Issue | #23 |
Published | February 1961 |
Frequency | monthly, with the exception of Mar, June, Sept, Dec |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Characters | Lois Lane Kent; Superman; Larry Kent; Carole Kent |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Characters | Lois Lane [Elastic Lass]; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; the Wrecker; Lana Lang; Supergirl [also appears as Linda Lee] |
Synopsis | Lois borrows Jimmy Olsen's serum and becomes Elastic Lass so she can catch the Wrecker, who has been blowing up statues around Metropolis. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Notes | Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn. One panel of this story is reprinted in The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #169. |
Reprinted | in Lois Lane Annual (DC, 1962 series) #2 (Summer 1963) |
Characters | William Penn; Tom Paine; Emma Lazarus; John Peter Zenger; Harriet Tubman |
Synopsis | historical quiz |
Genre | fact |
Script | Jack Schiff |
Pencils | Bernard Baily |
Inks | Bernard Baily |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Notes | published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly |
Reprinted | in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #105 (October 1970) |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Notes | house ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #2 |
Characters | Janie; Sandy; Fulton J. Haspen |
Genre | teen |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Statement of October 1, 1960 Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months: 458,000 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. |
Characters | Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor; Lena Thorul (introduction, Luthor's sister); Perry White; Lucy Lane |
Synopsis | Strange events lead Lois to believe that librarian Lena Thorul is the reincarnation of a witch put to death in the seventeenth century. However, Superman learns that Lex Luthor is trying to scare Lois off because he fears that she may discover that Lena is Luthor's sister, and he doesn't want anyone to know -- not even Lena. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Notes | writer identification by Martin O'Hearn |
Reprinted | in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #11 (June 1965) |
Characters | Varsity Vic |
Genre | teen |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
Script | Mort Weisinger ? |
Pencils | Al Plastino ? (logo illustration) |
Inks | ? (logo illustration) |
Colors | ? (logo illustration) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Letters submitted by Anthony Guarino; Vicky Lang; Frank Santora; Barney Ketchum; Matilda Grey |
Characters | Lois Lane Kent; Superman; Larry Kent; Carole Kent; Lana Lang; Perry White |
Synopsis | Lois is jealous because Lana has taken her old job and also flirts constantly with Superman (because no one knows Superman and Lois are married). |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Notes | "Imaginary Story, third of a series" writer identification by Martin O'Hearn |
Reprinted | in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #86 (October 1968) |