Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #27

(August 1961)

Lois Lane's Super-Brain! (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; Lucy Lane; Professor Holt; Dr. Von Schmitt; Perry White; Garry Moore; Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro

Synopsis:

After tampering with Professor Holt's brain machine Lois gives herself super-intelligence, but also makes her head grow out of proportion with her body. She then tries to hide this mutation from everyone she meets.

Reprints:

• in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #95 (September-October 1969) [see notes]
• in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G63 (September-October 1969) [see notes]

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn.
Lois appears on the real-world television show "I've Got a Secret" (hosted by Garry Moore) in this story.
One panel from this story is reprinted in The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #169.

["Look -- horse rides."] (Table of Contents)

Little Pete / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Little Pete; Pete's dad

See the Many Fantastic Faces of Superman... (Table of Contents)

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #3, on sale June 22

At Last! (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

various

Inks:

various

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1, on sale June 15

The Battle of the Sisters! (Table of Contents)

Lois Lane / comic story / 8.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lana Lang; Bor-Jak (Kryptonian); Kandor; Van-Zee (cameo); Sylvia (cameo)

Synopsis:

Lois is shocked when Superman asks Lucy Lane to marry him. She teams up with Jimmy Olsen to figure out what's really going on, and it turns out to be Bor-Jak, yet another Kandorian double for Superman

The Inside Stories of Batman and Robin's Top Secrets (Table of Contents)

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan; Sheldon Moldoff; Dick Sprang

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1, on sale June 29

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger ?

Pencils:

Al Plastino ? (logo illustration)

Inks:

? (logo illustration)

Colors:

? (logo illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Joan Lee; Larry Mandell; Dennis Weil; Betty Makohan; Richard Gorsky; Bonnie-Jo Jacobson; Larry Gates; Joel Marks

The Last Days of Lois Lane! (Table of Contents)

Lois Lane / comic story / 7.67 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]; General Horton; Professor Van Hess; Dr. Jerrold; Sam Lane; Ella Lane

Synopsis:

Lois believes she's got less than a week to live due to radiation poisoning and tries to get stories that no other reporter would attempt.

Reprints:

• in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #84 (July 1968)

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn.