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| character_name = Lois Lane
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| publisher = DC Comics
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| debut = [[Action Comics 1|''Action Comics'' #1]] (June 1938)
| caption = Art by [[Gary Frank (comics)|Gary Frank]]
| creators = [[Jerry Siegel]]<br />[[Joe Shuster]]
| publisher = [[DC Comics]]
| debut = ''[[Action Comics]]'' [[Action Comics 1|#1]]<br>(June 1938)
| full_name = Lois Joanne Lane
| creators = [[Jerry Siegel]]<br>[[Joe Shuster]]
|Powers and = Expert Martial artist
| alliances = [[Daily Planet]]<br/>[[Galaxy Communications (comics)|Galaxy Communications]]
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| spouse = [[Clark Kent/Superman]] (Sunday October 6th 1997)
| supports = [[Superman]]<br>[[Superboy]]
| alliances = [[Daily Planet]]
| partners = [[Clark Kent]]<br>[[Jimmy Olsen]]
| aliases = [[Superwoman]]<br>[[Red Tornado (character)|Red Tornado]]
| supports = [[Superman]]
| status = [[Married]]
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*'''Superwoman'''<br>Heat vision, X-ray vision, Freeze breath, Invulnerability, Flight, Superhuman strength, Speed and Hearing
*'''Red Tornado'''<br>Air manipulation and Durability
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'''Lois Joanne Lane-Kent''' is a [[fictional character]], the primary [[love interest]] of [[Superman]] in the [[comic book]]s of [[DC Comics]]. Created by writer [[Jerry Siegel]] and artist [[Joe Shuster]], she [[First appearance|first appeared]] in [[Action Comics 1|''Action Comics'' #1]] (June 1938).


'''Lois Lane''' is a fictional character appearing in [[American comic books]] published by [[DC Comics]]. Created by writer [[Jerry Siegel]] and artist [[Joe Shuster]], she first appeared in ''[[Action Comics]]'' [[Action Comics 1|#1]] (June 1938). Lois is an award-winning [[journalist]] for the [[Metropolis (comics)|Metropolis]] newspaper the ''[[Daily Planet]]'' and the primary [[Superman and Lois Lane|love interest]] of the [[superhero]] [[Superman]] and his alter ego, [[Clark Kent]]. In DC continuity, she is also his wife and the mother of their son, [[Jon Kent (DC Comics)|Jon Kent]], the newest [[Superboy]] in the [[DC Universe]].
Lois is Superman's chief romantic interest and, in the current DC [[continuity (fiction)|continuity]], his wife. Like Superman's [[alter ego]] [[Clark Kent]], she is a [[journalism|reporter]] for the [[Metropolis (comics)|Metropolis]] newspaper, ''The [[Daily Planet]]''.


Lois's physical appearance was originally based on a [[model (person)|model]] hired by Siegel and Shuster named Joanne Carter,<ref name="Richardson">Richardson, James. "The Early History of Lois Lane: Superman's Girlfriend is Forever Needing Rescuing From Peril," Suite101.com (Dec. 16, 2008). Accessed Apr. 5, 2009.</ref> who would later marry Siegel.
Lois' physical appearance was originally based on [[Joanne Siegel|Joanne Carter]], a model hired by Joe Shuster. For her character, Jerry Siegel was inspired by actress [[Glenda Farrell]]'s portrayal of the fictional reporter [[Torchy Blane]] in a series of films. Siegel took her name from actress [[Lola Lane]].<ref>Letters to the Editor, ''Time'' magazine (May 30, 1988), pp. 6–7.</ref>


Depictions of the character have varied spanning the comics and [[Lois Lane in other media|other media adaptations]]. The original [[Golden Age (comics)|Golden Age]] version of Lois Lane, as well as versions of her from the 1970s onwards, portrays Lois as a dauntless journalist and intellectually equal to Superman. During the [[Silver Age of Comics]], she was the star of ''[[Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane]]'', a comic book series that had a light and humorous tone.
Lois's personality was based on [[Torchy Blane]], a female reporter featured in a series of films from the 1930s. Siegel took her name from actress [[Lane Sisters|Lola Lane]], who portrayed Torchy in one of the middle entries.<ref name="Richardson" /><ref>Letters to the Editor, ''Time'' magazine (May 30, 1988), pp. 6-7.</ref> She is also based on real life journalist [[Nellie Bly]].


Lois has appeared in [[Lois Lane in other media|various media adaptations]] and is among the best-known female comic book characters. Actress [[Noel Neill]] first portrayed Lois Lane in the 1940s ''[[Superman (serial)|Superman]]'' film series and later reprised her role in the 1950s television series ''[[Adventures of Superman (TV series)|Adventures of Superman]]'', replacing [[Phyllis Coates]] from season two. [[Margot Kidder]] played the character in four [[Superman (1978 film)|Superman films]] in the 1970s and 1980s, [[Kate Bosworth]] in the 2006 film ''[[Superman Returns]]'' and [[Amy Adams]] in the [[DC Extended Universe]]. [[Teri Hatcher]] portrayed Lois in the 1990s television series ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]'' and [[Erica Durance]] in the 2000s series ''[[Smallville]]''. [[Elizabeth Tulloch]] played the character in the television series ''[[Superman & Lois]]''. [[Rachel Brosnahan]] will play Lois Lane in the upcoming film ''[[Superman (2025 film)|Superman]]'' (2025).
Depictions of Lois Lane have varied since her character was created in 1938, spanning the 70-year history of Superman [[comic book]]s and other media adaptations. During the [[Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]], she was the star of ''[[Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane]],'' a comic title that had a light and frivolous tone. However, the original [[Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] version of Lois, as well as versions of her from the 1970s onwards, portray Lois as a tough-as-nails [[journalist]] and intellectual equal to Superman. One thing has remained throughout the character's 70-year history, however: she has always been the most prominent love-interest in Superman's life and is seen by many fans as the archetypical comic book love interest.


==Creation==
==Publication history==
Writer [[Jerry Siegel]] first conceived Lois Lane in 1934, when Siegel and [[Joe Shuster]] were still developing Superman.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster Interview|publisher=Nemo: the Classic Comics Library No. 2|date=August 1983|page=11}}</ref> A major influence on Lois' characterization was actress [[Glenda Farrell]] and her portrayal of the fictional reporter [[Torchy Blane]] in a series of [[Warner Bros.]] films. The Torchy Blane movies were popular second features during the later 1930s. On the conception of Lois Lane, Siegel stated in the 1988 ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine:
Aspects of Lois's personality have varied over the years (depending on the comic writers' handling of the character and American social attitudes toward women at the time), but in most incarnations she has been depicted as a determined, strong-willed person, whether it involves beating her rival reporter [[Clark Kent]] to a story or (in what became a trademark of 1950s and 1960s era Superman stories) alternating between elaborate schemes to convince Superman to marry her and proving to others her suspicion that Clark was in reality Superman. She also traditionally had a cool attitude toward Clark, who in her view paled in comparison to his alter ego. At times, the character has been portrayed as a [[damsel in distress]].


{{blockquote|My wife Joanne was Joe's original art model for Superman's girlfriend Lois Lane back in the 1930s. Our heroine was, of course, a working girl whose priority was grabbing scoops. What inspired me in the creation was Glenda Farrell, the movie star who portrayed Torchy Blane, a gutsy, beautiful headline-hunting reporter, in a series of exciting motion pictures. Because the name of the actress Lola Lane (who also played Torchy) appealed to me, I called my character Lois Lane. Strangely, the characterization of Lois is amazingly like the real-life personality of my lovely wife.<ref>{{cite web|last=Siegel |first=Joanne |url=http://www.supermanhomepage.com/comics/comics.php?topic=articles/lois-lane |title=The True Inspiration for Lois Lane |publisher=Superman Home Page |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721154956/http://www.supermanhomepage.com/comics/comics.php?topic=articles%2Flois-lane |archive-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=July 19, 2015 }}</ref>}}
Lois's appearances has varied over the years, depending either on contemporary fashion, or media adaptations. For instance, in the mid-1990s, when the series ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman|Lois and Clark]]'' began airing, Lois received a hair cut that made her look more like actress [[Teri Hatcher]], and her eyes were typically violet to match the Lois of the television [[cartoon]] ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'' after that show began airing. Traditionally, Lois has black hair, though for a period from the late 1980s through the late 1990s, Lois was depicted with brown hair in the comics. She started with red hair in the original Sunday papers.{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}}


[[File:Lois Lane Joanne Siegel.jpg|thumb|An early sketch of Lois Lane by [[Joe Shuster]], modeled on [[Joanne Siegel|Joanne Carter]].]]
Lois is the daughter of Ellen (alternately Ella) and [[Sam Lane]].<ref>Mark Waid bio, DragonCon comic book convention program.</ref> In the earlier comics, her parents were [[farmer]]s in a town called Pittsdale; the modern comics, however, depict Sam as a retired soldier, and Lois as a former "[[Military brat (U.S. subculture)|army brat]]", born at [[Ramstein Air Base]] with Lois having been trained by her father in areas such as hand-to-hand combat and the use of firearms. Lois also has one younger sibling, her sister [[Lucy Lane]].<ref>{{Cite comic | writer = [[John Byrne (comics)|Byrne, John]] | penciller = [[John Byrne (comics)|Byrne, John]] | inker = [[John Beatty (illustrator)|Beatty, John]] | story = The Power That Failed! | title = Superman | volume = 2 | issue = 19 | date = July 1988 | publisher = [[DC Comics]] | page = 2 | panel = 6 }}</ref>
Artist Joe Shuster based Lois' physical appearance on a model named [[Joanne Siegel|Joanne Carter]]. Carter had placed an ad in the ''[[Cleveland Plain Dealer]]'' newspaper in the Situation Wanted column, advertising herself as a model.<ref>This ad appeared in ''The Plain Dealer'' on 13 January 1935, according to [https://twitter.com/bradjricca/status/936617623223242753?lang=en this Twitter post] by Brad Ricca. Brad Ricca is a historian who wrote a biography of Siegel and Shuster (''Super Boys'').</ref> Shuster corresponded with her and hired her as the model for Lois Lane. Shuster's depiction of Lois was modeled on her hairstyle and facial features. "To me she was Lois Lane. She was a great inspiration for me, though. She encouraged me, she was very enthusiastic about the strip; it meant a lot to me." Shuster said about Joanne Carter.<ref name="Joanne Carter"/>

Joanne Carter married co-creator Jerry Siegel in 1948. On working with Joe Shuster for Lois Lane, Carter said in the 1983 ''[[Nemo (magazine)|Nemo]]'' magazine interview: "Joe was redrawing the strip, and it was going to be more realistic, rather than cartoony. I used to model for him every Saturday until he had enough drawings. He made so many stock drawings that it got to a point where he didn't need any more. We became such good friends by that time we decided we would always stay friends."<ref name= "Joanne Carter">{{cite book|title=The Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster Interview|publisher=Nemo: the Classic Comics Library #2|date=August 1983|page=14}}</ref>

==Publication history==
Lois Lane made her debut in ''[[Action Comics]]'' [[Action Comics 1|#1]] (June 1938), the first published Superman story.<ref>{{cite book|chapter= 1930s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |page=20}}</ref> Lois is the daughter of Ella and [[Sam Lane (comics)|Sam Lane]], in earlier comics, her parents were farmers in a town called Pittsdale.<ref name="loislane13">{{cite comic| writer= [[Robert Bernstein (comics)|Bernstein, Robert]] | penciller= [[Kurt Schaffenberger|Schaffenberger, Kurt]]| inker= Schaffenberger, Kurt| story= Introducing ... Lois Lane's Parents!| title= [[Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane]]| issue= #13 | date= November 1959| publisher=| page= | panel= }}</ref> The modern comics depicts Lois as a former [[Military brat (U.S. subculture)|Army brat]], born at [[Ramstein Air Base]] with Lois having been trained by her father, a US Army General, in areas such as hand-to-hand combat and the use of firearms. She has one younger sibling, her sister [[Lucy Lane]].<ref>{{Cite comic | writer = [[John Byrne (comics)|Byrne, John]] | penciller = Byrne, John| inker = [[John Beatty (illustrator)|Beatty, John]] | story = The Power That Failed! | title = [[Superman vol. 2|Superman]] | volume = 2 | issue = #19 | date = July 1988 | publisher = DC Comics | page = 2 | panel = 6 }}</ref> Lois is a journalist for the ''[[Daily Planet]]'', one of the best [[Investigative journalism|investigative reporters]] and the best at the newspaper she works at.<ref>{{cite web|title=DC Comics: Lois Lane|date=March 25, 2015|url=http://www.dccomics.com/characters/lois-lane|publisher=DC Comics|access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref> Lois has shown obtaining superpowers and becoming a superhero, some of her superhero identities are [[Superwoman]] and Red Tornado of Earth 2.


Aspects of Lois' personality have varied over the years, depending on the comic book writers handling of the character and American social attitudes toward women at the time. In most incarnations, she is shown to be an independent person who is smart, determined and strong-willed. Her physical appearance has varied over the years, depending either on contemporary fashion or media adaptations. In the 1990s, when the television series ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]'' began airing Lois received a haircut that made her look more like actress [[Teri Hatcher]], and her eyes were typically violet to match her character on ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]''. From the late 1980s through the 1990s she was depicted with auburn hair in the comic books.
In most versions of Superman, Lois is shown to be a crack investigative reporter, one of the best in the city and certainly the best at the newspaper she works at. However, despite such brilliance, she has generally been unable to see through Clark's rather primitive disguise of glasses and figure out that he is Superman—despite being the character who is most up close and personal with both Superman and Clark. Sometimes Lois suspects that Clark is Superman, but generally fails to prove it. Sometimes the contradiction is played for humor.
In the 1940s, Lois had a newspaper comic strip, ''[[Superman (comic strip)#Spinoff|Lois Lane, Girl Reporter]]'', a direct spin-off of the Superman comic strip running at the time. A similarly titled comic series began appearing in the ''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]]'' comic book in 1944, starting with ''Superman'' #28. In 1958, DC Comics gave Lois a comic book series, ''[[Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane]]''. The series focuses on her solo adventures and start publication in April 1958. In the 1960s, the series was one of DC's most popular titles and was the top ten best-selling comic books in America.<ref name="1962 Comic Book Sales Figures">{{cite web |url= http://www.comichron.com/yearlycomicssales/1960s/1962.html|title= 1962 Comic Book Sales Figures|first= John Jackson|last= Miller|date= n.d.|publisher= Comichron: The Comics Chronicles|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141008070224/http://www.comichron.com/yearlycomicssales/1960s/1962.html|archive-date= October 8, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> She had a series featured in ''[[The Superman Family]]'' comic book from 1974 to 1982. Released in 2019, ''Lois Lane'', a 12-issue series by writer [[Greg Rucka]] and artist [[Mike Perkins]] investigates threats and conspiracies in the DC Universe.


Lois is the character most commonly associated with Superman, and [[Superman and Lois Lane|throughout their long history]], she has always been the most prominent love interest in Clark Kent/Superman's life. In the 1990s, after Clark proposes to Lois and reveals to her that he is Superman,<ref name="Superman50">{{cite comic| writer= [[Jerry Ordway|Ordway, Jerry]]| penciller= [[Dan Jurgens|Jurgens, Dan]]; [[Brett Breeding|Breeding, Brett]]; [[Kerry Gammill|Gammill, Kerry]]; [[Curt Swan|Swan, Curt]]; Ordway, Jerry; Byrne, John| inker= Breeding, Brett; [[Dennis Janke|Janke, Dennis]]; Byrne, John; Ordway, Jerry | story= Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite, Part 4: The Human Factor| title= Superman| volume= 2| issue= #50 | date= December 1990 }}</ref><ref name="Manning247">Manning, Matthew K. "1990s" in Dolan, p. 247: "When [Clark Kent] proposed to his longtime love Lois Lane, he did so in a modest fashion...Lois accepted and comic book history was made, served up by writer/artist Jerry Ordway."</ref> she married him in the comic book ''[[Superman: The Wedding Album]]'' (December 1996).<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Jurgens, Dan; [[Karl Kesel|Kesel, Karl]]; [[David Michelinie|Michelinie, David]]; [[Louise Simonson|Simonson, Louise]]; [[Roger Stern|Stern, Roger]]| penciller= Byrne, John; Gammill, Kerry; [[Gil Kane|Kane, Gil]]; [[Stuart Immonen|Immonen, Stuart]]; [[Paul Ryan (cartoonist)|Ryan, Paul]]; [[Jon Bogdanove|Bogdanove, Jon]]; [[Kieron Dwyer|Dwyer, Kieron]]; [[Tom Grummett|Grummett, Tom]]; [[Dick Giordano|Giordano, Dick]]; [[Jim Mooney|Mooney, Jim]]; Swan, Curt; [[Nick Cardy|Cardy, Nick]]; [[Al Plastino|Plastino, Al]]; [[Barry Kitson|Kitson, Barry]]; [[Ron Frenz|Frenz, Ron]]; Jurgens, Dan| inker= [[Terry Austin (comics)|Austin, Terry]]; [[Murphy Anderson|Anderson, Murphy]]; [[Bob McLeod (comics)|McLeod, Bob]]; [[Jose Marzan Jr.|Marzan Jr., Jose]]; Breeding, Brett; Janke, Dennis; [[Doug Hazlewood|Hazelwood, Doug]]; [[Denis Rodier|Rodier, Denis]]; [[Art Thibert|Thibert, Art]]; [[George Pérez|Pérez, George]]; [[Jackson Guice|Guice, Jackson]]; Cardy, Nick; Plastino, Al; McCarthy, Ray; [[Josef Rubinstein|Rubinstein, Joe]]; Ordway, Jerry| story= The Wedding Album| title= [[Superman: The Wedding Album]]| issue= #1| date= December 1996}}</ref><ref name="Manning275">Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 275: " The behind-the-scenes talent on the monumental issue appropriately spanned several generations of the Man of Tomorrow's career. Written by Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern, the one-shot featured the pencils of John Byrne, Gil Kane, Stuart Immonen, Paul Ryan, Jon Bogdanove, Kieron Dwyer, Tom Grummett, Dick Giordano, Jim Mooney, Curt Swan, Nick Cardy, Al Plastino, Barry Kitson, Ron Frenz, and Dan Jurgens."</ref> The couple's biological child in DC Comics [[Canon (fiction)|canon]] was born in ''Convergence: Superman'' #2 (July 2015) a son named Jonathan Samuel Kent, who eventually becomes [[Superboy]].
After Clark reveals to Lois that he is Superman, and proposes to her,<ref>''Superman (vol. 2) #50 (1990)</ref> [[Relationship of Clark Kent and Lois Lane|she accepts and marries him]] in the December 1996 special ''[[Superman: The Wedding Album]]''.<ref>[[Dan Jurgens]], [[Karl Kesel]], [[David Michelinie]], [[Louise Simonson]], [[Roger Stern]]. ''[[Superman: The Wedding Album]]'' [[DC Comics]]; (December 1996)</ref> She keeps her [[maiden name]] for professional purposes.


