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| Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane 61, November 1965! |
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SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 61, November 1965, was published on September 23, 1965 (four days before my fifth birthday). 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 on both stories in this issue. The letterer was Ira Schnapp.
- (8:42) SUPERMAN'S MARRIAGE MONEY (8 pgs.), written by Otto Binder and lettered by Milt Snappin.
- (27:22) THE REPTILE GIRL OF METROPOLIS (16 pgs., divided into two eight page parts), written by Leo Dorfman and lettered by Vivian Berg. This story was reprinted in SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 114, September 1971, released on July 22, 1971. It contained 48 pages for the cover price of a quarter. E. Nelson Bridwell was the editor.
- (36:47) PART II: THE SECRET OF THE REPTILE GIRL.
- (52:43) LETTERS TO LOIS column.
Also highlighted in this episode are the issue's ads and other features.
Next Episode: SUPERMAN COMIC BOOK COVER DATED NOVEMBER 1965: PART IV: ACTION COMICS 330! At the end of the episode we will look at the other DC Comics titles that carried the November or November/December 1965 cover date.
Then we will cover: SUPERMAN FAMILY COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED DECEMBER 1965: PART I: SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 89, PART II: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD 63 (starring Supergirl and Wonder Woman), PART III: ACTION COMICS 331 & PART IV: WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 154!
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I admire Lois in "Superman's Marriage Money" for the fact that she didn't want to trap Superman into a Mxyzptlk-plotted marriage, although I do wonder if, perhaps, her objection was simply that she hadn't thought of this plan, herself. Certainly, we've seen her attempt some fairly underhanded schemes to trick Superman into marrying her. I was a bit surprised, near the end of this story, when the idea of divorce was introduced. I'd think that divorce would have been a pretty touchy subject in those days for a comic book. I wonder if the Comics Code Authority had anything to say on the topic of divorce. In any case, since this was certainly a coerced marriage, an annulment would easily have been granted, but that, too, would probably have been a touchy subject for a comic book.
ReplyDeleteThe two-part "Reptile Girl" story was fun, and I was glad to see writer Leo Dorfman "fill-in" the plot holes in the story. Perhaps he was trying to head off future "Letters to Lois" by sharp readers who would take him to task over them. In light of your comments on the "Marriage Money" story about things that reminded you of the old George Reeves TV show, I expected you to comment, too, on the ending of the "Reptile Girl" story, when Lois received the snakeskin purse and tossed it away. That seems like the kind of moment we might have seen at the end of an episode of The Adventures of Superman, like when Lois could bear to find out who the flowers were from at the end of the episode, "The Wedding of Superman".
Sorry, the last sentence above should read "... when Lois couldn't bear to find out ..."
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