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SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #17

Cover Date: May 1960
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1960-03-25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye, Kurt Schaffenberger (Lois' head)


Story: "The Girl That Almost Married Clark Kent!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #44/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #137; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #44/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Doris Drake (first appearance; a scheming wealthy heiress who receives an amulet which lets her read minds)
a thieving chambermaid (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

a fakir (first appearance)

Location(s):

Calcutta, India
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Family #180/3 (November 1976)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #4 ([May] 2013)


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Second Story: "Lana Lang, Superwoman!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsCurt Swan
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (temporarily endowed with super powers as "Super-Lois;" in between the first and third stories in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (in between the first and third stories in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (in between the first and third stories in this issue)
Lana Lang (temporarily endowed with super powers as "Super-Lana;" in between issues #15 and #21/2)
Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #44/3; next in the third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Brainiac (in between Action Comics #242 and #275; also in flashback to Action Comics #242)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Unidentified Space Sector
an unidentified planetoid

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #3 (September 1964)
Superman vs. Brainiac (2008)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #4 ([May] 2013)


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Third Story: "How Lois Lane Got Her Job" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #263; also in flashback following the flashback in issue #55 then next in Superman Vol. 1 #133/2)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #263)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #45)
Perry White (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #45; also in flashback ???)

Villain(s):

Henry Blaine (first appearance; in flashback; a worker in a bank safe company who sells the combinations to criminals)
"the “Rajah of Sari” (first appearance; in flashback; a jewel thief)

Other Character(s):

Professor Thorne (first appearance; in flashback; an archaeologist)
two fishermen (first appearance of both; in flashback; Charlie named)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #81/2 (February 1968)
Best of DC #6 (July-August 1980)
Superman: Daily Planet ([March] 2006)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #4 ([May] 2013)


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