==Fictional character biography==
==Fictional character biography==
The comics have seen several incarnations of Lois Lane over the decades.


===Golden Age===
===Golden Age===
[[Image:Superman27.PNG|thumb|240px|The Golden Age Lois Lane and Superman, from the cover of ''Superman'' #27 (March–April 1944). Pencils by [[Wayne Boring]].]]
[[Image:Superman27.PNG|thumb|The Golden Age Lois Lane and Superman, from the cover of ''Superman'' #27 (March–April 1944), art by [[Wayne Boring]].]]
In the earliest [[Golden Age of Comics|Golden Age]] comics, Lois was featured as an aggressive, career-minded reporter for the ''[[Daily Star (DC Comics)|Daily Star]]'' (the paper's name was changed to ''The Daily Planet'' in the early 1940s), who, after Clark Kent joined the paper and Superman debuted around the same time, found herself attracted to Superman, but displeased with her new journalistic competition in the form of Kent. Starting in the late 1940s or early 1950s comics, Lois began to suspect that Clark Kent was Superman, and started to make various attempts at uncovering his [[secret identity]], all of which backfired (usually thanks to Superman's efforts).
In the [[Golden Age of Comics|Golden Age]] comics, Lois was an aggressive, career-minded reporter for the ''[[Daily Star (DC Comics)|Daily Star]]'' (the newspaper's name was changed to the ''Daily Planet'' in ''Action Comics'' #23 in 1940). After Clark Kent joined the paper and Superman debuted around the same time, Lois found herself attracted to Superman but displeased with her new journalistic competition in the form of Kent.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fleisher |first1=Michael L. |title=The Original Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes, Volume Three: Superman |date=2007 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-4012-1389-3 |pages=145–162, 409–420}}</ref>


Starting early as the 1940s, Lois began to suspect that Clark Kent was Superman, and started to make various attempts at uncovering his [[secret identity]], all of which backfired because of Superman's efforts. The first such story appears in ''Superman'' #17 (July–August 1942).<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Jerry Siegel|Siegel, Jerry]]| penciller= [[Joe Shuster|Shuster, Joe]]| inker= Sikela, John| story= Man Or Superman?| title= [[Superman (comic book)|Superman]]| issue= #17 | date= July–August 1942}}</ref> This theme became particularly pronounced in the 1950s and 1960s [[Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age comic books]].
In the Golden Age comics, Lois also had a niece named Susie Tompkins, whose main trait was getting into trouble by telling exaggerated [[tall tale]]s and fibs to adults. Susie's last appearance was in 1955; subsequent comics presented Lois' only sibling, Lucy, as single and childless.


Lois gained her first series of stories (without Superman) starting with ''Superman'' #28 (May–June 1944),<ref>{{cite comic| writer=Cameron, Don| penciller=Dobrotka, Ed|story=Lois Lane, Girl Reporter story–The Suicidal Swain| title=Superman| issue=#28|date=June 1944}}</ref> ''Lois Lane, Girl Reporter'', running in the ''Superman'' comic book for a number of years, had Lois defeating bad guys and getting front-page stories on her own, without any help from Superman.
After DC instituted its [[Multiverse (DC Comics)|multiverse]] system in the early 1960s for organizing its continuity, it was deemed that the Lois of the Golden Age comics (i.e., comics published from 1938 through the early 1950s) lived on the parallel world of "Earth-Two" versus the then-mainstream ([[Silver Age of Comics|Silver Age]]) universe of "Earth-One." In 1978's ''Action Comics'' #484, it was revealed that sometime in the 1950s, the Earth-Two Lois became infatuated with Clark Kent after the latter lost his memory of his superheroic identity (thanks to a spell cast by the old [[Justice Society of America]] enemy, the Wizard), with the result of Clark acting more aggressive and extroverted. Clark and Lois began to date each other, and were soon married; however, during the honeymoon, Lois discovered that Clark was indeed Superman, and after recruiting the aid of the Wizard, restored Clark's memory. A series of stories in The [[Superman Family]] #195-199 & #201-222 titled "Mr. and Mrs. Superman" presented the further adventures of the now-married Lois and Clark (in several of which Susie Tompkins made a return as a recurring character).


In the Golden Age comics, Lois had a niece named Susie Tompkins, whose main trait was getting into trouble by telling exaggerated [[tall tale]]s and fibs to adults.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Siegel, Jerry| penciller= Sikela, John| inker=Dobrotka, Ed| story= Cinderella – a la Superman| title= Action Comics | issue= 59| date= April 1943}}</ref> Susie's last appearance was in ''Superman'' #95 (February 1955).<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[William Woolfolk|Woolfolk, Bill]]| penciller= [[Wayne Boring|Boring, Wayne]]| inker=Kaye, Stan| story= Susie's Enchanted Isle| title= Superman| issue= #95| date= February 1955}}</ref> Subsequent comics presented Lois' only sibling, Lucy, as single and childless.
During the ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' miniseries, the Earth-Two Lois Lane was seen for one of the final times, as she, the [[Kal-L|Earth-Two Superman]], and the [[Earth Prime]] [[Superboy-Prime|Superboy]] are taken by [[Earth-Three]]'s [[Alexander Luthor, Jr.]] (who himself was the son of Earth-Three's Lois Lane, who had perished, along with her husband Alexander Luthor, Sr., in the first issue of the series) into a paradise-like dimension at the end of the story (after all the parallel Earths, including Earth-Two, had been eliminated in favor of just one Earth), after which this version of Lois was (seemingly) permanently discarded from DC's continuity.


===Silver Age and Bronze Age===
In 2005's ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' miniseries, it was revealed that the Earth-Two Lois Lane, along with Superboy, Alexander Luthor, Jr., and Superman, have been watching the events of the post-Crisis [[DC Universe]] from their pocket dimension. Out of the four observers, she is the only one who still believes that the new universe is just going through a rough patch; Superboy-Prime and Alexander Luthor are convinced that Earth is utterly corrupt, and Kal-L is slowly becoming swayed to their way of thinking. This version of Lois is frail, and died for reasons not explicitly revealed, though probably connected to her [[octogenarian]] status. This was the main reason for Kal-L's determination to restore Earth-2, as he believed that Lois' health would recover once back on her proper Earth. Despite the restoration of Earth-2, however, Lois Lane died in the arms of Superman in ''Infinite Crisis'' #5, regardless of Kal-L's protests that he couldn't let her die. After Kal-L died at the hands of [[Superman-Prime|Superboy-Prime]] at the end of ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' #7, he commented that he finally understood Lois' final words- "''It's... not... going...''"- as meaning that it would never end for them, and one day it would be understood that even the heroes who had been lost in the original Crisis were still out there somewhere. After his demise, they are shown reunited in the stars, while their bodies are buried on Earth alongside [[Superboy (Kon-El)|Kon-El]]'s, who gave his life to stop Superboy-Prime's attempts to restore his Earth.
When the reading audience of superhero comic books became predominately young boys in the mid to late 1950s, the focus of Superman stories shifted toward science fiction inspired plots involving [[extraterrestrials]], [[fantasy literature|fantasy]] creatures, and bizarre plots.


Lois' main interests in various late 1950s and 1960s stories became vying with her rival Lana Lang for Superman's affections, attempting to prove Clark Kent and Superman were one and the same or otherwise getting Superman into marriage. Superman's rationale for resisting her matrimonial desires was that marrying her would put her in increased danger from his enemies and that she could not keep his secret identity hidden. Regardless, Lois married several times in the Superman stories of this era, including to a Superman impostor from Kandor, the villainous Zak-Kul<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Otto Binder|Binder, Otto]]| penciller= Boring, Wayne| inker= Kaye, Stan| story= The Shrinking Superman!| title= Action Comics| issue= #245| date= October 1958}}</ref> and a man from the future.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Bernstein, Robert| penciller= Boring, Wayne| inker= Kaye, Stan| story= The Man Who Married Lois Lane| title= Superman| issue= #136| date= April 1960}}</ref> All these marriages were either annulled or otherwise forgotten.
Lois later returns as a sinister [[Black Lantern Corps|Black Lantern]] with her husband in the ''[[Blackest Night]]'' crossover. Now an [[undead]], Lois is now lacking the compassion she used to have. Her first task is to kidnap Martha Kent with her spouse, and stating that she and Kal-L wish for [[Kal-El]], [[Connor Kent]], and Martha, to be reunited with [[Ma and Pa Kent|Jonathan Kent]] in death. However, she proved unable to deal with the resourcefulness of Martha Kent, and was set ablaze by the widow, but kept regenerating until [[Krypto]] came to her aid, ripping the black ring out of her hand and preventing regeneration for long enough to allow Superman and Conner Kent to destroy the Black Lantern powerhouses attacking [[Smallville (comics)|Smallville]], and reaching town to aid others unhindered.<ref>''Blackest Night: Superman'' #1-3 (August - October 2009)</ref>


[[File:SupermansGirlFriendLoisLane1.jpg|thumb|''Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane'' #1 (April 1958) art by [[Curt Swan]] and Stan Kaye.|left]]
Black Lantern Lois later appears to [[Power Girl]], claiming that she has escaped the ring's corrupting influence, and needs her help. However, this is just a ploy to get close enough to her husband's body, which was being held in the JSA headquarters after his black ring had been removed. Black Lantern Lois "sacrifices" herself by removing her ring and giving it to Kal-L, restoring him to full undead status, and causing her own body to become inert.<ref>''Blackest Night: JSA'' #1-2 (December 2009 - January 2010)</ref>
Lois became more and more popular during the 1950s, and after appearing as the lead character in two issues of DC Comics' ''[[Showcase (comics)|Showcase]]'' in 1957, DC created an ongoing series for Lois, titled ''[[Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane]]''.<ref>[[Alexander C. Irvine|Irvine, Alex]] "1950s" in Dolan, p. 85: "The future title ''Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane'' got a tryout in issues #9 and #10 of ''Showcase'', when Lois Lane stepped in as the lead feature."</ref><ref>Irvine "1950s" in Dolan, p. 89: "Following her successful test run in the pages of ''Showcase'' #9 and #10, Lois Lane got her own title ''Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane'' in which Superman was ever the prankster."</ref> The series ran for 137 issues, beginning in April 1958 to October 1974. Most stories were about Lois' romance with Superman, and were drawn by artist [[Kurt Schaffenberger]]. Schaffenberger's rendition of Lois became cited by many as the "definitive" version of Lois, and he was often asked by DC editor [[Mort Weisinger]] to redraw other artists' depictions of Lois Lane in other DC titles where she appeared.<ref>{{cite book|last = Voger|first = Mark|author2=Voglesong, Kathy |chapter= Front Page Romance |title = Hero Gets Girl!: The Life & Art of Kurt Schaffenberger|publisher= [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|year= 2003|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|pages = 43–45| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=8_mF5qdrMR0C&q=Front+Page+Romance+Kurt+Schaffenberger&pg=PA43| isbn = 1-893905-29-2
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The series ''Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane'' became one of DC's most popular titles, the third best-selling comic in 1962 and 1965.<ref name="1962 Comic Book Sales Figures"/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.comichron.com/yearlycomicssales/1960s/1965.html|title= 1965 Comic Book Sales Figures|first= John Jackson|last= Miller|date= n.d.|publisher= Comichron: The Comics Chronicles|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024222/http://www.comichron.com/yearlycomicssales/1960s/1965.html|archive-date= November 17, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The title featured the first appearance of the Silver Age [[Catwoman]], after an absence from the comics for over a decade.<ref>{{cite comic|writer= [[Leo Dorfman|Dorfman, Leo]]|penciller= Schaffenberger, Kurt|inker= Schaffenberger, Kurt|story= The Catwoman's Black Magic!|title= Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane |issue= 70|date= November 1966}}</ref>
===Silver Age===
When the reading audience of [[comic book]]s became predominately young boys in the mid-to-late 1950s, the focus of Superman stories shifted toward [[science fiction]]-inspired plots involving [[extraterrestrials]], [[fantasy literature|fantasy]] creatures, and bizarre, often contrived, plots. Lois' main interests in various late 1950s and 1960s stories became vying with her rival [[Lana Lang]] for Superman's affections, attempting to prove Clark Kent and Superman were one and the same, and tricking or otherwise forcing Superman into marriage. Superman's rationale for resisting her matrimonial desires was that she could not be trusted to keep his secret identity hidden, and that marrying her would put her in increased danger from his enemies (of course, this ignored the fact that his romantic relationship with her was already public knowledge). This change in Lois' personality from her earlier 1940s self might also be a result of American society's attitudes toward women and their societal roles in the 1950s. Regardless, Lois married several times in the Superman stories of this era — to other characters such as [[Batman]] and [[Jimmy Olsen]]. She also married a convicted criminal on death row (and various Superman pastiches). All these marriages were either annulled or otherwise forgotten.


While Lois is suspicious of Superman's secret identity as early as ''Superman'' #7 (1940), her suspicions grew during the early Silver Age, with many stories in her series focusing on her attempts to prove Superman and Clark Kent were one and the same. Stories showed Superman using various means to protect his secret identity from Lois, including his [[Superman robot]]s or Batman disguising himself as Clark/Superman.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Alvin Schwartz (comics)|Schwartz, Alvin]]| penciller= Swan, Curt| inker= Kaye, Stan| story= Batman – Double for Superman!| title= [[World's Finest Comics]]| issue= #71| date= July–August 1954}}</ref>
Lois became more and more popular during this decade, and after appearing as the lead character in two issues of DC's title ''Showcase'' in 1957, DC created an on-going title for the character, titled ''Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane'' beginning in March 1958 and running for 137 issues until September 1974. Most of these placed an emphasis on Lois' romance with Superman, and were drawn by artist [[Kurt Schaffenberger]]; indeed, Schaffenberger's rendition of Lois became cited by many<ref>Voger, Mark and Voglesong, Kathy (PHT). "Front Page Romance," ''Hero Gets Girl!: The Life and Art of Kurt Schaffenberger'' (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2003).</ref><ref name="Eury">Eury, Michael. "Kurt Schaffenberger: Ladies' Man," in "The Superman Mythology," ''The Krypton Companion: A Historical Exploration of Superman Comic Books of 1958-1986'' (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2006), p. 67.</ref> as the "definitive" version of Lois, and he was often asked by DC editor [[Mort Weisinger]] to redraw other artists' depictions of Lois Lane in other DC titles where she appeared.<ref name="Eury" />


By the end of the 1960s, as attitudes toward women's role in American society changed, Lois's character changed as well. Stories in the 1970s depicted her as fully capable and less reliant on Superman. She engaged in more solo adventures without Superman being involved, and was much less interested in discovering Superman's secret identity. For example, in her solo stories in ''[[Superman Family]]'' (an [[anthology]] title started in the mid-1970s after the cancellation of ''Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane'' and ''Superman's Pal, [[Jimmy Olsen]]''), Lois regularly battled criminals and often defeated them using her quick wits and considerable skill in the Kryptonian [[martial arts|martial art]] of Klurkor, taught to her by Kryptonian survivors in the bottle-city of [[Kandor]].<ref>''Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane'' #78 (Oct. 1967).</ref> There were also several cameos of the [[New Gods]], including [[Desaad]] and [[Darkseid]].
By the end of the 1960s, as attitudes toward women's role in American society changed, Lois' character changed as well. In ''Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane'' #80 (Jan. 1968), the character's fashions were updated to a then more contemporary look.<ref>McAvennie, Michael "1960s" in Dolan, p. 128: "She started trading in her generic blouse and pencil skirt combinations for a "mod" wardrobe filled with printed dresses, go-go boots, mini skirts, and hot pants."</ref> Stories in the 1970s depicted Lois again as fully capable and less reliant on Superman. She engaged in more adventures without Superman being involved and was much less interested in discovering Superman's secret identity.


Lois had a series featured in ''[[The Superman Family]]'' (an [[anthology]] title started in the mid-1970s after the cancellation of ''[[Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane]]'' and ''[[Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen]]'') from 1974 to 1982. In her series, Lois regularly battled criminals and often defeated them using her quick wits and considerable skill in the Kryptonian [[martial arts|martial art]] of Klurkor, taught to her by Kryptonian survivors in the bottle city of [[Kandor (comics)|Kandor]].<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Dorfman, Leo| penciller= Schaffenberger, Kurt| inker= [[Pete Costanza|Costanza, Pete]]| story= Courtship, Kryptonian Style!| title=Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane| issue= #78| date= October 1967}}</ref> There were several cameos of the [[New Gods]], including [[Desaad]] and [[Darkseid]]. Lois Lane was the backup series in ''[[Supergirl (comic book)|The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl]]'' in 1982 to 1983.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 2626|title= The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl}}</ref>
After the 1985-1986 miniseries ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', writer and artist [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]] revised the Superman legend, and eliminated the Silver Age version of Lois from continuity; before this happened, a final non-canonical "imaginary story" ''[[Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?]]'' was written by writer [[Alan Moore]], meant as a send-off for the "pre-Crisis" versions of the characters, including Lois.

