(October 1963)
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly, with the exception of Mar, June, Sept, Dec
- On-sale date:
- 1963-08-08
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Mort Weisinger
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Silver Age, then Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- newsprint
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched (squarebound #68, 77, 86, 95, 104)
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
Play It Safe!
public service announcement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks:
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
- Synopsis:
- A day in the life of a forest ranger (billed as a "true story from the records of the Minnesota Warden Service").
Indexer Notes
inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
The Murder of Lana Lang!
Lois Lane / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Inks:
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lori Lemaris
- Synopsis:
- Lois and Lana devise a scheme to make it appear that Lois killed Lana so that she will be convicted of murder based on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to death, then Lana will resurface and show that the death penalty is unjust and nearly killed an innocent woman. However, things go wrong when Lana doesn't reappear as planned.
["Let's go in for a soda, Peg!"]
Peg / comic story / 0.67 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- teen
- Characters:
- Peg
- Reprints:
-
from A Date with Judy (DC, 1947 series) #31 (October-November 1952)
-
The False Superman!
Lois Lane / comic story / 8.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Inks:
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Mike Dawson; Mr. Big [also disguised as Brainiac]; Perry White
- Synopsis:
- Mr. Big fools Lois into believing that his cohort, fake ice cream man Mike Dawson, is really Superman in order to get close to her to find out the name of a secret witness against him.
[no title indexed]
Letters to Lois / letters page / 0.67 page
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Weisinger ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Donald Topps; Mae Berne; Charmine Manceau
Superman's Surprise Choice!
Lois Lane / comic story / 7.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Inks:
- Kurt Schaffenberger
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Superman; Professor Potter; Lucy Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White
- Synopsis:
- Professor Potter invents a love detector that should reveal whether Superman truly loves Lois or Lana.
- Reprints:
-
in Century Comic (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #94 ([April 1964])
-
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
Superman's Surprise Choice!
Lois Lane -
1.
Play It Safe!
-
2.
The Murder of Lana Lang!
Lois Lane -
3.
["Let's go in for a soda, Peg!"]
Peg -
4.
The False Superman!
Lois Lane -
5.
[no title indexed]
Letters to Lois -
6.
Superman's Surprise Choice!
Lois Lane
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- Dwayne Best
- Bob Bailey
- Gene Reed
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- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
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