Episode #312 Part I: Superman Family Comic Book Cover Dated October 1960: Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #20!

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane 20!

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SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 20, October 1960, was published on august 9, 1960. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 10¢. Mort Weisinger was the editor, and the cover was pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by Stan Kaye. It featured the issue's third and  final story. All three stories have been reprinted in SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERMAN FAMILY vol. IV.

- SUPERMAN'S FLIGHT FROM LOIS LANE (9 pgs.), writer is unknown according to Mike's Amazing World Of DC Comics and comicbookdb.com, but the Grand Comic Book Database credits Jerry Siegel as the author of this story. Kurt Schaffenberger drew the art. Because there is some discrepancy about the writer's identity, this story won't be counted toward Siegel's silver age story total,

- THE LUCKIEST GIRL IN METROPOLIS (9 pgs.), writer is unknown according to Mike's Amazing World Of DC Comics and comicbookdb.com, but the Grand Comic Book Database credits Robert Bernstein (?) as possibly the author. Al Plastino was the artist.

- This issue's cover story was the nine page tale, LOIS LANE'S SUPER-DAUGHTER, labeled the 2nd Imaginary Story, written by Jerry Siegel according to the Grand Comic Book Database and comicbookdb.com. Mike's Amazing World Of DC Comics lists the writer as unknown. If Jerry Siegel wrote this story, it was his 103rd Superman family story, and his 148th overall for the silver age.

Also covered in this episode are this issue's ads and other features, including the LETTERS TO LOIS column.

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