History: (Superman I #20) - Fange invented a super-diving bell that let him penetrate depths of the ocean no man had ever seen. He discovered sea serpents and other monsters that had been the source of sailors legends since antiquity, and as they prepared to attack his diving bell he learned that he could control them with the bell’s diving whistle. He offered his services and the service of his monsters to Hitler, who sent him to the United States. Fange unleashed a sea serpent on the coastal town of Weston, and Lois Lane and Clark Kent of the Daily Planet went to cover the story. The U.S. destroyer Grella was deployed to investigate, and Lois insisted they stow away to observe the action. Clark bowed out, feigning timidity, and changed to Superman. Fange sicced his sea monsters on the destroyer and Weston, causing havoc, but Superman turned them away. One of the monsters snatched up Lois, and Fange took her hostage, demanding that Superman allow him to destroy a U.S. convoy if he wanted her alive. Lois couldn’t stand to see the convoy destroyed, so she tore away from Fange and leapt into the sea serpents clutches. Superman rescued her and the convoy, while the whistle Fange used to control the monsters malfunctioned, causing them to tear him to pieces.