During the Silver and Bronze Age, Lois' backstory became more fully fleshed out, with various stories explaining her life before becoming employed at the ''Daily Planet''. This backstory was attributed to the Lois Lane of Earth-One.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Greenberger |first1=Robert |last2=Pasko |first2=Martin |title=The Essential Superman Encyclopedia |date=2010 |publisher=Del Rey |isbn=978-0-345-50108-0 |pages=182–188}}</ref>

As summarized in various stories, Lois was born to Sam and Ella Lane and grew up on their farm in the small town of Pittsdale.<ref name="loislane13" /> At the age of two, Lois suffered [[measles]], and at the age of three, [[Pertussis|whooping cough]].<ref name="supermanfamily206">{{cite comic| writer= [[Marv Wolfman|Wolfman, Marv]]|penciller= [[Bob Oksner|Oksner, Bob]]|inker= [[Vince Colletta|Colletta, Vince]]|story= Have You Ever Told Me the Story of My Life?|title= Superman Family|issue= #206|date= March–April 1981}}</ref> At an unspecified time during Lois' childhood, her younger sister Lucy Lane was born.<ref name="supermanfamily206" /> While Lois was a toddler, she encountered a [[rattlesnake]] in the woods near the Lane family farm. The snake was scared away by one of Kal-El's baby toys which had landed nearby in one of Jor-El's experimental rockets.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Siegel, Jerry|penciller= Schaffenberger, Kurt|inker= Schaffenberger, Kurt|story= Lois Lane's Childhood|title= Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane|issue= 26|date= July 1961}}</ref>

During Lois' adolescence, she won a youth contest run by the ''Daily Planet'', with the prize being a trip to Metropolis to spend a week working as a cub reporter for the newspaper. There, she first met Clark Kent of Smallville, who was the other winner of the contest. Lois found Clark dull and became more interested in asking him for information about Superboy after learning Clark came from Smallville. During the week in Metropolis, Lois made a bet with Clark to see who would get the most [[Scoop (term)|scoops]], which turned out to be Lois, as Clark was forced to constantly go into action as Superboy. Lois met Superboy for the first time while uncovering a criminal enterprise for one of her stories. At the end of the week, Clark paid off Lois' bet (an [[ice cream sundae]]), and the two returned to their respective hometowns.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Bill Finger|Finger, Bill]]|penciller=Wenzel, Al|inker= [[George Roussos|Roussos, George]]|story= How Clark Kent Met Lois Lane|title= [[Adventure Comics]]|issue= #128|date= May 1948}}</ref> Lois would meet Superboy (but not Clark Kent) again during her adolescence while attending an all-girls summer camp near Smallville. There, Lois met Lana Lang, a fellow camper, for the first time.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Binder, Otto|penciller= [[George Papp|Papp, George]]|inker= Papp, George|story= Superboy Meets Lois Lane|title= Adventure Comics|issue= 261|date= June 1959}}</ref> Lois would make further attempts at landing a job with the ''Daily Planet'' during her teenage years<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Binder, Otto|penciller= Sikela, John|inker= Sikela, John|story= Clark Kent, Cub Reporter|title= [[Superboy (comic book)|Superboy]]|issue= 63|date= March 1958}}</ref> and spent time writing for her hometown's newspaper, the ''Pittsdale Star''.<ref name="loislane13" />

Upon finishing high school, Lois left Pittsdale and attended Raleigh College to study journalism. While in college, Lois worked for the student newspaper, the ''Raleigh Review'', as a reporter and eventually its co-editor.<ref>{{cite comic|writer= Dorfman, Leo|penciller= Schaffenberger, Kurt|inker= Schaffenberger, Kurt|story= Lois Lane's College Scoops|title= Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane|issue= 55|date= February 1965}}</ref> After graduating from college, Lois became permanently employed at the ''Daily Planet''. Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen later joined the ''Planet''{{'}}s staff but Lois remained the newspaper's star reporter,<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Siegel, Jerry|penciller= Plastino, Al|inker= Plastino, Al|story= How Perry White Hired Clark Kent!|title= Superman|issue= #133|date= November 1959}}</ref> winning the [[Pulitzer Prize]].<ref>{{cite comic|writer= Dorfman, Leo|penciller= Schaffenberger, Kurt|inker= Schaffenberger, Kurt|story= Get Out of My Life, Superman!|title= Superman's Girl Friend|issue= #80|date= January 1968}}</ref> She was very dependent on Superman, however; he told her that having to rescue her so often from problems she caused prevented him from helping others.<ref>{{Cite comic
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}}</ref> When asked on a [[Sunday morning talk show]] what she would do if trapped in an underground mine with rescue impossible before the air ran out, Lois admitted that she would impatiently await Superman because "I've got a deadline to meet."<ref>{{Cite book |title=Superman: Last Son of Krypton |title-link=Superman: Last Son of Krypton |last=Maggin |first=Elliot S. |publisher=Arrow Books |year=1978 |chapter=Chapter 18: The Sociologist |chapter-url=http://superman.nu/thebook/lsok/?chapter=18&language=}}</ref>

Eventually, Lois realized that she had wasted a good part of her career by staying in Metropolis for Superman's sake and left.<ref>"Savage Awakening" by Marv Wolfman, ''Action Comics'', Volume 1, #542. April 1983)</ref> As both a journalist and as a woman, she had to get on with her life.<ref>''Superman'' Vol. 1 #385, 386 (July, August 1983)</ref>

After the 1985–1986 miniseries ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' writer [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]] revised the Superman legend and eliminated the Silver Age version of Lois from continuity. Before this happened, a final non-canonical imaginary story ''[[Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?]]'' was written by [[Alan Moore]], meant as a send-off for the pre-Crisis versions of the characters, including Lois. Published at the same time but in Earth-One continuity was a two-issue miniseries, ''Lois Lane'', in which she investigates missing children.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Mindy Newell|Newell, Mindy]]|penciller= [[Gray Morrow|Morrow, Gray]]|inker= Morrow, Gray|story= Chapter I: Ignorance Was Bliss/Chapter II: Dark Realities|title= Lois Lane|issue= #1|date= August 1986}}</ref><ref>{{cite comic| writer= Newell, Mindy|penciller= Morrow, Gray|inker= Morrow, Gray|story= Chapter Three: Quicksand/Chapter Four: Quicksand!|title= Lois Lane|issue= 2|date= September 1986}}</ref>


===Modern Age===
===Modern Age===
[[Image:loislane.png|150px|left|thumb|Lois Lane, as she appears on the cover of ''The Man of Steel'' (miniseries) #2 (1986). Pencils by [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]].]]
[[File:Lois Lane (circa 1986).png|thumb|Lois Lane, as she appears on the cover of ''[[The Man of Steel (comics)|The Man of Steel]]'' #2 (October 1986), art by [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]].]]
Lois underwent a character alteration beginning with John Byrne's ''[[The Man of Steel (comics)|The Man of Steel]]'' miniseries, which significantly rewrote [[Origin of Superman|Superman's origin]] and history. In this modern version of events, Lois was portrayed as a tough-as-nails reporter who rarely needed rescuing. She was depicted as strong, opinionated, yet sensitive.
Lois underwent a character alteration beginning with John Byrne's ''[[The Man of Steel (comics)|The Man of Steel]]'' miniseries, which significantly rewrote [[Origin of Superman|Superman's origin]] and history. In this modern version of events, Lois was portrayed as a tough-as-nails reporter who rarely needed rescuing. She was depicted as strong, opinionated, yet sensitive.


Another major change made was that Lois did not fall in love with Superman (though she may have harbored a slight crush at first). One reason was the revised nature of the Superman/Clark Kent relationship. In the original Silver Age stories, Superman had been the man who disguised himself as Clark Kent. In this new revised concept, it was Clark Kent who lived a life in which his activity as Superman was decidedly secondary. Lois initially resented the rookie Clark Kent getting the story on Superman as his first piece when she had spent ages trying to get an interview, but she eventually became his best friend. Lois' first real relationship in this version was with [[Gangbuster|Jose Delgado]], a Metropolis vigilante whose legs are shattered in a battle with a [[Lexcorp]] cyborg/human hybrid gone amok. Delgado eventually recovered. He and Lois would have several on and off experiences together before the relationship completely disintegrated, mainly due to Clark and Lois becoming much closer as friends.
Lois' first real relationship in this version was with [[Gangbuster (DC Comics)|Jose Delgado]], who she later discovered acted as a vigilante. José's legs are shattered in a battle with a [[Lexcorp]] [[cyborg]]/human hybrid gone amok. Delgado eventually recovered. He and Lois would have several on and off experiences together before the relationship completely disintegrated, due to Delgado accepting help from a Lexcorp subsidiary ARL.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Ordway, Jerry|penciller= Ordway, Jerry|inker= Janke, Dennis|story= The Ledge|title= [[Superman (comic book)|The Adventures of Superman]]|issue= #448|date= December 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite comic| writer= Ordway, Jerry|penciller= Ordway, Jerry|inker= Janke, Dennis|story= Triple Threat|title= The Adventures of Superman|issue= #450|date= January 1989}}</ref>


Another major change made was that Lois did not fall in love with just Superman, although she was attracted to him. One reason was the revised nature of the Superman/Clark Kent relationship. In the original Silver Age stories, Superman had been the man who disguised himself as Clark Kent. In this newly revised concept, it was Clark Kent who lived a life in which his activity as Superman was decidedly secondary. Lois initially resented the rookie Clark Kent getting the story on Superman as his first piece when she had spent ages trying to get an interview. This sometimes ill-tempered rivalry remained the case until ''[[Superman (comic book)|The Adventures of Superman]]'' #460–463 and ''Action Comics'' #650.
Following Clark's brief rampage under the influence of [[The Eradicator]], Lois was hesitant to forgive Clark for "selling out" to [[Blaze and Satanus|Collin Thornton]] and running Newstime Magazine, but forgave him in a span of mere minutes when he returned to "''grovel for his job back.''" Clark elected to repay Lois by finally letting go of his self-imposed inhibitions and passionately kissed her. The two became a couple, and eventually Lois accepted a proposal of marriage (''Superman'' (vol. 2) #50). Clark shortly after revealed to her that he was Superman.


Following Clark's brief rampage under the influence of the [[Eradicator (comics)|Eradicator]], Lois was hesitant to forgive Clark for "selling out" to [[Blaze and Satanus|Collin Thornton]] and running ''Newstime'' Magazine, but forgave him in a span of mere minutes when he returned to ask for his job back. Clark elected to repay Lois by finally letting go of his self-imposed inhibitions and passionately kissed her. The two became a couple, and eventually, Lois accepted a proposal of marriage.<ref name="Superman50" /><ref name="Manning247" /> Clark shortly after revealed to her that he was Superman.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Roger Stern|Stern, Roger]]| penciller= [[Bob McLeod (comics)|McLeod, Bob]]| inker= McLeod, Bob| story= Secrets in the Night| title= Action Comics| issue= #662| date= February 1991| publisher= DC Comics}}</ref><ref>Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 249: "With their nuptials looming, Clark thought it was time to reveal his dual identity to the love of his life, in this landmark issue by writer Roger Stern and artist Bob McLeod."</ref>
DC had planned on Lois and Clark being married in 1993's ''Superman'' (vol. 2) #75.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}} However, with the then-upcoming television show ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]'', DC decided they did not want to have the two married in the comics and not married on TV.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}} Partially as a result of this, [[The Death of Superman|Superman was killed]] in ''Superman'' (vol. 2) #75 instead, dying in Lois' arms after a [[battle royal]] with the monster [[Doomsday (comics)|Doomsday]]. After a period of time, Superman returned to life, and both he and Lois resumed their relationship, though not without a few problems (such as a brief reappearance of Clark's former college girlfriend, the mermaid [[Lori Lemaris]]). Lois eventually decided to take an overseas assignment to assert her independence and not be dependent on Clark, who had begun to overprotect her. When Clark became convinced Lois was in danger, he and her father Sam allied to aid her secretly.


DC Comics had planned on Lois and Clark being married in 1993's ''[[Superman vol. 2]]'' #75. With the then-upcoming television show ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]'', DC decided they did not want to have the two married in the comics and not married on TV. Partially as a result of this, [[The Death of Superman|Superman was killed]] in ''Superman'' #75 instead, dying in Lois' arms after a [[battle royal]] with the monster [[Doomsday (comics)|Doomsday]]. After a period of time, Superman returned to life, and both he and Lois resumed their relationship, though not without a few problems (such as a brief reappearance of Clark's former college girlfriend, the [[mermaid]] [[Lori Lemaris]]). Lois eventually decided to take an overseas assignment to assert her independence and not be dependent on Clark, who had begun to overprotect her. When Clark became convinced Lois was in danger, he and her father Sam allied to aid her secretly.
When Lois returned to Metropolis, she had been through several life-threatening exploits, and was slightly amused when Clark informed her his powers had been recently depleted, and that he was her editor (due to Perry White's cancer). Upon discovering Clark still had her wedding ring within a handkerchief, Lois warmly broke down, teasing Clark and finally agreeing to become his wife.


When Lois returned to Metropolis, she had been through several life-threatening exploits and was slightly amused when Clark informed her his powers had been depleted, and that he was her editor (due to [[Perry White]]'s cancer). Upon discovering Clark still had her wedding ring within a handkerchief, Lois warmly broke down, teasing Clark and finally agreeing to become his wife.
In 1996, coinciding with the ''Lois and Clark'' television program, Lois and Clark were finally wed in the one-shot special ''[[Superman: The Wedding Album]]'', which featured the work of nearly every then-living artist who had ever worked on Superman. The ''Wedding Album'' itself, however, was forced to spend part of its opening pages accommodating and reconciling the then-current comic storyline of Lois and Clark having broken off their engagement (the television program's producers had failed to provide adequate lead time for the ''Superman'' comics' writers).{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}}


Lois and Clark were finally married in the comic book ''[[Superman: The Wedding Album]]'' (December 1996), which featured the work of nearly every living artist who had ever worked on Superman.<ref name="Manning275" /> The issue was published during the week of October 6, 1996, coinciding with an episode of the television series ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]'', which featured the wedding of the two characters.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.kryptonsite.com/manyfaces-wedding.htm|title= The Many Faces Of... Super-Weddings!|first= Russ|last= Dimino|date= n.d. |publisher= KryptonSite.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120315015202/http://www.kryptonsite.com/manyfaces-wedding.htm|archive-date= March 15, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode|title=Swear to God, This Time We're Not Kidding|series=Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman|series-link=Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman|credits=[[John McNamara (writer)|McNamara, John]] (writer); [[Michael Lange|Lange, Michael]] (director)|network=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|airdate=1996-10-06|season=4|number=3}}</ref> ''The Wedding Album'' itself spent part of its opening pages accommodating and reconciling the then-current comic storyline of Lois and Clark having broken off their engagement.
Since their marriage, Clark and Lois' continue to remain one of the stronger relationships in most comic series. In 2007, the couple recently took the 'next step' in adopting a newly arrived Kryptonian boy, who they name [[Chris Kent (comics)|Chris Kent]]. The boy is discovered to be the son of [[Jor-El]]'s arch-foe, [[General Zod]]. Although initially uneasy about raising a super-powered boy, Lois has shown immense aptitude of being 'Mommy Lois'. However, following a devastating battle with Zod, Chris sacrificed himself to seal the Phantom Zone rift, trapping himself inside with Zod's forces, leaving Lois without her son.


Since their marriage, Clark and Lois continue to be one of the strongest relationships in comics. In 2006, the couple took the next step in adopting a newly arrived Kryptonian boy, who they named [[Chris Kent (comics)|Chris Kent]]. The boy is later discovered to be the son of [[Jor-El]]'s foe, [[General Zod]]. Although initially uneasy about raising a super-powered child, Lois has shown immense aptitude of being 'Mommy Lois.' Following a devastating battle with Zod, Chris sacrificed himself to seal the [[Phantom Zone]] rift, trapping himself inside with Zod's forces, leaving Lois without her son.
When the [[Titans Tomorrow]] arrive at the Kent's apartment in order to kidnap Superman, Lois is knocked out, bound and gagged, and hidden in the couple's bedroom. Before Clark can untie her, he is ambushed and beaten into submission by the Titans.<ref>''Teen Titans'' (Vol.3) #50</ref>


In the second issue of ''[[Final Crisis]]'', Lois and Perry are caught in an explosion triggered by [[Clayface]] destroying the ''[[Daily Planet]]'' and apparently Lois is seriously injured or possibly even dead. In the third issue, it is revealed that only Clark's heat vision is keeping her heart beating. Clark is visited by a mysterious phantom who insists that he must depart Earth immediately if he is to save his wife's life. The story is continued in the [[Stereoscopy|3D]] tie-in comic "''Superman Beyond"'', where [[Monitor (comics)|the female Monitor]] Zillo Valla stops time around Lois, allowing Superman to leave her side for a while, recruiting him and several of his multiversal doppelgangers in a mission to save the entire Multiverse, promising immediate care for Lois. After facing off against the dark Monitor Mandrakk, Superman brought back a distilled drop of [[Bleed (comics)|The Bleed]], and administered it through a kiss, restoring her to full health. Lois was later seen in ''Final Crisis'' #6, one of the few still free humans.
In the second issue of ''[[Final Crisis]]'', Lois and Perry are caught in an explosion triggered by [[Clayface]] destroying the ''[[Daily Planet]]'' and Lois is critically injured. In the third issue, it is revealed that only Clark's heat vision is keeping her heart beating. Clark is visited by a mysterious phantom who insists that he must depart Earth immediately if he is to save his wife's life. The story is continued in the [[Stereoscopy|3D]] tie-in comic ''Superman Beyond'', where [[Monitor (comics)|the female Monitor]] Zillo Valla stops time around Lois, allowing Superman to leave her side for a while, recruiting him and several of his multiversal doppelgangers in a mission to save the entire Multiverse, promising care for Lois. After defeating the dark Monitor Mandrakk, Superman brings back a distilled drop of The Bleed and administers it to Lois through a kiss, restoring her to full health. Lois is later seen in ''Final Crisis'' #6, one of the few still free humans.


