Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #7

This February 1959 issue captures the romantic triangle at the heart of Lois Lane's world with wonderful clarity: cover artists Curt Swan and Ray Burnley depict a crestfallen Lois watching helplessly as Superman shares a milkshake at a soda fountain with a red-haired woman in yellow — Lana Lang, grown up and pretty, as the cover's own speech bubble pointedly notes. Floating above in a dreamy thought bubble, Superman carries Lana aloft, recalling their Smallville days when he was still Superboy. Featuring the story "The Girl Who Stole Superman's Heart!" alongside Jerry Coleman's writing and Kurt Schaffenberger's interior art, this issue delivers the kind of heartfelt, soap-opera drama that made this series such a warm and engaging corner of the DC universe in the late Silver Age.