Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane#30(1962)

A delivery man brings Lois a window washer's costume, which she plans to use to spy on Phil "the Wrecker" and his fellow gangsters. Clark is worried because the Wrecker was arrested based on information she gathered. Lois is only concerned about gathering more evidence while the Wrecker is out on bail, and she heads out. Clark thinks to himself that he had better keep an eye on her... as Superman. The gangsters quickly see through Lois's disguise because of her red nail polish, and they push her off the side of the building. Lois cries out for Superman, who catches her just in time. Superman delivers the Wrecker and his minions to the police, and afterwards, when Lois goes to hug him, he stops her and scolds her for being so reckless. Lois looks abashed as Superman asks her what would happen if someone else needed his help while Lois was getting into trouble... he'd have to choose whose life to save. The next day, Lois and Clark are attending a dog show when Lois spots an FBI-wanted dope peddler placing a packet of opium inside a loving cup to pass along to a smuggler. Clark offers to go get the police, but Lois wants the glory of catching him herself. Lois ignores Clark's warnings about the danger and assures him that even if she does get into a jam, Superman will save her. Lois follows the dope peddler, but when he notices her, she stops to buy a chocolate pop from an ice cream man. Clark sees this and thinks that he has an idea... He releases a black dog, who jumps out and grabs Lois's ice cream. The dog eats it and dies, and Clark tells Lois that her ice cream must have been poisoned for it to have killed the dog. Lois sees that both the dope peddler and the ice cream man are gone, and she believes that the ice cream was poisoned and that the ice cream man was in cahoots with the dope peddler to kill her. It was sheer luck that the dog took it before she could ingest the poison. When Lois isn't looking, the supposedly dead dog flies off and is revealed to be Krypto, who was playing dead on orders from Superman. Clark thinks their act will convince Lois to stop playing detective. He's proven wrong later at the Daily Planet where Lois tells Jimmy that it won't happen again and Superman will save her the next time. She's going skin-diving for a scoop. The next morning, the boat's skipper warns Lois that these are octopus-infested waters, but she tells him that a killer threw the murder weapon into these waters... if she can retrieve it, she can bring him to justice. Superman watches as Lois is attacked by an octopus, which only releases her when another diver goes swimming past and it leaves to chase after them. Now that Superman has left her to her fate twice, Lois realizes she can't rely on him anymore. Meanwhile, Superman flies off to thank Aquaman for his help. That afternoon, Lois and Clark are investigating a robbery at a fur storage warehouse when Lois is locked inside the storage room, which is kept cold to preserve the furs, while Clark interviews the owners. Clark sees her using his x-ray vision and frees her. She is disappointed to be saved by Clark instead of Superman. Lois tells Perry to reassign her. No more dangerous assignments for her, only movie reviews and garden shows. Clark is smug, but Jimmy is worried that without Superman to protect her, Lois could be in danger. She is supposed to testify against the Wrecker tomorrow, and his pals will do anything to stop her. Jimmy is proven right that evening when Lois is attacked in her apartment by the Wrecker's thugs. Superman jumps out to rescue her, and Lois is relieved. She runs downstairs, and the real Superman appears to confront her rescuer--really, Jimmy Olsen. Superman scolds him for ruining his plan to melt the bullets from a distance and keep up his guise. Lois goes back to Perry and demands all the tough assignments because Superman will always save her, and she dismisses Jimmy's claims that he was the one who saved her. Clark is annoyed, knowing Lois will be in his hair worse than ever before.