After Superman's agonizing & humiliating defeat to his former pal, Jimmy Olsen, Lex Luthor finds himself plotting to "one up himself" against the already beaten/shamed hero. He brainstorms with Python & Olsen to ultimately stage a private Lexcorp Slave Auction, where Superman himself will be auctioned off, but not before pitching "a couple of potent curveballs" to the unsuspecting hero!!