After the events of ''[[Superman: New Krypton]]'' Superman must leave Earth for a undetermined amount of time swearing off his Earthly connections in the eyes of his fellow [[Kryptonian]]s to keep an eye on [[General Zod]] the New Kryptonian military commander but secretly tells Lois he still considers her his wife and will come back to her. In recent issues of Action Comics Lois has reunited with [[Christopher Kent]] who has aged to adulthood in the past months and became the new Metropolis hero [[Nightwing]] and spoke to his partner [[Thara Ak-Var]] the new [[Flamebird]] on the two's (possible romantic) relationship.<ref>''Action Comics'' #875 (2009)</ref>
After the events of ''[[Superman: New Krypton]]'' Superman must leave Earth for an undetermined amount of time swearing off his Earthly connections in the eyes of his fellow [[Kryptonian]]s to keep an eye on General Zod the New Kryptonian military commander, but he secretly tells Lois he still considers her his wife and will come back to her. In the issues of ''[[Action Comics]]'' Lois has reunited with [[Chris Kent (comics)|Christopher Kent]] who has aged to adulthood in the past months and became the new Metropolis hero [[Nightwing]].<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Greg Rucka|Rucka, Greg]]| penciller= Barrows, Eddy| inker= Jose, Ruy; Ferreira, Julio| story= The Sleepers Part I| title= Action Comics| issue= #875| date= May 2009}}</ref> Supergirl and Lana visit Lois' apartment to tell her the bad news that her sister [[Lucy Lane]] was killed during a battle with [[Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)|Supergirl]]. Lois does not believe that her sister is dead and refuses to accept the news until she has irrefutable proof. Lois asks Supergirl for a recovered piece of Superwoman's costume.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Sterling Gates|Gates, Sterling]]| penciller= [[Jamal Igle|Igle, Jamal]]
| inker=Sibal, Jon| story= | title= [[Supergirl (comic book)|Supergirl]]| volume= 5| issue= #42| date= August 2009}}</ref>


Lois hands her exposé in and the government is after her for treason. With agents on her tail, she makes a mad dash for it. When Lois is in custody, her father Sam Lane is there to greet her in an interview room in an unnamed facility. Sam tells Lois the only reason he has been lenient with her is because she is his daughter, while he does love her the planet will always come first over his family and threatens to make her disappear forever if she continues. Lois returns to the ''Daily Planet'' under cover of night and explains all to Perry. She points out the whole paper is at risk and everyone connected to it if her exposé runs. Perry understands and though he must protect the paper he is first and foremost a good journalist and nudges Lois in the right direction; he will not run the story but noted it must get out to the people somehow. Enlightened, she quits the ''Daily Planet'', as Lois gets her edge back.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Rucka, Greg; Trautmann, Eric| penciller=Pérez, Pere| inker=Bergantiño, Javier| story= Divine Spark Part 2| title= Action Comics| issue= 884| date= February 2010}}</ref> It was later revealed she never really quit the ''Daily Planet''.
Lois heard that her sister [[Lucy Lane]] is killed during battle with Supergirl where Supergirl and Lana visit Lois' apartment to tell her the bad news. Lois doesn't believe that her sister is dead and refuses to accept the news until she has irrefutable proof. Supergirl is very apologetic, but Lois wants nothing to do with her right now. Before kicking her out, Lois asks Supergirl for a recovered piece of [[Superwoman]]'s costume.<ref>''Supergirl'' (vol. 5) #42 (June 2009)</ref>


Lois learns her father's forces destroyed [[New Krypton]]. She is kidnapped by Lucy and taken to Sam's secret base.<ref name="WarOfSupermen1">{{cite comic| writer= Robinson, James; Gates, Sterling| penciller= Igle, Jamal| inker= Sibal, Jon| story= Superman: War of the Supermen Part 1: The Battle for New Krypton| title= [[Superman: War of the Supermen]]| issue= #1| date= July 2010}}</ref> There, Lois argues with her father, countering his insistence on regarding the Kryptonians as "rabid dogs" by pointing out that they naturally regard ''him'' as a genocidal maniac after he destroyed their planet. In the war between New Krypton and Earth, Supergirl finds them and threatens to kill Sam. Lois stops her, saying her father will be judged for his war crimes. Refusing to go to trial, Sam takes a gun and commits suicide.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Robinson, James; Gates, Sterling| penciller= Barrows, Eddy; Urbano, Fernandez; Alberto, Carlos|inker=Mayer, J. P.; Bergantiño, Javier| story= Superman: War of the Supermen Part 4: The Battle for Survival| title= Superman: War of the Supermen| issue= #4| date= July 2010}}</ref> Later, Lois visits the imprisoned Lucy.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Gates, Sterling| penciller= Igle, Jamal| inker= Sibal, Jon| story= Day of the Dollmaker, Part One: Toying With Emotions| title= Supergirl| volume= 5| issue= #58| date= January 2011}}</ref> She expresses disbelief on what her sister has become. Lois says while she will not miss her father, she will miss her sister.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Gates, Sterling| penciller= Igle, Jamal| inker= Sibal, Jon; [[Robin Riggs|Riggs, Robin]]| story= Day of the Dollmaker, Part Two: End of the Line| title= Supergirl| volume= 5| issue= #59| date= February 2011}}</ref>
Lois hands her exposé in and the government are after her for treason. With agents on her tail, Lois makes a mad dash for it. When Lois is in custody and awakens her father, Sam Lane is there to greet her in an interview room in an unnamed facility. Although Lois is happy to see her father alive her love soon turns to anger when she realizes Lucy was fully aware of her actions and Kara was telling the truth. Sam tells Lois the only reason he's being this lenient with her is that she is his daughter. He threatens to make her disappear forever, never to see the light of day again, where not even Superman could save her, if she continues. He tells Lois, he does love her but the planet will always come first over his family. Lois returns to the Daily Planet under cover of night and explains all to Perry. Lois points out that the whole paper is at risk and everyone connected to it if her exposé runs. Perry understands and though he must protect the paper he is first and foremost a good journalist and nudges Lois in the right direction; he refuses run the story but notes the story must get out to the people somehow. Enlightened, she quits the Daily Planet, as Lois gets her edge back.<ref>''Action Comics'' #884</ref> However, it was later revealed that Lois never really quit the Daily Planet.


In ''[[Superman: Grounded]]'', Superman begins a journey through America to reconnect with the American people, and Lois, though confused at first, supports his choice. Lois later travels to Rushmark and finds an old college friend Brian, who invites her to have dinner with him and his wife. When Lois leaves Brian's home she is met by Superman. The two reaffirm their love to each other and go to Chicago.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[G. Willow Wilson|Wilson, G. Willow]]| penciller=Oliveira, Leandro| inker=Wong, Walden| story= The Road Least Traveled – A Grounded Interlude| title= Superman| issue= #704| date= December 2010}}</ref> There, Lois helps Superman arrest a violent father who has been attacking his wife and son.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[J. Michael Straczynski|Straczynski, J. Michael]]| penciller=Dias, Wellington; Barrows, Eddy| inker= Mayer, J. P.| story= Grounded Part Four: Visitation Rights| title= Superman| issue= #705| date= January 2011}}</ref> Later, Lois and Superman investigate a factory in [[Des Moines]]. Lois wants to publish an article, which would reveal the workers' illegal activities, but Superman forces her not to. Feeling betrayed, Lois returns to Metropolis and does not speak to Superman for a while.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Straczynski, J. Michael; [[Chris Roberson (author)|Roberson, Chris]]| penciller= Goldman, Alan| inker= Ferreira, Eber|story= Grounded Part Five| title=Superman| issue= 707| date= March 2011}}</ref> When Lois is kidnapped by Lisa Jennings, a woman who wants to destroy Superman, he rescues her.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Straczynski, J. Michael; Roberson, Chris| penciller=Neves, Diogenes; Barrows, Eddy; Igle, Jamal| inker=Albert, Oclair; Mayer, J. P.; Sibal, Jon| story= Grounded Part Eleven| title=Superman| issue= #713| date= September 2011}}</ref> With the danger over. Superman apologizes to Lois about what happened in Des Moines. Lois replies that she wrote the article anyway, saying that she was a reporter before she was his wife. Knowing that his wife did the right thing, Superman kisses her. The two then return home.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Straczynski, J. Michael; Roberson, Chris| penciller= Igle, Jamal| inker= Sibal, Jon; Riggs, Robin| story= Grounded Finale| title=Superman| issue= #714| date= October 2011}}</ref>
Lois finds out that his father's forces destroyed New Krypton. However, Lucy kidnaps her and takes her to her father's secret base. There, Lois argues with her father, saying that the Kryptonians think of him as a genocidal maniac. In the war between New Krypton and Earth, Supergirl finds them and threatens to kill Sam. Lois stops her, saying that her father will be judged for his war crimes. However, Sam takes a gun and commits suicide.


===The New 52===
Later, Lois visits the imprisoned Lucy and talks with her. She expresses disbelief on what her sister has become. Lois says that while she won't miss her father, she will miss her sister.
In 2011, DC Comics relaunched its titles and its main continuity was rebooted with the [[New 52]]. Lois now works for [[Morgan Edge]] heading up the media division of the ''Daily Planet''. She views Clark as a friend and is unaware that he is Superman.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[George Pérez|Pérez, George]]| penciller= Pérez, George| inker= [[Jesus Merino|Merino, Jesus]]|story= What Price Tomorrow?| title= Superman| volume= 3| issue= #1| date= November 2011}}</ref>


Lois investigates the story of twenty people who developed [[metahuman]] powers after being kidnapped by Brainiac. Her search leads her to a U.S. senator, who revealed to be one of the Twenty. The senator dies, but not before transferring his powers to Lois, who falls into a coma.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Scott Lobdell|Lobdell, Scott]]|penciller= Jurgens, Dan|inker= Rapmund, Norm|story= The Last Byline|title= Superman Annual|volume= 3|issue= #2|date= September 2013}}</ref> Lois later awakes from her coma at the hospital, with Jonathan Carroll at her side.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Lobdell, Scott|penciller= [[Eddy Barrows|Barrows, Eddy]]; [[Jesus Merino|Merino, Jesus]]|inker= Merino, Jesus|story= Psi-War, Part One|title= Superman|volume= 3|issue= #23|date= October 2013}}</ref> Lois manifests psychic powers and helps Superman fight the Psychic Pirate. During the fight, Lois learns that Clark is Superman but falls back into a coma. After defeating the Psychic Pirate, Superman brings Lois back to the hospital.<ref>{{cite comic|writer=Johnson, Mike|penciller= Barrows, Eddy|inker= Ferreira, Eber|story= Psi-War, Part Three|title= Superman|volume= 3|issue= #24|date= December 2013}}</ref> Later, the Parasite attacks the hospital and attempts to steal Lois' powers.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Lobdell, Scott|penciller= Lashley, Ken|inker= Lashley, Ken|story= Brain Drain|title= Superman|volume= 3|issue= #26|date= February 2014}}</ref> Superman tricks the Parasite into absorbing Lois' psionic energy. The power overwhelms the Parasite, causing him to collapse. Lois awakens from her coma but she does not seem to remember Superman's identity.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Lobdell, Scott|penciller= [[Ed Benes|Benes, Ed]]|inker= Benes, Ed|story= Feeding Frenzy|title= Superman|volume= 3|issue= #27|date= March 2014}}</ref>
==In other versions==
During the years (1942–1985) that Editora Brasil-América (EBAL), and the [[Editora Abril]] published the Brazilian versions of Superman comics, Lois Lane's name was translated to "Miriam Lane" and later to "Miriam Lois Lane".


Lois is the main character in the ''Superman: Lois Lane'' #1 one-shot. In this story, Lois' sister, Lucy, asks for her help in finding her roommate Amanda Suresh, who had been kidnapped by a mysterious group called "the Cartel." According to Lucy, Amanda had been taking a drug that transformed her into a monster. As Lois investigates the Cartel, she gets captured and taken to the Cartel's headquarters. There, Lois finds out the Cartel had been capturing people who had been mutated by the drug. Lois escapes and rescues Amanda when the captured monsters cause a riot. As she returns home, Lois finds out Lucy had been taking the drug. As Lucy apologizes for putting all three in danger, Lois chooses to publish her story about the Cartel.<ref>{{cite comic| writer=[[Marguerite Bennett|Bennett, Marguerite]]|penciller= Lupacchino, Emanuela; Hetrick, Meghan; Guara, Ig; Neves, Diogenes|inker= Ortego, Guillermo; Hetrick, Meghan; Jose, Ruy; Deering, Marc|story= Nostalgia|title= Superman: Lois Lane|issue= #1|date= April 2014}}</ref>
===''Kingdom Come''===
In the [[Elseworlds]] series ''[[Kingdom Come (comics)|Kingdom Come]]'' (now Earth-22 in the [[DC Multiverse]]), flashbacks reveal that ten years prior to the story's beginning, the [[Joker (comics)|Joker]] murdered ninety-three people in the ''Daily Planet'', and Lois was the only woman in that body count. While her face is never shown in any of the flashbacks, her body is seen hunched over her desk.


Some time after this, an organisation led by the mysterious 'HODOR-ROOT' learn Superman's secret identity, prompting him to share that information with Lois. When HODOR-ROOT try to analyse Clark's new 'Super-Flare' power, Lois reveals his identity to the public in the hope of removing their blackmail card, but this forces Clark to go on the run, hunted by criminals and law enforcement as some apparent side-effect of his Super-Flare has depleted his powers. Superman eventually learns that his depleted powers are due to [[Vandal Savage]] infecting him with a form of radiation that inhibits his cells' ability to absorb solar radiation, subjecting himself to kryptonite as a form of chemotherapy. With his powers restored, Clark reconciles with Lois, accepting that she exposed his identity for good reasons.
In the ''[[Justice Society of America]] Kingdom Come Special: Superman'' by [[Alex Ross]], the fate of Earth-22's Lois was fully revealed. She actually survived the [[Joker venom]] by wearing a gas mask and tried to fight the Joker with a fire extinguisher, only to be bashed in the head with her ''Daily Planet'' paperweight. By the time Superman got to the Planet building she was still alive, but dying from the fatal wound. Lois's dying words were thanks for Superman's love for her, and telling him not to cross the line by becoming a killer, or to lose Clark Kent. She died in her husband's arms.<ref>''Justice Society of America Kingdom Come Special: Superman''</ref>


In the ''[[The New 52: Futures End|New 52: Futures End]]'', set five years in the possible future of the New 52-verse. Lois is considered the most successful freelance reporter on the planet and her blog "The Fast Lane" is one of the most read and well-respected sources of news in the world.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Brian Azzarello|Azzarello, Brian]]; [[Jeff Lemire|Lemire, Jeff]]; Jurgens, Dan; [[Keith Giffen|Giffen, Keith]]|penciller= Merino, Jesus|inker= [[Dan Green (artist)|Green, Dan]]|story= You haven't said a word since we left New York|title= [[The New 52: Futures End]]|issue= #2|date= July 2014}}</ref>
===''All Star Superman''===
In 2005, DC launched a new ''[[All Star Superman]]'' comic series by [[Grant Morrison]] and [[Frank Quitely]]. The series takes place outside normal DC continuity. In this storyline, they are not married, and although Superman revealed his secret identity to Lois in issue #2, she didn't believe him. At the end of the issue, Superman (who believed he was dying) presents Lois with a super-powered chemical and a superhero costume and Lois Lane becomes [[Superwoman]] for 24 hours. {{-}}


[[File:Lois Jon Superman.jpg|The birth of Lois and Clark's son in ''Convergence: Superman'' #2 (July 2015), art by [[Dan Jurgens]].|thumb]]
===''JLA: Earth 2''===
In the miniseries ''[[Convergence (comics)|Convergence]]'', which featured many Post-''Crisis'' DC Universe characters, including a married Superman and his pregnant wife Lois Lane, deal with the impending birth of their child, as Superman is called to protect the city.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.newsarama.com/22683-dc-s-convergence-week-one-donna-troy-oracle-married-superman-montoya-question-more.html | title = DC's ''Convergence'' Week One: Donna Troy, Oracle, Married Superman, Montoya Question, More|first= Lucas|last= Siegel|work = Newsarama| date= November 11, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141112191258/http://www.newsarama.com/22683-dc-s-convergence-week-one-donna-troy-oracle-married-superman-montoya-question-more.html|archive-date= November 12, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Convergence'' shows the birth of their son, [[Jon Kent (character)|Jon Kent]].<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Jurgens, Dan|penciller= Jurgens, Dan|inker= Rapmund, Norm|title= Convergence: Superman|issue= 2|date= July 2015}}</ref>
In [[Grant Morrison]]'s 1998 [[graphic novel]] ''[[JLA: Earth 2]]'', the Lois Lane of a parallel Earth is a supervillain known as [[Superwoman#Antimatter Earth|Superwoman]], and a member of the [[Crime Syndicate]]. She is an [[Amazons (DC Comics)|Amazon]] by birth, married to [[Ultraman (comics)|Ultraman]] while carrying out an affair with [[Owlman (comics)|Owlman]], and inhabits the same [[antimatter]] universe which contains the planet [[Qward]].


Following ''Convergence'', DC announced the spin-off comic book series ''[[Superman: Lois and Clark]]'', debuting in October 2015 by [[Dan Jurgens]] and [[Lee Weeks]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Yehl |first=Joshua |url=http://au.ign.com/articles/2015/07/10/comic-con-lois-and-clark-return-for-new-superman-comic-with-their-son|title= Comic-Con: Lois and Clark Return For New Superman comic - With Their Son!|website= IGN|date=July 10, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151103104655/http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/07/10/comic-con-lois-and-clark-return-for-new-superman-comic-with-their-son|archive-date= November 3, 2015|url-status=live|access-date=July 20, 2015}}</ref> The eight-issue series is set several years after the ''Convergence'' event, where Clark and Lois and their son Jon have been living and working in the New 52 universe. The couple now lives in California and has changed their last name to White (a tribute to Perry White). Lois has become an anonymous author, publishing several critically acclaimed books under the alias name "Author X." While Clark continues his superhero duty, protecting cities and civilians quietly behind the scenes.<ref>{{Cite comic| writer=Jurgens, Dan|penciller=Weeks, Lee| Story=Arrival|Title=Superman: Lois and Clark|Issue=1|date= December 2015}}</ref> Their son, Jonathan, eventually began to develop superpowers of his own (similar to those of his father Superman) and learned the truth about his parents' true origin.
===Tangent Comics===
In one of the possible origins for the Green Lantern of Earth-9, Lois Lane is shown to be an archaeologist, explorer, and adventurer who is murdered by billionaire playboy, [[Booster Gold]], for trying to protect a group of Sea Devils. She is eventually resurrected as the Green Lantern.


In ''The Final Days of Superman'', the pre-''Flashpoint'' Superman helps his ''New 52'' counterpart defeat a man who has become convinced that he is the 'true' Superman after exposure to some of Superman's excess energy. ''New 52''-Lois is present when 'her' Superman expires as recent energy exposures catch up with him, after he tells her his life story for posterity.
==In other media==
===Radio and animation===
*Actress [[Rolly Bester]] originated the role of Lois Lane for the original 1940s [[Superman (radio)|radio series]], soon followed by Helen Choate. For the bulk of the radio series, [[Joan Alexander]] played Lois Lane, as well as playing the character for a series of [[Superman (1940s cartoons)|Superman theatrical cartoons]] for [[Fleischer Studios]] (1941–1943), and returning to the role in the 1960s for the [[The New Adventures of Superman (TV series)|Filmation animated TV series]].


