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Issue Details

Issue #105
Published October 1970
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing E. Nelson Bridwell

Cover Details - "Death House Honeymoon"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Thorn [Rose Forrest]
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Murphy Anderson

12 page Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane story "Death House Honeymoon!"

Characters Thorn [Rose Forrest]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; "Crazy" Collins; Johnny Adonis; Perry White; The 100
Synopsis Johnny Adonis, a murderer on death row, asks Lois to marry him as his last request. The Thorn begins her assult against The 100.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Art Saaf; Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes First appearance of the Silver/Bronze Age Rose & the Thorn.
Reprinted in Supermann (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #3/1971

1 page Letters to Lois and Rose letters page

Letters Typeset

10 page Rose and the Thorn story "Night of the Thorn"

Characters Thorn [Rose Forrest]; Detective Phil Forrest (Flashback); Detective Daniel Stone; The 100; Vince Dennis
Synopsis Rose Forrest becomes the Thorn.
Genre Superhero
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes Origin of the (Silver Age) Rose & the Thorn.
Reprinted in Supermann (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #2/1971

1 page public service announcement "Our American Heritage"

Characters William Penn; Tom Paine; Emma Lazarus; John Peter Zenger; Harriet Tubman
Genre Fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp