On the Metropolis Waterfront, an Abandoned lighthouse serves as the secret headquarters of a team of supervillains calling themselves A.P.E., which stands for the Allied Perpetrators of Evil. The members of the team are Toyman, Warlock, Prankster and Lex Luthor, who is showing off his latest invention, a Kryptonic beam projector. He tells them if Superman is within a range of half a mile of the device, it can kill him. Toyman tells him they must bring him into that range. Prankster then tells Luthor he has an idea to lure Superman into range.