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| Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane 36, October 1962! |
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SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 36, October 1962, was published around August 9, 1962. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 12¢. Mort Weisinger was the editor, and the cover was drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger and lettered by Ira Schnapp.
- THE DAY LOIS LANE VANISHED (9 pgs.), writer unknown, was drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger.
- THE MADAM JEKYLL OF METROPOLIS (9 pgs.), writer unknown, was drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger. This story was also reprinted in SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 95, September/October 1969, published on July 8, 1969. It contained 64 pages for 25¢, and was a cover I remembered seeing in DC house ads at the time.
- LANA LANG'S ROMANCE WITH SUPERMAN III (8 pgs.), writer unknown according to Mike's Amazing World Of DC Comics and the Comic Book Database, while the Grand Comic Book Database credits Jerry Siegel. This story was pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by George Klein, and was reprinted in SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 86, September/October 1968, on July 11, 1968. That issue contained 80 pages for the cover price of a quarter, and was another cover I saw in DC house ads of the time.
Also highlighted in this episode are the issue's ads and other features, including the LETTERS TO LOIS column. I begin the episode by revealing the comic books I received in my latest shipment from the Discount Comic Book Service.
Next Episodes: SUPERMAN FAMILY COMIC BOOK COVER DATED OCTOBER 1962 PART II: SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 64!
- SUPERMAN FAMILY COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED NOVEMBER 1962: PART I: WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 129 & PART II: SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 37!
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ReplyDeleteI co have a comment on the story "Lana Lang's Romance With Superman III". Initially, like you, I thought that Superman III would have been Superman and Lois' grandson, rather than their great, great, great grandson, as he says. Then, I considered a few possible explanations.
1. Maybe, in the intervening generations between the original Superman and Superman III, there were times when there was no male descendant, but only female descendants, who would have been Superwoman (or Supergirl) II, III, etc.
2. Maybe super powers, in this imaginary timeline, are only inherited from the Kryptonian genes, and Lois' powers, since they were acquired characteristics, rather than genetic, weren't passed on, so that, in some generations, there may not have been any super-powered descendants.
or, 3. Maybe it was some combination of these two possibilities.
Of course, it could just be an error on the part of the writer, but we know such a thing hardly ever happens.
*Second paragraph should begin, "I do have a comment ...", not, "I co have a comment ..." Sorry for the typo.
DeleteThanks for providing some possibilities I hadn't thought of. It's part of the fun of thinking about these silver age Superman stories.
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