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"The Girl That Almost Married Clark Kent!": Thanks to a mind-reading amulet traded from an Indian fakir, wealthy heiress Doris Drake learns that Clark Kent is Superman and schemes to marry him.

On that day, Superman, you must agree to be off in a distant galaxy, and not interfere! You must agree not to use your robots to save the girls! If they survive under these impossible circumstances, I'll spare the Earth!
Brainiac

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #17 is an issue of the series Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1960.

Synopsis for "The Girl That Almost Married Clark Kent!"

Thanks to a mind-reading amulet traded from an Indian fakir, wealthy heiress Doris Drake learns that Clark Kent is Superman and schemes to marry him.

Appearing in "The Girl That Almost Married Clark Kent!"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:


Other Characters:

  • Doris Drake (Single appearance)
  • Hindu Fakir (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
  • Hotel Cleaning Lady (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
  • Two Construction Workers (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
  • Opera Audience (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
  • Two Opera Actors (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
  • Benny (Daily Planet Staff Photographer) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
  • Amusement Park Guests (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)

Locations:

  • India
    • Calcutta
      • Hotel (Unnamed)
        • Doris Drake's Room
  • Metropolis
    • Daily Planet (Mentioned only)
    • Doris Drake's Penthouse
    • Metropolis Museum (Mentioned only)
    • Metropolis Opera House (Unnamed)
    • Interplanetary Amusement Park
    • Metropolis Yacht Basin

Items:

  • Doris Drake's Ring
  • Magic Amulet
  • Daily Planet Charity Fund (Mentioned only)

Vehicles:

  • Clark Kent's Car
  • Doris Drake's Yacht


Synopsis for "Lana Lang, Superwoman!"

To save the Earth, Superman agrees to let Brainiac subject Lois Lane and Lana Lang to a bomb blast--but first he gives them both super-powers with a transfusion of his own blood.

Appearing in "Lana Lang, Superwoman!"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

  • Doctor (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
  • Children (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
  • Farmer (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
  • Jumbo (White Elephant) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
  • Whale (Cameo) (Single appearance)

Locations:

Items:

  • Gravity-Belt (given to Lana by Superboy) (Mentioned only)
  • Kryptonian Blood
  • Lana Lang's Superhero Costume
  • Lois Lane's Superhero Costume
  • Giant Robotic Fire-Breathing Space Creature (Flashback only) (Destroyed)
  • Brainiac's Force Screen (Flashback and main story)
  • Superman Robots (Mentioned only)
  • Time Bomb

Vehicles:

  • School Bus
  • Jet (Flashback only)
  • Brainiac's Spacecraft (Flashback and main story) (from Action Comics #242)

Synopsis for "How Lois Lane Got Her Job"

Lois Lane recounts to Clark Kent how she got three scoops in three days to be hired by Perry White, not knowing that Superman inadvertently helped her get those three stories.

Appearing in "How Lois Lane Got Her Job"

Featured Characters:

  • Lois Lane (Flashback and main story) (Origin)

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Henry Blaine (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
  • Rajah of Sari (Jewel Thief) (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Bank Employee (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
  • Metropolis Police Department
    • Police Chief (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
  • Two Powerhouse Employees (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
  • Doctor (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
  • Nurses (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
  • Benjamin Franklin (Mentioned only)
  • Reporter (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
  • Rajah of Sari's Two Black Panthers (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
  • Circus Animal Trainer (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
  • Old Blacky (Black Panther) (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
  • Rajah of Sari's Gatekeeper (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
  • Pilot (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
  • Professor Thorne (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
  • Fishermen
    • Man (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
    • Charlie (Cameo) (Flashback only) (Single appearance)

Locations:

  • Metropolis
  • Valley of Giant Beasts (Flashback only)
    • Racing River (flows into Metropolis Bay) (Flashback only)
  • Africa (Mentioned only)

Items:

  • Steel Framework Kite (Flashback only)
  • Giantosaur Bone (Flashback only)
  • Daily Planet Newspaper (Flashback only)
  • Glass Bottle with a Note and $5 (Flashback only)

Vehicles:

  • Propeller Airplane (Flashback only)
  • Lois Lane's Car (Flashback only)
  • Submarine (Flashback only)
  • Dottie B. (Fishing Boat) (Flashback only)

Notes

Trivia

  • In the Letters to Lois from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #19 concerning the story The Girl That Almost Married Clark Kent! A reader pointed out on page 8 panel 6 that Doris Drake was using her left hand to throw an ice bucket at Clark Kent. The reader mentioned that the Magic Amulet that flew off her left wrist and went out the porthole was actually supposed to be on her right wrist. The editor's response was, "Your right-it was right!"
  • While Lois and Lana only gain superpowers for a short while in this issue, they regain them by different means in four issues (Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #21). The costumes seen here will resume in that issue and, in Lana's case, much later in Action Comics #583 as well.
  • In How Lois Lane Got Her Job Lois is given a surprise celebration for her anniversary of being hired by the Daily Planet.


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