*DC: From the Bute Collection this week. Perhaps surprisingly, Lois Lane was the first try-out series in Showcase to get her own title, chronologically, beating the Flash and the Challengers to that honour, both of whom got more try-out issues before graduating. Lois had been around a while, of course, debuting alongside Superman in Action Comics #1, 1938. But here in Showcase issues #9 & #10, she appeared for the first time in comics headlined by her.
PICTURED: SHOWCASE
#9 FA £250 Very much setting the tone for the series which was to follow, here we see Lois meeting Lana Lang for the first time, trying to discover Superman’s secret identity and dreaming of being married to him. A low grade copy with water damage, rusty staples with some migration and a spine split up to lower staple. The staples are however firm. There is discolouration damage, particularly to the bottom left of the cover (see scan), along the spine and top edge. Also corner creasing. Pages aren’t too bad, with some minor bits of small graffiti. Colour breaking creasing at edge of bottom right corner. 
#10 GD £150 Here Lois tries to get Superman jealous by pretending to marry someone else, is blinded by an experiment and discovers a box of Kryptonian artifacts that give her super powers (as you do). It’s a busy life at the Daily Planet! Not a bad copy, with a solid spine, a little looseness at top staple, but both staples firmly attached at spine (lower off at centre). Cover creasing breaking colour in logo area, at spine and down left hand side; minor chipping to right and bottom edges. Nice off-white to cream pages.