(April 1959)
DC,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of March, June, Sept. and Dec.
- On-sale Date
- 1959-02-12
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
First issue officially credited to Mort Weisinger as editor.
First issue officially credited to Mort Weisinger as editor.
The Ugly Superman!
Lois Lane / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Clark Kent; Lois Lane; The Ugly Superman
- Reprints
-
in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([April] 2009) - in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane Archives (DC, 2011 series) #1 (2011 [February 2012])
- in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [April 2021])
-
- Keywords
- wrestling
The Superwoman of Metropolis!
Lois Lane / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- 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 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 (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #4/1974 ([april] 1974) -
in Stålmannen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #5/1974 (30 april 1974) [2/3 sida bortredigerad] - in Lois Lane Comic (K. G. Murray, 1975 series) #118 (November 1976)
- in Serie-pocket (Semic, 1977 series) #85 (1983) [2. translation]
- in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([April] 2009)
- in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane Archives (DC, 2011 series) #1 (2011 [February 2012])
-
Indexer Notes
Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn; confirmed by Alvin Schwartz.
[no title indexed]
The Viking Prince; The Brave and the Bold / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
What's Your B. Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy
- 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!
Lois Lane / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; 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) ([November] 2002)
- in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([April] 2009)
- in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane Archives (DC, 2011 series) #1 (2011 [February 2012])
- in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) (2020 [April 2021])
-
Indexer Notes
writer identification by Martin O'Hearn
[no title indexed]
Letters to Lois / letters page / 1 page
- 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.
[no title indexed]
Peg / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's Myra. She's always spinning her hoop!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Peg; Myra
Queen for a Day!
Lois Lane / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]
- Synopsis
- Clark and Lois are shipwrecked on an island full of Amazons.
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 ([April] 2009)
- in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane Archives (DC, 2011 series) #1 (2011 [February 2012])
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Ugly Superman!
Lois Lane -
1.
Draw Lincoln
Art Instruction, Inc. -
2.
The Superwoman of Metropolis!
Lois Lane -
3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["Why does the Viking Prince risk his life..."]
The Viking Prince; The Brave and the Bold -
5.
What's Your B. Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)
-
6.
The Ugly Superman!
Lois Lane -
7.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Pop -
8.
[no title indexed]
Letters to Lois -
9.
["There's Myra. She's always spinning her hoop!"]
Peg -
10.
Queen for a Day!
Lois Lane -
11.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Fudge -
12.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
13.
[no title indexed]
Littleton Stamp Co. -
14.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas -
15.
[no title indexed]
American Seed Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Adam Spector
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walker
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