Lois Lane... invulnerable?

I'm sure the story had nothing to do with the cover...

You're right. That cover is a prime example of Silver Age bait-and-switch.

IIRC, "Lois" was actually Lois's Kandorian double, and the scene on the cover took up about three panels of a story that had no real connection with it.

I gather that DC's editors would have their artists draw eye-catching covers, and then tell their writers to come up with stories to fit. Re-reading some of those old stories, you can see how writers were tying themselves in knots trying to shoehorn the cover scene into their scripts.

argonaut wrote: You're right. That cover is a prime example of Silver Age bait-and-switch.

IIRC, "Lois" was actually Lois's Kandorian double, and the scene on the cover took up about three panels of a story that had no real connection with it.

I gather that DC's editors would have their artists draw eye-catching covers, and then tell their writers to come up with stories to fit. Re-reading some of those old stories, you can see how writers were tying themselves in knots trying to shoehorn the cover scene into their scripts.

Oh, the Silver Age. Will we ever learn?