Issue | #8 |
Published | April 1959 |
Frequency | monthly with the exception of Mar, June, Sept, Dec |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Notes | first issue officially credited to Mort Weisinger as editor |
Characters | Lois Lane; Clark Kent; The Ugly Superman |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Reprinted | in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) #[nn]; in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 (2009) |
Characters | Lois Lane [also appears as Superwoman]; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White |
Synopsis | Superman transfers some of his powers to Lois Lane in order to teach her a lesson. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Alvin Schwartz |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Notes | Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn; confirmed by Alvin Schwartz. |
Reprinted | in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #95 (October 1969); in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #131 (June 1973); in Superman (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #4/1974; in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 (2009) |
Genre | adventure; period |
Pencils | Joe Kubert |
Inks | Joe Kubert |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Notes | house ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #23 |
Synopsis | Advocating tolerance for others different than yourself. |
Genre | fact |
Script | Jack Schiff |
Pencils | Bernard Baily |
Inks | Bernard Baily |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Notes | Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Later appeared in DC comics cover-dated April 1966. |
Characters | Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Perry White; Ugly Superman (introduction) |
Synopsis | A wrestler billed as the Ugly Superman falls for Lois. But when he won't stop forcing his attention on Lois, Superman teaches him who the better man is. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Robert Bernstein |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Notes | writer identification by Martin O'Hearn |
Reprinted | in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #3 (Summer 1961); in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) #[nn]; in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 (2009) |
Script | Mort Weisinger ? |
Pencils | ? (logo illustration) |
Inks | ? (logo illustration) |
Colors | ? (logo illustration) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Letters submitted by Marcia Campoy; Elsie Mason; Betsy Yavers; Gladys Simpson; Buddy Decker; Eddie J. Rising; Edward Gaines; Wayne Griffith. Promotes the appearance of Pat Boone in the next issue and the debut of Lucy Lane in an upcoming issue of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen. |
Characters | Peg; Myra |
Genre | humor |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
Characters | Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent] |
Synopsis | Clark and Lois are shipwrecked on an island full of Amazons. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Robert Bernstein |
Pencils | Wayne Boring |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Reprinted | in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 (2009) |