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Issue: Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #41
Publication Date: May 1963
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Issues: #41 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: 03/28/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in Superman #161 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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Superman's Romance with Lana Lane!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino; Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Superman; Lana Lane
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Countdown on Excellence

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Character(s): Jerry; Jerry's father
Synopsis: Jerry gets a lecture from his father on the importance of doing every job right.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated March 1967.
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The Devil and Lois Lane!

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): Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Lance Jason; Perry White; Lucy Lane; Lana Lang (cameo)
Synopsis: When Superman overhears Lois tell her college boyfriend, Lance Jason, that she would sell her soul to the devil for a chance to marry Superman, he decides to teach her a lesson and masquerades as Satan, offering Lois her dream marriage in exchange for her soul.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #86 published September 1968
as The Devil and Lois Lane! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLois Lane Comic #122 published September 1977
as The Devil and Lois Lane [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Winners of Lois Lane Hair-Style Contest

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (illustrations)
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
Synopsis: The results of a contest from Lois Lane Annual #1 are announced. Over 20,000 votes were received. The winning 6,551 votes were for keeping Lois's hairstyle the same.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: One indexer felt that one of the drawings resembled actor Teri Hatcher, who was to portray Lois Lane in the 1993-97 television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
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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): Adventure Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Action Comics
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Varsity Vic
Character(s): Vic
First Line: Oh-oh, a damsel in distress.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #90 published February 1969
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Super-Suitor of Soomar!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Super-Male [Irn Brimba]; Crystal Ganyrog; Superman (cameo)
Synopsis: Lois visits the planet Soomar where she meets a girl reporter much like herself, except that she resists the attentions of Soomar's super-hero, Super-Male.
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Pages: 8
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Revolutionary War Soldiers
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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): Zenith Company
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mort Weisinger ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters to Lois
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Bobby Pelzel; Herman Cummings; Janice Leeland; Fred Hunter; Cathy Willard.
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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 Pop
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Superman's Romance with Lana Lane!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Superman; Lana Lane
Synopsis: While visiting Superman's Fortress, Lois and Lana find a picture of Superman proposing to a girl who looks like both of them. He tells them the story, which they have forgotten, of how they were temporarily merged into one girl a few years earlier.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #113 published September 1971
as Superman's Romance with Lana Lane! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
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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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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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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
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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): Best Values Co.
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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): 147 Famous Automobiles
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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