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SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #12

Cover Date: October 1959
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1959-08-11

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Mermaid of Metropolis" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (critically injured with damage to her legs and lungs, is turned into a mermaid; last in Action Comics #256; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Aquaman (last/next in ???)
Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #133/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Topo (in between Adventure Comics #265/2 and #266/2)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Hanson (first appearance; "the world's most skilled surgeon;" to save Lois Lane's life, turns her into a mermaid)
medical staff at a Honolulu hopital (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

the Pacific Ocean
United States of America
Honolulu, Hawaii
Waikiki Beach

Comment(s):

This story takes place over the course of at least a week or two, on and around August 21, 1959, the day Hawaii achieved statehood.
So he can legally perform surgery on Lois Lane, Superman quickly reads the content of a medical library, his super intelligence earning himself a medical degree.

Story Reprinted in:

Lois Lane Annual #1/5 (Summer 1962)
Showcase Presents: Aquaman #1 ([April] 2007)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #3 ([April] 2009)


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Second Story: "The Girl Atlas!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
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):

Lana Lang (temporarily acquires super strength and invulnerability; last in issue #11; next in the third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

a pair of foreign spies' (first appearance for both; Igor named; attempt to eliminate Superman with atomic bullets)

Other Character(s):

Professor Morris (first appearance; creates a formula which, hen bathed in, grants super strength and invulnerability)
Mac the Mountain (first appearance; a famous wrestler and considered one of the world's strongest men)
Silo Sam (first appearance; a famous wrestler and considered one of the world's strongest men)
citizens of Metropolis

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Lois Lane Annual #2/4 (Summer 1963)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #3 ([April] 2009)


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Third Story: "Lois Lane Loves Clark Kent!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein (?)
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #40)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #258)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (in between Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #39/3 and #40)
Lana Lang (last in the second story in this issue; next in issue #15)
Perry White (in between Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #39/2 and #40)

Villain(s):

The "Green Hood" Gang (first appearance; in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Frank Bliss (first appearance; Daily Planet features writer)

Location(s):

Metropolis
344 Clinton St.
Daily Planet

Comment(s):

Thinking Clark is really Superman, Clark and Lois become engaged briefly.

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Superman Family #3 ([April] 2009)


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