That Time Superman Married A Robot Mermaid, And Had A Robot Mermaid Baby!

Lest you think the title of this post was not 100% accurate...

Oops, I may have spoiled the "robot" part. Ah, well, strap in for one of the more Silver Age stories of all time!!

Professor Burke has invented a new "radio-telescope" that lets him watch and listen live to any alien planet! Of course, when Lois goes to report on the Nobel-worthy accomplishment...

Slow down, splash panel!!

After viewing a few wacky planets, Burke and Lane find this:

That's not all, Lois...

But it is 100% true!!

Now that's domestic bliss!!

After having a good cry, masochist Lois comes back to see more:

Lois confronts Kal-El...

Denying everything, he takes Lois to this far-away planet to investigate:

Whaaa...???

Now, this story is soooo Silver Age, that it actually requires 6 pages of expositional flashback. 6 pages!!

You see, once, when Superman was turned into a phantom by Red Kryptonite, X-3 got himself smashed up while rescuing an astronaut!

Now, in modern comics, he would have become Cyborg-Superman or some such. Haha, not in the Silver Age, kids! Let's let Jerry Siegel and Kurt Schaffenberger explain the rest:

But it is truly all's well that ends well!

I'm sure that X-3 and Mooki and Nipper are still out there, enjoying giant lollipops and baking giant pies, just waiting for Rebirth...

From Lois Lane #30 (1962), as reprinted in Lois Lane #112 (1971)