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SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #41

Cover Date: May 1963
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1963-03-28

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Cover Credits:
Art: Kurt Schaffenberger


Story: "The Devil and Lois Lane” (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #161/2; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (impersonates the Devil to teach Lois a lesson; last in Superman Vol. 1 #161/2; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman Vol. 1 #161/2; next in the second story in this issue)
Lana Lang (last in issue #40/3; next in the third story in this issue)
Perry White (last in Superman Vol. 1 #161/2; next in Action Comics #300)

Other Character(s):

Superman Emergency Squad (four members, posing as a miniaturized version of "Scarface" Malone and his gang; last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #68/3; next in Action Comics #303)
Lance Jason (first appearance a college boyfriend of Lois Lane)
Lance Jason's girlfriend (first appearance)
Opera cast an audience

Location(s):

Metropolis
an unidentified volcanic region

Comment(s):

Superman and Lois almost get married, but angered at his deception as "Mr. Satan," Lois calls off the wedding.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #86/7 (September-October 1968)


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Second Story: "The Super-Suitor of Soomar!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story?
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #300)

Guest Appearance(s):

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

Other Character(s):

Soomarians (first appearance; an alien race)
Super-Male (Irn Brimba; first appearance; a Soomarian super-hero; next in The Green Lantern #9)
Crystal Ganyrog (first appearance; a Soomarian reporter for the Daily Globe)
Super-Clown (first appearance; a robot)
Soomarians (first appearance; an alien race)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Unidentified Space Sector
Soomar (first appearance)


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Third Story: "Superman's Romance with Lana Lane!” (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsCurt Swan
InksGeorge Klein
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #300; also in flashback, last in issue #9/3; next in Action Comics #252)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #157/3; also in flashback, last in issue #9/3; next in Action Comics #252)

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #157/3; also in flashback, last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

Malignia (first appearance; as a picture only; an evil sorceress from the planet Zermb)

Other Character(s):

Lana Lane (a merger of Lois Lane and Lana Lang, first appearance; story told in flashback to May 15, 1959)
colonists from the planet Zermb (first appearance for all, all in flashback; aliens; Hajal, a curator and Zelda, a historian named)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jimmy Olsen (in flashback picture to Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1)
Supergirl (in flashback picture, see Comments)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
an unidentified valley, in a jungle area (first appearance; in flashback, a colony of the planet Zermb)
Fortress of Solitude
Unidentified Space Sector
Zermb (first mentioned; in flashback)

Comment(s):

The date of Supergirl's presentation to the world is given as February 20, 1962,

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #113/5 (September-October 1971)


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