Unofficial Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane Index

SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #5

Cover Date: November-December 1958
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1958-09-16

< PREV

TITLE INDEX

NEXT >

Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: "Superman's Greatest Sacrifice" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Robert Bernstein
Art	Kurt Schaffenberger
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #125/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #125/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Perry White (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #32/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Jarvis (first appearance; Dolores Drake's butler; disguises himself as Superman to try and marry Drake)

the Flynn Mob (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Dolores Drake (first appearance; the world's richest woman; never photographed but is a lookalike for Lois Lane; tricked into believing "Superman" is in love with her)

Location(s):

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #3/8 (September 1964)

Showcase Presents: Superman Family #2 ([April] 2008)

2

Second Story: "The Girl of 100 Costumes" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Coleman
Art	Al Plastino
Lettering	Joe Letterese (?)
Editing	Mort 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):

Perry White (in between the first and the third stories in this issue)

Other Character(s):

Joyce Van Ressler (first appearance; an actress; loans Lois a trunk full of mvie costumes)

Thelma Carr (first appearance; an actress)

Hank Hunter (first appearance; an actor)

citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis

Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Superman Family #2 ([April] 2008)

3

Third Story: "The Fattest Girl in Metropolis" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Otto Binder
Art	Kurt Schaffenberger
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #247)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #246)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (in between Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #32/3 and #33)

Perry White (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #246)

Villain(s):

"Swag" Swanson (first appearance; killed by his would-be partner)

"swag's" unidentified partner (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Professor Colby (first appearance; secretly working with Superman, "accidentally" zaps Lois with a "growth ray" which makes her fat, disguising her from a killer only she can identify)