(April 1968)

DC, 1958 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of March, June and December
On-sale Date
1968-02-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Mort Weisinger (credited); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor, uncredited)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Tragic Fate of the Superman Sweethearts! (Table of Contents)

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero
Characters
Lois Lane; Professor Kryon
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The Tragic Fate of the Superman Sweethearts! [Part I] (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Leo Dorfman
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Professor Kryon; Marty the Mask; the Executioners (flashback)
Synopsis
Investigating a flying saucer, Lois is transported into the future, where she learns that she does finally marry Superman, but they are killed on their honeymoon. When she returns to the present, Superman proposes to her and in spite of herself, she agrees to marry him.
Reprints

The World of Anthro Is Coming! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

The Flashiest News of the Year (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

We Dare You to Enter... (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger (logo illustration)
Inks
Kurt Schaffenberger (logo illustration)
Colors
? (logo illustration)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Susan Alalouf; "A Broken Heart"; Pauline Haver; Robert Komer; Irene Vartanoff; Rand Lee

Part II: Death Is the Wedding Guest! (Table of Contents: 6)

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane / comic story / 11.5 pages (report information)

Script
Leo Dorfman
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Lois Lane; Superman; Sam Lane; Ella Lane; the Executioners; Professor Kryon
Synopsis
Lois and Superman are married, but she learns that the history she saw in the future was a ruse to capture the Executioners, who had brainwashed Superman into proposing. Lois insists that they have the marriage annulled.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1967
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 448,400
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 499,200
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Estate of Harry Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz, P.H. Sampliner, Irwin Donenfeld, S.U. Sampliner, Sonia Mondschein, all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Direct Currents / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Tragic Fate of the Superman Sweethearts!
    Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane
  2. 1. The Tragic Fate of the Superman Sweethearts! [Part I]
    Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane
  3. 2. The World of Anthro Is Coming!
    Anthro
  4. 3. The Flashiest News of the Year
    The Flash
  5. 4. We Dare You to Enter...
    Johnny Peril
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Letters to Lois and Lana
  7. 6. Part II: Death Is the Wedding Guest!
    Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
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  • Dwayne Best
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
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