===DC Rebirth===
*Lois Lane has also made some appearances in the ''[[Super Friends]]'' series. Lois makes an appearance in ''"Superfriends, Rest in Peace"'' from the ''[[Challenge of the Super Friends]]'' season. In ''[[The World's Greatest Super Friends]]'' season, Lois appears in the episode ''"Lex Luthor Strikes Back"'', voiced by [[Shannon Farnon]]. Lois also makes two cameo appearances in the ''[[Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show]]'' season in the cartoons ''"The Bride of Darkseid"'' and ''"Reflections in Crime"''.
In June 2016, DC Comics relaunched its entire line of comic book titles with [[DC Rebirth]]. The publisher once again re-established the Post-''Crisis'' Superman as the principal Superman in DC comics, along with his wife, Lois Lane, and their son, [[Jon Kent (DC Comics)|Jonathan]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Schedeen|first=Jess|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/04/13/11-cool-things-we-learned-from-dcs-rebirth-catalog|title= 11 Cool Things We Learned From DC's Rebirth Catalog|website=IGN|date=April 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424000801/http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/04/13/11-cool-things-we-learned-from-dcs-rebirth-catalog|archive-date= April 24, 2016|url-status=live|access-date=May 7, 2016}}</ref>


Lois began to investigate the disappearance of her New 52 counterpart,<ref>{{cite comic|writer= Jurgens, Dan|penciller= Segovia, Stephen|inker= Thibert, Art|story= Lois Lane, Back at the Planet Part 1|title= Action Comics|issue= #965|date= December 2016}}</ref> and after learning the apparent death of her other-self, she returns to the ''Daily Planet'' posing as her counterpart.<ref>{{cite comic|writer= Jurgens, Dan|penciller= Segovia, Stephen|inker= Thibert, Art|story= Lois Lane, Back at the Planet Part 2|title= Action Comics|issue= #966|date= December 2016}}</ref> Following a confrontation with [[Mister Mxyzptlk]], Lois and Superman's essence is merged with their New 52 counterpart, creating a new DC Universe.
[[File:stas-lois.jpg|thumb|200px|Lois as she appeared in Bruce Timm's ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'', [[Justice League (TV series)|''Justice League'']], and ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''.]]
*Actress [[Dana Delany]] played Lois Lane in the ''[[Superman: The Animated Series|Superman]]'' animated television series of the 1990s and in the character's subsequent appearances on ''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]'' and its successor ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', all of which are a part of the [[DC animated universe]]. In this version, series creator [[Bruce Timm]] and character designer James Tucker portrayed Lois more like her original comic counterpart, in that at first her relationship with Clark was very much a rivalry about which was the better reporter, and she would at times actively attempt to trick him out of stories, but Lois eventually learns to respect Clark, and in episodes like "The Late Mr. Kent", takes a faked death of Clark significantly hard, admitting to Superman (unaware he is Clark) that she regretted never telling her rival she respected and loved him as a person and a reporter.<br>At first, Lois was skeptical about Superman, but she grew closer to him throughout the series. She previously dated Lex Luthor before she broke off the relationship. Lois also had a relationship with Gotham City's Wayne Enterprises CEO [[Bruce Wayne]], but it didn't last after Lois discovers that he is the infamous masked vigilante Batman. Superman and Lois did not share their first kiss until the final moments of "Legacy", ''Superman'''s last episode (although Lois had kissed an alternate version of Superman in "Brave New Metropolis"). Superman and Lois are shown to be dating by the time of ''Justice League Unlimited''. In the episode "Divided We Fall", the writers planned to have Superman reveal his secret identity to Lois, but the decision was reportedly vetoed by DC.{{Citation|date=October 2010}} Delany based her performance of the character on [[Roz Russell]]'s character in ''[[His Girl Friday]]''.In this version Lois constantly teases Clark by calling him "Smallville" (a line since adapted for mainstream comics).
*Dana Delany reprises her role as Lois in Season 5 of ''[[The Batman (TV series)|The Batman]]''. She, along with [[Jimmy Olsen]], are in [[Gotham City]] reporting on [[Superman]]'s visit to deliver a check from Metropolis, when [[Metallo]] attacks Superman. She and Jimmy follow the fight to the junkyard where she takes a picture of Superman with Batman after defeating Metallo. Back in Metropolis, she is kidnapped by [[Clayface]] and [[Black Mask (comics)|Black Mask]] for [[Lex Luthor]] to infuriate Superman. After being rescued, Lois tells Superman that Black Mask was working with Luthor. Superman leaves to confront Luthor. This appearance is not part of the DC Animated Universe.


Released in July 2019 to July 2020, Lois stars in a 12-issue limited series ''Lois Lane'' written by [[Greg Rucka]] and art by [[Mike Perkins]]. The series sees Lois as she investigates stories of conspiracy, intrigue and murder in the DC Universe. Writer Greg Rucka intended for the series to focus on Lois' legacy as a hard-boiled journalist and the investigative world which she inhabits, with the series reflecting the state of modern journalism in the world today.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-lois-lane-jimmy-olsen-dc-comics-20190412-story.html|title=DC's new Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen comic-book series will debut in July|last=BROWN|first=TRACY|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/09/13/lois-lane-is-now-white-house-reporter-an-enemy-people/|title=Lois Lane is now a White House reporter — and an 'enemy of the people'|last=Betancourt|first=David|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 13, 2019}}</ref>
*Actress [[Anne Heche]] plays Lois Lane in the 2007 WB Animation DVD ''[[Superman: Doomsday]].'' The animated feature is based from the award-winning DC Comics storyline ''[[The Death of Superman]]'' trilogy, with [[Adam Baldwin]] as The Man of Steel and [[James Marsters]] as Lex Luthor. In this story, Lois is shown as being in a relationship with Superman, but is only 'unofficially' aware of his identity as Clark Kent; she reveals to Martha Kent after his death while fighting Doomsday that she knew about his secret identity, but he never told her himself.


==Superhero identities==
*Actress [[Kyra Sedgwick]] plays Lois Lane in the WB Animation feature ''[[Justice League: The New Frontier]]''. In the film she is seen as a radio and TV announcer, and is shown to love Superman, as shown when she breaks down on national TV after he dies.
Lois Lane has become a superhero and gained superpowers several times in the comics, animation, and live-action series.


===Superwoman===
*In the ''[[Batman: the Brave and the Bold]]'' episode "The Super-Batman of Planet X!", Vilsi Velar, reporter for the Solar Cycle Globe from the planet Zur-En-Arrh is based on Lois Lane and she shares the same DC Animated Universe voice actor, Dana Delany. Lois herself, along with [[Clark Kent]] make a cameo at [[Bruce Wayne]]'s and [[Selina Kyle]]'s wedding in "The Knights of Tomorrow!".
[[File:SuperwomanLoisLane.PNG|thumb|right|Lois Lane, first appearance as Superwoman in ''Action Comics'' #60 (May 1943), art by [[Joe Shuster]].]]
Lois was the first person to assume the [[Superwoman]] persona and has become the [[superheroine]] on several occasions. Her first appearance as Superwoman (as well as Superwoman's first appearance in DC Comics) was in ''Action Comics'' #60 (May 1943).<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Siegel, Jerry|penciller= Shuster, Joe|inker= Shuster, Joe| story=Lois Lane -- Superwoman| title= Action Comics| issue=60| date=May 1943}}</ref> The story is set in a dream sequence, where, after Lois is hit by a truck, she dreams a transfusion of Superman's blood gives her superpowers and she becomes Superwoman. In ''Superman'' #45, Lois believes Hocus and Pocus—a pair of fraudulent magicians—have given her superpowers, and with Superman's help and intervention, Lois once again becomes Superwoman.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Alvin Schwartz (comics)|Schwartz, Alvin]]| penciller= Sikela, John|inker= [[George Roussos|Roussos, George]]| story= Lois Lane, Superwoman!| title= Superman| issue=#45| date=March–April 1947}}</ref> In ''Action Comics'' #156, Lois actually gains superpowers from one of [[Lex Luthor]]'s inventions, which launches a short-lived career as "Superwoman."<ref>Issue #156 — released May 1951</ref> In ''[[The Superman Family]]'' #207, the Earth-Two Lois gained superpowers from her husband, after Superman brought an extraterrestrial plant into their home, with Lois losing the powers after the death of the plant.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[E. Nelson Bridwell|Bridwell, E. Nelson]]| penciller= Schaffenberger, Kurt|inker= [[Joe Giella|Giella, Joe]]| story=The Turnabout Powers| title= Superman Family| issue=#207| date=May–June 1981}}</ref> Other stories have Lois transformed into Superwoman when Superman transfers some of his powers to Lois, or due to [[Mr. Mxyzptlk]]'s interference. On ''[[Smallville]]'' in the episode "Prophecy," Jor-El gives Lois all of Clark's powers for one day.


In the original [[Crime Syndicate of America]] on [[Earth-Three]], Lois Lane and Superwoman were two separate individual characters.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Gerry Conway|Conway, Gerry]]| penciller= [[Mike Vosburg|Vosburg, Mike]]|inker= [[Bob Smith (comics)|Smith, Bob]] | story= Crisis on Earth-3 (Reprise)!| title=The Secret Society of Super-Villains| issue=#14| date=April–May 1978}}</ref> Superwoman is a [[supervillain]] and Lois married Earth-Three's greatest champion, Alexander Luthor. The pre-Crisis version of the characters perished when Earth-Three was destroyed during the events of ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]''.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Wolfman, Marv| penciller= Pérez, George |inker= [[Dick Giordano|Giordano, Dick]]|story=The Summoning| title=Crisis on Infinite Earths| issue=#1| date=April 1985}}</ref> In the graphic novel ''[[JLA: Earth 2]]'', Superwoman, a member of the Crime Syndicate is the alternate version of Lois Lane.<ref>{{cite comic|writer=Morrison, Grant|penciller=Quitely, Frank|inker=Quitely, Frank|title=JLA: Earth 2|date=2000}}</ref> She is an [[Amazons (DC Comics)|Amazon]] by birth and the chief editor of the ''Daily Planet''. She inhabits the same [[antimatter]] universe which contains the planet [[Qward]]. The New 52 version of Superwoman of Earth-3 is also named Lois Lane and is part of the Crime Syndicate.
*Actress [[Christina Hendricks]] will play Lois Lane in a animated adaptation of ''[[All Star Superman]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heatvision.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/09/james-denton-christina-hendricks-anthony-lapaglia-lend-voices-to-all-star-superman-exclusive.html |title=Comic Book & Sci-Fi Movie News - Heat Vision - The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Heatvision.hollywoodreporter.com |date= |accessdate=2010-12-25}}</ref>


In ''[[All-Star Superman]]'', the 12-issue comic book series by [[Grant Morrison]] and [[Frank Quitely]], Lois becomes a [[Kryptonian]] Superwoman for 24 hours. In the story, Superman (who believed he was dying) revealed his secret identity to her and takes Lois to his [[Fortress of Solitude]] to spend her birthday. While at his Arctic sanctuary, he presents Lois with her birthday present, a formula called "Exo-Genes" created by Superman from his own [[DNA]], that allows Lois to have his powers for twenty-four hours. With her new Kryptonian powers and new Superwoman costume (made by Superman), the two spend the whole day together on different adventures and shared a kiss on the moon.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Grant Morrison|Morrison, Grant]]| penciller=[[Frank Quitely|Quitely, Frank]]|inker= Grant, Jamie| story=Superman's Forbidden Room| title=All-Star Superman| issue=#2| date=February 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite comic| writer= Morrison, Grant| penciller= Quitely, Frank|inker= Grant, Jamie| story=Sweet Dreams, Superwoman| title=All-Star Superman| issue=#3| date=May 2006}}</ref> At the end of the story, Superman proclaims his love for Lois, before he flies off into the sun to repair it. Lois later appeared as Superwoman in the animated [[All-Star Superman (film)|All-Star Superman]] film, voiced by [[Christina Hendricks]].
===Broadway musical===
*Actress Patricia Marand played Lois Lane in Broadway [[musical theatre|musical]] ''[[It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Superman]]'' in 1966. For her performance she was nominated for Broadway's 1966 [[Tony Award]] as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical).


In [[DC Rebirth]], the ''New 52'' Lois and Lana gained superpowers due to the solar energy explosion caused by the death of the New 52 Superman. This results in both Lois and Lana becoming Superwoman, with Lois possessing all of Superman's traditional powers, while Lana has the ability to absorb solar energy and release it in other forms. Lois later dies at the hands of a female [[Bizarro]], being overloaded with solar energy the same way Superman was killed.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://screenrant.com/superwoman-comic-lois-lane-superman-dead/|title= DC's New Superwoman Unlocks Secret of Superman's Death|first= Andrew|last= Dyce|date= August 11, 2016|website= Screen Rant|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161006054537/http://screenrant.com/superwoman-comic-lois-lane-superman-dead/|archive-date= October 6, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Actress [[Lesley Ann Warren]] portrayed Lois in the television production of ''It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman'' in 1975 opposite [[David Wilson (actor)|David Wilson]]. She was also among the many actresses who auditioned for the role opposite [[Christopher Reeve]] for the 1978 film ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]].''


During ''[[Absolute Power (comics)|Absolute Power]]'', [[Amanda Waller]]'s [[Amazo]] robots steal the powers of Earth's metahumans, among others. After the Amazos are destroyed, the heroes regain their powers, but some have them swapped. [[General Zod]] is among those affected, with Lois gaining his powers and becoming Superwoman again.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Younis |first=Steve |date=2024-12-11 |title=Mild Mannered Reviews – ''Superwoman Special'' #1 (One Shot) |url=https://www.supermanhomepage.com/mild-mannered-reviews-superwoman-special-1-one-shot/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Superman Homepage |language=en-US}}</ref>
===Live-action films===


===Red Tornado===
*Actress [[Noel Neill]] first played Lois Lane in the Saturday movie serials ''[[Superman (serial)|Superman]]'' (1948) and ''[[Atom Man vs. Superman]]'' (1950), with [[Kirk Alyn]] playing Clark Kent/Superman. [[Phyllis Coates]] played Lois Lane in the theatrical feature ''[[Superman and the Mole Men]]'' (1951) opposite [[George Reeves]] as Superman. Both actresses also made television appearances as Lois Lane.
[[File:Red Tornado Lois.png|thumb|upright|Lois Lane as Red Tornado in ''Earth 2'' #17 (January 2014), art by [[Nicola Scott]].|left]]
Following the DC relaunch, the series ''[[Earth-Two#Reimagined: Earth 2 in The New 52|Earth 2]]'' debuted in 2012, set on the [[List of DC Multiverse worlds|parallel world]] of that name. It depicts a modern take on the Golden Age world, starring the [[Justice Society of America]] and superheroes of that period.


In ''Earth 2'', Lois Lane is married to [[Superman (Earth-Two)|Superman]]. When Clark's cousin [[Power Girl|Kara]] arrived on earth, she stayed with Clark's parents, before moving in and living with Clark and Lois. Lois considers Kara as her daughter and Kara calls Lois mom.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer= Bennett, Marguerite; [[Tom Taylor (writer)|Taylor, Tom]]|penciller= Smith, Andy; To, Marcus;|inker= Hanna, Scott |story = Collision |Title = Earth 2|Issue = #27|date = December 2014}}</ref> Five years prior to the start of the story, during the first [[Apokolips|Apokoliptian]] invasion of Earth 2, Lois was killed by one of [[Darkseid]]'s assassins at the Daily Planet, she died in her husband's arms.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer = [[Paul Levitz|Levitz, Paul]]| Penciller= Dougherty, Jed|inker= Dougherty, Jed|Title = [[Worlds' Finest]]|Issue = #32|date = May 2015}}</ref> Superman and many other heroes of Earth 2 perished in the war.
*Actress [[Margot Kidder]] played Lois Lane against Christopher Reeve's Clark Kent in the 1970s and 1980s films ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]'', ''[[Superman II]]'', ''[[Superman III]]'', and ''[[Superman IV: The Quest for Peace]]''. Her role in ''[[Superman III]]'' was greatly reduced, however, due to a conflict with the producers of the film. Kidder also appeared briefly in two episodes of the television program ''[[Smallville]]'' as [[Bridgette Crosby|Dr. Bridgette Crosby]], an emissary of Dr. Swann (played by Christopher Reeve), but declined to make a third appearance after Reeve's death because she felt it would be doing his memory a disservice.


Five years later, as various heroes begin to rise and various gods from Apokolips begin to wreak havoc again. Lois' consciousness is revealed to have survived and was downloaded into the robot body of [[Red Tornado (identity)|Red Tornado]] by her father [[Sam Lane (comics)#Earth 2|Sam Lane]] and [[Robotman (Robert Crane)#Earth 2|Robert Crane]].<ref>{{Cite comic|writer = Taylor, Tom|penciller= [[Nicola Scott|Scott, Nicola]]|inker= Scott, Trevor | Story = The Dark Age Begins! |Title = Earth 2|Issue = #17|date = January 2014}}</ref> Lois, now as Red Tornado, possessed the power of wind manipulation and cyclone generation abilities. Lois bands together with Green Lantern (Alan Scott), Batman (Thomas Wayne), Accountable (Jimmy Olsen) and the other gathered heroes to fight against the forces of Apokolips. After a protracted battle with what was thought to be a surviving brainwashed Superman, Lois realizes he is, in fact, a [[Bizarro]], and takes advantage of his deteriorating form to disintegrate him with a cyclone blast.<ref>{{Cite comic|Writer = Taylor, Tom|penciller= Scott, Nicola|inker= Scott, Trevor |Story= The Kryptonian, Part Six |Title = Earth 2|Issue = #26|date = October 2014}}</ref> In the story, Lois is referred to by [[Doctor Fate]] as the "Resurrection hope".
*Actress [[Kate Bosworth]] played Lois Lane in the 2006 [[Bryan Singer]]-directed film ''[[Superman Returns]]'', opposite [[Brandon Routh]] as the Man of Steel. In this version, Lois has given birth to a son named Jason White, who is later revealed to be Superman's son (conceived during ''Superman II'').


During Superman's rampage and destruction on Earth 2, Lois is among a group that discovers Val-Zod, a Kryptonian, hidden in a cell beneath Arkham.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer = Taylor, Tom||Penciller=Scott, Nicola|inker= Scott, Trevor; Alvert, Oclair|Story=The Dark Age, Part 3 |Title = Earth 2|Issue = #19|date = March 2014}}</ref> Lois helps Val feel accepted and welcomed on Earth 2, learn to control his superpower, and overcome his [[agoraphobia]] (due to his prolonged travel in space to Earth).<ref>{{Cite comic|writer= Taylor, Tom|penciller= Scott, Nicola|inker= Scott, Trevor | Story= The Kryptonian, Part Two |Title = Earth 2|Issue = #22|date = June 2014}}</ref> Val-Zod eventually becomes the new Superman of Earth 2.
*Lois Lane appears in the [[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]] tie-in [[Tales of the Black Freighter (film)|''Under the Hood'']], where she is seen in a Superman comic book.


