Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #8

(April 1959)

The Superwoman of Metropolis! (Table of Contents)

Lois Lane / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Alvin Schwartz

Pencils:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

Superman transfers some of his powers to Lois Lane in order to teach her a lesson.

Reprints:

• in Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #11 (Circa 1965 - 1967)
• in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #95 (September-October 1969)
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G63 (September-October 1969)
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #13/1970 (27.Juni 1970)
• in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #131 (June 1973)
• in Supermann (Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #4/1974 ([april] 1974)
• in Lois Lane Comic (K. G. Murray, 1975 series) #118 (November 1976)
• in Serie-pocket (Semic, 1977 series) #85 - Supermann (1983) [2. translation]
• in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([February] 2009)

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn; confirmed by Alvin Schwartz.

[Tootsie Roll ad] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Why Does the Viking Prince Risk His Life... (Table of Contents)

Viking Prince / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; historical

Indexer Notes

house ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #23

What's Your B. Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient) (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

Advocating tolerance for others different than yourself.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appeared in DC comics cover-dated April 1966.

The Ugly Superman! (Table of Contents)

Lois Lane / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Perry White; Ugly Superman (introduction)

Synopsis:

A wrestler billed as the Ugly Superman falls for Lois. But when he won't stop forcing his attention on Lois, Superman teaches him who the better man is.

Reprints:

• in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #3 (Summer 1961)
• in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) #[nn] ([September] 2002)
• in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([February] 2009)

Indexer Notes

writer identification by Martin O'Hearn

[Tootsie Roll Pop ad] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Letters to Lois / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger ?

Pencils:

? (logo illustration)

Inks:

? (logo illustration)

Colors:

? (logo illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Marcia Campoy; Elsie Mason; Betsy Yavers; Gladys Simpson; Buddy Decker; Eddie J. Rising; Edward Gaines; Wayne Griffith.
Promotes the appearance of Pat Boone in the next issue and the debut of Lucy Lane in an upcoming issue of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen.

["There's Myra. She's always spinning her hoop."] (Table of Contents)

Peg / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Peg; Myra

Queen for a Day! (Table of Contents)

Lois Lane / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]

Synopsis:

Clark and Lois are shipwrecked on an island full of Amazons.

Reprints:

• in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([February] 2009)

[Tootsie Roll Fudge ad] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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