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Issue: Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #77
Publication Date: September 1967
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Issues: #77 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: 06/29/1967
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger (credited); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor, uncredited)
Disclose Notes: Also designated on cover as 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G39 and as G-39 on indicia page.

On-sale date from copyright registration, confirmed by promo in The Inferior Five # 4.
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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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Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagSuperboy #141 published September 1967 as [untitled] [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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A Collection of Lois' Greatest Shockers!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Scrap of the Century!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Feature(s): Tomahawk
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: inside front cover; house ad for Tomahawk (DC, 1950 series) #112, on sale July 5
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Giant Lois Lane

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (Illustration)
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (Illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lois Lane
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Witch of Metropolis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
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 [also appears as Clark Kent]; Perry White; Professor Jason
Synopsis: Lois thinks she turns into a witch at night.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #1 published March 1958
was The Witch of Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Lois Lane -- Convict

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
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 [also appears as Clark Kent]; Perry White; Baldy Pate
Synopsis: Lois takes a bribe and is forced into crime by Baldy Pate.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #6 published January 1959
was Lois Lane -- Convict [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.5
Disclose Notes: Last 2/3 page compressed to 1/2 page in this reprinting.
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He's More Fun Than...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner
Inker(s): Henry Scarpelli
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Leave It to Binky
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #70, on sale July 25
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The Six Lives of Lois Lane!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woolfolk
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lois Lane (as Barbara Frietchie; Florence Nightingale; Betsy Ross; Annie Oakley; Queen Isabella of Spain); Jimmy Olsen; Perry White
Synopsis: After an accident Lois Lane believes she's various famous women from history.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAction Comics #198 published November 1954
was The Six Lives of Lois Lane! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from index of original printing.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mort Weisinger; E. Nelson Bridwell ?
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 and Lana
Synopsis: a selection of letters from previous issues
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Hilary Dole; Lorraine Sharon; Joan Barnett; Dennis Farrell; Alex Calenda; John Rakowski; Charlotte Augusto; Pamela Harris; Lynda Leigh; William C. Nelson; Albert Smith; Larry Bates; Susan Friedman; L.K. Sanders; James Brashears; Francine Kotler; George McCready; Joe Pedicino; Tania Sawa; Larry Mandell.
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The Mad Woman of Metropolis!

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): Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Clark Kent [also appears as Superman]; Jimmy Olsen; Dr. Blake; Lucy Lane; Ben Hur (cameo); Jonathan Kent (cameo)
Synopsis: "Killer" Meigs' men try to convince Lois she is going insane to get revenge for her helping put their boss in prison.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #26 published July 1961
was The Mad Woman of Metropolis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Lois Lane's X-Ray Vision!

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): Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Perry White; Dr. Wendell; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lana Lang
Synopsis: An accident causes Lois' glasses to become X-Ray glasses.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #22 published January 1961
was Lois Lane's X-Ray Vision! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Brown; Gil Kane
Inker(s): Bob Brown; Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Direct Currents
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: listing of DC comics on sale early in July 1967; includes cover art from Tomahawk (DC, 1050 series) #112 and Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #55
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Another Adventure of Major Matt Mason Mattel's Man in Space

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Mattel; Major Matt Mason
Character(s): Major Matt Mason
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: First page is a comic of Matt Mason, second is various equipment for the Matt Mason figures.
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The Ghost of Lois Lane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Coleman
Penciller(s): Wayne Boring
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Professor Grail
Synopsis: After Superman accidentally causes Professor Grail's experimental teleporter chair to explode while Lois is sitting in it with his x-ray vision, he sees visions of a ghostly Lois. But Lois communicates through Jimmy's new typewriter to let Superman know that she is trapped in the fourth dimension and can be returned by the pull of a lever in Professor Grail's lab.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #129 published May 1959
was The Ghost of Lois Lane [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.5
Disclose Notes: Last 2/3 page compressed to a 1/2 page.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman with Robin
First Line: We interrupt this ad...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #169, on sale July 25
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Lois Lane's Darkest Secret!

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): Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Sandra Thorne; Jacques of Paris; Rita; Professor Boone; Kurt
Synopsis: Lois uncovers a blackmail ring.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #25 published May 1961
was Lois Lane's Darkest Secret! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Fattest Girl in Metropolis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
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 [also appears as Clark Kent]; Perry White; Professor Colby; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis: Professor Colby's ray turns Lois fat and she tries to keep Superman from seeing her.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #5 published November 1958
was The Fattest Girl in Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.5
Disclose Notes: Last 2/3 page compressed to a 1/2 page.
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[untitled]

Activity  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: informational
Feature(s): Cap's Hobby Hints
First Line: To get a better advantage for your slot car on the curves...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: 6522
Disclose Notes: hint submitted by Dolor Saquing, APO San Francisco, California

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