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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published July-August 1958
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual)

Cover Details - "Lois Lane Adopts a Super-Baby!"

Characters Lois Lane; Superbaby
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye ?; Al Plastino ?
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Showcase reprint credits Plastino on Inks.
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

1 page Little Pete public service announcement "Are You a Litter-Bug?"

Characters Little Pete
Genre children
Script Henry Boltinoff; Jack Schiff ? (Plot)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes inside front cover; no dialogue

8 page Lois Lane story "The Rainbow Superman"

Characters Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis Superman smashes a crystalline meteor in space, but when he returns to Earth he begins to glow with a rainbow aura, and for some reason it happens every time Lois opens her mirror locket. Now he has to keep her from opening it when he is near her as Clark Kent, until the strange effect wears off.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #8 (Winter 1963-64) [retitled there as "The Rainbow Clark Kent"]; in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

1 page Space Ranger promo (ad from the publisher) "Meet Space Ranger"

Genre science fiction; superhero
Pencils Bob Brown
Inks Bob Brown
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes house ad for Showcase (DC, 1955 series) #15 [first Space Ranger story]

1 page Binny story "There's that handsome fellow I've been wanting to meet all summer!"

Characters Binny
Genre teen
Pencils Irwin Hasen ?
Inks Irwin Hasen ?

8 page Lois Lane story "The Man Who Was Clark Kent's Double"

Characters Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Ronald Van Horton [Mark Benton]
Synopsis Lois is on the trail of a modern-day Robin Hood when she meets Mark Benton, who is a double for Clark Kent. It turns out Benton is hiding two secret identities; he is the Robin Hood, and he's also the wealthy Ronald Van Horton.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted in Lois Lane Annual (DC, 1962 series) #1 (Summer 1962); in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #99 (February 1970); in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

1 page Cora the Car Hop story "How about a date tonight, Cora?"

Characters Cora; Al
Genre teen
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

Half page filler "Famous Newspaper Firsts"

Genre fact
Pencils Morris Waldinger ?
Inks Tommy Nicolosi ?

1 page Oddities in Romance story

Synopsis origins of various bridal customs
Genre fact
Pencils Morris Waldinger ?
Inks Tommy Nicolosi ?

1 page Read 'Em and Laugh text article

Genre humor
Pencils ? (logo illustration)
Inks ? (logo illustration)
Colors ? (logo illustration)
Letters typeset
Notes page of jokes

8 page Lois Lane story "Lois Lane and the Babe of Steel"

Characters Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Superbaby and as Clark Kent]
Synopsis When Superman travels to the past to retrieve his super-baby booties, Superbaby is transported to the present and falls into the hands of Lois Lane.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes writer identification by Bob Hughes (February 2008)
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Superman Family (DC, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

1 page Fran story "Pardon me, I'm looking for Miss Farrell!"

Characters Fran Farrell
Genre teen
Pencils Irwin Hasen ?
Inks Irwin Hasen ?