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Issue Details

Issue	#27
Published	August 1961
Frequency	monthly with the exception of Mar, June, Sept, Dec
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Lois Lane's Super-Brain!"

Characters	Bizarro; Lois Lane
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Reprinted	in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn]

8 page Lois Lane story "Lois Lane's Super-Brain!"

Characters	Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Professor Holt; Dr. Von Schmitt; Perry White; Garry Moore; Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro
Synopsis	After tampering with Professor Holt's brain machine Lois gives herself super-intelligence, but also makes her head grow out of proportion with her body. She then tries to hide this mutation from everyone she meets.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes	Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn. Lois appears on the real-world television show "I've Got a Secret" (hosted by Garry Moore) in this story. One panel from this story is reprinted in The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #169.
Reprinted	in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #95 (October 1969)

Half page Little Pete story "Look -- horse rides."

Characters	Little Pete; Pete's dad
Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

Half page Superman promo (ad from the publisher) "See the Many Fantastic Faces of Superman..."

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	house ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #3, on sale June 22

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "At Last!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	various
Inks	various
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	house ad for Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1, on sale June 15

8 page Lois Lane story "The Battle of the Sisters!"

Characters	Lois Lane; Lucy Lane; Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lana Lang; Bor-Jak (Kryptonian); Kandor; Van-Zee (cameo); Sylvia (cameo)
Synopsis	Lois is shocked when Superman asks Lucy Lane to marry him. She teams up with Jimmy Olsen to figure out what's really going on, and it turns out to be Bor-Jak, yet another Kandorian double for Superman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye

Half page Batman promo (ad from the publisher) "The Inside Stories of Batman and Robin's Top Secrets"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan; Sheldon Moldoff; Dick Sprang
Inks	Charles Paris
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1, on sale June 29

1 page Letters to Lois letters page

Script	Mort Weisinger ?
Pencils	Al Plastino ? (logo illustration)
Inks	? (logo illustration)
Colors	? (logo illustration)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters submitted by Joan Lee; Larry Mandell; Dennis Weil; Betty Makohan; Richard Gorsky; Bonnie-Jo Jacobson; Larry Gates; Joel Marks

7 page Lois Lane story "The Last Days of Lois Lane!"

Characters	Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; General Horton; Professor Van Hess; Dr. Jerrold; Sam Lane; Ella Lane
Synopsis	Lois believes she's got less than a week to live due to radiation poisoning and tries to get stories that no other reporter would attempt.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes	Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn.
Reprinted	in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #84 (July 1968)