Lois Lane Story From SUPERMAN #29

Lois Lane was a terrific character. She livened the goings-on considerably with her continual snooping, attempts to prove that Clark Kent was really Superman, and imaginations of what life would be like if she were married to Superman.

I would say that much of the success of the Superman comics are due to Lois Lane. There really was no comparable character in Captain Marvel stories, and as a result, those stories do not hold a great deal of interest to me.

This was originally published as a back-up story in SUPERMAN #29.












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"Casey the Cop" was one of the fillers in the comic book.  "Fingers" Gordon sounds like he could have been named after real-life gangster "Waxy" Gordon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The guy with the bow tie resembles Jimmy Olsen as depicted in the comic books around the time that they had the television program with George Reeves, but the Jimmy Olsen in the old comics was only a boy and didn't wear a bow tie.


And here we have the cover of this issue, where Lois Lane is again important.

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Superman Meets Cinderella

This story was originally published in ACTION COMICS in 1943 and it is credited to Jerry Siegel, John Sikela,  and Ed Dobratka.


And it features Lois Lane's little niece Susie, who appeared in a number of Superman stories in this period.

Susie's mother doesn't seem to have ever been depicted in the comics, and Susie herself seems to have been forgotten, apart from periodically being seen in reprints of the old stories.





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MY FRIEND IRMA #12

MY FRIEND IRMA was originally a radio show, but there was also a comic book version. "Atlas" was one of the different names used by Marvel comics over the years. This particular comic book was published in November 1951. Dan DeCarlo was the artist on this series. He would later draw JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS, ARCHIE, and numerous other popular favorites.

The inset shows a small picture of Marie Wilson, who played the character on the radio and later movies and television.

 

 

 

 

Irma lives with her roommate Jane and has a boyfriend named "Al" who calls her "Chicken". Torchy had very similar companions in her comics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 In 1951, the Empire State Building was still the tallest building in the world. Television was still fairly new at the time, which is why there's a reference to people trading back their televisions for radios.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Winning all the prizes was something that they had on the original radio program, which was also something they put in the movie version.

 

 

 

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Blackhawk And Torchy From Modern Comics 101

Blackhawk and Torchy stories were both originally published in MODERN COMICS. Here are their adventures from issue #101 in 1950.








Blackhawk's origins went back to the second World War and he originally fought the Nazis. After the war somebody else had to be the bad guy. Not infrequently the bad guy was a brunette villainess of the type Carole Forman used to play in the serials. Carole Forman played the villainess in the Blackhawk serial, of course.



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Bill Ward originally drew Torchy, but when he had other comittments, Gil Fox drew the character. This story is by Gil Fox.

 

In this period, Torchy was given about the same supporting cast as MY FRIEND IRMA had on the radio program, except that the boyfriend who didn't seem to be much good for anything was the other girl's boyfriend. MY FRIEND IRMA was also a comic book in this period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Chicken" was what Al called Irma on the radio program MY FRIEND IRMA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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