Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #44
In "The Murder of Lana Lang!", Lois Lane and her friend Lana Lang stage a dramatic fake murder to expose the dangers of the death penalty, but when Lana fails to reappear as planned, the ruse spirals into a tense mystery. Penciled and inked by Kurt Schaffenberger, this 1963 DC classic blends suspense and social commentary in a story where a well-intentioned scheme begins to unravel. The cover, also by Schaffenberger, captures the dramatic stakes with a striking image of Lois in peril.
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Lois and Lana devise a scheme to make it appear that Lois killed Lana so that she will be convicted of murder based on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to death, then Lana will resurface and show that the death penalty is unjust and nearly killed an innocent woman. However, things go wrong when Lana doesn't reappear as planned.
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