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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published May-June 1958
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Mort Weisinger, (actual)

Cover Details - "Superman's Forbidden Room!"

Characters Lois Lane; Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes art credits by Bob Hughes (February 2008); previously credited to Al Plastino
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

8 page Lois Lane story "Superman's Secret Sweetheart"

Characters Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Polly Smith; Vera Stevens
Synopsis Lois tries to help a lonely college girl gain acceptance with her classmates by setting her up as Superman's girl friend, and gets Superman to go along with the ruse.
Genre superhero
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #7 (Summer 1963); in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

1 page Cora the Car Hop story

Characters Cora
Genre teen
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

8 page Lois Lane story "Lois Lane in Hollywood"

Characters Lois Lane: Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Daryl Zorne; Gilda Glamarr
Synopsis Director Zorne is making a movie about Superman, and Superman, Jimmy, and Perry all play their own parts, but Lois is replaced by Gilda Glamarr. A series of accidents make everyone believe that Lois is trying to spoil the movie shoot because she is jealous.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes writer verified by Martin O'Hearn
Reprinted in Lois Lane Annual (DC, 1962 series) #2 (Summer 1963); in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "That Deep Dark Secret!"

Characters Buzzy
Synopsis Margie learns that having a mental patient in the family is nothing to be ashamed of.
Genre teen
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated July 1952.

1 page text story "Gag Bag"

Letters Typeset

1 page Honey in Hollywood story

Characters Honey
Genre teen
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

8 page Lois Lane story "Superman's Forbidden Room"

Characters Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Rackets Williams; Dan Jones (Superman Imposter, Elevator Operator at the Daily Planet); Perry White
Synopsis Rackets Williams and Dan Jones try to trick Lois into thinking that Dan is really Superman.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn.
Reprinted in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #78 (October 1967); in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

1 page Jerry the Jitterbug story

Characters Jerry
Genre teen
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff