American Comics Update: The Bute Collection: Lois Lane #3-5
*DC: We don’t see these early issues of Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane (to give it its full title) too often over here, so we’re delighted to present these Bute Collection copies of #3, #4 & #5 from 1958, before UK distribution. A lovely mix of humour and adventure, this series, along with Jimmy Olsen, has a unique place in comics’ history. Lois certainly gets into some scrapes!
PICTURED: LOIS LANE
#3 GD/VG £100 SOLD A very reasonable copy, structurally intact but for the upper staple being loose on centrefold pages. Nice cover image with white background. Very slight rippling effect (as if by water damage) at spine near upper staple. Cream to tan pages.
#4 FA/GD £40 Spine and edge wear with lower spine split of about 10 cm, thus off lower staple. Pretty good cover image, with small name printed at very bottom edge. Off-white pages.
#5 GD £45 Nice cover image with good colours; a couple of creases at right edge and lower corner, but nothing serious. Short upper and lower spine splits with very small chip missing centre spine. Staples are tight and firm, pages are a supple off-white.




