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Issue Details

Issue	#31
Published	February 1962
Frequency	monthly, with the exception of Mar, June, Sept, Dec
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Jealous Lois Lane!"

Characters	Lois Lane; Superman; Lana Lang
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Letters	Ira Schnapp

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "First, we would like to thank you for having bought this DC magazine..."

Synopsis	Letter from the publisher announcing the price increase from ten cents to twelve cents.
Letters	typeset
Notes	inside front cover

8 page Lois Lane story "The Magic Spectacles!"

Characters	Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Lucy Lane
Synopsis	Lois acquires a pair of magoc glasses that show her what animal each person she encounters most resembles in personality. Superman must somehow stop her before she looks at Clark Kent.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	John Forte
Inks	John Forte

1 page Superman promo (ad from the publisher) "Watch for the Fourth Superman Annual!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	house ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4

1 page public service announcement "Let Science Serve You!"

Synopsis	Facts about scientific discoveries and a reminder to have an annual physical to take advantage of advances in medicine.
Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Morris Waldinger ?; Tommy Nicolosi ?
Inks	Morris Waldinger ?; Tommy Nicolosi ?
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

7 page Lois Lane story "The Jealous Lois Lane!"

Characters	Lois Lane; Professor Potter; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Betty Drew; Lori Lemaris; Topo (Aquaman's pet octopus); Lana Lang
Synopsis	Lois is wearing Professor Potter's new invention, a machine that rings when the user is jealous, but she goes to great lengths to keep the bell from ringing so that no one will know that she minds when Superman is nice to other women.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted	in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #87 (October 1968)

Half page Shorty story "Gosh, I never thought I'd make it!"

Characters	Shorty
Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page Letters to Lois letters page

Script	Mort Weisinger ?
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger (logo illustration)
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger (logo illustration)
Colors	? (logo illustration)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters submitted by Richard Cohen; Larry Kempster; Sheila Roberts; Kerry Knudsen; Donald Osterbauer; Gary Bookman

9 page Lois Lane story "The Unforgettable Superman!"

Characters	Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Doug Tanner; Jimmy Olsen; Clark Kent [only appears as Superman in flashback]; Roy Sands
Synopsis	Lois and Lana both meet handsome military men and consider getting married, but neither one can give up on the idea of someday marrying Superman.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger

Half page Cora the Car Hop story "Brr, it's nasty. I'll have a bowl of hot soup"

Characters	Cora; Alice
Genre	teen
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

Half page statement of ownership

Letters	typeset
Notes	Statement of October 1, 1961 Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months: 515,000 Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., H. Donenfeld, I. Donenfeld, S. Iger, H. Donenfeld Foundation, Inc., J.S. Liebowitz, P.H. Sampliner, S.U. Sampliner, all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N.Y.