Comic Title: World's Finest Comics #40
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May/Jun 1949
On Sale Date: March 30, 1949 Copyright Date March 28, 1949
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1949
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Newsstand Date March 30, 1949
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V4 #1

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 72
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Two Lois Lanes"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-2)

Writer: William Woolfolk
Artist: Al Plastino

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 7 HC (2023)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #132; next appearance in Action Comics #133)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #58; next appearance in Action Comics #133)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #58; next appearance in Action Comics #133)

Villain(s)

• Check and his gang (criminals; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Brenda Manning (a Lois Lane look-a-like; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Chessmaster turned criminal Check and his gang are caught by Superman. When Lois accidentally puts herself in danger, Superman is forced to save her letting the criminals go free. Check decides to use Lois to his advantage when he meets unemployed actress Brenda Manning who is a double for Lois Lane.

Check captures the real Lois, then tricks Brenda into replacing her. When Check commits a crime, Brenda acting as Lois distracts Superman. When Brenda objects to the criminal enterprise, Check threatens to kill her family. Superman catches on to Check's plan and advises Brenda to stay out of the way.

The real Lois returns and forces Superman to rescue her. Superman locks Lois in a cage until he finally apprehends Check. Lois is angry at being blamed for the action of her double. Back at the Daily Planet Lois and Brenda meet for the first time. They plot a joke on Clark Kent, but it is spoiled when Clark correctly guesses which girl is the real Lois.