In the second Apokoliptian invasion of Earth 2, Lois and Kara are reunited, after Kara and [[Huntress (Helena Wayne)|Huntress]] return to Earth 2 from Prime Earth.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer = Bennett, Marguerite; Johnson, Mike; Wilson, Daniel |Penciller= [[Eddy Barrows|Barrows, Eddy]]; Jimenez, Jorge; Siqueira, Paulo; [[Ardian Syaf|Syaf, Ardian]]|inker= Ferreira, Eber; Hope, Sandra; Jimenez, Jorge; Miki, Danny; [[Cam Smith (artist)|Smith, Cam]]| Story= Apokolips Now |Title = Earth 2: World's End|Issue = #1|date = December 2014}}</ref> Lois, along with Kara, Val, Huntress, Batman and other heroes, fights against the armies of Apokolips and new villains appearing across Earth 2. While searching for Huntress beneath the fire pits of Earth 2 in DeSaad's cloning facility, Lois, Val, Kara and Batman found the real Superman who has been held captive for five years. He was revived by [[DeSaad]] and was used as the genetic source for the Kryptonian clones. The extraction of his [[DNA]] corrupted his body leaving him without any powers.<ref>{{Cite comic|Writer =Wilson, Daniel H.; Bennett, Marguerite; Johnston, Mike|penciller=Kirkham, Tyler; Sivesay, John; Segovia, Stephen; Paz, Jason; Rocha, Robson; Ortego, Guillermo; Pansica, Eduardo; Wong, Walden|Story=All Good Deeds...|Title = Earth 2: Worlds End|Issue = #9|date =February 2015}}</ref> Lois and Superman reunite briefly, before he sacrificed himself one last time, destroying the Parademon facilities using his corrupt DNA.<ref>{{Cite comic|Writer =Wilson, Daniel H.; Bennett, Marguerite; Johnston, Mike|penciller=Kirkham, Tyler; Silva, R. B.; Pansica, Eduardo; Jimenez, Jorge; Rocha, Robson; Barrows, Eddy|Story=Sacrifice|Title = Earth 2: Worlds End|Issue = #15|date =March 2015}}</ref> After Superman's death, Lois gave Kara the symbol from his uniform, which was then worn by Kara in remembrance.
===Live-action television===
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In the final days of Earth 2, Lois' instincts as a journalist lead her to attempt to preserve and record the history and stories of Earth 2 in her large memory bank in the hope that someday, someone will read the data and rebuild this world.<ref>{{Cite comic| writer= Levitz, Paul|penciller= Dougherty, Jed|inker= Hanna, Scott| Story= The Secret History of Superman & Batman Part One|Title= Worlds' Finest|Issue= 27|date= December 2014}}</ref> After the destruction of Earth 2, Lois and the remaining civilians and heroes of Earth 2 relocated to a new world.<ref>{{Cite comic| writer= [[Daniel H. Wilson|Wilson, Daniel H.]]|penciller= Jimenez, Jorge|inker= Jimenez, Jorge|Title= Earth 2: Society|Issue=#1|date=August 2015}}</ref>
*[[Phyllis Coates]] continued the role of Lois Lane in the first season of the ''Adventures of Superman'' television program (1952–1953). She also portrayed Ellen Lane, the socialite divorcee mother of Lois Lane in the first season of the 1990s television program ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]''.


The writer of ''Earth 2'', [[Tom Taylor (writer)|Tom Taylor]], specifically resurrected Lois Lane on Earth 2 after he was told to kill off the character in the ''Injustice'' comic series. Taylor stated "bringing Lois in was quite a personal thing, because having to do such horrible, horrible things to her in Injustice, the first thing I asked when I got on the book was if I could bring back Lois. Then it was just a matter of working out exactly how."<ref>{{cite web|last= Santori-Griffith|first= Matt|url= http://www.comicosity.com/interview-tom-taylor-batman-earth-2/ | title = Tom Taylor Talks Batman and the Cast of ''Earth 2''|publisher= Comicosity|date= February 5, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150818072758/http://www.comicosity.com/interview-tom-taylor-batman-earth-2/|archive-date= August 18, 2015|url-status=live| access-date= December 1, 2014}}</ref> Taylor received "[[Women in Refrigerators syndrome|Women in Refrigerators]]" criticism for his ''Injustice'' comic stories. Bringing back Lois as Red Tornado was Taylor's way to "unfridge" Lois. As Taylor noted, in Lois' first appearance as Red Tornado, Lois literally came out of a blue refrigerator. Other reasons for bringing back Lois involve Superman, Taylor commented "While evil bastard Superman is out there killing and maiming and destroying, I wanted Lois to exist as the counterpoint to this. She's the beating heart at the center. She's the good Ying to Superman's evil Yang. Where there's Lois, there's hope."<ref>{{cite news |last=Roger |first=Vaneta |url = http://www.newsarama.com/19662-unfridging-lois-just-one-of-the-surprises-tom-taylor-plans-for-dc-s-earth-2.html|title= 'Unfridging Lois' Just One of the Surprises Tom Taylor Plans For DC's ''Earth 2''|work= Newsarama|date= November 22, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150722034314/http://www.newsarama.com/19662-unfridging-lois-just-one-of-the-surprises-tom-taylor-plans-for-dc-s-earth-2.html|archive-date= July 22, 2015|url-status=live| access-date=December 1, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Noel Neill]] returned to the role of Lois Lane in the 2nd through 6th seasons of the ''[[Adventures of Superman (TV series)|Adventures of Superman]]'' television program opposite [[George Reeves]] (1953–1958). She also had cameos in the 1978 film ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]'' as Lois Lane's mother and in the 2006 film ''[[Superman Returns]]'' as Lex Luthor's dying rich wife. She was also a guest star in ''[[Superboy (TV series)|The Adventures of Superboy]]'' as an office worker at the Bureau for Extra-Normal Matters.


[[Nicola Scott]], the long-time artist on Earth 2, on drawing Red Tornado Lois, "I wanted Lois to be Lois, despite the fact that she's metal. I wanted to make sure she looked really feminine and really beautiful, so all she'd need is a flesh coating and a wig and she'd be good to go."<ref>{{cite web|last= Santori-Griffith|first= Matt|url= http://www.comicosity.com/c2e2-interview-nicola-scott-on-earth-2/|title= C2E2 Interview: Nicola Scott on ''Earth 2''|publisher= Comicosity| date= May 6, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150925190606/http://www.comicosity.com/c2e2-interview-nicola-scott-on-earth-2/|archive-date= September 25, 2015|url-status=live|access-date=December 1, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Teri Hatcher]] played Lois Lane on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television series ''[[Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]'' for four seasons, starting in 1993, with the two leading characters getting married during its run; this is the first television or film series that showed Lois and Clark's romance fully realized. She was often put into damsel in distress sequences, often being kidnapped, bound and gagged. When Teri Hatcher hosted ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', she participated in a sketch where she pretended not to recognize well-known ''SNL'' cast members who joined her on stage when they wore glasses, poking fun at the fact that Lois Lane never seemed to realize that Clark Kent is just Superman wearing glasses. In 2010 she made a guest appearance on the television series ''[[Smallville]]'', playing Lois Lane's mother Ella Lane.


===Other identities and powers===
*[[Erica Durance]] plays Lois Lane on the television series ''[[Smallville]]''. She first appeared in season four as a recurring character but was made part of the regular cast after several episodes. She started out as an annoyance to Clark Kent during season 4 but slowly their relationship evolved and she became his love interest by season eight and fiance in season 10. Erica Durance has been recognized as the best portrayal of the character by many Superman fans, as well as critics.
* '''Green Lantern''' – In ''Tangent Comics: Tales of the Green Lantern'' #1, [[Green Lantern]] of Earth-9 is introduced with three different origin tales. In one origin story, Lois is an archaeologist, explorer, and adventurer hired by billionaire playboy [[Booster Gold]] to explore underwater ruins off the coast of Florida. She discovers a community of mutants known as the [[Sea Devils (comics)|Sea Devils]] and is murdered by Booster Gold when she tries to protect the Sea Devils. Her body is taken to the underwater castle and resurrected as the Green Lantern.
[[File:Lois (Erica Durance).jpg|left|thumb|200px|Lois Lane ([[Erica Durance]]) as she appeared in ''[[Smallville]]'' in the episode "Savior". ]]
* '''Elastic Lass''' – Lois becomes Elastic Lass, after borrowing Jimmy Olsen's Elastic Lad serum, given to him by Professor Potter, so she can catch the Wrecker, who has been blowing up statues around Metropolis.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Binder, Otto| penciller= Schaffenberger, Kurt|story=The 10 Feats of Elastic Lass!| title=Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane | issue=#23| date=February 1961}}</ref>
* '''Isis''' – On the television series ''[[Smallville]]'', Lois is possessed by the spirit of the Egyptian goddess and hero Isis while wearing the Amulet of Isis in the tenth-season episode "Isis." This was based on the character of Isis who first appeared in an [[The Secrets of Isis|eponymous 1975-77 CBS television series]], later known as ''The Secrets of Isis''. Isis was then brought into DC comics canon, both as a superhero and as a separate goddess. As Isis, Lois had super strength, speed, telekinesis, telepathy, energy projection, magic, and could fly.
*'''Krypton Girl''' – In the imaginary story in ''Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane'' #47, Lois is from Krypton and takes the superhero name Krypton Girl on Earth; Clark Kent is an ordinary human.<ref>{{cite comic|penciller= Schaffenberger, Kurt|story=The Super-Life of Lois Lane!| title=Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane | issue=11| date=February 1964}}</ref>
*'''Leopard Lady''' – Lois becomes the supervillain Leopard Lady and marries Lex Luthor when a machine that can bring out evil in a person is used on her.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Finger, Bill| penciller= Schaffenberger, Kurt|story= Lois Lane's X-Ray Vision!| title=Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane | issue=#28| date=October 1961}}</ref>
* '''Power Girl''' – In ''Superman'' #125, Lois dreams she and Clark gain superpowers and become Power-Girl and Power-Man.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Jerry Coleman|Coleman, Jerry]]| penciller= Schaffenberger, Kurt |story=Lois Lane's Super-Dream | title=Superman| issue=#125| date=November 1958}}</ref>
* '''Stiletto''' – On ''Smallville'', Lois takes on the superhero persona of Stiletto, after saving Chloe from a carjacker in the eighth-season episode "Stiletto."
*'''Super-Lois''' – The comic book ''[[Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane]]'' featured several stories in which Lois gains superpowers and becomes Super-Lois. In one, Lois gains superpower after Superman gives her a blood transfusion. In another story, Lois is invited to visit Kandor with three other accomplished women of Earth; while there, a scientist gives her superpowers. Lois uses her new superpowers to save Superman from a Kryptonite trap set by Mayhem, Inc.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Dorfman, Leo| penciller= [[Irv Novick|Novick, Irv]]|story=When Lois was More Super than Superman!| title=Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane | issue=#85| date=August 1968}}</ref>
* '''Supermaid''' – In an imaginary story in ''Superman'' #158, Lois goes to Krypton as a child and becomes Supermaid. Lois' father sent his infant daughter to Krypton in a starship after discovering the Sun would go nova and destroy the Solar System. Arriving on Krypton within a power beam modifies Lois' molecular biology, giving her superpowers. Lois was adopted and raised by a [[zookeeper]] as Kandi Khan and became the Superheroine Supermaid.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Edmond Hamilton|Hamilton, Edmond]]| penciller= Swan, Curt|story=Lois Lane, the Super-Maid of Krypton!| title=Superman| issue=#158| date=February 1963}}</ref>
* '''Ultra Woman''' – On the television series ''[[Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]'' in the episode "Ultra Woman" Superman's powers are transferred to Lois when a red Kryptonite laser beam hit him. Martha Kent makes Lois a new costume and Clark introduces her to Metropolis as Ultra Woman.
*'''Divine empowerment''' – Lois was briefly granted divine powers as the Goddess of Integrity by the war and death gods but gave the powers up at the urging of [[Wonder Woman]]. Her powers include flight, enhanced intellect, teleportation and weather manipulation.<ref>{{cite comic| writer=Schultz, Mark| penciller=Guichet, Yvel|story=The Pantheon|title=Superman: The Man of Steel|issue=#126-127|date=July 2002, August 2002}}</ref>
*'''Psychic powers''' – In ''The New 52'', Lois was given various [[psychic powers]] by Senator Hume; she has redeveloped and lost these powers numerous times. Some of her powers are [[telepathy]] and [[astral projection]].<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Lobdell, Scott| penciller= Jurgens, Dan|story= The Last Byline| title=Superman Annual| issue=#2|date=September 2013}}</ref>


==Earth-Two version==
====''Being Lois Lane''====
DC Comics instituted its [[Multiverse (DC Comics)|multiverse]] system in the early 1960s for organizing its continuity and introduced the [[Superman (Earth-Two)|Earth-Two Superman]] in ''[[Justice League of America]]'' #73 (August 1969).<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Dennis O'Neil|O'Neil, Dennis]]| penciller= [[Dick Dillin|Dillin, Dick]]| inker= [[Sid Greene|Greene, Sid]]| story= Star Light, Star Bright—Death Star I See Tonight!| title= [[Justice League of America]]| issue= #73| date= August 1969}}</ref> This [[retcon]] declared the Golden Age Superman and Lois Lane stories (i.e. comics published from 1938 through the early 1950s) as having taken place on the parallel world of "[[Earth-Two]]" versus the then mainstream ([[Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]]) universe of "Earth-One".
The DVD box set for [[Smallville (season 4)|the fourth season of ''Smallville'']] includes a featurette entitled ''Being Lois Lane''. It is a retrospective examining the manner in which the character has been depicted over the years in film and on television. Three of the actresses who have portrayed Lois Lane in live action are featured: [[Noel Neill]] ([[Superman (serial)|''Superman'' serials]], ''[[Adventures of Superman (TV series)|Adventures of Superman]]''), [[Margot Kidder]] ([[Superman (film series)|''Superman'' film series]]), and [[Erica Durance]] (''[[Smallville]]''). [[Dana Delany]], who provided the voice of Lois in ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'', also appears. [[Phyllis Coates]] (''[[Adventures of Superman (TV series)|Adventures of Superman]]''), [[Lesley Ann Warren]] (''[[It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman]]''), and [[Teri Hatcher]] (''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]'') do not participate, nor does [[Kate Bosworth]] (whose appearance in ''[[Superman Returns]]'' occurs the year after the release of this DVD box set).


[[File:Action Comics 484.jpg|thumb|The Earth-Two Lois Lane and Superman, from the cover of ''Action Comics'' #484 (June 1978), art by [[José Luis García-López]] and [[Dick Giordano]].]]
==See also==
In ''Action Comics'' #484 (June 1978), a flashback story reveals Earth-Two's Lois became infatuated with Clark Kent after the latter lost his memory of his superheroic identity (thanks to a spell cast by the old [[Justice Society of America]] enemy [[Wizard (DC Comics)|Wizard]] working for [[Colonel Future]]), with the result of Clark acting more aggressive and extroverted. Clark and Lois began to date each other and were soon married. During the honeymoon, Lois discovered that Clark was indeed Superman. After recruiting the aid of Wizard, Lois restored Clark's memory and Wizard surrendered to the authorities.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Cary Bates|Bates, Cary]]| penciller= [[Curt Swan|Swan, Curt]] | inker= [[Joe Giella|Giella, Joe]]| story= Superman Takes a Wife| title= Action Comics| issue= #484| date= June 1978}}</ref>
* [[Relationship of Clark Kent and Lois Lane]]


The now-married Lois and Clark appeared in a series of stories in ''[[The Superman Family]]'' #195–199 and #201–222 titled ''Mr and Mrs Superman'', which presented their further adventures early in their marriage. Susie Tompkins made a return as a recurring character.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[E. Nelson Bridwell|Bridwell, E. Nelson]]| penciller= Schaffenberger, Kurt| inker= Giella, Joe| story= Susie's Flying Saucer| title= Superman Family| issue= 199| date= January–February 1980}}</ref> Years later, Lois and Clark acted as parental figures for [[Power Girl]], Superman's cousin, after she arrived on Earth.
==In popular culture==
[[Image:1950-nash-001.jpg|thumb|right|[[Nash Motors|Nash Rambler Convertible "Landau" Coupe]] c.1950, with retracting roof and rigid doors, featured car of Lois Lane of the 1950s television series ''[[Adventures of Superman (TV series)|Adventures of Superman]]'' <ref name="how">{{cite web
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During the ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' miniseries, the Earth-Two Lois Lane was seemingly seen for the final time, as Lois, the Earth-Two Superman, and the [[Superboy Prime|Superboy of Earth-Prime]] are, at the end of the story, taken by [[Earth-Three]]'s [[Alexander Luthor Jr.]] into a paradise-like dimension. Following the events of ''Crisis on Infinite Earths,'' this version of Lois was retroactively removed from DC's continuity.
*The secondary female lead in the 1948 musical ''[[Kiss Me, Kate]]'' is named Lois Lane; she plays Bianca in the show-within-a-show's production of ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]: The Musical''. Whether she was named after the Superman character is unknown.


In 2005's ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' miniseries, it was revealed that the Earth-Two Lois Lane Kent, along with Superboy, Alexander Luthor Jr., and Superman, have been watching the events of the post-Crisis [[DC Universe]] from their pocket dimension. Out of the four observers, she is the only one who still believes that the new universe is just going through a rough patch; Superboy-Prime and Alexander Luthor Jr. are convinced that Earth is utterly corrupt, and Kal-L is slowly becoming swayed to their way of thinking.<ref>''Infinite Crisis Secret Files'' #1. DC Comics.</ref> This version of Lois is frail, and dying for reasons not explicitly revealed, though possibly connected to her [[octogenarian]] status. This was the main reason for Kal-L's determination to restore Earth-Two, as he believed that Lois' health would recover once back on her proper Earth.<ref>''Infinite Crisis'' #1. DC Comics.</ref> Despite the restoration of Earth-Two, Lois Lane Kent died in the arms of her husband Superman regardless of Kal-L's protests that he could not let her die.<ref>''Infinite Crisis'' #5. DC Comics.</ref> After Kal-L died at the hands of Superboy-Prime, he commented that he finally understood Lois' final words "It's... not... going..." as meaning that it would never end for them, and one day it would be understood that even the heroes who had been lost in the original Crisis were still out there somewhere. After his demise, they are shown reunited in the stars, while their bodies are buried on Earth alongside [[Superboy (Kon-El)|Kon-El]]'s, who gave his life to stop Superboy-Prime's attempts to restore his Earth.<ref>''Infinite Crisis'' #7. DC Comics.</ref>
*Several parodic or homage versions of Lois Lane have appeared in [[Marvel Comics]], usually unnamed or with the first name Lois and no surname, and often in the company of a similarly unnamed Clark analogue. A more indirect homage was Terri Kidder, a reporter for the ''[[Daily Bugle]]'' who was named after two actresses who have played Lois: [[Teri Hatcher]] and [[Margot Kidder]]. The character was soon murdered by [[Spider-Man]]'s archenemy, the [[Green Goblin]].<ref>''[[The Pulse (comics)|The Pulse]]'' #2 (June 2004).</ref>


Lois later returns as a sinister [[Black Lantern Corps|Black Lantern]] with her husband in the ''[[Blackest Night]]'' crossover. Her first task is to kidnap [[Jonathan and Martha Kent|Martha Kent]] with her spouse and stating that she and Kal-L wish for [[Superman|Kal-El]], [[Superboy (Kon-El)|Conner Kent]], and Martha, to be reunited with [[Jonathan "Pa" Kent|Jonathan Kent]] in death. She proved unable to deal with the resourcefulness of Martha Kent, and was set ablaze by the widow, but kept regenerating until [[Krypto]] intervened, ripping the black ring out of her hand and preventing regeneration for long enough to allow Superman and Conner Kent to destroy the Black Lantern powerhouses attacking [[Smallville (comics)|Smallville]], and reaching town to aid others unhindered.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[James Robinson (writer)|Robinson, James]]| penciller= [[Eddy Barrows|Barrows, Eddy]]| inker=Jose, Ruy; [[Julio Ferreira|Ferreira, Julio]]| story= A Sleepy Little Town | title= Blackest Night: Superman| issue= #1| date= October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite comic| writer= Robinson, James| penciller= Barrows, Eddy| inker= Jose, Ruy; Ferreira, Julio| story= Psycho Piracy!| title= Blackest Night: Superman| issue= #2| date= November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite comic| writer= Robinson, James| penciller= Barrows, Eddy; Goldman, Allan| inker= Jose, Ruy; Ferreira, Eber| story= The Long Dark Knight| title= Blackest Night: Superman| issue= #3| date= December 2009}}</ref> Black Lantern Lois later appears to [[Power Girl]], claiming that she has escaped the ring's corrupting influence, and needs her help. This was just a ploy to get close enough to her husband's body, which was being held in the JSA headquarters after his black ring had been removed. Black Lantern Lois "sacrifices" herself by removing her ring and giving it to Kal-L, restoring him to full undead status, and causing her own body to become inert.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Robinson, James| penciller= Barrows, Eddy; Marz, Marcos| inker= Ferreira, Julio; Del Negro, Luciana; Jose, Ruy| story= Lost Souls| title= Blackest Night: JSA| issue= #1| date= February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite comic| writer= Robinson, James; [[Tony Bedard|Bedard, Tony]]| penciller= Barrows, Eddy; Marz, Marcos| inker= Ferreira, Julio; Ferreira, Eber; Del Negro, Luciana| story= Troubled Souls| title= Blackest Night: JSA| issue= #2| date= March 2010}}</ref>
*There are streets named "Lois Lane" in [[Albemarle, North Carolina]], [[Southfield, Michigan]], [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]], [[Bloomington, Indiana]], [[Newport News, Virginia]], the Corporate Park of [[Staten Island]], [[Nanaimo]], [[Fullerton, California]], [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]] and [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]].


