(Detective Comics I #349) - Elongated Man went on vacation with Sue in Vermont, and he looked forward to fishing in Lake Cherokee. He was distressed when Sue said she was joining him, and debuted a fashion plate lady angler outfit. They found the lake bone dry, but when Ralph saw a man fishing in the dry lake his nose twitched, sensing a good mystery. Sue knew she was out of her element, and left for town. Ralph saw that the man was fishing with a magnet, and snagged something. Ralph followed the man to the old Ewell house, where he knocked out a caretaker, and used the key he fished out of the lake to open the grandfather clock, that led to a secret room. Elongated Man followed, and was subjected to a beating from spring-loaded boxing gloves, the deceased Ewell's idea of a security system. When he recovered he followed the crooks tire tracks to a rented cabin. The criminal, Chuck, was explaining to his old gang that he first learned of Ewell's treasures and security system when he was busted for trying to rob the place, but with the clock key he pulled off the robbery untouched. Elongated Man had heard enough, and used his fantastic powers to make short work of the gang. Ralph returned to his cabin, and Sue announced that tired or not, he was going with her to Lake Indian Head. She'd asked the locals, and it had good fishing. Ralph still wasn't sure he liked his wife sharing his interests.

(Detective Comics I #360) - Elongated Man was invited to put on a performance for the Queen, and traveled to London with Sue. Mysteriously Big Ben started running backwards, and Sue told him he could investigate his little mystery, but he'd better not be late for his audience with the Queen. Ralph stretched up to Big Ben, and found it had been tampered with by a gang of British mods. Ralph defeated them, and handed them over to the police. He deduced that they were in competition with their arch-rivals the Rockers to pull off outrageous stunts. He knew the Rockers would target another landmark, and he found them raising London Bridge during rush hour. The Rockers proved better opponents than the mods, but Ralph defeated them with minutes to spare before his performance. His royal show was a hit, and Sue was proud of him for holding back on his "comedy" and acting like a gentleman around the Queen.

(Detective Comics I #372) - Elongated Man and Sue were out for a drive when they saw a young man carrying around a horse on his shoulders. Ralph was intrigued, and wanted to know if a mystery was afoot. The man Sam Sonntag dreamed of being a strongman, and had built up his muscles carrying his horse, building more mass over the years as the horse grew larger. Ralph and Sue told him they'd cheer him on at the county fair. He won the strongman contest, and afterward Ralph saw a criminal pickpocket his prize money. Ralph caught the crook, who let it slip that his gang had something big planned that night. Sam was hired as a strongman for the fair, and that night he was working out with dumbbells when the rest of the gang attacked him. They tried to steal the dumbbells, using man-amplifier suits so they could carry the great weight. Ralph and Sam teamed up to stop them, and discovered that the weights had valuable jewelry hidden in them, clearly illegally gotten.