- Things would've been different if I hadn't become Lois' co-worker on the Planet! But, with super-powers, I can correct that mistake... And I will... right now!!
- — Superman
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #20 is an issue of the series Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1960.
Synopsis for "Superman's Flight from Lois Lane!"
Superman, fed up with Lois Lane's identity-snooping, goes back in time to just before he applied to the Daily Planet and, instead, becomes a disk jockey on radio station WMET. Unfortunately, he has to deal not only with Lois Lane of the time-line which he now occupies, but a new identity-hunter named Liza Landis. Finally, he calls it quits and returns to his normal time-line.
Appearing in "Superman's Flight from Lois Lane!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Liza Landis (Clark's secretary and assistant on Earth-20) (Single appearance)
- Lois Lane (of Earth-One)
- Lois Lane (of Earth-Twenty) (Single appearance)
- Lana Lang (Mentioned only)
Antagonists:
- Earth-Twenty
- Three Criminals (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Counterfeit Mob
- Three Members (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Earth-Twenty
- Citizens of Metropolis (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- WMET Radio
- Station Manager (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Two Employees (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- John Crane (songwriter) (Mentioned only)
- Young and Brandon (songwriters) (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis Police Department (Cameo)
- Perry White (Single appearance)
- Mayor of Metropolis (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Earth-One
- Little Green Men (Mentioned only)
- Lex Luthor (Mentioned only)
- Liza Landis (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Earth-One
- 1960
- Metropolis
- Daily Planet
- WMET Radio Station (Mentioned only)
- Smallville (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis
- 1960
- Earth-Twenty (Single appearance)
- 1954
- Space
- Sun
- Earth
- Metropolis
- Daily Planet
- WMET Radio
- Manager's Office
- Record Library
- Glass Encased Studio
- Bowling Alley (Unnamed)
- City Hall
- Cavern (outskirts of Metropolis)
- Metropolis
- Space
- 1954
Items:
- Earth-Twenty
- The Night You Cried (song by John Crane) (Mentioned only)
- Kisses that Lie (song by Young and Brandon) (Mentioned only)
- Lips that Caress (number one spot on the hit parade) (Mentioned only)
- Alone at Last (Mentioned only)
- Clark Kent Dummy
- Bowling Ball (with a time bomb inside) (Destroyed)
- Scissors
- Cheap Perfume
- Clark Kent's Suit (soaked with cheap perfume)
Vehicles:
- Earth-One
- Airplane
- Earth-Twenty
- Counterfeiter Mob's Car
Concepts:
Synopsis for "The Luckiest Girl in Metropolis!"
A gangster wanting revenge on Lois Lane tricks her into thinking she has guardian spirits to protect her from danger with whispered prophecies.
Appearing in "The Luckiest Girl in Metropolis!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- "Bullet" Benson (Single appearance)
- Benson's Henchmen (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- District Attorney (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Two Archeologists (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Leif Ericson (Mentioned only)
- Vikings (Mentioned only)
- Doctor (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Metropolis Police Department (Mentioned only)
- Daily Planet Employees (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Train Operator (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Judge (Mentioned only)
- Jury (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- 1000 A.D. (Mentioned only)
- Canada
- United States of America
- Metropolis
- Ajax Construction site
- Courtroom
- Daily Planet
- Perry White's Office
- Stock Room
- Metropolis Hospital
- Metropolis
Items:
- Daily Planet Newspaper
- World Times Newspaper
- Giant Rune-Stone with Norse Hieroglyphics
- Dark Glasses
- Bomb (Destroyed)
- Railroad Trestle (In ruins)
- Magnesium Powder Bomb
Vehicles:
- Benson's Henchmen's Car
- Diesel Locomotive
Synopsis for "Lois Lane's Super-Daughter!"
Superman discovers that he has a cousin (Linda Lee) who is in an orphanage. He tells his wife Lois that he would like to adopt her. In an on trial basis in order to adopt her Lois would've to give up her job at the Daily Planet to focus her full attention on Linda Lee. Things go awry when a social worker looks in on the Kent household and sees Lois relaxing while Linda Lee is doing all the housework. To make matters worse, Lois feels useless as her super powered husband and on trial basis daughter do all the work and fight crime together. While the super duo are out Lois is left home in company with the Clark and Linda robots.
Appearing in "Lois Lane's Super-Daughter!"
Featured Characters:
- Lois Lane
Supporting Characters:
- Supergirl (Single appearance)
- Superman
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Miss Hart (Single appearance)
- Three Orphan Girls (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Mrs. Clayton (Single appearance)
- TV News Reporter (On a TV or computer screen) (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Space
- Krypton (Mentioned only)
- "Another" Solar System
- Dying Sun
- Earth-Nineteen
- Metropolis
- Kents' Residence
- Secret Tunnel
- Kents' Residence
- Midvale
- Midvale Orphanage
- Hollow Tree (Linda Lee Robot location) (Mentioned only)
- Archeological Site (unknown location) (On a TV or computer screen) (Unnamed) (Cameo) (Single appearance)
- Metropolis
Items:
- Linda Lee Robot
- Superman Robots
- Daily Planet Newspaper
- Kryptonite Antidote
- Fortress of Recreation (model)
Vehicles:
Notes
- Cora the Car Hop gag strip.
- Superman's Flight from Lois Lane! is reprinted in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #94.
- Lois Lane's Super-Daughter! is reprinted in 80-Page Giant #14 and Superman in the Sixties.
- Lois Lane's Super-Daughter! was originally published as an imaginary story, a story outside of regular continuity. In Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Compendium, it was retconned as having happened on another Earth, .
- Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Compendium describes the events of Lois Lane's Super-Daughter! as happening on Earth-Nineteen, and Superman's Flight from Lois Lane! as Earth-Twenty.
- Lois Lane's Super-Daughter! was labeled as No. 2 of an Imaginary Series.
- Lois Lane appeared last in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #47. She appears next in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #48.
- Perry White appeared last in Action Comics #268. He appears next in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #48.
- Superman appeared last in Superman #140. He appears next in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #48.
Trivia
- Superman's association with Liza Landis is another example of how so many of the women in his life have alliterative names, specifically the letter L. Other examples include Lois Lane, Lana Lang and Lori Lemaris.
- In Lois Lane's Super-Daughter! Lois Lane was celebrating her birthday.
See Also
- Cover gallery for the Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane series
- Images from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane Vol 1 20
Recommended Reading
- Action Comics (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 1)
- Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (Volume 1)
- World's Finest (Volume 1)
- Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #13 (Lois Lane biography entry)
- Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #22 (Superman biography entry)
Links and References
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