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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published September-October 1958
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Mort Weisinger, (actual)

Cover Details - "The Super- Courtship of Lois Lane!"

Characters Lois Lane; Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Letters Ira Schnapp
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

7 page Lois Lane story "Super-Courtship of Lois Lane"

Characters Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Professor Z. Parker
Synopsis Trying to be helpful, Jimmy uses a doctored tape of Clark's voice to hypnotize him into proposing to Lois, but when Lois refuses Clark, hr tries again as Superman. However, it's April Fools' Day, so Lois refuses Superman too, thinking it's just a joke.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

Half page Lois Lane promo (ad from the publisher) "A Ton of Laughs..."

Genre superhero
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes house ad for the following issue, featuring "The Fattest Girl in Metropolis"

1 page public service announcement "Know Your Pet!"

Characters Jimmy; Jimmy's mom; Rags (dog)
Synopsis Jimmy tries to treat his dog like a poodle, not realizing that different pets need different care.
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Lou Cameron
Inks Lou Cameron
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

1 page Cora the Car Hop story "I made some chili today, Cora."

Characters Cora
Genre teen
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

8 page Lois Lane story "Lois Lane, Working Girl"

Characters Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark kent]; Perry White; Ron Harris; Jed Brant; Joe Hogg
Synopsis Lois is offered a starring role as a working girl in a play, but the director thinks she needs some practical experience, so he gets her a job in a pretzel factory. The foreman there resents Lois because she was hired in place of his girlfriend, so he tries to get her fired, and Superman has to help her keep her job.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes writer identification by Martin O'Hearn
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

Half page Peg story "Sorry, Elmer, I can't make it tonight!"

Characters Peg; Elmer
Genre teen
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page Chuckle Box text article

Genre humor
Pencils ? (logo illustration)
Inks ? (logo illustration)
Colors ? (logo illustration)
Letters typeset
Notes page of jokes

8 page Lois Lane story "Annie Oakley Gets Her (Super) Man"

Characters Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]
Synopsis Lois gets amnesia and thinks she's Annie Oakley.
Genre superhero
Script Alvin Schwartz
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes writer identification by Martin O'Hearn
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2008)