Comic Title: Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #49
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1964
On Sale Date: March 26, 1964 Newsstand Date March 26, 1964
Source: House Ad, Adventure Comics #320, Page 21

Copyright Date March 26, 1964
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1964

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

Title: "The Unknown Superman"
Pages: 16

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

Artist: Kurt Schaffenberger

Reprinted In:
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #113 (1971)

Feature Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #169; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #49)

Supporting Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #169; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #49)

Other Character(s)

• An alien man (disguised as Dr. Drolc, Strong Bear, a baseball pitcher, and a violinist; no further appearances)
• A baseball manager, an indian tribe, and aliens of the planet Zavak (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Lana Lang (on a video screen)

Synopsis:
Lois Lane receives an anonymous tip which eventually leads her to Dr. Drolc who has invented a talent tracer machine capable of divining unknown talents. Lois tests the machine and is surprised to learn that it works.

One of the tests leads her to an indian man named Strong Bear who has super powers. Strong Bear and Lois fall in love, and she accepts his wedding proposal. The indian tribe give Lois a ring belonging to Strong Bear. She realizes that Dr. Drolc and the men the talent tracer located all wore the same ring.When Lois breaks the ring, Strong Bear's appearance changes into a deformed blue alien. The alien reveals that he posed as Drolc and the other men to trick Lois. He is the last survivor of a race whose planet was destroyed by nuclear war. The ring allowed him to take human form and survive on Earth. His love for Lois was real, but with the ring destroyed, he dies.