We in the detective fiction business refer to this move as "the Reverse Columbo"
⚡️NEW LAVENDER JACK⚡️ Ferrier and Crabb get a disturbing glimpse at the Ministry of War's Science Division, while Mimley witnesses what the war's doing to the men on the ground. Things are bad all over. Somebody ought to do something. Yours on @webtoonofficial - Link below 💀
⚡️LAVENDER JACK!⚡️ Ferrier and Crabb's missing person case takes them to the border of Gallery - far from the city, way out in the mountains. Real quiet out there. Remote. Anything could happen. Yours on @webtoonofficial, free of charge - Iink below 💥
In the story itself, Superman pretends to be a panhandler to draw attention to the unsafe living conditions in Metropolis' slums, which is actually some pretty solid social activism for the 'ol Last Son of Krypton
Mystery solved; I couldn't find him anywhere in the silver age, because (twist) he's actually a post-crisis invention. And he looked more like this: https://t.co/ySqV8j0srY