Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #114

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #114 (On Sale: July 22, 1971), has a nice cover by Dick Giordano.

We begin with Lois Lane and The Rose and the Thorn in "The Foe of 100 Faces" by Robert Kanigher, Werner Roth, and Vince Colletta, with an inking assist by Murphy Anderson. Lois Lane ventures into a black community to recruit a young black writer to work for the Daily Planet. When she arrives she finds Dave Stevens and his girlfriend Tina in the middle of planning a protest. 

As Lois and Dave walk outside of their building, they are attacked by henchmen from the 100. They are rescued by the vigilante Thorn and proceed to the protest site where they are fighting for better community conditions. Unbeknownst to them, the 100 have planted henchmen to disrupt the protest and violence soon breaks out. 

Thorn and Superman arrive to put down the violence. Superman offers to help with some construction that would be beneficial to office buildings and the community. Superman constructs a housing model and the community comes out to celebrate it. During the celebration, members of the 100 show up and throw a firebomb at the occupants. Lois picks up the bomb and throws it out of harm's way. 

As Lois disposes of the bomb she spots Thorn sneaking into the housing community. She follows and witnesses Thorn battling members of a group known as America Awakes which is a splinter group of the 100. Thorn subdues the gang members and Lois receives medical attention for her burnt hands. Dave Stevens is hired as the first black writer for the Daily Planet and Lois receives love and respect from Dave’s girlfriend Tina.

This issues reprint is "The Reptile Girl of Metropolis" by Leo Dorfman and Kurt Schaffenberger and reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #61 (1965). When Lois attends a nuclear experiment she is transformed by a radioactive accident into a reptilian. The nuclear physicist she was working with is also transformed. However, the scientist and the reporter are really imposters. The real Lois was taken prisoner during the experiment and held captive.

Lois escapes by drugging her guard, then she contacts Lucy and Jimmy. Lucy helps capture her imposter, then she joins the physicist to learn more. When she returns home, Lois discovers that Lucy was overpowered and the imposter escaped.

Lucy and Lois then track down the imposters. They watch as the pair is abducted by tiny aliens. Lois returns to the Daily Planet to report her story and discovers the reptilian imposter at her desk. Both imposters reveal themselves and turn out to be Superman and Supergirl.

Superman then explains that he found a scout to an invasion fleet, who planned to abduct the physicist. He and Supergirl disguised themselves so that they would be taken instead. Working together, the two heroes were then able to thwart the invasion and return to Earth.

Edited by E Nelson Bridwell.

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #113

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #113 (On Sale: July 6, 1971), has a cover by Dick Giordano.

We begin with "The Unknown Superman" drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger and reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #49 (1964). Lois Lane receives an anonymous tip which eventually leads her to Dr. Drolc who has invented a talent-tracer machine capable of divining unknown talents. Lois tests the machine and is surprised to learn that it works.

One of the tests leads her to a Native American man named Strong Bear who has superpowers. Strong Bear and Lois fall in love, and she accepts his wedding proposal. The tribe gives Lois a ring belonging to Strong Bear. She realizes that Dr. Drolc and the men the talent tracer located all wore the same ring. When Lois breaks the ring, Strong Bear's appearance changes into a deformed blue alien. The alien reveals that he posed as Drolc and the other men to trick Lois. He is the last survivor of a race whose planet was destroyed by nuclear war. The ring allowed him to take human form and survive on Earth. His love for Lois was real, but with the ring destroyed, he dies.

Next up is "The Monster Who Loved Lois Lane" by Edmond Hamilton and Kurt Schaffenberger and is reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #54 (1965). Lois visits the laboratory of scientist Dr. Elder who unveils a new device that penetrates the dimensional barrier, allowing exploration of alien dimensions. On the first test, a monster from the alien dimension comes to Earth. The monster, named Herko, possesses super-strength and invulnerability.

Herko is smitten with Lois. Lois leads the monster away from people, while Dr. Elder repairs the dimension device. Herko tries to protect Lois from Superman and proves equally powerful. When the repairs are finished, Lois leads Herko back to his own dimension through the portal. Herko remains heartbroken because he is separated from Lois.

That brings us to  "The Return of Lois' Monster Sweetheart" by Edmond Hamilton and Kurt Schaffenberger and is reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #57 (1965). Lois decides to check up on Herko, the monster from another dimension who fell in love with her. Lois and Jimmy step through the dimensional portal, but an accident traps them in Herko's dimension. 

Herko resumes his crush on Lois. Lois convinces Jimmy to court Zagga, a female monster who likes Herko. Lois hopes that Herko will become jealous and marry Zagga. Her plan backfires and both Jimmy and Lois are prepared to wed monsters. Lois is saved when her makeup makes Herko sick. Zagga cares for Herko, and the two monsters are joined in marriage. Lois and Jimmy return to their own dimension when Dr. Elder reopens the portal.

Next, we have "The Girl Who Mourned for Superman" by Leo Dorfman and Kurt Schaffenberger and reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #43 (1963). Lois Lane assists the Jimmy Olsen Fan Club in an electrical experiment. Without her knowledge, Lois is transported to a parallel world where she is captured by Lex Luthor. Luthor succeeds in killing the Superman of this world and himself in the process. Superman is subsequently replaced by a robot, then a citizen of Kandor.

Lois finally realizes she is on a different Earth when she meets the ambassador of Atlantis. On this Earth, Atlantis never sank beneath the ocean. Lois visits her counterpart but does not reveal herself. Another accidental electric shock transports her back to her own world.

We end with "Superman's Romance with Lana Lang" drawn by Curt Swan and George Klein and reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #41 (1963). Lois and Lana learn that years ago, they were briefly merged together into a single woman, Lana Lane, by an alien pendant. Believing the merger permanent Superman proposed, but soon learned that the girls would separate and die. One girl could be saved using a magic statue, so Superman is forced to choose when the girls part. Before his choice can be announced, the girls are both saved by radiation from a meteorite. The Man of Steel refuses to reveal who he chose to save.

Edited by E. Nelson Bridwell.

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #112

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #112 (On Sale: June 24, 1971), has a cover by Dick Giordano.

This issue begins with Lois Lane in "A Tree Grows in Metropolis" by Cary Bates, Werner Roth, and Vince Colletta. Superman saves an alien tree, the last remaining life-form on its planet, by bringing it to Earth and planting it in Metropolis Park. However, the "tree" is really a female alien who wants Superman for herself and tries to kill Lois.

Our reprint is "Superman's Secret Family" drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger and reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #30 (1962). Lois Lane visits the lab of Professor Burke, an astronomer who has invented a powerful telescope. Viewing distant worlds, Lois sees Superman with a mermaid wife and son. When he returns to Earth, Lois is upset that he did not tell her about his secret family.

Superman investigates and brings Lois to the small planet. They soon meet the mermaids and another Superman who turns out to be a robot. The robot explains that he is a damaged Superman robot X-3 that crashed on this world. A dying mermaid woman, Mooki, repaired him partially, but he was stranded on the planet. When Mooki died, X-3 built a robot Mooki and a son Nipper and lived as a family. Superman and Lois wish them well and return to Earth.

Our backup story is The Rose and the Thorn in "Rock and Rose" by Robert Kanigher and Dick Giordano. The Thorn saves her would-be assassin, Leo Lester, Jr., when the 100 turns on him, then she helps him start on the right path.  

Edited by E. Nelson Bridwell.

Young Romance #171

Young Romance #171 (On Sale: February 18, 1971), has a cover by Don Heck and Dick Giordano.

We begin with "Let Me Share My Heart with You" by Robert Kanigher, Artie Saaf, and Tony DeZuñiga.

Next is the reprint "Strangers in Love" penciled by John Romita and originally published in Heart Throbs #93 (1965) where it was entitled "A Date with Heartbreak!".

Next is a one-page "Do's and Dont's of Dating" drawn by Tony DeZuñiga.

That is followed by "How Much Can My Love Buy?" by George Kashdan, Artie Saaf, Vince Colletta, and Tony DeZuñiga.

Next, we have "Which Man Is Mine" with pencils by John Romita and which is reprinted from Secret Hearts #68 (1961).

Following that is a one-page "How to Lose 5 lbs. in 5 Days!" by Liz Berube.

Our next reprint is "Afraid to Love" also with pencils by John Romita and which is reprinted from Falling in Love #36 (1960).

We end with "Nice Girls Are Out of Style" by Barbara Friedlander, Kurt Schaffenberger, and Vince Colletta.

Edited for the first time by Dorothy Woolfolk.

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #104

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #104 (On Sale: July 2, 1970) has a cover by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson featuring Lois Lane's Greatest Scoops.

We begin with "The Super-Prisoner of Amazon Island" by Otto Binder, Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye and reprinted from Action Comics #235. Lois and other members of her Super Sorority are shipwrecked on a small island. Superman comes to rescue them, but he has violated the laws of the native Amazons living there. He is declared a slave and his services are bid upon.

The queen, Elsha, wishes to make Superman her husband. When she loses in the auction, she abolishes the law and creates a new one. Superman must now perform a task for each woman, if he cannot he must marry them.

Superman agrees to the procedure in hopes of finding a cure for Kryptonite which he believes is on the island. Each woman takes her turn, but Superman completes each task. The final task is the queen’s. He destroys her crown to make her a commoner which was what she asked him to do. The Man of Steel is set free, but he realizes too late that the crown was the cure he sought. He and the sorority return home, leaving the Amazons behind.

