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Issue Details

Issue #13
Published November 1959
Frequency monthly with the exception of Mar, June, Sept, Dec
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes On Sale Date - September 20th 1959

Cover Details - "The Shocking Secret of Lois Lane!"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Letters Ira Schnapp
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 (2009)

1 page public service announcement New Stars for "Old Glory"

Synopsis History of the United States flag and the custom of adding one star for each state.
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

9 page Lois Lane story "Introducing ... Lois Lane's Parents!"

Characters Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Sam Lane (introduction); Ella Lane (introduction); Perry White; Lucy Lane
Synopsis Superman flies Lois home to Pittsdale (population 1,101) for the 100th anniversary of the Pittsdale Star. Through a misunderstanding, everyone thinks they have come there to be married.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes writer identification by Martin O'Hearn
Reprinted in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #68 (September 1966) [retitled "The Wedding of Lois and Superman!"]; in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 (2009)

1 page Marriage A La Mode! filler

Synopsis Unusual wedding customs from China, Southern Europe, India, and ancient Britain.
Genre fact

8 page Lois Lane story "Alias Lois Lane!"

Characters Lois Lane; Superman; Hal Brent; Chips Rogan; Anti-Superman Gang; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Krypto
Synopsis Two crooks hire Sadie Blodget to impersonate Lois Lane, not realizing Sadie is Lois in disguise.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes writer identification by Martin O'Hearn
Reprinted in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #101 (May 1970) [retitled "The Anti-Superman Lois!"]; in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 (2009)

1 page Letters to Lois letters page

Script Mort Weisinger ?
Pencils ? (logo illustration)
Inks ? (logo illustration)
Colors ? (logo illustration)
Letters typeset
Notes Letters submitted by Andrew Scallet; Charlotte Chambers; David G. Yas; Bob Wallace; Donald Schlesinger; Hilary Dole; Barbara Vitagliano; Evelyn Pace

1 page Bonny story "Gee! This muffler is going faster than I thought it would!"

Characters Bonny; Leopold
Genre gag
Pencils Harry Lampert ?
Inks Harry Lampert ?

8 page Lois Lane story "The Shocking Secret of Lois Lane!"

Characters Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Circe; Lana Lang (cameo)
Synopsis Circe gives Lois Lane the face of a cat to punish her for snooping, and Lois tries to hide the transformation from Superman by wearing a lead box on her head.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes writer identification by Martin O'Hearn
Reprinted in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #14 (September 1965); in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 (2009)