Comic Title: Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #44
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1963
On Sale Date: August 8, 1963 Newsstand Date August 8, 1963
Source: House Ad, Adventure Comics #312, Page 9

Copyright Date August 8, 1963
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1963

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of March, June, Sept. and Dec.
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The False Superman"
Pages: 9

Feature(s):
Lois Lane (of Earth-1)

Artist: Kurt Schaffenberger

Feature Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #44; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #44)

Supporting Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #44; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #44)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #44; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #44)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #44; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #44)

Villain(s)

• Mr. Big (alias Hack; head of a racketeering syndicate; disguised as Brainiac in this story; no further appearances)
• Mr. Big's men (no further appearances)
• Mike Dawson (disguised as Superman; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Jimmy Olsen Fan Club (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #71; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #72)

Other Character(s)

• Senator Burns and two Secret Service agents (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Members of a racketeering syndicate trick Lois Lane into believing that Superman’s secret identity is Mike Dawson, an ice cream vendor. Lois believes the story initially, and she agrees to hide a fake bottled city of Kandor in the Daily Planet safe. Inside the bottle is a microphone, used by the crooks to learn the name of an informant. However, Lois has seen through their ploy, because the ice cream man slipped up in his disguise. She alerts the real Superman, who rounds up the gang.