Comic Title: Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #79
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1967
On Sale Date: September 26, 1967 Newsstand Date September 26, 1967
Source: Direct Currents, Spectre #1, Page 32

Copyright Date September 26, 1967
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1967


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

Title: "Checkmate for Lois"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: E. Nelson Bridwell
Artist: Kurt Schaffenberger

Feature Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #79; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #80)

Supporting Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #79; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #107)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #78; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #80)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #201; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #80)
• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #79; next appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #107)

Villain(s)

• Lediv (a sorceress; no further appearances)
• King Ranty R, King Goz, and their followers (no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Lewis Lang (last appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #71; next appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #117)

Other Character(s)

• Nick Michaels, Bill Packer, and Rex Gavin (a TV director, an actor, and a boxer; no further appearances)
• Liada (a sorceress; no further appearances)
• An unnamed indian chief (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Lois investigates a mysterious millionaire who has converted an aircraft carrier into a castle. Lois fails to get an interview, but Lana Lang succeeds. Then several people who share similarities with chess pieces disappear. Lois tracks them and Lana back to the aircraft carrier where she unmasks the millionaire as Professor Lang, Lana's father.

Lois is then taken prisoner, because Lana, her father, and the others have been taken over by a ancient sorceress, two kings, and their followers whose spirits had been trapped inside magical chess pieces. The sorceress Lediv, inhabiting Lana, then lures Superman to the castle and arranges for his mind to be taken over.

Lois saves the day by freeing another sorceress, Liada, from the chess pieces. She was responsible for the original spell that imprisoned the evil sorceress. Liada then uses her magic to fend off the possessed Man of Steel. She then ends the threat by destroying the magical chessboard. The spirits, including herself, are then disspelled, and the hosts resume control of their own bodies.