(April 1969)

DC, 1958 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of Mar., June and Dec.
On-sale Date
1969-02-13
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; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 23, Part 2, Periodicals, January-December 1969. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B487212.

Beauty and the Beast! (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Lois Lane

Love Is Blind! [Part I] (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Lois Lane; Superman; Lisa Kent [Superlass]
Synopsis
When Lois is blinded trying to save Superman from a deadly ray, Superman marries her to repay her. They have a daughter, and years later Superman is killed by an atomic Kryptonite bomb.

Indexer Notes

Imaginary story.

The Daring Giant - The Classic Giant (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Neal Adams; Ross Andru
Inks
Nick Cardy; Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #3 and The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #187 [80 Page Giant #58], both on sale February 13

Have You Met Our Peace-Lovin' Western (Hero?) Yet? (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

house ad for Bat Lash (DC, 1968 series) #4, on sale February 20

Impossible? No! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Irv Novick
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #83, on sale February 25

Part II: The Blind Beauty and the Beast! (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane / comic story / 10.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Lois Lane; Lisa Kent [Superlass]; Superman
Synopsis
Lois meets a kind man but does not know that he is deformed. When Lisa discovers a cure for her mother's blindness, Lois can see her new friend for the first time, but he believes that she pities him and leaves -- by flying away! Lois and Lisa figure out that the man must be Superman, who did not die after all, but was transformed by Red Kryptonite, but in the meantime he has fled from Earth.

Indexer Notes

Imaginary story.

Robots Can't Die... Can They? (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
science fiction; superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Metal Men (DC, 1963 series) #37, on sale February 13

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Job Number
W-115
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Beauty and the Beast!
    Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane
  2. 1. Love Is Blind! [Part I]
    Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane
  3. 2. The Daring Giant - The Classic Giant
  4. 3. Have You Met Our Peace-Lovin' Western (Hero?) Yet?
    Bat Lash
  5. 4. Impossible? No!
    Batman; Teen Titans
  6. 5. Part II: The Blind Beauty and the Beast!
    Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane
  7. 6. Robots Can't Die... Can They?
    Metal Men
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Letters to Lois and Lana
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore