Comic Title: Superman #217
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jun/Jul 1969
On Sale Date: April 8, 1969 Newsstand Date April 8, 1969
Source: House Ad, Atom & Hawkman #43, Page 10

Copyright Date April 8, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969

Newsstand Date April 8, 1969
Source: Comic Reader, #72

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of March and September
Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 64
Editor: Mort Weisinger

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Notes:
This issue is labeled Giant #G-60.

Title: "The Girl in Superman's Past"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Wayne Boring
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted From:
Superman #129 (1959)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #129; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #41)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #129; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #41)
• Lori Lemaris (first appearance; appears in flashback; last appearance in Superman:The Secret Years #2; next appearance in Superman:The Secret Years #3)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman:The Secret Years #2; next appearance in Superman:The Secret Years #3)

Comments:
This story is presented as an Untold Tale of Superman.

This is the first appearance of the Atlantean city of Tritonus.

Synopsis:
Superman recalls an old romance from his college days. When he met Lori Lemaris, she was a college girl confined to a wheelchair. He began to date her as Clark after saving her from an accident. He found her mysterious because she always had to leave at a certain time of night.

Eventually, Lori told Clark that she must return to her homeland. Clark did not want to lose her, so he decided to give up being Superman and propose. Lori told him that she already knew his secret and could not marry him.

Clark investigated further and found a huge salt water tank instead of a bed in her bedroom, and he was able to guess her secret. Lori was a mermaid from Atlantis. She tells Clark the truth about herself, but she still must return to Atlantis forever.