreakable alien weeds. Try not to get caught in the wind, partner!”

The cluster of twigs trapping Superman began to roll across the ground. He was caught inside a giant tumbleweed!

The wild weeds lifted him along up, up and away, and into the sky. Terra-Man laughed as he watched the Man of Steel tumble away.