Aug. 29, 1963 - Superman has volunteered to help flabby Americans regain their stamina and muscle tone. The cape-clad comic book hero, who doubles as a crack reporter for The Daily Planet, has answered President Kennedy’s call for more exercise and enlisted in the President’s Council on Physical Fitness. Superman’s publishers, National Periodical Publications Inc., said today that panels were now being drawn for a late fall issue of the Superman comic book that would dramatize the Fitness Council’s work. The story line will follow the Man of Steel from a talk with Mr. Kennedy through a triumphant tour of the nation’s schools, where he will lead students in exercises — with marvelous results. Superman will also sky-write this message: “Sound Minds in Sound Bodies — Join the President’s Physical Fitness Program.” Richard S. Snider, administrator of the President’s Council, said he would work closely with the book’s producers.
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