Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane Annual #2 is an issue of the series Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane Annual (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1963.
Synopsis for "Lois Lane's Kiss of Death!"
This story is reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #7.
Three conmen named James Paxton, Jed Blanton and Pete Malloy decide to falsify their own deaths. In order to allay suspicion, they engage upon an intricate plot in the hopes of perpetuating rumors of a "Death Curse".
Lois Lane is drawn into the web of intrigue, and through the criminals' manipulations, she begins to believe that she has a kiss of death. The first incident takes place shortly after Lois kisses a dog. The dog runs out into the street only to be run over by a passing car. Several citizens witness the event and begin to believe that Lois truly is cursed.
While at the television studios she meets Pete Malloy and he kisses her. Later that night Pete's plane crashed in Canada. At the bus terminal she comes upon James Paxton, unaware of his involvement in the scheme. He kisses Lois believing that Lois was his sister. On his way to Bermuda James' boat capsized at sea – or so he would have Lois believe.
Superman shows up and promises to put an end to this strange mystery. Lois kisses him, and suddenly Superman begins to fall ill. Moments later, a second Superman arrives and exposes the first Superman as the third conman named Jed Blanton. He further reveals that Paxton and Malloy are not truly dead and the three criminals are apprehended.
Appearing in "Lois Lane's Kiss of Death!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Jed Blanton (TV producer) (Single appearance)
- (also disguised as Superman)
- James Paxton (Single appearance)
- Peter Malloy (sportsman) (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Queen Isis (Mentioned only)
- Mike (Daily Planet photographer) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Reporters
- Joe (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Men (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Fido (Dog) (Single appearance; dies)
- News Anchor (Unnamed) (Cameo) (On a TV or computer screen) (Single appearance)
- Daily Planet switchboard operator (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Francois (makeup expert) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Two Canadian Hunters (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Sheila Paxton (Mentioned only)
- United States Navy
- Skipper (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Two Sailors (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Dwight Eisenhower (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis Police Department (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth's Moon (Mentioned only)
- Canada
- United States of America
- East Coast
- Metropolis
- Daily Planet
- Perry White's Office
- Metropolis Museum
- Egyptian Room
- TV Studios
- Let's Face It (beauty hints TV show)
- Bus Terminal
- Lois Lane's Apartment
- Daily Planet
- Washington, D.C. (Mentioned only)
- Atlantic Ocean (Unnamed)
- Bermuda (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Daily Planet Newspaper
- Kryptonite (Mentioned only)
- News Observer Newspaper (On a TV or computer screen)
- Chronicle Newspaper
Vehicles:
- James Paxton's Boat
- U.S. Navy Ship
Synopsis for "The Man Who Married Lois Lane!"
This story is reprinted from Superman #136.
Lois Lane and Clark Kent are sent on assignment to New Mexico, where Superman is expected to assist in the construction of a dam. That evening when Superman completes his appointed task, he meets with Lois. Their meeting is interrupted by X-Plam, a chameleon-like being from the year 2360, where humanity has all mutated into similar beings by a passing comet. He has come to the year 1960 because he had uncovered an ancient newspaper from the Daily Planet with a headline that states Lois Lane is intended to marry a man from the future: namely X-Plam. The vain Lois at first doesn't want to marry X-Plam, however his chameleon-like abilities make him change into a normal looking human, and he retains all his original super-powers.
Superman accepts the fact that X-Plam wants to marry Lois, and finds that he'll be a perfect husband because he's handsome and has super powers. Lois, however still mulls the idea over, thinking about all the other super-beings that have proposed to her in the past. Lois decides to go for it anyway, and the two are married, in spite of Superman's warnings that upon returning to the future, X-Plam will likely change back to his original form. Lois ignores this, marries X-Plam and the two return to the future, where not only does X-Plam turn into his former form, but Lois also is mutated into a similar being.
Realizing that Lois is miserable in the future, he decides to get more fuel for the time machine and bring her back to the present. However, the fuel proves to be highly radioactive, and X-Plam's second exposure to it proves fatal, however he does not die until he successfully gets Lois back to her own time. Back in her own time, the saddened Lois reverts back to her original form, reunited with Superman, they both wish that X-Plam had found the next day's edition of the Daily Planet, the one which reported that Lois had become a widow.
Appearing in "The Man Who Married Lois Lane!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Lois Lane
- X-Plam (Single appearance)
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Other Characters:
- Mr. Mxyzptlk (Flashback only)
- Bizarro (Flashback only)
- Power Man (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
Locations:
Items:
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Synopsis for "Lois Lane in Hollywood"
This story is reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #2.
Perry White arranges to meet with a Hollywood film director named Daryl Zorne. Daryl invites the entire staff of the Daily Planet to come onto the set of the Superman movie. He further offers them the chance to audition for parts playing themselves. Everyone participates in the screen tests and pass, except for Lois Lane. Daryl is unconvinced that she has any star quality and refuses to use her. Clark Kent changes into Superman and stages several incidents that help to bring out Lois' emotions – thus proving her thespian talents to Zorne. The director likes what he sees and agrees to give Lois another chance.
Appearing in "Lois Lane in Hollywood"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Daryl Zorne (director) (Single appearance)
- Gilda Glamarr (actress playing the part of Lois Lane) (Single appearance)
- Makeup Woman (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Cameraman (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- "Gunner" Gates (actor) (Single appearance)
- Train Station employee (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Metropolis (Mentioned only)
- California
- Hollywood
- Mammoth Studios
- The Premiere Palace
- Green Derby
- Train Station (Unnamed)
- Hollywood
Items:
- Oscars (Mentioned only)
- Robotic Lion
- Daily Planet Newspaper
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Girl Atlas!"
This story is reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #12.
Lois Lane gets a package in the mail, thinking it's from a secret admirer she eagerly opens it. To her surprise, it's just a rabbit in a cage and she wonders how is survived without air holes, she is shocked to see it chew through its cage. She finds a card inside from a Professor Morris who claims to have created a formula to turn the average person into an Atlas. Going to visit the professor, she sees his formula at work when he performs a number of tests on another rabbit exposed to the serum by shooting it and dropping a 1 ton weight on it and causing no harm. To make sure that it has no ill effects on humans, the Professor gives Lois a vial of the chemical to give to Superman for testing.
Getting home she finds Lana Lang waiting outside her apartment. She tells Lois that her apartment is being painted and can't stand the smell and asks if she can stay the night at Lois' place. Lois accepts and tells Lana about the Atlas formula, leaving it in the bathroom. Lana sees this as an opportunity to win over Superman and later that evening goes to take a bath. While in the tub, Lana pours in the Atlas formula into the bath water behind Lois' back, and later shows off her newly acquired super-strength. Lois is furious and attempts to slap Lana in the face and finds that she is invulnerable as well.
The next day, Lana begins showing off her super abilities, and is dubbed "The Girl Atlas", Lois approaches Lana and in a feigned act of forgiveness, concedes to allow Lana to pursue Superman and even gives Lana a copy of Superman's daily schedule. This however, is Lois' plan on getting back at Lana for taking the formula behind he back. When Lana goes to help Superman her outfits are constantly getting ruined because they are not indestructible like hers: When she is helping Superman in a blast furnace her dress lights on fire, later when helping Superman place a corner stone for a building crooks toss a bomb at her.
Feeling like she's been humiliated in front of Superman, Lois advises her that she could win back Superman's respect if she puts on a series of super-feats that, in the end make her overly muscular and not as attractive. When Superman and Lois call on Lana later, she realizes that this was all Lois' plan on getting back at her for using the potion. After the professor calls in and tells Lois he lost his formula, Superman works on an antidote to restore Lana back to normal. The next day Lana tells Lois that she has learned her lesson and the two shake hands.
Appearing in "The Girl Atlas!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Lana Lang
- Superman
- Jimmy Olsen (Mentioned only)
Antagonists:
- Foreign Leader (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)
- Foreign Spies
- Igor (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Man (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Super Strength White Rabbit (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Professor Morris (Single appearance)
- Four Members of the Press (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Wrestlers
- Mac the Mountain (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Silo Sam (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Citizens of Metropolis
- Emcee (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Metropolis
- Daily Planet
- Morris Laboratories
- Lois Lane's Apartment
- Blast Furnace
- Future Courthouse Location
- Theater (Unnamed)
- Daily Planet Clean Air Fund
- Lana Lang's Apartment
- Smallville (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Super Strength Formula
- Atlas (Statue only)
- Achilles (Statue only)
- Rifle
- Atomic Bullets
- Daily Planet Newspaper
- News World Newspaper
Vehicles:
- Foreign Spies Car
- Diesel Locomotive
Synopsis for "Lois Lane's Secret Romance!"
This story is reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #14.
When witnessing Superman putting on a super-feat in which he pulls a series of models on water skis, Lois Lane begins to lament that she will never get Superman to propose to her. Spying on Lois with her x-ray vision, Superman's cousin Supergirl decides to try and help Lois out from afar.
She starts by using her super-powers to make bill boards and other pictures of women appear to be Lois Lane whenever Superman (as Clark Kent) passes by, hoping that constantly "seeing" Lois might prompt him to propose. The plan works initially, and Superman arranges a romantic dinner with Lois aboard a ship, however in spite of Supergirl's best efforts to make sure the evening goes off as planned, Superman rushes off to save a car from being struck by a train. When he finally returns their dinner has gone cold and the night is ruined. The night is a bust when, trying to make the evening more romantic by blowing in clouds, Supergirl blows a little too hard and knocks Lois off the boat. When Superman rescues her, he realizes that if they were ever to get married, her life would be at constant risk and decides to leave.
Undaunted, Supergirl tries to make Superman jealous by making it appear as though Batman is courting Lois by sending her flowers and a Batwoman costume. However, the rejected Superman accepts the fact that Batman has won her affections (although in reality, Lois too was hoping Superman would get jealous) and leaves. As a final attempt, Supergirl tries whispers subliminal messages into Superman's ears as he sleeps telling him to propose. However, this also backfires when Superman proposes to every woman he sees. When the story hits the radio airwaves, Lois is furious when Superman comes and proposes to her as well.
Giving up, Supergirl returns to the orphanage as Linda Lee where she finds Clark Kent waiting for her. Clark reveals that he figured out what was going on when Supergirl made a mistake in making a Batwoman costume with a bat emblem on the back, and other clues revealing that she was the mastermind behind it all. He reveals that he was awake when she tried to use the post-hypnotic suggestion on him, and went along with it to also promote a new movie called "King Solomon's 1,000 Wives" and used the royalty money to donate to Linda's orphanage. With everything explained, Supergirl decides to stop trying to get involved in Superman's romance life.
Appearing in "Lois Lane's Secret Romance!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Superman (Flashback and main story) (from Action Comics #252)
- Perry White (Mentioned only)
Other Characters:
- Miss Metropolis Talent Contest
- Four Contestants (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Members of the Press (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Supergirl (Flashback and main story) (from Action Comics #252)
- House of El
- Police Officer (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Flower Delivery Boy (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Batman (Mentioned only)
- Four Ladies (headshots) (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Krypton (Mentioned only)
- Argo City (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis
- Lois Lane's Apartment
- 344 Clinton Street
- Clark Kent's Apartment
- Midvale
- Atlantic Ocean (Unnamed)
Items:
- Batwoman Costume
- King Solomon's 1,000 Wives (Mentioned only)
Vehicles:
- Kryptonian Rocket (Cameo) (Flashback only) (from Action Comics #252)
- Pleasure Schooner (Perry White's boat)
- Diesel Locomotive
- Stalled Car
Synopsis for "The Kryptonite Girl!"
This story is reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #16.
Superman returns from outer space with a lead box, and delivers it to the Daily Planet. There he warns Lois and Jimmy not to open the box until he gets back. Sure enough, as soon as Superman is gone, Lois opens up the box and begins examining the objects inside, which turn out to be strange statues.
