We begin with Lois Lane in "Indian Death Charge" by Robert Kanigher, Werner Roth, and Vince Colletta. Lois Lane is among the onlookers who await a group of Native Americans who are scheduled to perform a rain dance. When their leader, Johnny Lone Eagle, announces that there will be no dance, the crowd is furious. Superman is forced to break up the scuffle.
Lois returns to the Native village with Johnny. She meets Singing Rain, a young mother and Johnny's sister. The Natives explain that construction workers have built a dam that will flood their village. The Natives refuse to go quietly and a confrontation ensues. Once again Superman steps in. He moves the dam to a neutral location which saves the village but satisfies the dam builders.
Later, Singing Rain is fatally injured. Her dying wish is that Lois raises her baby Little Moon. Lois returns home with the child and performs the duties of a foster mother. When she is in a car accident, she is willing to save the child at the cost of her own life. However, a man rescues Lois. He is Joseph Bright Wing, Little Moon's father. He takes custody of the child, but Lois is given an award for her role as a foster mother.
The backup story is the Rose and the Thorn in "The Face of Fate" by Robert Kanigher, Ross Andru, and Michael Esposito. The Thorn rescues Danny Stone from a group of thugs working for the 100. Stone is concerned for his sister Laura, who has fallen under the influence of Albert Talbot, one of the 100's heads. Thorn recognizes Talbot as the man responsible for the death of Selena Mason, the ghost haunting her.
Thorn tracks down Talbot and rescues Laura. Talbot is disfigured in a fire resulting from the melee. Thorn turns him over to Stone for arrest. Selena finally has justice and disappears.
Edited by E. Nelson Bridwell.
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