Issue | #3 |
Published | July-August 1958 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual) |
Characters | Lois Lane; Superbaby |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Stan Kaye ?; Al Plastino ? |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Notes | Showcase reprint credits Plastino on Inks. |
Reprinted | in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
Characters | Little Pete |
Genre | children |
Script | Henry Boltinoff; Jack Schiff ? (Plot) |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
Notes | inside front cover; no dialogue |
Characters | Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen |
Synopsis | Superman smashes a crystalline meteor in space, but when he returns to Earth he begins to glow with a rainbow aura, and for some reason it happens every time Lois opens her mirror locket. Now he has to keep her from opening it when he is near her as Clark Kent, until the strange effect wears off. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Otto Binder |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Reprinted | in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #8 (Winter 1963-64) [retitled there as "The Rainbow Clark Kent"]; in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
Genre | science fiction; superhero |
Pencils | Bob Brown |
Inks | Bob Brown |
Letters | Ira Schnapp |
Notes | house ad for Showcase (DC, 1955 series) #15 [first Space Ranger story] |
Characters | Binny |
Genre | teen |
Pencils | Irwin Hasen ? |
Inks | Irwin Hasen ? |
Characters | Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Ronald Van Horton [Mark Benton] |
Synopsis | Lois is on the trail of a modern-day Robin Hood when she meets Mark Benton, who is a double for Clark Kent. It turns out Benton is hiding two secret identities; he is the Robin Hood, and he's also the wealthy Ronald Van Horton. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Coleman |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Reprinted | in Lois Lane Annual (DC, 1962 series) #1 (Summer 1962); in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #99 (February 1970); in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
Characters | Cora; Al |
Genre | teen |
Script | Henry Boltinoff |
Pencils | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
Genre | fact |
Pencils | Morris Waldinger ? |
Inks | Tommy Nicolosi ? |
Synopsis | origins of various bridal customs |
Genre | fact |
Pencils | Morris Waldinger ? |
Inks | Tommy Nicolosi ? |
Genre | humor |
Pencils | ? (logo illustration) |
Inks | ? (logo illustration) |
Colors | ? (logo illustration) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | page of jokes |
Characters | Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Superbaby and as Clark Kent] |
Synopsis | When Superman travels to the past to retrieve his super-baby booties, Superbaby is transported to the present and falls into the hands of Lois Lane. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Coleman |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Notes | writer identification by Bob Hughes (February 2008) |
Reprinted | in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
Characters | Fran Farrell |
Genre | teen |
Pencils | Irwin Hasen ? |
Inks | Irwin Hasen ? |