==In other versions==
*The American [[sitcom]] ''[[Seinfeld]]'' made numerous references to Lois over its nine-year run:
During the years 1942–1985 Editora Brasil-América and [[Editora Abril]] which published the [[Brazil]]ian versions of Superman comics, Lois Lane's name was translated to "Miriam Lane" and later to "Miriam Lois Lane." In [[Spanish language|Spanish]] speaking countries, her name was translated to "Luisa Lane" in comics, TV series and movies.
** In the 1993 episode [[The Outing]], Jerry tells a female reporter for a college newspaper: "I was attracted to you, too. You remind me of Lois Lane."
** A 1994 episode "[[The Mom & Pop Store]]" has Elaine tell Jerry she's been doing some snooping for him. "Ah! What'd you find out, Lois?" he replies.
** In the episode "[[The Race (Seinfeld)|The Race]]", Jerry dates a woman named "Lois" and makes several Superman-related references to her name.
** In "[[The Face Painter]]" (1995), George discovers that a woman he is dating is deaf in one ear and therefore might not have heard him tell her he loves her. "Don't you see what this means?" he says. "It's like the whole thing never happened. It's like when [[Superman (film)|Superman reversed the rotation of the earth]] to save Lois Lane!"
** The 1998 episode "[[The Cartoon]]" has Jerry make fun of Elaine's drawings, leading her to reply: "It's better than your drawings of naked Lois Lane."
** In "[[The Strong Box]]" (also 1998), Elaine dates a man whose mysterious ways lead Jerry to joke that he is a crimefighter protecting his secret identity. When they find out the man is poor, Jerry and George comment, respectively, that his "super power was lack of money" and that "maybe his girlfriend is Lois Loan."
** In a 1994 episode, "[[The Marine Biologist]]", when Elaine accuses Jerry of helping a strange woman just so he can take her out on a date, Jerry replies that Superman is never suspected of such intentions when saving a woman's life, prompting Elaine to comment "Well, you're not Superman", to which Jerry responds, "Well, you're not Lois Lane..."
** There was also an episode where actress Teri Hatcher became Jerry's love interest because she reminded him of Lois Lane. He became obsessed with knowing if her breasts were "real" or not and had Elaine check in the spa steam room. Elaine tripped and mistakenly felt her up, which ended Jerry's relationship, since Hatcher's character deduced it was his plan all along. Jerry deeply regretted the result, as the Hatcher character was the only girlfriend to fulfill his Lois Lane fetish.


===Elseworlds imprint===
* In the ''[[Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina, the Teenage Witch]]'' episode "Bada-Ping!", Salem described Sabrina as "Lois Lame".
*''[[Superman: Speeding Bullets]]'', a 1993 [[Elseworlds]] story based on the concept of an amalgamation of Superman and [[Batman]]. Martha and [[Thomas Wayne]] discovered Baby Kal-El, adopt and named him Bruce. Bruce discovers his superpowers when his parents are killed and create the identity Batman to fight criminals in [[Gotham City]]. Lois relocates to Gotham City after Lex Luthor buys the ''Daily Planet'', and soon forms a relationship with Bruce Wayne, the owner of her new job at the ''Gotham Gazette''. She later convinces him to abandon the identity of Batman and adopt a more hopeful persona of Superman.
*''[[Superman: The Feral Man of Steel]]'', a 1994 Elseworlds special in ''Superman'' (vol. 2) Annual #6, based on [[Mowgli|The Jungle Book]] stories with elements from [[Tarzan]]. Raised by [[Wolf|wolves]] in 19th-century [[India]]n Jungle and is given the name K'L'L. Lois is an American girl who falls for K'L'L.
*In ''Superman: Kal'', Lady Loisse is the daughter of the late Lord Lane in the [[Middle Ages]]. She is held captive by Baron Luthor, who hopes to make her his bride. Lois falls for Kal, a blacksmith's apprentice after he wins a contest against Luthor's best fighters. She accepts his request for her hand in marriage, as payment for him forging a suit of armour for Luthor from his rocket. After their wedding, Loisse is taken from Kal by Luthor, who subsequently killed her.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Dave Gibbons|Gibbons, Dave]]| penciller= [[José Luis García-López|García-López, José Luis]]| inker= García-López, José Luis| story= Superman: Kal| title= Superman: Kal| issue= #1| date= 1995}}</ref>
*Lois is a teacher from the undercity in the 1996 series, ''Superman's Metropolis'', modelled on [[Fritz Lang]]'s classic 1927 science-fiction film ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]''.
*''[[Superman: War of the Worlds]]'', a Superman story adapted into the [[H. G. Wells]] novel ''[[The War of the Worlds]]''. Set in 1938, after applying for a job at the [[Daily Star (DC Comics)|Daily Star]], Clark and Lois witness the arrival of the [[Martian]] invasion of Earth. Superman dies saving the Earth, and Lois marries Lex Luthor who becomes the [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]].
* In the 1998 series, ''[[JLA: The Nail]]'', the Kents never found Clark, Lois is selected by [[Hal Jordan|Green Lantern]] to provide the Justice League with some positive media presentation after a recent propaganda campaign focuses on the idea that many modern metahumans are alien invaders. Tracking recent kidnapped heroes to a secret base, Lois is introduced to the Kents, who provide a safe house for various heroes after Lana Lang smuggled them out of the facility, and later discovers that the true mastermind behind the conspiracy is [[Jimmy Olsen]], mutated into a Kryptonian through genetic experiments carried out based on DNA samples found in Kal-El's crashed and abandoned ship. Jimmy is finally defeated by Kal-El, who was here raised by an Amish couple until their deaths at Olsen's hands, with Lois writing about how Kal-El's time with the Kents helped him accept his abilities and grow into the Superman he should have been. In the sequel, ''[[JLA: Another Nail]]'' Lois helps the Kents create Kal-El's 'Clark' disguise- albeit naming him 'Carl' on impulse- to give him a chance at a normal life outside of his role as Superman, reasoning that the simplicity of the glasses will stop people paying too much attention to him, while their original plan to completely cover him with a false beard would make people suspect that Kal-El had something to hide.
*[[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]]'s ''[[Superman & Batman: Generations]]'' follow the life and families of Superman and Lois and their descendants over the course of three separate Elseworlds series.
*Published in 1999, ''[[The Superman Monster]]'' takes elements from [[Mary Shelley]]'s novel ''[[Frankenstein]]'' where Superman is similar to the [[Frankenstein's monster|Frankenstein monster]]. Set in Gotham City in 1888, Eloise Edge is the daughter of Burgomaster Edge and the fiancé of scientist Vicktor Luthor who creates the creature, Klaus, using Kryptonian technology. Eloise develops an affection for Klaus, and after she is killed by a ricocheting bullet and revived in the same Matrix that created Klaus, she accompanies him to the Arctic to learn more about her new condition.
*In the series, ''[[Son of Superman]]'', fifteen years after the disappearance of Superman, Lois' teenage son Jon Kent begins to display superpowers and learns his father is Superman. Jon joins the rebel organization to fight against the corrupt U.S. government.
*In ''[[JLA: Created Equal]]'', all men on Earth except Superman and Lex Luthor are killed by a strange disease. When Lois become pregnant, Superman is forced to leave Earth after Luthor reveals he is still a carrier for the disease. Years later, Lois gives birth to her and Clark's son, Adam, who has various half-siblings conceived with the other females using sperm samples provided by Superman, but Adam accidentally kills his mother when he hugs her too hard.
*Lois is a captain in the military in series ''[[Superman: Last Son of Earth]]'' and ''[[Superman: Last Stand on Krypton]]''. A reverse of the Superman origin with Kal-El being sent from Earth to Krypton, discovering the [[Green Lantern]] power ring, and journeys to Earth and help its people fight against the dictator Luthor.
*In ''[[Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle]]'', Kal-El, the last survivor of Krypton crash-lands in East [[Africa]] and is raised by [[ape]]s to become the Lord of the Jungle; and meet the adventurer John Greystoke, Jane Clayton and her friend Metropolis reporter Lois Lane.
* In the 2003 [[Elseworlds]] series ''[[Superman: Red Son]]'', Superman's escape rocket did not land in [[Smallville (comics)|Smallville]], but in the Soviet Union under [[Joseph Stalin]]. Lois is married to [[Lex Luthor]] but still uses the surname Lane for her articles in the ''Daily Planet''. Superman saves her life, and the two have an instant attraction with each other; however, Lois never acts on her feelings and remains married to Luthor. When her husband is elected President, Lois becomes First Lady and serves as an unofficial American emissary to [[Wonder Woman]]. After the fall of Superman's Greater [[Soviet Union]] and presumed death, he attends his "funeral" wearing a suit and glasses. He and Lois are shown looking at each other before he departs.
*''[[Superman: True Brit]]'', the 2004 series re-imagines the origin of Superman, where his spaceship crashed in [[Weston-super-Mare]] in [[England]] instead of the town of Smallville in America. A humorous look at Superman and the British [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid]] press, it features Louisa Layne-Ferret, a hard-edged reporter. Lois herself briefly appears to offer an American perspective on Superman and invites Colin Clark to visit America.


===''Flashpoint''===
* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Worst Episode Ever]]", Kearney asks if Biclops' girlfriend is Lois Lame. [[Milhouse Van Houten|Milhouse]] explains Biclops is actually afraid of girls.
In the alternate timeline of the ''[[Flashpoint (comics)|Flashpoint]]'' event, a young Lois Lane sneaks into the facility where her father Sam Lane is stationed to bring him a birthday cake. During a breakout, Lois briefly encounters [[Superman|Kal-El]] and [[Apollo (comics)|Neil Sinclair]]. Sinclair attempts to pursue revenge against her father for the experiments that were performed on him. Sam traps Sinclair and himself in the [[Phantom Zone]].<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Scott Snyder|Snyder, Scott]]; Francis, Lowell| penciller= [[Gene Ha|Ha, Gene]]| inker= Ha, Gene| story= In These Small Hands| title= Flashpoint: Project Superman| issue= #2| date= September 2011}}</ref>


Years later, Lois is reporting on a fashion show in [[Montmartre]] when the Atlanteans flooded Europe. She is saved by the Amazons who take her to "New Themiscyra" (the United Kingdom). Once there, she learns that Jimmy Olsen, who dies in the flood while trying to save an old man, was an agent of [[Cyborg (DC Comics)|Cyborg]]. Lois agrees to spy on the Amazons for Cyborg. When the time comes for her to undergo a near-fatal "conversion" into the Amazonian ranks, she escapes, aided by Penny Black, who is wounded by [[Artemis of Bana-Mighdall|Artemis]] in the process.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Dan Abnett|Abnett, Dan]]; Lanning, Andy| penciller=Nunez, Eddie|inker=Ho, Don| story= Breaking News| title= Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance| issue= #1| date= August 2011}}</ref>
* In [[Just Jack]]'s 2007 single ''Writer's Block'' the verse "Im lovin' Mary Jane, flyin' with Lois Lane" features.


During this time, Lois walks through the remains of the [[London Underground]] and encounters [[Grifter (comics)|Grifter]] and the Resistance.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Geoff Johns|John, Geoff]]
*The [[Spin Doctors]]' 1991 album, ''[[Pocket Full of Kryptonite]]'', takes its title as a reference to the album's first song, "Jimmy Olsen's Blues." The song is sung from the point of view of a [[Jimmy Olsen]] who's in love with Lois Lane and jealous of Superman because of it.
| penciller= [[Andy Kubert|Kubert, Andy]]| inker= Hope, Sandra| story= Flashpoint Chapter Three of Five| title= [[Flashpoint (comics)|Flashpoint]]| issue= #3| date= September 2011}}</ref> Lois soon joins the Resistance. After meeting up with the recovering Penny, she uses Cyborg's device to locate her missing armor at [[Westminster]].<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Abnett, Dan; Lanning, Andy| penciller=Gugliotta, Gianluca| inker= Gugliotta, Gianluca| story= Live and Exclusive| title= Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance| issue= #2| date= September 2011}}</ref> Lois later broadcasts a message to the world that the Amazons have imprisoned people in internment. The Amazons in Westminster attempt to kill her.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Abnett, Dan; Lanning, Andy| penciller=Duce, Christian| inker= Wong, Walden| story= Kill the Story| title= Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance| issue= #3| date= October 2011}}</ref> Lois is then rescued by Kal-El (who comes to protect her from Sinclair who has returned). During the fight, Kal-El manages to destroy Sinclair, but Lois is caught in the blast. Before Lois dies in the arms of Kal-El, she tells him to save the people.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Snyder, Scott; Francis, Lowell| penciller= Ha, Gene| inker= Ha, Gene| story= Battle's Eve| title= Flashpoint: Project Superman| issue= #3| date= October 2011}}</ref>


===''Injustice: Gods Among Us''===
* In the song "[[I-E-A-I-A-I-O]]" by [[System of a Down]], Lois Lane was mentioned in one of the tongue-twisters in the song: "Fighting crime, with a partner, Lois Lane, [[Jimmy Carter]]."
In the digital prequel comic to the video game ''[[Injustice: Gods Among Us]]'', Lois is married to Superman and is pregnant with their child. While on a story at the docks with Jimmy Olsen, she is kidnapped by [[Joker (character)|The Joker]] and [[Harley Quinn]] and taken to a submarine where they perform surgery on her. When the Joker is captured by the [[Justice League]], he informs them he has planted a nuclear bomb in Metropolis and wired the detonator to Lois's heart, set to go off when she dies. While under the influence of [[Scarecrow (DC Comics)|Scarecrow]]'s kryptonite-laced fear gas, Superman mistakes Lois for [[Global catastrophic risk|Doomsday]] and, in an attempt to protect his family, unknowingly flies up into space with her, killing both Lois and their unborn child in the process. When she dies, a nuclear bomb obliterates Metropolis. Superman, devastated by the death of Lois and their unborn child as well as his inadvertent role in destroying Metropolis, kills the Joker and begins his campaign for world domination. Her death serves as the catalyst for Superman's new outlook, as he becomes more willing to kill to protect the world.


In Year Three of the series, Superman was put in a magic comatose sleep, where events played out differently in his dream scenario. In this dream world, Superman imagines he had broken free of the fear gas in time to save Lois and their unborn child. Batman had killed Joker to prevent the possibility of another attack on Superman and his family. Lois eventually gave birth to their daughter Lara Lane-Kent. Superman and Lois live a happy and normal life, raising their daughter Lara, who eventually develops superpowers and with her father's guidance becomes a superhero of her own. Superman is eventually awakened from his slumber by [[Ares]] and is left feeling angrier and more bitter after realizing and living the life he could have had with Lois and their child. In Year Five, in an alternate world, Lois and Clark are shown happily visiting Clark's parents, telling them that she is pregnant.
* In the [[USA Network]] television series ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'', Adrian Monk's nurse, Sharona, reveals to a date that her job as the nurse assistant to the obsessive-compulsive detective makes her feel like Lois Lane. Later in the episode, when Sharona follows the killer they've been after, police captain Stottlemeyer snaps at Monk, "Who does Sharona think she is?" Monk answers sheepishly, "Lois Lane."


===''DC Comics Bombshells''===
* In the movie ''[[One Fine Day]]'' (1996), the editor of the newspaper reporter Jack Taylor ([[George Clooney]]) has a cat named after Lois Lane.
''[[DC Comics Bombshells]]'', a comic book series set in an alternate history of [[World War II]], Eloisa "Lois" Lane is a mixed-race 17-year-old [[newspaper hawker]] from Metropolis' Cuban district. When criminals working for [[Killer Frost]] kidnaps her, she is rescued by the [[Batgirl]]s (a group of female vigilantes) and partners with them to defeat [[Hugo Strange]], the man who crippled her mother.<ref><!--print edition-->{{cite comic|writer= Bennett, Marguerite|penciller= Andolfo, Mirka; Qualano, Pasquale|inker= Andolfo, Mirka; Qualano, Pasquale|story= Batgirls Swing Again!|title= DC Comics Bombshells|issue= 13|date= July 2016}}</ref> Later in the series, she gets a job working at the ''Gotham Gazette'' for [[Vicki Vale]] and eventually begins dating Supergirl.


===''Nightwing: The New Order''===
* In the movie ''[[Mermaids (film)|Mermaids]]'' (1990), Kate Flax ([[Christina Ricci]]) asked her sister Charlotte ([[Winona Ryder]]) if her boyfriend ever kissed her like Superman kisses Lois Lane.
In an alternate reality, [[Nightwing (Dick Grayson)|Nightwing]] activates a device ending an ongoing war between the super-powered beings and depowers ninety percent of the superhero population and leads to a future where superpower is outlawed. Lois is a [[Blue Lantern Corps|Blue Lantern]] and a member of the [[Teen Titans|Titans]], who form a resistance against the anti-metahuman government.


