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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published April 1959
Frequency monthly with the exception of Mar, June, Sept, Dec
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes first issue officially credited to Mort Weisinger as editor

Cover Details - "The Ugly Superman!"

Characters Lois Lane; Clark Kent; The Ugly Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Letters Ira Schnapp
Reprinted in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) #[nn]; in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 (2009)

7 page Lois Lane story "The Superwoman of Metropolis!"

Characters Lois Lane [also appears as Superwoman]; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White
Synopsis Superman transfers some of his powers to Lois Lane in order to teach her a lesson.
Genre superhero
Script Alvin Schwartz
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn; confirmed by Alvin Schwartz.
Reprinted in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #95 (October 1969); in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #131 (June 1973); in Superman (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #4/1974; in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 (2009)

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll ad"

1 page Viking Prince promo (ad from the publisher) "Why Does the Viking Prince Risk His Life..."

Genre adventure; period
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes house ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #23

1 page public service announcement "What's Your B. Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)"

Synopsis Advocating tolerance for others different than yourself.
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Later appeared in DC comics cover-dated April 1966.

8 page Lois Lane story "The Ugly Superman!"

Characters Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Perry White; Ugly Superman (introduction)
Synopsis A wrestler billed as the Ugly Superman falls for Lois. But when he won't stop forcing his attention on Lois, Superman teaches him who the better man is.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes writer identification by Martin O'Hearn
Reprinted in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #3 (Summer 1961); in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) #[nn]; in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 (2009)

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Pop ad"

1 page Letters to Lois letters page

Script Mort Weisinger ?
Pencils ? (logo illustration)
Inks ? (logo illustration)
Colors ? (logo illustration)
Letters typeset
Notes Letters submitted by Marcia Campoy; Elsie Mason; Betsy Yavers; Gladys Simpson; Buddy Decker; Eddie J. Rising; Edward Gaines; Wayne Griffith. Promotes the appearance of Pat Boone in the next issue and the debut of Lucy Lane in an upcoming issue of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen.

1 page Peg story "There's Myra. She's always spinning her hoop."

Characters Peg; Myra
Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

8 page Lois Lane story "Queen for a Day!"

Characters Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]
Synopsis Clark and Lois are shipwrecked on an island full of Amazons.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #3 (2009)

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Fudge ad"