Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1968.
Synopsis for "Feud of the Super-Femmes"
Lois finds that she has obtained Super powers as she rescues Superman from a Kryptonite trap. Superman inquires as to how Lois obtained her powers but she states that she will explain later. In the meantime she is elated that this means they cannot be married without fear of having anything happen to her. Superman flies off to apprehend the villains that lured him into the trap as Lois remains behind. She then starts to experience a ringing in her head as her super powers fade away. It is then revealed that Lois obtained her super powers from a female scientist in Kandor named Dr Cor-Lar. She visits the Dr in Kandor where she is assigned the task of retrieving a Crystal Feathered Stantor bird from deep space. Lois delivers the bird to Cor-Lar but it releases its crystal feathers like darts into Lois. Lois’s body then begins to glow and Cor-Lar announces that her powers are now permanent and she no longer has to worry about them fading away. The bad news is that she can no longer leave Kandor at the risk of melting down into a blob of helpless matter. The Dr demonstrates what would happen to her by showing Lois a Tri Snout that received its powers from similar crystals. Lois pleads that she must get out of Kandor but Cor-Lar then announces that she will travel outside the bottled city to work along Superman where she too will have super powers without fear of melting. She then threatens to kill Lois’s parents if she reveals any details of her scheme. Cor-Lar then travels to visit Superman to deliver the news that Lois has chosen to postpone their wedding to remain in Kandor. Lois then remains in Kandor as she becomes a famous super heroine performing various feats. In the meantime, Cor-Lar works side by side with Superman becoming her super partner much to the chagrin of Lois. At one point, Lois discovers that the Tri Snout scene that she witnessed was faked and she really is in no danger of melting if she leaves Kandor. She quickly travels outside the bottled city to subdue Cor-Lar with a piece of Kandorite, an element which cancels the power of any super being from Kandor. Lois’s power quickly wear off as Cor-Lar is apprehended by Kandor police.
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Synopsis for "The Jealous Lois Lane!"
This story is reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #31.
Professor Potter demonstrates his emotion machine in front of the Daily Planet Staff. The machine detects hate when strapped to Perry and it detects fear when it is strapped to Jimmy. The machine contains a ball which glows when it detects the start of an emotion and it further rings an alarm bell when the subject reaches the peak of their emotional reaction. The professor then offers to strap his machine on Lois to detect jealousy but Lois proclaims that the experiment is ridiculous and she never has any jealous thoughts. The Planet staff laughs at the statement because they are all aware that Lois gets extremely jealous when Superman encounters other beautiful women. Perry then proposes that Lois wear the machine as she follows Superman on his daily schedule. An hour later, Lois arrives at the mansion of Betty Drew the famous actress. The actress is hosting a large party and Superman is scheduled to attend. The light bulb on the machine starts to glow as Lois begins to get jealous of Drew’s beauty. It really gets bright once Superman arrives and Betty Drew begins to fawn over him. She realizes that the bell alarm on the machine is about to go off and notify everyone of her jealousy so she uses a powder puff from her compact to muffle the bell. Superman is really surprised that the machine did not detect any jealousy. Lois then asks if she can hitch a ride with Superman as he meets with Lori the Mermaid. Superman is scheduled to meet with her so she can donate a surprise gift to the Metropolis Museum. Superman flies Lois to the event so she can cover it for the Daily Planet. Upon their arrival they find that Lori and her people are donating a group of deep sea creatures in special habitats to the Metropolis zoo. Lois sees their exchange from a distance and sees that the couple still has a connection from the past. She begins to grow jealous once more but this time she spots Topo the mind reading Octopus in the ocean. She asks the octopus to prevent the bell from ringing so Superman will not realize that she is growing jealous. Topo wraps his tentacle around the machines bell and prevents it from going off. Lois’s emotions are saved once more. Later that day Lois and Superman attend a dedication ceremony for a new Metropolis dam. Superman demonstrates her great ability at generating electricity with his superspeed. A pretty female then approaches Superman and kisses him on the lips. Lois realizes that her jealousy alarm is about to go off so she uses a magnetic field from the Dam’s machine to prevent the bell from ringing. In all three cases, Lois is able to avoid the embarrassment of having her jealous emotions revealed to Superman. Later on Lois finds herself in Perry’s office as Superman is judging the Prettiest Girl Reporter contest. Superman is looking through photographs as an alarm bell goes off. The bell was a result of a rat gnawing on the Planets alarm system but Superman and Perry Judge it to be from the professors emotion machine. They conclude that the alarm was set off because Lois became jealous that Superman was looking at pictures of pretty girls. Superman then reveals that he was looking at a picture of Lois much to her chagrin. Lois gets frustrated that she really didn’t get jealous in this instance.
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- Topo the Octopus
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- Emotion Machine
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