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Issue: Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #3
Publication Date: July 1958
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Issues: #3 of 137 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/20/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1958, page 154, registration number B711827.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#68, 77, 86, 95, 104)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Lois Lane Adopts a Super-Baby!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: That child has super-strength and x-ray vision.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman Family #2 [unnamed variant] published April 2008
as Lois Lane Adopts a Super-Baby! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Showcase reprint credits Plastino on inks.
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Are You a Litter-Bug?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, opinion
First Line: What a ball field! I wonder who messed it up!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover.
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The Rainbow Superman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Professor Jason
First Line: Goodness, Superman! I feel as if I've dated a...
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.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Annual #8 published January 1963
as The Rainbow Clark Kent! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #8/1967 published April 1967
as Der Regenbogen-Clark [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman Family #2 [unnamed variant] published April 2008
as The Rainbow Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Meet Space Ranger

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
First Line: You'll thrill to the daring exploits of Rick Starr...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #15 [first Space Ranger story].
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Binny
Character(s): Binny; handsome fellow; life guard
First Line: There's that handsome fellow I've been wanting to meet all summer!
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Pages: 1
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The Man Who Was Clark Kent's Double

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic, superhero
Character(s): Ronald Van Horton [Mark Benton] [Robin Hood]
First Line: I'll have to leave now, Lois darling!
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.
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In Content Item: FlagLois Lane Annual #1 published January 1962
as The Man Who Was Clark Kent's Double [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #99 published February 1970
as The Man Who Was Clark Kent's Double [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman Family #2 [unnamed variant] published April 2008
as The Man Who Was Clark Kent's Double [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Al
First Line: How about a date tonight, Cora?
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Pages: 1
Job Number: 3028
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Famous Newspaper Firsts
Character(s): Barney Flaherty
First Line: On September 4, 1833, Barney Flaherty, a ten-year old lad...
Synopsis: Three firsts: first newspaper delivery boy (1833), first telegraphed news story (1844) and first airplane to cover a news event (1910).
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: This coupon ad appeared in all July and August DC issues.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, romantic
First Line: Among various people it was customary for a newly married man...
Synopsis: Origins of various wedding customs.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (logo illustration)
Inker(s): ? (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Read 'Em and Laugh
First Line: A vacuum cleaner salesman scattered a sack of dirt...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 14 clean jokes.
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Lois Lane and the Babe of Steel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): toy store clerk; policeman; carnival operator; orphanage matron; King of Syvania
First Line: That's not candy! It's... oh... what's the use!
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.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Superman Family #2 [unnamed variant] published April 2008
as Lois Lane and the Babe of Steel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Fran
Character(s): Fran Farrell; gentleman caller
First Line: Pardon me, I'm looking for Miss Farrell!
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Pages: 1
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Do You Want Spending Money?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: religious
First Line: Just write and ask us to send you 40 of these beautiful...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Recruitment ad by Stephens Credit Sales, Dept. NE, P.O. Box 1004, Nashville, Tennessee.
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Magic Magnifier Helps Betty & Jim Solve Big "Jewel Mystery!"

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Betty; Jim
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover ad for Cloverine Brand Salve from Wilson Chemical Company, Dept. 115-14, Tyrone, Pennsylvania.
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For the Best in Comics Entertainment

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Every DC Comic is Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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