Next is "The Monkey's Paw" drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger and reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #42. Lois receives a box of strange curios from a recently deceased explorer. Inside is a monkey’s paw which legend claims will grant three wishes. Lois imagines possible wishes for herself, but she uses one to save an airplane and another to save Superman from Kryptonite. When she tells Lucy Lane and Jimmy Olsen about her wishes, they reveal that the wishes were not responsible for the rescues. Lois uses her final wish to give Clark Kent super powers. He fakes an illness, so Lois believes the wishes didn’t work. As a result, she throws the monkey’s paw away.

That is followed by "The Town of Supermen" by Edmond Hamilton, Curt Swan and George Klein and reprinted from Superman #153. Eight prisoners of the Phantom Zone escape and move to a ghost town, Drywood Gulch. They bring Lois to town and tell her that they are Kryptonian astronauts. Later, Lois returns with Jimmy and Perry to show them the town of Supermen, but the men pretend to be normal men. Finally, Lois convinces Jimmy of the truth and he summons Superman. The Man of Steel out duels the criminals and returns them to the Phantom Zone.

Next is "Lois Lane's Great Houdini Trick" by Otto Binder and Kurt Schaffenberger and reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #58. Lois receives a request to expose a phony spirit medium. When she visits the swamis parlor, she discovers that the medium is Voodoo Vickers, a notorious gangster wanted for murder. Lois attends a séance in disguise and uses the swami's own tricks to force Vickers into revealing the location of the murder victim. Superman then apprehends the swami.

That brings us to "The Reversed Super-Powers" by Jerry Siegel and Kurt Schaffenberger and reprinted from Action Comics #274. During an experiment to find an antidote for Kryptonite, Superman’s powers are transferred to Lois Lane. Without powers, Superman proposes to Lois, but she decides to think about it first. When she discovers that she has gained powers, she decides not to marry Superman for fear that her enemies would harm him. Superman then passes out. Another Superman arrives through the window and explains that it was only a Superman robot. The robot wanted to see if Lois loved Superman only because of his powers. The real Superman apologizes for his robot’s interference and returns it to the Fortress. Lois’s powers wear off restoring her to normal.

We end with "The Girl Who Destroyed Atlantis" drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger and reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #42. While touring Atlantis with Lori Lemaris, Lois Lane is transported into the past by a time-travel belt. She arrives in ancient Atlantis and soon meets Roh-Tul, a dictator who resembles Luthor. Roh-Tul convinces Lois that he is benevolent and that his for Klar-Kan is evil. However, Lois soon learns that Roh-Tul is the tyrant and spurns his affections. Roh-Tul then detonates a bomb. Lois is sent back to the present believing she was responsible for the sinking of Atlantis. Lori explains that the bomb was not the cause of Atlantis’ demise, but another later explosion caused the city to sink

Edited by E. Nelson Bridwell.

Adventure Comics #396

Adventure Comics #396 (On Sale: June 30, 1970) has a Supergirl cover by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson. 

This is the end of an era, or an error, depending on how you feel about Mort Weisinger. This is the last issue of Adventure that Mort will edit as DC shows him the door. Next issue, editor/writer/artist Mike Sekowsky will take over the helm of Supergirl's adventures in Adventure. We begin with "I am a Witch" by Robert Kanigher and Kurt Schaffenberger.  I tried to reread this story this week, but it is just painful and I will save you from the agony of a recap.

We end with our cover-story "The Mystery of the Super-Orphan" by Leo Dorfman, Winslow Mortimer and Jack Abel. Our story begins with Supergirl waking up in the Smallville Orphanage nd finding herself up for adoption. The people think it must be part of a fundraiser, but Supergirl is unsure, her memories scrambled a bit.  When a family shows interest in her, she appears to be not in full control of her powers and almost ruins their car, but we learn that she did it on purpose, not feeling that the couple were the right people to adopt her. The rest of the people are shocked when she flies off, ignoring the orphanage events.

She sees a storm and when she checks for damage she finds a ruined Supergirl statue in a park. As she looks closer, she sees it is a Superboy statute and wonders why they didn't build it for her. She rebuilds the statute in her image. A visit to Smallville Stadium brings her in contact with Krypto, who wonders why Supergirl is in Superboy's old hometown. Not wanting to deal with a crazy woman, Krypto leaves and Supergirl heads for police headquarters where she quickly solves a crime. As she departs the cops say how it reminds them of when Superboy used to help solve crimes in Smallville. 

She feels compelled to visit the Kent farm and and finds her old room and lab and secret compartment with the Supergirl robots. Only, the compartment is filled with Superboy and Clark Kent robots. When the robots notice what day it is, they head out into the night in search of flowers they take to the cemetery to lay on the graves of Johnathan and Martha Kent, her foster parents. She becomes angry and has to be subdued by the robots. Just then Krypto returns with another Supergirl in tow; the real Supergirl. It seems our Supergirl is a robot, accidently programmed with an old defective memory tape of Superboy's.  As this is being explained and she is being reprogrammed, Superman arrives to lay flower's on his foster parent's graves, on this, the anniversary of their deaths.

Edited by Mort Weisinger.

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #103

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #103 (On Sale: June 25, 1970) has a cover by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson.

We begin with our cover-story "The Devil's Bride" by Robert Kanigher, Irv Novick and Mike Esposito. The back-up story is "The Fantastic Wigs of Mr. Dupre" drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger and reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #35. Lois Lane attends a performance of Booth Barry, an old actor. Barry invites Lois backstage and relates a story about magical wigs that cause a person wearing them to die in the same manor as the model for the wigs did. Barry then is accidentally shot with a pistol in a manor similar to Alexander Hamilton, whose wig he was wearing.

Lois investigates the story and is led to the shop of Anton Dupre. Lois tests two wigs herself and is nearly killed. The third attempt nearly succeeds as Lois wears a Supergirl wig, however the real Supergirl has replaced Lois. Together they expose Dupre’s plot to eliminate Lois from discovering his underworld activities. The dangerous wigs were merely a hoax, and Dupre turns out to be Booth Barry in disguise.

Edited by Mort Weisinger.

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #131

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #131 (On Sale: June 9, 1970) has a cover by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson featuring Super-Curios.

We begin with "The Birdboy of Metropolis" by Otto Binder, Curt Swan and Ray Burnley and reprinted from Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #26. While aboard the Flying Newsroom helicopter, Jimmy sees Clark Kent flying. When he returns to the Daily Planet, Clark claims to be testing some Thunderbird wings sent to him by an archeologist that allowed him to fly. Jimmy believes Clark's explanation, but then insists on using the wings himself. Superman must then pretend to make the wings work in order to protect his secret identity.

While making the wings work for Jimmy, Superman also tries to discourage Jimmy from using them. Finally he creates artificial lightning. He leads Jimmy to believe the electricity shorted out the wings. Jimmy gives up his attempts to fly, leaving Superman relieved.

Next we have "The Amazing Spectacles of Doctor 'X'"  by Otto Binder, Curt Swan and Ray Burnley and reprinted from Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #29.  While searching the lab of criminal Doctor X, police close off the building after Doctor X is killed in a plane crash. Jimmy leaves in disguise, wearing a pair of odd glasses he found in the lab.

Jimmy soon realizes the glasses allow him to see future events related to Superman. Jimmy also sees his own death by drowning. Knowing the future, Jimmy helps Superman avoid several dangers that he has foreseen. Then he tries to avoid his own death. Superman then shows Jimmy that the death Jimmy saw was fake. It was part of a public service film. Jimmy is relieved that he will not die. When he loses the glasses, he doesn't mind.

That is followed by "The Burglar Kit from the Future"  by Edmond Hamilton, Curt Swan and George Klein and reprinted from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #66. A burglar from the future tries to rob Jimmy Olsen of his Superman trophies. The Man of Steel stops the thief and returns him to the future, but the burglar’s tool kit is left behind.

Jimmy uses the kit to catch criminals, but one crook, Count Slade, forces Jimmy to work for him. Jimmy double-crosses the crook, allowing Superman to capture Slade when he returns from the future.

Next is "Unwanted Superman Souvenirs" by Otto Binder, Curt Swan and Ray Burnley and reprinted from Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #15. Superman witnesses Jimmy discarding several of the souvenirs that he has given him over the years. When he questions him, Jimmy ignores Superman. Superman finally realizes that Jimmy has been put into a hypnotic trance. The discarded souvenirs are part of a message sent by a living gem in Jimmy's collection. After getting the message, Superman returns the gem-brain to space and recovers Jimmy's discarded souvenirs.

"The Most Fantastic Camera in the World" by Otto Binder, Curt Swan and Ray Burnley and reprinted from Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #34 is next. When Professor Potter's new invention zaps Jimmy’s camera, it is transformed into a device which causes crystal or metal objects to disappear and reappear inside the camera. Jimmy does not realize the camera has been affected, but objects begin to disappear whenever he takes pictures. Clark’s invulnerable glasses and a valuable diamond are among the items that disappear.

Jimmy later finds the items inside his camera. He learns the glasses are invulnerable and believes they belong to Clark. A thief tries to steal the diamond, but Jimmy stops him with Superman’s help. Jimmy tries to prove Clark is Superman by comparing a fingerprint he found on the glasses to Clark’s. His test fails because Jimmy does not know that one of the fingerprints is his own.

It is followed by "The Animal Master of Metropolis" by  Robert Bernstein, Curt Swan and John Forte, and reprinted from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #45. After Jimmy uses one of his Superman trophies in a parade as a drumstick, he appears to have gained control over animals. Superman explains that the stick is really a magic wand that once belonged to Circe. It gives the user power over animals.

Against Superman’s advice, Jimmy uses the wand to recapture some circus animals and catch some crooks. However, when some gangsters learn of Jimmy’s power, they use him to fix a horse race. Jimmy double-crosses the crooks and has to be rescued by Krypto. Krypto however accidently destroys the wand, ending Jimmy’s reign as an animal master.

We end with "The Cabinet from Krypton" by Leo Dorfman and Kurt Schaffenberger, and reprinted from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #66. Jimmy Olsen unearths a cabinet from Krypton during a salvage operation. The cabinet transforms Jimmy into an old man and Perry White into a baby. Jimmy is unable to reverse the effects of the cabinet, and soon Lois Lane is also transformed into a cat. Superman learns the cabinet was invented by Zan Zoll, a Kryptonian scientist, and there is no cure. However, he is able to trick Mr. Mxyzptlk into restoring his friends to normal.

Edited by Mort Weisinger.

Adventure Comics #395

Adventure Comics #395 (On Sale: May 28, 1970) has another Supergirl cover by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson.

We begin with Supergirl in "The Rejected Supergirl" by Robert Kanigher, Winslow Mortimer and Jack Abel. When the class at Stanhope College votes for the men they'd most like to be, Superman wins. Supergirl is asked to place capsules bearing the nine winners names on each of the nine planets. On Pluto, she encounters a group of metal lions which resemble the Metal Men. After defeating the lions, she returns to Earth.

When she returns to earth, the class votes for the most admired female and Supergirl finishes last. Linda is surprised and hurt by the results. Despite her bruised ego, Supergirl helps a fellow classmate whose father has gone bankrupt attempting to produce a movie. She then helps a transport ship with a cargo of medical supplies.

When she returns to Stanhope, Supergirl discovers metal in her hair from the alien lions. She suspects that the metal caused the computer tabulating the voting results to fail. The vote is taken again, and this time Supergirl is the winner.

We end with our cover-story, "The Heroine in the Haunted House" by Robert Kanigher and Kurt Schaffenberger. Actor Vincent Sale takes up the challenge of staying overnight in a haunted house that belonged to inventor Amos Ameswell. When Sale is frightened out of the house earlier than expected, Linda Danvers decides to take up the challenge.

The next night, Linda stays in the house. She grows bored and turns on the television before falling asleep. She is awoken by the ghost of Jor-El who mocks her. She is then confronted by a Kryptonian thought-beast. After the beast is melted by the Girl of Steel's heat vision, she begins laughing hysterically. Supergirl has apparently gone mad.

The Phantom Zone criminals then reveal themselves and gloat over Supergirl's mental state. However, she was faking in order to turn off the device which resembled a television. The inventor actually created a device which allowed the Phantom Zone prisoners to appear on Earth. The inventor, wearing a cloak and carrying a scythe, then appears and attacks Supergirl. Continued next issue.

Edited by Mort Weisinger.

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #102

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #102 (On Sale: May 14, 1970) has a rather dramatic cover by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson.

We begin with our cover-story, "When You're Dead, You're Dead" by Robert Kanigher, Irv Novick and Mike Esposito.  While covering an international parade of rare animals for the Daily Planet, Lois Lane meet is rescued from an attacking tiger by the turbaned Rajah Satdev from Nepalunda. He invites Lois to dinner, which she agrees to as long as she can interview him as well. He tells Lois that back in his home, he is worshipped and admired but that no woman has ever moved his heart, till he laid eyes on Lois,.

ON their way to dinner they hear a bulletin of how Clark Kent has scooped another Superman story and Lois comment that she would sell her soul to the devil for such a scoop. Just then a lightning bold appears out of nowhere and destroys a sky-scraper in front of them.  Superman appears and puts the sky-scraper back together. Lois gets photos and asks Rajah to take her to the Daily Planet so she can file her scoop.

That night while Lois and Rajah  are enjoying dinner, the city is hit by a blackout. Rajah suggest that perhaps if she made another wish to the devil, the lights would go back on. Suddenly the lights in the restaurant go back on, but the rest of the city remains dark. Meanwhile, Superman has repaired the power grid and while waiting for the lights to go back on, is drawn to the only place where they are working and sees Lois and Rajah together. For dessert Lois gets a flambé that will not light until she wished it would and Rajah  gets Devil's Food Cake.

The next day the two go to the beach and Rajah  has Lois go in the water first while he removes his slippers. In the water Rajah  kisses Lois and she suddenly feels chilled. While Rajah  continues swimming, Lois goes back to the beach where she sees cloven-hooved footprints in the sand that suddenly disappear in the blowing wind. When he gest back to the beach, Rajah  drinks what he says is a special elixir made just for him. When Rajah  nods off, Lois takes a sip to see what it is like and suddenly feels light-headed.

Wanting to see what Rajah  looks like without his turban, Lois removes it to find Rajah 's head adorned with horns. As she takes off his slippers, revealing his hooved feet, Rajah awakens and tells Lois she will pay for what she has done and blasts her with some sort of beam from his ring. A look in a mirror reveals that Lois now has horns as well.

Just then, Superman is flying by with Lana Lang. A fight ensues between Superman and Rajah  and when Rajah  shoot Superman with the same lightning bolts that toppled the sky-scraper, they bounce off of Superman and kill Lois. This brings us to our cover and the story is concluded next issue.

We follow that with "The Cry-Baby of Metropolis" drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger and reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #10. Lois dreams that Superman has left her and upon awakening realizes she has not dated him in weeks and worries that she might be getting too old to attract him. The next day, she and Clark visit Metropolis Research Laboratory to see Professor Lockhart's new invention,  a machine that can restore youth to animals. Clark disappears and Superman arrives to look at another invention of the professor's, leaving Lois alone with  the youth machine.

 Lois Lane uses the machine on herself in hopes that it will make her look a few years younger.  Only then does she overhear that the problem with  the machine is it never stops making you younger. Only a massive dose of x-rays seems to shop the machines effects.

Lois wakes up the next day as a teenager teenager. Lois tries to get Superman to use his X-ray vision on her secretly, which would restore her to normal, but nothing she plans actually results in x-rays being used.  Finally she decides to confess to Superman, but she has grown too young to speak. Superman then tells her that he knew what she had done all along, and had faked the conversation she overheard. His x-rays do noting to affect the youth-plunge she now finds herself in, but that he has the real antidote and gives it to her hoping that Lois has learned her lesson.

Edited by Mort Weisinger.

Adventure Comics #394

Adventure Comics #394 (On Sale: April 30, 1970) has a Supergirl cover by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson.

We begin with Supergirl in "The Mysterious Motr of Doov" by E. Nelson Bridwell, Winslow Mortimer and Jack Abel. While trying to stop a tornado, Supergirl and Streaky are hurled into another dimension where their powers do not function. Soon after they arrive, they meet a robot, a cowardly creature, and a brainless neon man. The travelers follow the Crimson Trail to the Motr of Doov, a supposed wizard.

The Motr is actually a man from 19th Century Chicago who came to this world long ago but was prevented from returning home by the Wicked One, a flying creature. Supergirl and her companions join the Motr on a trip to a magic geyser which returns them home. When she get home, Linda realizes that the adventure bears an uncanny parallel to the Wizard of Oz. She suspects that the Motr returned to his own time and related the story to author L. Frank Baum. Snooze...wha-? Sorry, I fell asleep.

Next is "Heartbreak Prison" by Robert Kanigher and Kurt Schaffenberger.  Supergirl receives a distress call from outer space which warns of a zenith weapon that must be destroyed. Following the distress call, Supergirl travels to a world ruled by the tyrant Tyrox. She allows herself to be captured in order to find the secret weapon. Supergirl is imprisoned in a colored cell alongside other female prisoners. Tyrox and his guards treat the prisoners with cruelty. Supergirl must refrain from using her powers because the other prisoners will be punished for her actions. Eventually Supergirl discovers the secret of the zenith weapon and begins to oppose her jailor. However, Tyrox uses Kryptonite to weaken her, then turns the planet's sun red to rob Supergirl of her powers. However, the other female prisoner use the opportunity to escape. Each is a heroine from different planets who also responded to the distress call. They take down Tyrox and free Supergirl. The threat ended, Supergirl returns to Earth.

It goes without saying that this mess was edited by Mort Weisinger.

Adventure Comics #393

Adventure Comics #393 (On Sale: March 26, 1970) has a cover by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson.

Our cover-story is "The Unwanted Supergirl" by Robert Kanigher, Winslow Mortimer and Jack Abel. The back-up is "The Girl Who Knew Supergirl's Secrets" by E. Nelson Bridwell and Kurt Schaffenberger.

Edited by Mort Weisinger.

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #101

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #101 (On Sale: March 24, 1970) has a cover by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson.

We begin with our cover-story,"The Super-Reckless Lois Lane" by Leo Dorfman and Irv Novick. The back-up is "The Anti-Superman Lois" from Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #13 and drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger. Lois Lane goes undercover as blond-haired Sadie Blodgett to get a story. Two members of the Anti-Superman Gang see her and decide to use her in a plot to kill Superman, by having her impersonate Lois Lane. The crooks train her to be Lois, while she plays dumb. The crooks pull off their scheme, but Lois had tipped off Superman. He foils their plan and captures them.

Edited by Mort Weisinger.

Adventure Comics #392

Adventure Comics #392 (On Sale: February 24, 1970) has a Supergirl cover by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson.

This issue begins with Supergirl in "The Super-Cheat" by Robert Kanigher and Kurt Schaffenberger. The back-up story is our Supergirl cover-story "One Hero Too Many" by Leo Dorfman, Winslow Mortimer and Jack Abel. This story guest-starred the Legion of Super-Pets and was reprinted in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 9 HC.

Edited by Mort Weisinger.

Adventure Comics #391

Adventure Comics #391 (On Sale: January 29, 1970) has a Supergirl cover by Murphy Anderson.

This issue begins with our cover-story, Supergirl in "Linda Danvers, Super-Star" by Robert Kanigher and Kurt Schaffenberger. The back-up is Supergirl in "The Super-Exchange Student" by Cary Bates, Winslow Mortimer and Jack Abel.

Edited by Mort Weisinger.

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #99

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #99 (On Sale: December 23, 1969) has a cover by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson.

This issue, the last DC book of 1969 begins with our cover-story, "Is Lois Lane Guilty?" by Robert Kanigher and Irv Novick.

The back-up story is "The Man Who Was Clark Kent's Double" from Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #3 and drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger. While investigating a story of a modern day Robin Hood in the town of Hadley, Lois Lane meets Mark Benton who looks identical to Clark Kent. She quickly falls in love with Mark, but he slips away several times. She begins to suspect him of being Robin Hood.

While several attempts to learn the truth fail, Lois finally finds the Robin Hood mask in his coat pocket. Mark is upset because his Robin Hood act was done to help the poor. He is really a wealthy man named Ronald Van Horton. He assumed the Mark Benton identity because he doesn’t want people to like him for his money. He had planned to propose, but Lois’s suspicions show a lack of trust. She is heartbroken when Mark dumps her.

Edited by Mort Weisinger.

Adventure Comics #389

Adventure Comics #389 (On Sale: December 23, 1969) has a cover by Murphy Anderson.

This issue begins with Supergirl in "The Mystery Magician" by Robert Kanigher, Winslow Mortimer and Bob Oksner. I don't even know where to begin with this one: for Father's Day the girl's of Stanhope College create special gifts for their fathers. One of Linda's friends, Harriet is afraid her father will not show up. He is a magician who retired ten years earlier when his wife died. Supergirl tricks him with super-ventriloquism into coming out of retirement for the day and uses her powers to make him appear to be doing real magic. Nasty co-ed Vera suspects that Linda is Supergirl and locks her in a lead-lined room to prove she is the one helping Harriet's father and is surprised when he continues to amaze the girls even when Linda is locked away, It ends up she used her super-ventriloquism to call her father in Kandor and it was he who helped the aged magician succeed. Snooze.

The back-up Supergirl story is our cover story, "Supergirl's Jilted Boy Friends"is by Cary Bates and Kurt Schaffenberger. Supergirl falls for transfer student Kim O'Ryan, not realizing he is a robot sent by Brainiac to destroy her. He plans on making his robot pretend to kill itself and make Supergirl think she was to blame, but she figures out what is going on and turns the tables on Brainiac. Her plan involves a fake space dragon with a fake garden on old Supergirl beaus turned into stone, which gives us the cover scene. Sigh,

Edited by Mort Weisinger.

Adventure Comics #388

Adventure Comics #388 (On Sale: November 26, 1969) has a cover by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson.

We begin with Supergirl in "The Kindergarten Criminal" by Leo Dorfman, Winslow Mortimer and Jack Abel. Continuing this atrocity from last issue, Supergirl heads out to Luthor's private island in search of his nephew Val, who has psycho-kinetic powers. However, Val has found Luther's stash of Kryptonite blocks and is playing with them as Supergirl nears the island. Weakened, she reverts to her Linda Danvers identity and pretends to be a castaway trapped on the island.

Slowly she becomes friends with Val. Eventually, with Supergirl's help, Val creates a number of beasts from around the cosmos and Supergirl only saves Luthor from them after he promises to give himself up. However, once saved he says that Supergirl has no authority over him since it is a private island and outside the 12 mile limit. In response, Supergirl picks up the island and moves it closer to shore so Luthor can be arrested. Val seems to have temporarily lost his powers and cannot help his uncle.

