Issue Details

Issue	#30
Published	January 1962
Frequency	monthly with the exception of Mar, June, Sept, Dec
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger
Notes	First 12 cent issue; on-sale date: 14 November 1962 (Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005)

Cover Details - "Superman's Secret Family!"

Characters	Lois Lane; Superman; Mooki; Nipper
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Letters	Ira Schnapp

8 page Lois Lane story "When Superman Abandoned Lois Lane!"

Characters	Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Krypto; Perry White; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Topo
Synopsis	Superman tries to teach Lois not to be so reckless with the help of Krypto and Aquaman, but it doesn't work.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger

1 page Superman promo (ad from the publisher) "Watch for the Fourth Superman Annual!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	house ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4, on sale November 9

1 page Peter Porkchops public service announcement "The Secret of the Happy Pig!"

Characters	Peter Porkchops; Mervin Mouse; Wolfie
Synopsis	Peter tells Mervin that the secret of really being happy is just to be yourself rather than trying to be like everyone else.
Genre	funny animals
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Rube Grossman
Inks	Rube Grossman
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated April 1958.

Half page Professor Eureka story "To the Hotel Westmore, driver."

Characters	Professor Eureka
Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	Reprint data from Arthur Lortie, added August 2006.
Reprinted	from Action Comics (1938 series) #223 (DC, 1956)

7 page Lois Lane story "Superman's Secret Family! (Part I)"

Characters	Lois Lane; Superman; Perry White; Professor Burke; Mooki; Nipper; Superman robot
Synopsis	Using a super-telescope, Lois sees Superman fly to a distant planet where he appears to be hiding a mermaid wife and son.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes	writer identification by Martin O'Hearn
Reprinted	in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #112 (August 1971)

2 page Varsity Vic story "Vic, this fellow Bill has signs up all over the town!"

Characters	Varsity Vic; Herby
Synopsis	Vic is running for student body president and needs to come up with some cheap publicity.
Genre	teen
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page Letters to Lois letters page

Script	Mort Weisinger ?
Pencils	Al Plastino ? (logo illustration)
Inks	? (logo illustration)
Colors	? (logo illustration)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters submitted by Larraine Lertura; E. Nelson Bridwell; Gene Friedman; Tom Simcock; Matcia Haley; Paul Seydor; Pamela Harris

7 page Lois Lane story "The Robot Paradise! (Part II)"

Characters	Lois Lane; Superman; Superman robot X-3; Mooki; Nipper; Superman robots (flashback); Krypto (cameo flashback)
Synopsis	Lois and Superman learn the truth about the super-family -- defective Superman robot X-3 built a robot mermaid wife and son on the faraway planet because he wanted a life like Superman's.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes	writer identification by Martin O'Hearn
Reprinted	in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #112 (August 1971)

1 page Batman promo (ad from the publisher) "Another Giant Batman Collection!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan; Sheldon Moldoff; Dick Sprang
Inks	Charles Paris
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2, on sale November 16