A petrified man from outer space was dug up by archeologists and restored to life accidentally by Lex Luthor. The being, dubbed the Petrified Spaceman, wrought havoc in Metropolis with his super-powers until Superman deduced that the Spaceman was in search of ice. When Superman surrounded him with ice, the Petrified Spaceman recovered his memory and his ability to communicate, and told Superman he was an explorer from an ice world who was rendered immobile by Earth's heat. Superman built a spaceship of ice blocks and hurled him back to his homeworld.