That is followed by the cover story, Supergirl in "The Romance Machine" by Cary Bates and Kurt Schaffenberger. Brainiac, just for the heck of it, decides to kill Supergirl and breaks notorious gigolo Kimor Dinn out of prison. After Brainiac uses a machine to extract Kimor's personality and infuse it into a Kimor robot he has created, he drugs Kimor and abandons him in space, then sends the Kimor robot to earth to work on Supergirl

Robot Kim enrolls in Stanhope College and heads for the Supergirl Fan Club, currently being run by Linda Danvers. Kim quickly asks her out on a date. At dinner Kim makes Linda pay for the check and when she complains he tells her to shut up and appreciate him more. When on their next date (why is there a next date with this POS?), Kim gets Linda drenched when he uses her body to shield himself from getting splashed by a passing car. She tells him to drop dead and then later as Supergirl when she ses him he says he is not interested in her and it drive Supergirl mad. Why? Don't know; we will unfortunately find out next issue.

Rereading comics edited by Weisinger is always a chore.

Edited by Mort Weisinger.

Adventure Comics #387

Adventure Comics #387 (On Sale: October 30, 1969) has a Supergirl cover by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson.

We begin with Supergirl in "The Wolf-Girl of Stanhope" by Cary Bates and Kurt Schaffenberger. Dr. Sanford creates a serum that she thinks will make Supergirl immune to Kryptonite. After drinking the serum, Dr. Sanford exposes Supergirl to Kryptonite and it no longer harms her as it did in the past. However the side-effect is that it turns her into a wolf-girl. She heads for the Fortress of Solitude to ask for Superman's help in reversing her condition, only to find Superman laying near death next to the fortress key, which is a phony made out of Kryptonite and just painted yellow. Being immune to the green rock, she tosses it away and revives her cousin.

While Superman goes in search of a cure, Supergirl takes over his duties in, but her wolf-girl appearance frightens people who think she may be an alien posing as Supergirl (sure, right). Back at Stanhope College, Linda Danvers watches the news. It seems she managed to make a mask that covers her face and hands (and legs). Meanwhile, Dr. Sanford has failed to find a cure and Superman is having no better luck in his search through the cosmos.

A failing rocket launch in Florida sends Supergirl to the rescue, this time using her new masks, but traveling at super-speed melts the mask and people are once again fearful of her. Superman returns to earth to tell his cousin of his failure, when he sees her flying towards him and is happy to see she has returned to normal, but that is because she is actually a Supergirl from another dimension where, you got it, everyone is a wolf-person. She too drank serum from a Dr. Sanford and the side-effect made her look human. She crossed dimensions looking for a cure and she and Superman both now have the same idea. Each Supergirl drinks the serum from the other's dimension and they are both reverted to their normal looks. They are also both now susceptible to Kryptonite's deadly radiation once again.

The back-up story is our cover story, "Lex Luthor's Outlaw Nephew" by Leo Dorfman, Winslow Mortimer and Jack Able. Val, the son of Luthor's sister, Lena, has developed psycho-kinetic powers. Lena, developed ESP when she was young after exposure to some sort of space-brain that Lex discovered and now Lex thinks that a space jewel he sent Val as an anonymous birthday present must have given him his powers. Sure, why not. After Val drops a car on Luthor's foot (I kid you not), Supergirl rescues him and take him back to prison.

Back in prison, Luthor attempts to escape, but is thwarted. Though he does not make it out of prison, he does make it to the evening news where young Val recognizes him as the nice man he met the other day, so he flies to the prison and breaks Luthor out. Supergirl tries to recapture Luthor, but he claims that since Val has flown him over international waters, she can't arrest him (hmmm, sounds very fishy to me). Luthor directs Val to fly him to a remote island where he has a secret base. Unfortunately, this story is continued next issue. Gah!

Edited by Mort Weisinger.

Adventure Comics #386

Adventure Comics #386 (On Sale: September 30, 1969) has a Supergirl cover by Murphy Anderson.

"The Beast That Loved Supergirl" is by Cary Bates, Winslow Mortimer and Jack Abel and features Mr. Mxyzptlk. That should tell you all you need to know on this one; the return of the character that comes baggage free. He has no reason for what he does, he is just an asshole. That makes for boring, stupid stories. It was bad enough I had to read this one; I am not going to repeat the nonsense here.

The back-up is "The Godmother of Steel" by Robert Kanigher and Kurt Schaffenberger. This is a boring take on the Cinderella story, where Supergirl takes pity on fellow Stanhope student Cindy who has to deal with evil stepsisters. Since Cindy and Kara look alike (yeah, really Kanigher?), Supergirl sends Cindy off to a dude ranch party where she meets Eric Prince, and takes her place at home, making the lives of the step-sisters a living hell (much like Kanigher's trite plot made my childhood). The step-sisters throw her out of the house and Supergirl makes sure that Cindy gets her Prince. Ugh.

Thankfully, these stories have never been reprinted.

Edited by Mort Weisinger.