Issue Details

Issue	#42
Published	July 1963
Frequency	monthly, with the exception of Mar, June, Sept, Dec
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Lois Lane's Teen-Age Romance with Superman!"

Characters	Lois Lane; Superman; Justice of the Peace
Synopsis	A Justice of the Peace refuses to marry Lois and Superman.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Letters	Ira Schnapp

9 page Lois Lane story "The Girl Who Destroyed Atlantis!"

Characters	Lois Lane; Klar-Kan (Superman look-alike); Roh-Tul (Lex Luthor look-alike); Lori Lemaris
Synopsis	Lois travels back in time to Atlantis when it was above the sea and discovers its leader Roh-Tul is not the humanitarian he pretends to be.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted	in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #104 (October 1970)

Half page Jerry the Jitterbug story "Isn't it a beautiful night..."

Characters	Jerry; Jerry's Date; Policeman
Synopsis	Jerry's date has a policeman for a father.
Genre	teen
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

7 page Lois Lane story "The Monkey's Paw!"

Characters	Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lucy Lane; Lana Lang
Synopsis	Lois acquires the magical monkey's paw, but throws it away before using its three wishes.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted	in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #104 (October 1970)

1 page Batman and Robin promo (ad from the publisher) "The Strange Lives of Batman and Robin"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff; Dick Sprang
Inks	Charles Paris; Stan Kaye
Letters	Ira Schnapp ?
Notes	house ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #5, on sale May 23

Half page Letters to Lois letters page

Synopsis	Letters submitted by Stephen Charles; Nathan King; Charles Holland; Stephen Schottenfeld; Ellen Locke; Joan Myers
Script	Mort Weisinger ?
Letters	typeset

9 page Lois Lane story "The Romance of Superbaby and Baby Lois!"

Characters	Lois Lane; Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Lucy Lane (cameo); Perry White (cameo); Fortress of Solitude
Synopsis	Lois receives a blow to the head that causes a temporary personality change. She ruthlessly blackmails Superman into marrying her, but her efforts are complicated when she uses a rejuvenation spray from Superman's Fortress of Solitude that makes her and Superman appear progressively younger.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted	in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn]

Half page Homer story "I just finished building..."

Characters	Homer; Al (neighbor)
Synopsis	Homer uses Al's fence to build a fire in his new barbeque grill.
Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff