Superman gets right to work, using his "Super-Inhalation" to suck up a bunch of air and blow out the tornado with it. Remember that, it'll be important later.
Then it's time for some more blatant lies ("Oh wow, Ms. Wilson... writing programs on the TRS-80 is as easy as using a typewriter!") and horrible dialogue ("Please, Miss Wilson, may I try another one of the sample problems from our user's manual?"). Finally, Shanna throws down the proverbial gauntlet and challenges Superman to battle his TRS-80.
Here is where it starts getting really ridiculous. The students seem to think that Fahrenheit-to-Celsius conversions are a problem worthy of either Superman's brain or the powerful TRS-80, when in reality it could be done with just pencil and paper. There's nothing really "super" about remembering how to multiply fractions. And by 1980 four-function calculators were in common use, which could do the problem without all the pointless programming. (Keep in mind the TRS-80 cost $499.)
Shanna's TRS-80 ties Superman, so of course Alec wants to try to stump him. The second question is just as laughable: find the circumference of a circle with a 35-ft diameter, assuming pi is 3.14. Makes me really glad that we have computers! Superman eventually finishes the problem, but the TRS-80 has beaten him by almost five seconds. He complains that his "thinking processes are 'fuzzed over' with static!" Sounds like someone is a sore loser to me.
We rejoin Major Disaster, sitting in some vaguely-scientific looking lair and cackling over his evil plot.
You know, for an educational comic book, this really stomps all over science and technology. Stuff doesn't fly out of a tornado, it just spins around a lot. The kryptonite would just go around in circles and fall to the ground.
Major Disaster reveals that the crystals were synthesized "not to weaken his super-powers... no, that would be far too simple and obvious!" Rather, they attack only his brain cells. Villainous hubris at its best right here, folks.
...You're causing potential disasters? How weak is that? Hell, the guy's name is Major Disaster. I think he has some definite self-esteem issues.
