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SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #27

Cover Date: August 1961
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1961-06-27

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Sheldon Moldoff


Story: "Lois Lane's Super-Brain" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (temporarily has her head enlarged as "Super-Brain" due to the transfer of the accumulated knowledge in Professor Holt's "Brain Bank;" last in Superman Vol. 1 #147; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman Vol. 1 #147; next in the second story in this issue)
Lucy Lane (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #54; next in the second story in this issue)
Perry White (last in Superman Vol. 1 #147; next in the second story in this issue)

Other Character(s):

Professor Holt (first appearance; invents a "Brain Bank" which electronically stores the knowledge of hundreds of famous experts)
Dr. Von Schmitt (first appearance; an archaeologist)
a Yale mathematician (first appearance)
a zoologist (first appearance)
Garry Moore (real-life host of the CBS television game show "I've Got a Secret;" first name mispelled as "Gary")
three unidentified panelists on "I've Got a Secret" (first appearance of all)
Bert (first appearance; a judge at a science fiction costume contest)
Sam (first appearance; a judge at a science fiction costume contest)
a former schoolmate of Lois Lane (first appearance)
her husband (first appearance)
a Bizarro

Cameo Appearance(s):

Superman (in a photograph)

Location(s):

Las Vegas, NV
Metropolis

Comment(s):

A week passes over the course of this story.
The "Super-Brain" Lois Lane was the basis for the Dark Multiverse character Dear Lois, first appearing in Sideways #8 (November 2018).

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #95 (September-October 1969)


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Second Story: "The Battle of the Sisters" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
PencilsCurt Swan
InksStan Kaye
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #147/3; next in the third story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Alice White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #49/2; next in Action Comics #302)
Jimmy Olsen (last in the first story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #119)
Lana Lang (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #52/3; next in issue #29)
Lucy Lane (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #55/3)
Perry White (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #55/3)

Other Character(s):

Van-Zee (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #53; next in Superman Vol. 1 #148/2)
Sylvia Van-Zee (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #53; next in Superman Vol. 1 #158)
Lyle-Zee (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #53; next in Superman Family #186/5)
Lili Van-Zee (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #53; next in Superman Family #186/5)
Bor-Jak (first appearance; a Kandorian resembling Superman, accidentally enlarged and swapped places with the real Superman)
Bill (first appearance; Lana Lang's driver)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude
The Bottled City of Kandor
Metropolis


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Third Story: "The Last Days of Lois Lane!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #55/2)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in World's Finest Comics #119)

Supporting Character(s):

Ella Lane (in between issues #13 and #32)
Sam Lane (in between issues #13 and #32)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Jerrold (first appearance; a radiation expert)

Location(s):

Kado Canyon, the Canadian Rockies
Hawaii
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Pittsdale

Comment(s):

About a week passes over the course of this story.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #84/2 (July 1968)


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