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| Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane 56, April 1965! |
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SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 56, April 1965, was published on February 11, 1965. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 12¢. Mort Weisinger was the editor, and the cover was drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger, who was also the artist for all three stories in this issue. Ira Schnapp was the letterer.
- (7:14) THE SNOOPIEST GIRL IN HISTORY (8 pgs.), written by Edmond Hamilton and lettered by Milt Snappin.
- (19:48) LOIS LANE, SUPER-TELEPATH (8 pgs.), written by Otto Binder and lettered by Vivian Berg. This story was also reprinted in SUPERMAN FAMILY 168, December 1973/January 1974. It contained 100 pages for the cover price of 60¢.
- (35:43) LETTERS TO LOIS column.
- (43:38) LOIS LANE'S SUPER-GAMBLE (9 pgs.), written by Jerry Siegel and lettered by Vivian Berg. It was subtitled AN UNTOLD STORY, which was the 23rd Untold Superman story. This was Siegel's 86th silver age Superman Family story we've covered on this podcast, and his 139th overall for the era.
Also highlighted in this episode are the issue's ads and other features.
Next Episodes: SUPERMAN COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED APRIL 1965: PART III: ACTION COMICS 323 & PART IV: SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 84!
Then we will cover: SUPERMAN COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED MAY 1965: PART I: WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 149, PART II: SUPERMAN 177, PART III: ACTION COMICS 324 & PART IV: SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 57!
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In "The Snoopiest Girl in History", I was caught up short when I heard the names Epimetheus and Prometheus. As you noted, these were brothers in Greek mythology. Prometheus is well-known as the Titan who stole fire from the gods to give to humans. Not as well-known is his brother Epimetheus, who was the foolish brother of Prometheus. ("Prometheus" means "forethought" and "Epimetheus" means "afterthought".) Epimetheus, in legend, was tasked with giving some good trait to each of the newly created animals -- strength, speed, size, etc., but, by the time it was Man's turn, Epimetheus, who hadn't planned ahead, had run out of gifts, which was why Prometheus gave the gift of fire, for which he was sentenced to eternal torment, eventually to be freed by Heracles (Hercules). It was interesting to me that, in this story, Epimetheus is a scientist, which is not at all his mythological character.
ReplyDeleteIn "Lois Lane, Super-Telepath", I loved the title, because it reminded me of the Silver Age use of "Super" so often in front of other superpowers: Saturn Girl was originally described as having "Super Thought-Casting"; Cosmic Boy has "Super-Magnetism"; Lightning Lad had "Super-Lightning", as if Thought-Casting, Magnetism, or Lightning weren't already superpowers. In Lois' case, what would be the difference between Telepathy and Super-Telepathy?
"Lois Lane's Super-Gamble" (There's that "Super", again.) is not only, as you mentioned terribly un-feminist, but is degrading to Superman, in a way. Having Lois and Lana gamble over the "rights" to Ideal Man, and consequently, to Superman, makes it seem that they both view Superman as an object to be won and owned, not a man to be loved. Not cool, ladies.
Sometimes I wonder if Superman fan Jerry Sienfeld got the idea for the dysfunctional relationships of the characters if his TV show from these silver age stories.
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