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Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane 40

SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #40

Cover Date: April 1963
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1963-02-14

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Cover Credits:
Art: Kurt Schaffenberger


Story: "Lois Lane, Hag!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #160; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #160/2; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White (last in Superman Vol. 1 #160/2; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Dr. Lucas Sharpe (first appearance; founder of "Youth, Inc.; a scam youth-treatment business)
his gang (first appearance for all; Mitch named and poses as a "young" Perry White; also crooked actors "Madam Mimi" and ""Rocky" Rhodes")

Cameo Appearance(s):

Lana Lang (in Lois' dream)
Lucy Lane (in Lois' dream)

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #95/6 (September-October 1969)


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Second Story: "Lois Lane, Foreign Correspondent" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (in between the first and in the third stories in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (in between the first and in the third stories in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman Vol. 1 #160/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #68)
Lana Lang (last in Action Comics #298; next in the third story in this issue)
Lucy Lane (in between Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #67/3 and #68)
Perry White (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #68)

Villain(s):

The Hangman of Brozna (Duke Rinaldo d'Laslo; first appearance; a war criminal)

Other Character(s):

a pastor in Brozna (first appearance)
citizens of Brozna

Cameo Appearance(s):

The Mad Archer (wax statue; a criminal)
Phantom Bomber (wax statue; a criminal)
Masked Patriot (wax statue; a hero of Brozna)

Location(s):

Brozna (first appearance; a small European country)
Metropolis


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Third Story: "The Lana Lang of 500 B.C.!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (travels back in time to Ancient Greece; last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #68)

Supporting Character(s):

Clark Kent (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #68)
Lana Lang (also poses as "Ilya of Athens;" last in the second story in this issue; next in issue #41)

Villain(s):

Circe (in between the flashback in Action Comics #293/2 and #311/2)
a trio of thieves in Ancient Greece (first appearance of all; Aegisthus named)

Other Character(s):

Achilles
citizens of Ancient Athens

Cameo Appearance(s):

Apollo (statue)
Mercury (statue)

Location(s):

Ancient Greece
Athens
Metropolis
Daily Planet


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