- Superman's brought some strange life-forms back from other planets before, but this time he outdid himself! All these men are making such a fuss, you'd think it was Sophia Loren! My editor, Perry White, wants a picture of the tree for tonight's Daily Planet edition... And then I'll be glad to move on to other assignments! For some reason, I feel very uncomfortable around this thing!
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #112 is an issue of the series Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1971.
Synopsis for "A Tree Grows in Metropolis!"
Superman transplants an alien tree to Metropolis, where it feeds on the brain-waves of Superman and Lois Lane, has a nightmare, and dies.
Appearing in "A Tree Grows in Metropolis!"
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- Rzalin
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- Professor Potter (Mentioned only)
- Thorn (Mentioned only)
- Guardian (Mentioned only)
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Synopsis for "Superman's Secret Family!"
This story is reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #30.
Perry White assigns Lois an interview with Professor Burke, who has invented a telescope that will not only allow the viewer to see but also to hear what is happening on other worlds.
In the professor's observatory, Lois watches a battle between two aliens and then a street scene on the planet Yorrp. Professor Burke then changes the scene to show a mermaid and her son, who are speaking English. Superman flies into the scene and greets the pair as his wife Mooki and his son Nipper. Lois cries as she observes the family's routine.
She rushes home, and her tears turn to anger as she comes to believe that Superman never told her about his secret family because he enjoyed watching her make a fool of herself.
The next day, Superman visits Lois at the Daily Planet, but she is cold to him, interpreting his conversation about his recent space mission as veiled references to his visit to his family. She asks him to leave because she's very busy.
Lois returns to the observatory to watch Mooki and Nipper again, but she finds them in the middle of a crisis as an enemy spaceship approaches. The planet disappears from view, and the spaceship passes them by without seeing them.
Through the telescope, Lois and Burke watch as Superman returns to his wife and child. Lois says she's seen enough and leaves.
When Superman visits her at her apartment the next day, Lois is again cold, and she again grows angry as Superman apparently references his visit to Mooki and Nipper. She slaps him across the chest, injuring her hand, and tells him to go. She knows the truth now.
Superman visits Burke at his observatory and sees the telescope is still pointed at the small planet where his wife and son live. He returns to Lois's apartment and abducts her, taking her to Mooki's planet. There he shows her that it isn't his family, and they are both shocked to learn that this is the robot family of Superman Robot X-3.
Appearing in "Superman's Secret Family!"
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- Krypto
- Mooki (First appearance)
- Nipper (First appearance)
- Professor Burke (Single appearance)
- Lori (Mentioned only)
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- Metropolis
- Yorrp
- Unnamed planet
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- Superman Robot X-3
- Professor Burke's Super-Telescope
- Mooki Robot
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Synopsis for "The Robot Paradise!"
This story is reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #30.
Superman explains to Lois that he thought Superman Robot X-3 had been destroyed years ago. Superman had been teaching his four original Superman robots how to impersonate him when he came across some Red Kryptonite, which turned him into a phantom.
Just then, the robots heard a distress signal from outer space where an American astronaut was in need of help. Superman Robot X-3 flew up to save the astronaut, and Superman watched as his robot double was struck by a meteor, which apparently destroyed him right after he had saved the astronaut.
Lois asks how the apparently destroyed robot ended up on another planet with a robot family. Superman can't explain it, but the robot can.
He was badly damaged by the meteor strike and floated through space for awhile until the gravity of this planet dragged him down.
Meanwhile, the water-world Varda had dried up, leaving its last survivor, the scientist Mooki, in grave danger. She managed to build a spaceship, which took her to the planet where she found the damaged Superman robot. She repaired him as best she could, but she didn't have the parts that would allow him to fly back to Earth. She died soon afterwards, and the robot buried her.
The robot was stranded on the planet and very lonely, so he built himself a family, basing his robot wife on Mooki. Their son named himself Nipper. They built a home together where they could live just like humans do, and they devised safeguards to protect themselves from interplanetary menaces. The robot also patrolled nearby planets in honor of his creator.
Superman refuses to dismantle his robot double and his family like Superman Robot X-3 believes he will. Superman and Lois leave the happy family and return to Earth, where Lois apologizes for doubting Superman. He says he's happy they're friends again.
As he flies off, Lois thinks that not only is Superman the mightiest man in the universe, he's also gentle and understanding. She almost envies the robot Mooki, but maybe, one day...
Appearing in "The Robot Paradise!"
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- Krypto (Cameo)(Flashback only)
- Mooki
- Nipper
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- Unnamed planet
- Varda
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- Superman Robot X-3 (Final appearance)
- Mooki Robot (Final appearance)
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Synopsis for "Rock and Rose"
The Thorn manages to save herself, Detective Danny Stone, and Leo Lester, Jr., and bring in some 100 hoods as a bonus.
Appearing in "Rock and Rose"
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Trivia
- In "A Tree Grows in Metropolis!," the alien plant-lifeform Rzalin dreams up a world-conquest scenario in which Lois attempts to retrieve White Kryptonite from the Superman Museum to kill her. This may indicate that White K, like Gold K per the previous issue, was not turned to iron by the K-reactor accident in Superman #233. However, as Lois never reaches the Museum and as this all happens within a figment of Rzalin's imagination, it is never confirmed one way or another if this was the case.
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