Later, when Lois is visiting her sister Lucy there is a brief blackout and much to Lois' surprise her eyes begin emitting a green glow. Fearing that she has been endowed with Kryptonite vision, Lois is horrified and assumes that it's from her exposure to the artifacts in the lead box. She confides in Lucy and explains what she has done an laments over the fact that she will never be able to see Superman again without causing him harm.
Having to meet with Superman in a short while, Lois comes up with a temporary solution: putting bandages over her eyes she takes Lucy's dog Duke out and explains to Superman that she is writing an article about what it's like to be blind. This covers things until Superman leaves and Lois then rushes off to an optometrist to see what they can do. After examining her eyes they realize that she has been endowed with Kryptonite vision much like Superman has x-ray vision, however she cannot turn hers off. In order to help her cope with this they make her a special pair of sunglasses that filter out the Kryptonite rays.
Sure enough Superman comes back for the objects in the lead box, and Lois is startled by his arrival and drops her sunglasses. Superman becomes angry that Lois' impulsiveness has led her to become cursed with Kryptonite vision and he angrily ends their relationship. When Lois' eyes continue to be a threat, Superman tells her to leave Metropolis in order to avoid getting killed by her lethal vision. Lois relocates to an Eskimo community in the North Pole where her green vision makes the local Eskimo's believe that she is a goddess. When Superman is seen flying by, Lois realizes that she could be close to Superman's Fortress of Solitude and becomes even more distressed.
The next day, Jimmy Olsen and Clark Kent arrive to give Lois an antidote created by Superman. Realizing that she can confirm her suspicions about Clark being Superman, she waits until she can train her Kryptonite vision on Clark. When it has no effect on Clark, she takes the antidote and her eyes stop glowing. Returning back to Metropolis, Lois sleeps happily while Clark muses about how he contrived the entire ruse to teach Lois another lesson in not being so impulsive and that the rays that came from her eyes were in reality, harmless.
Appearing in "The Kryptonite Girl!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- None
Other Characters:
- Duke (Lucy's dog)
- Four Eye Doctors (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Eskimos (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Oonah (Cameo) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Planet (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis
- Daily Planet
- Lois Lane's Apartment
- Park
- Eye Doctor's Office
- Alaska
- Nome (Mentioned only)
- Eskimo Community (outside of Nome)
- North Pole
- Fortress of Solitude (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Strange Items from Another Planet
- Green Kryptonite (Mentioned only)
- Lois Lane's Sunglasses
Vehicles:
- Flying Newsroom (borrowed from the Daily Planet Branch Office in Nome, Alaska)
Synopsis for "The Wedding of Jimmy Olsen"
This story is reprinted from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #21.
When Perry White assigns Lois Lane to write a story about how great Jimmy Olsen is, Jimmy misinterprets her assignment with the idea that Lois is falling in love with him. Not wanting to "steal" his best pal's girlfriend, Jimmy tries his best to appear to be a cad to Lois, however each time his schemes backfire and Lois continues to believe that Jimmy is a noble person.
Eventually, Jimmy gives up and proposes to Lois, when Lois tells Jimmy that she is in love with the sweetest man in the world, Jimmy still believes it is he that she is talking about, instead of Superman. The concept of being married frightens Jimmy who imagines what it would be like marrying Lois and raising a family.
After telling Superman of the mix-up, Lois and the Man of Steel come up with a way to cancel their engagement. Pretending to be out to purchase a ring with Jimmy, Lois feigns being upset when Superman comes to get Jimmy for a story. Lois then pretends to be insulted being considered second fiddle to Superman and cancels their engagement. Jimmy is relieved that she did so, and is off the hook. Later, after the story is published in the paper, Jimmy boasts that he hopes that it doesn't cause other women to fall for him and his "manly charms."
Appearing in "The Wedding of Jimmy Olsen"
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Synopsis for "The 10 Feats of Elastic Lass!"
This story is reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #23.
