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Issue Details

Issue	#39
Published	February 1963
Frequency	monthly with the exception of Mar, June, Sept, Dec
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "When Lois Lane Hated Superman!"

Characters	Lois Lane; Superman; Larry Kent
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Letters	Ira Schnapp

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Hi Kids! I'm Your Friend, Johnny DC!"

Pencils	Curt Swan (illustration)
Inks	George Klein (illustration)
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	inside front cover; house ad for DC Comicpacs ("4 brand-new DC comics in a bag, which sell for 47 cents"); includes cover art from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #158

8 page Lois Lane story "The Girl Who Hated Superman!"

Characters	Lois Lane; Superman; Larry Kent; Perry White; Lana Lang; Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Lori Lemaris (cameo); Circe (flashback)
Synopsis	On their third wedding anniversary, Lois discovers that Superman is keeping paintings of his old girlfriends hidden in a safe, but he won't tell her why, which threatens their marriage.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes	Imaginary Story

1 page public service announcement "Health Myths Debunked!"

Synopsis	How to treat frostbite, a black eye, and does cutting your hair make it grow faster?
Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Previously appeared in some November 1962 DC titles; later appears in May 1966 titles.

8 page Lois Lane story "Lois Lane's Romance with Clark Kent!"

Characters	Lois Lane; Clark Kent [also appears as Superman]; Lana Lang; Perry White
Synopsis	A doctor advises Lois that her feelings for Superman are endangering her health and she should transfer her affections to another man, so she chooses Clark.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein

1 page Letters to Lois letters page

Script	Mort Weisinger ?
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger (logo illustration)
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger (logo illustration)
Colors	? (logo illustration)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters submitted by Michael E. Colby; Gloria Chittum; Linda Katz; Larry Gurwin; Douglas Bull; Paul Gambaccini; John Wright; Fred Bronson

Half page Casey the Cop story "Oh, Officer!"

Characters	Casey
Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

9 page Lois Lane story "The Kryptonian Courtship!"

Characters	Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Supergirl; Superman; Lori Lemaris; Krypto; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback)
Synopsis	Supergirl gives Lois a Kryptonian invention that enables her to watch the courtship of Jor-El and Lara as it happened, and Lois decides to copy what worked for them as she pursues Superman.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger

Half page statement of ownership

Letters	typeset
Notes	Statement of October 1, 1962 Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months; 490,000 Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Harry Donenfeld, Irwin Donenfeld, Sonia Iger, J.S. Liebowitz, P.H. Sampliner, S.U. Sampliner, Harry Donenfeld Foundation, Inc., all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N.Y.