Lois Lane No. 106
date: label: date made
content: 1970-11
name: label: author
content: Kanigher, Robert
label: artist
content: Roth, Werner
label: artist
content: Colletta, Vince
label: publisher
content: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
label: maker
content: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
label: maker
content: Action Comics
notes: label: Description
content: <i>Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane</i> number 106 was published by DC Comics in November of 1970. The cover features art by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson that depicts the white Lois Lane stepping into Superman’s Plastimold machine and stepping out as a black woman. The 36 page issue sold for 15 cents and features the Lois Lane story “I am Curious (Black)!” and the Rose and Thorn story “Where Do You Plant a Thorn?” The issue explored race relations in Metropolis as Lois transform into a black woman to write a story about “Little Africa.” Her new skin color changes society’s perception of her, and she realizes the struggle of everyday life as a minority.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Superman
label: Subject
content: Comics
label: Subject
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: American Enterprise
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.3095.23
label: catalog number
content: 1988.3095.23
label: nonaccession number
content: 1988.3095
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 6 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 16.51 cm