We begin with Lois Lane in "The Spectre Suitor" by Cary Bates, Werner Roth, and Vince Colletta. While Lois conducts an interview with Noel Tate, thieves break into his house. Noel and Lois interrupt the thieves and are nearly killed. They are saved by a ghost who takes a fascination with Lois. The ghost begins stalking her and causing odd behavior in her and her friends.
The phantom then causes Lois to break into Tate's home to steal a dirk which transports her back in time to the 19th century. There she realizes that the ghost is that of Jack the Ripper. Superman travels back in time to save Lois. The Ripper was Tate's relative who had fallen in love with Lois. Once back in their own time, Superman finds the dirk which allowed the ghost to manifest. It has been destroyed. This story was reprinted in Best of DC #38 (1983).
We end with The Rose and the Thorn in "Mourn for the Thorn" by Robert Kanigher, Ross Andru, and Mike Esposito. While the Thorn wages her personal war against the 100, the syndicate sends more killers to eliminate her. The gang succeeds by poisoning her with carbon monoxide. The Thorn's body is then put on display in a gold coffin. After the public, including Superman and Lois Lane, learn of the Thorn's death, her body is taken away for burial. When her coffin is accidentally dropped, she revives. The Thorn was only in suspended animation, a state which she entered intentionally to find additional members of the 100. She then marks five more names off her list.
Edited by E. Nelson Bridwell.
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