Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #60 for Sale - First Appearance of Paula Brooks - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series)
Issue: #60
Publication date: October 1965
Key date: 1965-10-00
On-sale date: 1965-08-12
Indicia publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Paula Brooks - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Huntress - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Sportsmaster - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Lawrence "Crusher" Crock - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Get Lost, Superman!	cover	1	pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger; letters: Ira Schnapp	Clark Kent, Superman
2	Lois Lane's Greatest Rival!	comic story	7.67	pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger	Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lucy Lane, Lana Lang, Jimmy Olsen, Supergirl, Superman, Perry White, Kara Zor-El, Bizarro-Jimmy Olsen
3	Are You a Litter-Bug?	public service announcement	1	script: Henry Boltinoff, Jack Schiff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5	-	comic story	0.47	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Peg
9	The Amazing Hydro-Girl!	comic story	7.65	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger; letters: Milt Snapinn	Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Superman
11	-	letters page	0.63	script: Mort Weisinger
12	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.37		Gim Allon, Imra Ardeen, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Reep Daggle, Querl Dox, Lar Gand, Clark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Mon-El
14	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.65	pencils: Curt Swan, Dick Sprang; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman, Dick Grayson, Joker, Clark Kent, Lex Luthor, Robin, Superman, Bruce Wayne
16	Get Lost, Superman!	comic story	7.63	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger; letters: Milt Snapinn	Ti-Arra, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lucy Lane, Lana Lang, Jimmy Olsen, Superboy, Superman, Sylvia DeWitt
17	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	Johnny DC
18	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.37	pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira Schnapp	Black Canary, Lawrence "Crusher" Crock First, Paula Brooks First, Dinah Drake, Ted Grant, The Huntress First, Ted Knight, The Sportsmaster First, Starman, Wildcat
20	-	cartoon	0.25	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Cap

Plus 7.31 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Superman Family #167	1974	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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