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Issue: Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #40
Publication Date: April 1963
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Issues: #40 of 137 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/14/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Action Comics #298 and copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age, then Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover, newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #68, 77, 86, 95, 104)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Lois Lane's Old Age!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Superman; Lana Lang
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Treasure Chest of Fun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Honor House Prod. Corp.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Lois Lane, Hag!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Dorfman
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Superman; Lana Lang; Madam Mimi; "Rocky" Rhodes; Perry White; Dr. Sharpe; Lucy Lane
Synopsis: Lois sets out to expose a fountain-of-youth formula as a hoax, but then she is turned into an old hag.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #95 published September 1969
as Lois Lane, Hag! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLois Lane Comic #122 published September 1977
as Lois Lane, Hag! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
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Coming... Super-Attractions!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superboy; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Missile Attack
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Pages: 1
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Salute to Our Fellow Citizens of Puerto Rico!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Morris Waldinger ?
Inker(s): Morris Waldinger ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, informational
Synopsis: Information about the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and brief profiles of famous people from there.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
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Lois Lane, Foreign Correspondent!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Duke Rinaldo d'Laslo [Hangman of Brozna]; Superman
Synopsis: Lois is made to believe that she married a duke while on assignment in Brozna, but the duke turns out to be a murderer who is seeking to escape to the United States as the husband of an American citizen.
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Peg
Character(s): Peg; June
First Line: I hear you had a big fight with Arthur!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #20 published June 1952
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Garcelon Stamp Co.
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mort Weisinger ?
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (logo illustration)
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters to Lois
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Steve Carter, Evie Brotman, Fred Bronson, Gregg Way, John David, Jack Kirkness, Darrell Lehman, and Madge Evans.
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The Lana Lang of 500 B.C.!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Bernstein
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Achilles; Circe; Ilya; Clark Kent (cameo)
Synopsis: At a museum opening, Lois finds Circe's magic wand and is accidentally transported into the past where she meets the hero Achilles, who has Superman's invulnerabiity, and Ilya, a girl who resembles her rival Lana Lang.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): 104 Kings' Knights
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Body Building Club
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Seed Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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