Lois Lane suspects that sculptor Raphael Byron is really the Wrecker, a terrorist who is blowing up statues in the City Park. To investigate, she gets Jimmy Olsen to lend her some of Professor Potter's serum which makes him into Elastic Lad. However, he only gives her enough for ten feats, feeling that any more would be dangerous. As the costumed Elastic Lass, Lois does indeed expose Byron as the Wrecker, who is dynamiting the statues in the egotistical belief that his own creations should be featured in the park. But before she can do that, she performs nine other charitable feats, including entertaining the orphans at Midvale Orphanage--and getting a secret hand from Supergirl.
Appearing in "The 10 Feats of Elastic Lass!"
Featured Characters:
- Lois Lane (First appearance as Elastic Lass)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- "Fingers" Floyd (Single appearance)
- Raphael "The Wrecker" Byron (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Metropolis Police Department
- Perry White (Mentioned only)
- Professor Potter (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Europe (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis
- City Park
- Daily Planet
- Jewelry
- Metropolis Movie Studio
- Metropolis Zoo
- Midvale
Items:
- Elastic Serum
- Signal-Watch (Mentioned only)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Mystery of Skull Island!"
This story is reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #16.
Perry White assigns Lois Lane and Clark Kent to pose as a butler and a maid for horror movie star Carlos Floyd and his new wife Edna Van Cleeve III, who have just relocated to Skull Island just outside of Metropolis in order to get a scoop about their married life. As the two work on the site, Lois begins finding evidence that Carlos Floyd is putting up the illusion that his wife is present when in actuality she is not.
Suspicious that Floyd must have killed his wife, Lois begins snooping around and finds a dummy of Floyd's wife and various other contraptions to perpetuate the illusion that Edna is still alive and present in the mansion. Deciding to confront Floyd with the truth, Lois decides to dress up as Edna to try and frighten a confession out of her.
Much to her surprise, it isn't Floyd who confronts her but Sidney Willis, Edna's lawyer. He pushes Lois off the balcony but she is rescued by Superman and has his picture snapped by Floyd. Floyd explains that his wife was murdered at sea by some unknown party, and that he contrived the whole ruse in order to catch the man responsible, as it turns out Willis intended to murder Edna in order to inherit her vast fortune. With Sidney captured and with evidence showing him "murdering Edna" again, Sidney confesses and is turned over to the authorities.
Afterward, Lois thanks Superman for helping her get the scoop of a lifetime.
Appearing in "The Mystery of Skull Island!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Sidney Willis (Edna's lawyer) (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Edna Van Cleeve III (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Prince Charming (Mentioned only)
- Carlos Floyd (Flashback and main story) (Single appearance)
- Head Butler (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Carlos Floyd's Guests (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Metropolis
- Daily Planet
- Perry White's Office
- Film Projection Room
- Metropolis Harbor
- Daily Planet
- Skull Island (outside of Metropolis)
- Van Cleeve Mansion
- Mrs. Floyd's Bedroom
- Butler's Pantry
- Projection Room
- Ballroom
- Van Cleeve Mansion
- Europe (Flashback only)
- England (Flashback only)
Items:
- Strangler of London (movie)
- The Mad Man of Paris (movie)
- The Living Mummy (movie)
- The Vampire of Venice (movie) (Mentioned only)
- The Creature from Outer Space (movie)
- Bluebeard the Second (movie)
- Tape Recorder
- Mannequin
- Infra-Red Camera
- Carlos Floyd's Diary
Vehicles:
- Van Cleeve Launch (boat)
- Edna's Van Cleeve's Yacht (Flashback only)
Notes
- An all reprint issue.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Superman Family Recommended Reading
- Action Comics (Volume 1)
- Adventure Comics (Volume 1)
- DC Comics Presents (Volume 1)
- Superboy (Volume 1)
- Superboy (Volume 2)
- Supergirl (Volume 1)
- Supergirl (Volume 2)
- Superman (Volume 1)
- Superman Family (Volume 1)
- Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (Volume 1)
- Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (Volume 1)
- World's Finest (Volume 1)