Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #3

(July-August 1958)

Are You a Litter-Bug? (Table of Contents)

Little Pete / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff; Jack Schiff ? (Plot)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

children

Characters:

Little Pete

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; no dialogue

The Rainbow Superman (Table of Contents)

Lois Lane / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen

Synopsis:

Superman smashes a crystalline meteor in space, but when he returns to Earth he begins to glow with a rainbow aura, and for some reason it happens every time Lois opens her mirror locket. Now he has to keep her from opening it when he is near her as Clark Kent, until the strange effect wears off.

Reprints:

• in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #8 (Winter 1963-'64) [retitled there as "The Rainbow Clark Kent"]
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #8/1967 (22. April 1967)
• in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2

Meet Space Ranger (Table of Contents)

Space Ranger / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Bob Brown

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction; superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Showcase (DC, 1955 series) #15 [first Space Ranger story]

["There's that handsome fellow I've been wanting to meet all summer!"] (Table of Contents)

Binny / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Irwin Hasen ?

Inks:

Irwin Hasen ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Binny

The Man Who Was Clark Kent's Double (Table of Contents)

Lois Lane / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Coleman

Pencils:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Ronald Van Horton [Mark Benton]

Synopsis:

Lois is on the trail of a modern-day Robin Hood when she meets Mark Benton, who is a double for Clark Kent. It turns out Benton is hiding two secret identities; he is the Robin Hood, and he's also the wealthy Ronald Van Horton.

Reprints:

• in Lois Lane Annual (DC, 1962 series) #1 (Summer 1962)
• in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #99 (February 1970)
• in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2

["How about a date tonight, Cora?"] (Table of Contents)

Cora the Car Hop / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Cora; Al

Famous Newspaper Firsts (Table of Contents)

filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger ?

Inks:

Tommy Nicolosi ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Oddities in Romance / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger ?

Inks:

Tommy Nicolosi ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

origins of various bridal customs

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Read 'Em and Laugh / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (logo illustration)

Inks:

? (logo illustration)

Colors:

? (logo illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

page of jokes

Lois Lane and the Babe of Steel (Table of Contents)

Lois Lane / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Coleman

Pencils:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Superbaby and as Clark Kent]

Synopsis:

When Superman travels to the past to retrieve his super-baby booties, Superbaby is transported to the present and falls into the hands of Lois Lane.

Reprints:

• in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2

Indexer Notes

writer identification by Bob Hughes (February 2008)

["Pardon me, I'm looking for Miss Farrell!"] (Table of Contents)

Fran / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Irwin Hasen ?

Inks:

Irwin Hasen ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Fran Farrell