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Issue Details

Issue #15
Published February 1960
Frequency monthly with the exception of Mar, June, Sept, Dec
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Super-Family of Steel!"

Characters Van-Zee; Sylvia De Witt; Lyle; Lili
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Letters Ira Schnapp
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 (2009)

7 page Lois Lane story "The Super-Family of Steel! Part 1: Super-Husband and Wife!"

Characters Van-Zee; Sylvia De Witt; Laura Barton
Synopsis A girl who looks very much like Lois Lane meets a man who looks and acts very much like Superman and they get married by a native chief on a remote island.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes Writer identification from Martin O'Hearn.
Reprinted in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #207 (June 1968); in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 (2009)

Half page Peg story "Nice day for a stroll, eh, Peg?"

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

Half page statement of ownership

Letters typeset
Notes Statement of October 1, 1959 Owner: National Comics Publications, Inc., H. Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz, P.H. Sampliner, G. Donenfeld, S.U. Sampliner, F. Iger, I. Donenfeld; S. Iger, A. Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz and A.S. Herzog as trustees for I. Donenfeld and S. Donenfeld, I. Rappaport and A.S. Herzog as trustees for L. Liebowitz and J.H. Liebowitz, H. Donenfeld Foundation, Inc., all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N.Y.

Half page Varsity Vic story "Deliver these and come right back."

Characters Varsity Vic
Genre teen
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

10 page Lois Lane story "[The Super-Family of Steel!] Part II: The Bride Gets Super-Powers!"

Characters Van-Zee; Sylvia De Witt; Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Miss Jingles; Lyle; Lili; Lana Lang
Synopsis The couple go on their honeymoon in space, then settle on Venus where they have twin children, after which the girl who looks like Lois gets superpowers.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes Writer identification from Martin O'Hearn.
Reprinted in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #207 (June 1968); in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 (2009)

1 page Letters to Lois letters page

Pencils Al Plastino ? (logo illustration)
Inks ? (logo illustration)
Colors ? (logo illustration)
Letters typeset
Notes Letters submitted by Joan Barnett; J. Higgins; Dennis Farrell; Kathleen Williams; Jimmy Horwitz; Andy Rahl; Robbie Church; Alan Dreyfus; Edna Simmons

Half page Jerry the Jitterbug story "Sure, Timmy. I'll be right over"

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

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Coming Super-Attractions!"

Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Ad for Adventure Comics #269, Action Comics #261, and Superboy #79.

9 page Lois Lane story "[The Super-Family of Steel!] Part III: The Secret of the Super-Family!"

Characters Van-Zee; Sylvia DeWitt; Lyle; Lili; Superman; Lois Lane; Kandor; Fortress; Lana Lang; Superman robot
Synopsis All is revealed and Van-Zee and Sylvia move into the bottle city of Kandor.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes Writer identification from Martin O'Hearn.
Reprinted in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #207 (June 1968); in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 (2009)