(August 1961)
DC,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of March, June, Sept. and Dec.
- On-sale Date
- 1961-06-27
- 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.
Lois Lane's Super-Brain!
Lois Lane / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Bizarro; Lois Lane
- Reprints
-
in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) ([November] 1999)
-
[no title indexed]
Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Sold by Norton Products.
Inside front cover.
Lois Lane's Super-Brain!
Lois Lane / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Bizarro; Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Professor Holt; Dr. Von Schmitt; Garry Moore
- 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]
-
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.
[no title indexed]
Little Pete / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look -- horse rides.
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Pete; Pete's dad
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Superboy; Action Comics; Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
See the Many Fantastic Faces of Superman...
Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #3, on sale June 22
At Last!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1, on sale June 15
The Battle of the Sisters!
Lois Lane / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Lois Lane Kent; Lucy Lane; Lana Lang; Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Perry White; Bor-Jak (Kryptonian); 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.
- Keywords
- Kandor
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Fudge
The Inside Stories of Batman and Robin's Top Secrets
Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1, on sale June 29
[no title indexed]
Letters to Lois / letters page / 1 page
- 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!
Lois Lane / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Ella Lane; Lois Lane; Sam Lane; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; General Horton; Professor Van Hess; Dr. Jerrold
- 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)
-
in MV Comix (Egmont Ehapa, 1968 series) #1/1971 (2. Januar 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn.
[no title indexed]
Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Lois Lane's Super-Brain!
Lois Lane -
1.
[no title indexed]
Magic Art Reproducer -
2.
Lois Lane's Super-Brain!
Lois Lane -
3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["Look -- horse rides."]
Little Pete -
5.
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Superboy; Action Comics; Adventure Comics -
6.
See the Many Fantastic Faces of Superman...
Superman -
7.
At Last!
-
8.
The Battle of the Sisters!
Lois Lane -
9.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
10.
The Inside Stories of Batman and Robin's Top Secrets
Batman -
11.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
12.
[no title indexed]
Letters to Lois -
13.
The Last Days of Lois Lane!
Lois Lane -
14.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar -
15.
[no title indexed]
Frontier Cabin -
16.
[no title indexed]
Revolutionary War Soldiers -
17.
[no title indexed]
Junior Sales Club of America Cards -
18.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Bjorn Wallin
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