Lois Lane #2 [Direct]
(September 1986)

DC, 1986 Series
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Price
1.50 USD; 2.10 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-06-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Robert Greenberger (editor); Dick Giordano (executive editor); Terri Cunningham (editorial administrator); Pat Bastienne (editorial coordinator)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #28.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Lois Lane / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gray Morrow (signed as GRAY MORROW)
Inks
Gray Morrow (signed as GRAY MORROW)
Colors
Joe Orlando ?
Letters
typeset
Genre
crime; adventure
Characters
Lois Lane; unnamed children; unnamed villain
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Lois Lane (DC, 1986 series) #2 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Lois Lane (1986 series) #2 [Canadian]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

[When It Rains, God Is Crying] Chapter Three: Quicksand! (Table of Contents: 2)

Lois Lane / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Mindy Newell
Pencils
Gray Morrow
Inks
Gray Morrow
Colors
Joe Orlando
Letters
Agustin Más
Job Number
G-2288
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Janice! Hey... Janice!
Genre
crime; adventure
Characters
Lois Lane; Bill Henderson; Lucy Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Lana Lang; Clark Kent (not as Superman); Janice Denton
Synopsis
Lois' obsession with her story on missing children begins to concern her colleagues and friends. Meanwhile, Lucy and Jimmy begin writing a story on the topic themselves.
Reprints
Keywords
Metropolis; The Daily Planet

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Lois Lane #1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Lois Lane / text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Mindy Newell
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
José Luis García-López ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-2375
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Last summer, while in Philadelphia, I heard a story.
Genre
non-fiction; adventure
Characters
Lois Lane
Synopsis
Commentary by the author on missing children, with resources and suggestions for parents.

Indexer Notes

Information about missing children, and resources to contact as needed.

[When It Rains, God Is Crying] Chapter Four: Bless the Child (Table of Contents: 4)

Lois Lane / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Mindy Newell
Pencils
Gray Morrow
Inks
Gray Morrow
Colors
Joe Orlando
Letters
Agustin Más; typeset (page 44)
Job Number
G-2343
First Line of Dialogue or Text
He used to do this all the time. Show up and rescue her.
Genre
crime; adventure
Characters
Lois Lane; Clark Kent (not as Superman); Lana Lang; Janice Denton; Jimmy Olsen; Lucy Lane; Bill Henderson
Synopsis
Lois concludes her investigation into Metropolis' missing children, and reconciles with Lana and Lucy.
Reprints
Keywords
Metropolis; The Daily Planet

Indexer Notes

Lana Lang reveals she (may) have previously been married in Europe and had a child.

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

Star Trek; Warlord / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Lois Lane
  2. 1. ["1986 Specials and Annuals"]
    Batman
  3. 2. [When It Rains, God Is Crying] Chapter Three: Quicksand!
    Lois Lane
  4. 3. ["Last summer, while in Philadelphia, I heard a story."]
    Lois Lane
  5. 4. [When It Rains, God Is Crying] Chapter Four: Bless the Child
    Lois Lane
  6. 5. ["1986 Specials and Annuals"]
    Star Trek; Warlord
  7. 6. ["'When it's raining, God is crying!'"]
    Lois Lane
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