Episode #109: Showcasing Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane!

Showcase 9 & Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane 1!

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SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 1, cover dated March/April 1958, was published around January 14, 1958. But Lois Lane's first appearance in a silver age comic book as the main character was in SHOWCASE 9, July/August 1957, published around May 23, 1957. It was edited by Superman editor Mort Weisinger. Al Plastino drew the cover. After a brief history of the beginnings of SHOWCASE, the three eight page Lois Lane stories of issue 9 are featured in this episode:

THE GIRL FROM SUPERMAN'S PAST, written by Jerry Coleman and drawn by Al Plastino.

THE NEW LOIS LANE, written by Otto Binder, pencilled by Ruben Moreira and inked by Al Plastino.

MRS. SUPERMAN, written by Otto Binder and drawn by Al Plastino.

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