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SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #24

Cover Date: April 1961
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1961-02-09

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Super-Surprise!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story?
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #274; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #144/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

"Rackets" Garson and his gang (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Van-Zee (last in issue #22; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #53)
Sylvia Van-Zee (in between issues #22 and #25/3)
Ed Connors (first appearance; released on parole thanks to Lois Lane's recommendation)
parole board

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
the Bottled City of Kandor
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Superman Family #4 ([July] 2013)


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Second Story: "The Perfect Husband!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (in between the first and the third stories in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Lucy Lane (in between Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #51/2 and #52)

Villain(s):

a mugger (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Bart Lankwater (first appearance; host of the TV game show "People Are Whacky")
Jane Mason (first appearance; a contestant on "People Are Whacky")
George Brown (first appearance; a contestant on "People Are Whacky")
Roger Warner (first appearance; a Clark Kent lookalike, except Lois finds he is bald when his wig is blown off, ashamed, he overreacts and leaves for a three year trip around the world)
Mr. and Mrs. Warner (first appearance for both; parents of Roger Warner)
Pierre (first appearance; a waiter)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Comment(s):

Roger Warner, one of a long line of Clark Kent (and therefore Superman) lookalikes brushes off the resemblances, pointing to scientists who claim with Earth's (1961) population of over 2 billion, at least 30 lookalikes exist.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #88 (November 1968)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #4 ([July] 2013)


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Third Story: "Lois Lane... Traitor!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtJohn Forte
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #52/3)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #52)

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White (last in Action Comics #274; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #52)

Villain(s):

an "imperfect" Bizarro-Lois (first appearance; also in flashback; dies)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Pahla (including the King; first appearance for all)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Bizarro (in flashback; last/next in ???)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Pahla (first appearance, a Middle Eastern country)
Space Sector 1482
Bizarro World (in flashback)

Story Reprinted in:

Lois Lane Annual #1/6 (Summer 1962)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #4 ([July] 2013)


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