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SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #43

Cover Date: August 1963
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1963-06-27

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Cover Credits:
Art: Kurt Schaffenberger


Story: "The Girl Who Mourned for Superman!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
LetteringJoe Letterese (?)
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #163; next in the second story in this issue; also in flashback)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #163/2; next in the second story in this issue; also in two flashbacks)
Superman of Earth-43 (first appearance; dies)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor of Earth-43 (first appearance; dies)
Ice-People (first appearance; in flashback)
Brain Planets (first appearance of both; in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen Fan Club (last/next in ???)
Jimmy Olsen of Earth-43 (first appearance; next in Superman Vol. 1 #215)
Lois Lane of Earth-43 (first appearance; next in Superman Vol. 1 #215)
Lucy Lane of Earth-43 (first appearance)
Perry White of Earth-43 (first appearance; next in Superman Vol. 1 #215)
Superman Emergency Squad of Earth-43 (first appearance)
the Ambassador of Atlantis of Earth-43 (first appearance)
various UN delegates of Earth-43 (first appearance of all)
a Superman Robot of Earth-43 (first appearance)

Location(s):

Earth
Metropolis
Earth-43 (first appearance; see Comments)
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Vengeance Island

Comment(s):

"Earth-Forty-Three" was named in Crisis on Infinite Earths: Absolute Edition (November 2005)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #113/4 (September-October 1971)


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Second Story: "Lois Lane - Volunteer Nurse!"

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Guest Star(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman Vol. 1 #163; next in Action Comics #303)
Perry White (last in Superman Vol. 1 #163/2; next in Action Comics #303)

Villain(s):

the 14-Karat Gang (tricks Lois into having Superman fly "Paul Hunt" to Mexico in an iron lung)
"Surgeon-General Blair" (first appearance)
"Lieutenant Paul Hunt" (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

unidentified hospital patients

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
Mexico

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #120/3 (March 1972)


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Third Story: "The Girl Who Deserted Superman!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman (?)
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #303)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #303)

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang (in between Action Comics #302 and #304)

Other Character(s):

Lana Lang's doctor (first appearance)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Superman and Lana's son (in Lana's dream)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude (in Lana's dream)
Metropolis


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