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Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane 15

SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #15

Cover Date: February 1960
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1959-12-24

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Super-Family of Steel!" (26 Pages)
"Part I: Super-Husband and Wife!"
"Part II: The Bride Gets Super-Powers!"
"Part III: The Secret of the Super-Family!"

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #135/3; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #43)

Supporting Character(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #135/3; next in Action Comics #261)
Lana Lang (in between issues #12/3 and #17/2)

Villain(s):

two unidentified alien criminals (first appearance for both)

Other Character(s):

Van-Zee (first appearance; a lookalike of Superman; next in issue #21)
Sylvia Van-Zee (first appearance; formerly Sylvia Dewitt; marries Van-Zee and acquires Kryptonian super-powers; a lookalike of Lois Lane; also used the identity "Jane Brown" next in issue #21)
Mr. Dewitt (first appearance; in flashback; Sylvia's father)
Sir Essex (first appearance; in flashback; an elderly Englishman tha t Mr. Dewitt tries to get Sylvia to marry)
A Superman robot
Lili Van-Zee (first appearance; Van and Sylvia's toddler daughter; next in issue #21)
Lyle-Zee (first appearance; Van and Sylvia's toddler son; next in issue #21)
Urthians (first appearance; an alien race)
Laura Barton (first appearance; cabin-mate of "Jane Brown")
a native chief on a tropical island
Miss Jingles (first appearance; a robot maid; destroyed)
Kandorians

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jor-El (face carved on an asteroid)
Lara Jor-El (face carved on an asteroid)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813
a memorial asteroid near the remains of Krypton
Space Sector 2814
Earth
an unidetified Mid-Western city
an unidetified tropical island
the Atlantic Ocean
Fortress of Solitude
Bottled City of Kandor
the Garden of Eden
Metropolis
Pittsdale
the Sahara Desert
Venus
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
an unidentified planet (featuring "the Niagara of Space," molten metal "waterfalls")
an unidentified planet (featuring two moons, which Van-Zee carves his an Sylvia's likenesses)
Urth (first appearance)
Hospital Satellite (first appearance)

Comment(s):

This story occurs over the course of at least two to three years.
It is revealed Sylvia has Type A blood, while Lois has Type O. The Koeium-66-Beta super-serum formula only works on those with Type-A blood.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman #207/5 (June 1968)
Showcase Presents: Superman Family #3 ([April] 2009)

Solicitation:

A girl who looks very much like Lois Lane meets a man who looks and acts very much like Superman, and they get married by a native chief on a remote island.


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