===''Superman: Secret Identity''===
* In the song "[[Do Ya Thang]]" by rapper [[Ice Cube]], Lois Lane is mentioned in the line: "I forgot this hoe's name, I'll call her Lois Lane."
Published in 2004, ''[[Superman: Secret Identity]]'' is a four-issue miniseries written by [[Kurt Busiek]] and art by [[Stuart Immonen]]. Set in the real world where superheroes only exist in comic books. Clark Kent, living in a small town in Kansas, discovers that he has the same powers as Superman, the fictional superhero he was named after. Years later, Clark moves to [[New York City|New York]], working as a writer and secretly saving people with his abilities. He meets Lois Chaudhari, an Indian American designer on a blind date (set up by friends because their names resemble the fictional couple Clark Kent and Lois Lane). The two quickly fall in love, got married and had twin daughters Jane and Carol Kent, who also inherit their father's powers.


===''Gotham City Garage''===
* In the song "Anybody Seen The Popo's" by rapper [[Ice Cube]], Lois Lane is mentioned in the line: "His girlfriend's Lois Lane and if you f--k with her you must smoke Cocaine, brother."
''Gotham City Garage'', a digital-first comic book series written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, reimagines DC superheroes and villains as bikers in a [[post-apocalyptic]] world. Governor Lex Luthor controls the modern utopia Gotham City and the rest of the continent is a wasteland. Lois Lane runs a rebel news radio station "The Frequency". When [[Big Barda|Barda]] ask for help, Lois and Jimmy Olsen join her in the resistance.


===Tales from the Dark Multiverse===
* In the song "Superman" by the band [[Peggy Sue (band)|Peggy Sue]], Lois Lane is mentioned in the line: "I'm in love with Lois Lane, but she doesn't even know my real name"
''Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman'', an anthology series that explores alternate takes on classic DC stories set in a different world in the Dark Multiverse. After Superman is killed by Doomsday, filled with anger and grief, Lois merges with the Eradicator and gains Kryptonian powers so she can take revenge on the corrupt world and those who let Superman die.


===Marvel Comics cameos===
* In the song "Invincible" by [[Emma Bunton]], b-side from the single [[Take My Breath Away (Emma Bunton song)]] and written by [[Bryan Adams]], Lois Lane is mentioned in the line: "Like Superman and Lois Lane, we are just as strong, we are just the same".
Lois Lane has had several (mostly cameo) appearances alongside [[Clark Kent]] in past works of [[Marvel Comics]], namely in ''[[Uncanny X-Men|X-Men]]'' #98, ''[[Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' (1976), ''[[Thor (Marvel Comics)|The Mighty Thor]]'' #341 (1984), ''[[Excalibur (comics)|Excalibur]]'' #8,<ref>[https://io9.gizmodo.com/10-weird-times-marvel-and-dc-unofficially-crossed-over-5872936 Lamar, Cyriaque: "10 Weird Times Marvel and DC Unofficially Crossed Over". Gizmodo, January 1, 2012.]</ref> [[Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch)|''Ghost Rider'']] (vol. 3) #66 (1995), and ''Marvels Epilogue'' (September 2019).


==Newspaper comic strip==
* In the song "[[Rapper's Delight]]" by [[The Sugarhill Gang]], Lois Lane is mentioned in the line: "I said, "By the way, baby, what's your name?"/She said, "I go by name of Lois Lane". According to the song, the rapper [[Grandmaster Caz|Casanova Fly]] tells Lois Lane why he would make a better boyfriend than Superman.
''[[Superman (comic strip)#Spinoff|Lois Lane, Girl Reporter]]'' is a newspaper comic strip featuring Lois Lane, a spin-off from the Superman comic strip and [[Topper (comic strip)|topper]] to the Superman Sunday strip in the ''[[Cleveland Plain Dealer]]''. Twelve comic strips were produced and originally ran between October 24, 1943, to February 27, 1944.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kleefeldoncomics.com/2014/01/on-history-lois-lane-girl-reporter.html|title=On History: Lois Lane, Girl Reporter|first= Sean|last= Kleefeld|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150919012020/http://www.kleefeldoncomics.com/2014/01/on-history-lois-lane-girl-reporter.html|archive-date= September 19, 2015|url-status=live|date=January 14, 2014}}</ref> Lois also appears in the ''[[Superman (comic strip)|Superman]]'' daily newspaper comic strip, distributed by [[McClure Syndicate]] which ran continuously from January 1939 to May 1966 with a separate [[Sunday strip]] added on November 5, 1939.


==Books==
* The song "Lois Lane" by [[Sloppy Seconds]] is about the death of Lois Lane.
===Comic books===
Lois has appeared in several self-titled miniseries, one-shots and collected editions:
*''Lois Lane'' – a two issue limited series published in August and September 1986.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 3158|title= Lois Lane}}</ref>
*''Superman: Lois Lane'' – a one-shot published in June 1998 as part of the "Girlfrenzy!" [[Fifth-week event]].<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 14887|title= Superman: Lois Lane}}</ref>
*''Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance'' – a three-issue limited series published August 2011-October 2011 as part of the ''[[Flashpoint (comics)|Flashpoint]]'' crossover.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 59410|title= Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance}}</ref>
*''DC Archive Editions: Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane Archives Vol. 1'' – a collection of Silver Age Lois Lane stories. Showcase #9-10 and ''[[Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane]]'' #1-8. Published in January 2012.<ref>{{cite book|title =DC Archive Editions: Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane Archives Vol. 1|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|date=January 2012|isbn=978-1401233150}}</ref>
*''Lois Lane: A Celebration of 75 Years'' – special anniversary anthology celebrating Lois Lane's 75 years in comics. Collects material from Action Comics #1-2, 6, 484, 600, 662, Adventures of Superman #631, All Star Superman #2-3, Man of Steel #2, Showcase #9, Superman #29, 33–34, 58, 168, Superman 80-page giant #1, Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane #1, 5, 16, 23, 42, 106, and Wonder Woman #170. Published in November 2013, the collection compiles stories from Golden Age to Silver Age and modern adventures.<ref>{{citation|title =Lois Lane: A Celebration of 75 Years|publisher= [[DC Comics]]|date=November 2013 |isbn=978-1401247034}}</ref>
*''Superman: Lois Lane'' #1 – a one-shot published in April 2014.<ref>{{gcdb series|id= 79325|title= Superman: Lois Lane}}</ref>
*''[[Superman: Lois and Clark]]'' – an eight-issue limited series, collects #1-8 published in August 2016.
* ''Lois Lane'' – a 12-issue limited series by writer [[Greg Rucka]] and artist [[Mike Perkins]] released in July 2019 to July 2020.


===Graphic novels===
* The song "Superman" by Robin Thicke has the line "I'm a Superman thanks to Lois Lane".
====''Lois Lane and the Friendship Challenge''====
A graphic novel by writer Grace Ellis and artist [[Brittney Williams]], and focus on a 13-year-old Lois Lane as she navigates the confusing worlds of social media and friendship during summer break in the sleepy town of Liberty View. Released in August 2020, it is part of [[DC Graphic Novels for Kids|DC's original graphic novels for young readers]].<ref>{{cite web |title=DC Comics: LOIS LANE AND THE FRIENDSHIP CHALLENGE|url=https://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/lois-lane-and-the-friendship-challenge|date=November 25, 2019|access-date=May 30, 2020|work=DC Comics}}</ref>


====''Girl Taking Over: A Lois Lane Story''====
* In [[Jeff Dunham]]'s comedy stand up special "Spark of Insanity" his dummy Melvin, who is a superhero, says his wife met Lois Lane once and said she was an "H-O-R-E". Jeff corrects him by saying "You mean a W-H-O-R-E" to which Melvin replies "What's a wha-hore?"
[[DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults|DC graphic novels for young adults]], ''Girl Taking Over: A Lois Lane Story'', written by [[Sarah Kuhn]] and art by Arielle Jovellanos was released in April 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=DC Announces New Original Young Adult Graphic Novels for Spring 2023|url=https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2022/05/27/dc-announces-new-original-young-adult-graphic-novels-for-spring-2023|date=May 27, 2022|access-date=May 29, 2022|work=DC Comics}}</ref>


===Novels===
* In the song "Superman" by the band Stereophonics, Lois Lane is mentioned in the line : "Superman on an airplane, sitting next to Lois Lane".
====''Lois Lane''====
Lois is the protagonist in the young adult novel series, ''Lois Lane'', written by Gwenda Bond and published by [[Switch Press]]. The series follows the adventures of Lois Lane as a savvy, whip-smart, and unafraid contemporary teenage high school girl. The first book in the series, ''Fallout'', was revealed by the author in 2014 and was released on May 1, 2015. Bond revealed the second book, ''Double Down'', in July 2015,<ref>{{cite web|first= Gwenda|last= Bond| url=http://www.gwendabond.com/bondgirl/2015/07/that-little-sequel-question-answered-newsy-twitter-chat.html|title= That Little Sequel Question Answered (Newsy!) + Twitter Chat|publisher= Gwenda Bond|date= July 22, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150908101352/http://www.gwendabond.com/bondgirl/2015/07/that-little-sequel-question-answered-newsy-twitter-chat.html|archive-date= September 8, 2015|url-status=live|access-date= July 24, 2015}}</ref> and the book was released on May 1, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27818091-double-down|title=Double Down (Lois Lane, #2)|website=Goodreads|access-date=2017-03-20}}</ref>


On the series, Bond said: "Lois is an icon, of course, a superhero without any superpowers&nbsp;... except her unmatched bravery and smarts. Not to mention her sense of humor and her commitment to truth and justice. She's also one of my all-time favorite characters—which is why I jumped at the chance to write a novel featuring a teen Lois, moving to Metropolis and becoming a reporter for the first time. And, most of all, to get to put Lois front and center in the starring role, obviously."<ref name="The Secret Is Out">{{cite web|first= Gwenda|last= Bond|url= http://www.gwendabond.com/bondgirl/2014/08/secretisout.html|title= The Secret Is Out&nbsp;...&nbsp;(!!!)| publisher= Gwenda Bond|date=August 26, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150724113808/http://www.gwendabond.com/bondgirl/2014/08/secretisout.html|archive-date= July 24, 2015|url-status=live|access-date=December 6, 2014}}</ref>
* In the song "Love Fight" by [[Dannii Minogue]], featured on the album [[The Hits & Beyond]], Lois is referenced in the line "Heavy breathing always makes me feel like I'm Lois with the Man of Steel."


*''Fallout'' – first novel in the ''Lois Lane'' series by Gwenda Bond.<ref>{{cite web|first= Graeme|last= McMillan|url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lois-lane-is-your-new-728182|title= Lois Lane Is Your New YA Fiction Hero|work= The Hollywood Reporter|date= August 26, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140827034244/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lois-lane-is-your-new-728182|archive-date= August 27, 2014|url-status=live|access-date=December 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bond |first=Gwenda|title =Lois Lane: Fallout|publisher=Switch Press|date=May 2015 |isbn=978-1630790059}}</ref> The novel features a teenage Lois Lane, an Army brat, who has lived all over the world. Lois is starting a new life in Metropolis with her family. While attending a new high school, she tries to solve a mystery as a group known as the Warheads begins to tamper with people's minds via a high-tech immersive video game. Two prequel short stories: ''Lois Lane: A Real Work of Art'' and ''Lois Lane: Cloudy With a Chance of Destruction'' was also published by Switch Press. ''Fallout'' received positive reviews and was named by [[Kirkus Reviews]] one of the "Best Teen Books of 2015" in the science fiction and fantasy category.<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/gwenda-bond/fallout-bond/|title= Fallout|magazine=Kirkus Reviews|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150913161845/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/gwenda-bond/fallout-bond/|archive-date= September 13, 2015 |url-status=live|access-date=September 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Teen Books of 2015|magazine=Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/lists/best-teen-science-fiction-fantasy-2015/|access-date=December 18, 2015}}</ref>
* In the movie ''[[A Time to Kill (film)|A Time to Kill]]'' (1996), Jake Brigance consults with Ellen Roark about the case and the judge is clearly annoyed and says "If Lois Lane will let us continue".
*''Double Down'' – second ''Lois Lane'' novel by Gwenda Bond and published by [[Switch Press]] in May 2016.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bond |first=Gwenda|title =Lois Lane: Double Down|publisher=Switch Press|date=May 2016 |isbn=978-1630790387}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first= Matthew|last=Price|url=http://newsok.com/article/5442006|title=New ''Lois Lane'' novel announced|work= [[The Oklahoman]]|date=August 24, 2015|location= Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|access-date=August 29, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first= Carolyn|last= Cox|url= http://www.themarysue.com/lois-lane-double-down/|title= Lois Lane to Return in New YA Novel from Gwenda Bond|publisher= The Mary Sue|date= August 24, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095106/http://www.themarysue.com/lois-lane-double-down/|archive-date= September 24, 2015|url-status=live|access-date=August 29, 2015}}</ref> The book also received positive reviews.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/gwenda-bond/double-down-lois-lane/|title=Kirkus Reviews: DOUBLE DOWN|magazine=Kirkus Reviews|access-date=May 3, 2016}}</ref> ''Double Down'' continues to follow teenage Lois Lane as she settled into her new life in Metropolis, and has a job that challenges her. Lois finds herself embroiled in a dangerous mystery that brings her closer to the dirty underbelly of Metropolis.
*''Triple Threat'' – Switch Press announced a third Lois Lane novel, ''Triple Threat'', in August 2016.<ref>{{cite news|first=Graeme|last=McMillan|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lois-lane-becomes-a-triple-916673|title=Lois Lane Becomes a 'Triple Threat' in 2017 With New YA Novel|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 3, 2016|access-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref> The book was released in May 2017.


====''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''====
* In the song "[[Deeply Dippy]]" by [[Right Said Fred]], featured on the album [[Up (Right Said Fred album)|Up]] there is a line that says "I'm your Superman, I'll explain you're my Lois Lane"
Based on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television series ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]'' four original novels were published in 1996:
* ''Heat Wave'' – written by author [[Michael Jan Friedman]] and published by [[HarperCollins]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Michael Jan|title=Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: Heat Wave|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|date=April 1996|location=New York, New York|isbn=0061010618|url=https://archive.org/details/heatwaveloisclar00mich}}</ref>
* ''Exile'' – by Michael Jan Friedman<ref>{{cite book|last=Friedman |first=Michael Jan |title = Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: Exile |publisher=HarperCollins|date=May 1996|location= New York, New York|isbn=0061010626}}</ref>
* ''Deadly Games'' – by Michael Jan Friedman<ref>{{cite book|last=Friedman |first=Michael Jan |title = Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: Deadly Games |publisher=HarperCollins|date=June 1996|location= New York, New York|isbn=0061010634}}</ref>
*''[[Lois & Clark: A Superman Novel]]'' – a full-length Lois and Clark novel by author [[C. J. Cherryh]] and published by [[Prima Publishing|Prima Lifestyles]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Cherryh|first=C. J|title=Lois & Clark: A Superman Novel|publisher=[[Prima Publishing|Prima Lifestyles]]|date=August 1996|location=New York, New York|isbn=0761504826|url=https://archive.org/details/loisclarksuperma00cher}}</ref>


===Non-fiction===
* In the song "[[Love the Way You Lie]]" by [[Eminem]] Ft. [[Rihanna]], featured on the album "[[Recovery (Eminem album)|Recovery]]" There is a line that says "Cuz when it's going good, it's going great, I'm Superman with the wind in his back, She's Lois Lane".
* ''Examining Lois Lane: The Scoop on Superman's Sweetheart'' – an anthology exploring Lois Lane's many incarnations and multiple adaptations from comic book to various films and television series. Analyzing the character in various media through the perspectives of feminism, gender studies, and cultural studies.<ref>{{cite book|last=Farghaly |first=Nadine|title =Examining Lois Lane: The Scoop on Superman's Sweetheart.|publisher=[[Scarecrow Press, Inc.]]|date=September 2013|location= Lanham, Maryland|isbn= 978-0810892378}}</ref>
* ''Investigating Lois Lane: The Turbulent History of the Daily Planet's Ace Reporter'' – an in-depth look at the character and her history in different media by comic book historian Tim Hanley.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hanley |first=Tim|title =Investigating Lois Lane: The Turbulent History of the Daily Planet's Ace Reporter|date=March 2016|publisher=[[Chicago Review Press]]|isbn=978-1613733325}}</ref>


==In other media==
*In the song "100 Ways" by former [['N Sync]] member [[JC Chasez]], featured on [[Schizophrenic (album)]], in a line referencing [[sexual roleplay]], Chasez sings, "I'll be your Superman, And you play Lois Lane".
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Since her debut in the comic books in 1938, Lois has appeared in [[Lois Lane in other media|various media adaptations]] including radio, animations, films, television, video games and Broadway musical. Actresses who have portrayed Lois Lane include [[Noel Neill]], [[Phyllis Coates]], [[Margot Kidder]], [[Teri Hatcher]], [[Erica Durance]], [[Kate Bosworth]], [[Amy Adams]], [[Elizabeth Tulloch]], and [[Rachel Brosnahan]]. Lois has been voiced by actresses such as [[Joan Alexander]], [[Dana Delany]], [[Alice Lee (actress)|Alice Lee]] and numerous others.


==In popular culture==
*In the movie [[Megamind]], the reporter Roxanne Ritchi is heavily based on Lois Lane.
*The American sitcom ''[[Seinfeld]]'' made numerous references to Lois Lane over its nine-year run:
**In the episode "[[The Outing (Seinfeld)|The Outing]]", Jerry tells a female reporter for a college newspaper "I was attracted to you, too. You remind me of Lois Lane".
**In the episode "[[The Marine Biologist]]", when Elaine accuses Jerry of helping a strange woman just so he can take her out on a date, Jerry replies that Superman is never suspected of such intentions when saving a woman's life, prompting Elaine to comment "Well, you're no Superman", to which Jerry responds, "Well, you're no Lois Lane".
**The episode "[[The Mom & Pop Store]]" has Elaine tell Jerry she's been doing some snooping for him. "Ah! What'd you find out, Lois?" he replies.
**In the episode "[[The Race (Seinfeld)|The Race]]," Jerry dates a woman named "Lois" and enjoys frequently using her first name and slyly making Superman-related references in her presence.
**In the episode "[[The Face Painter]]". George discovers that a woman he is dating is deaf in one ear and therefore might not have heard him tell her he loves her. "Don't you see what this means?" he says. "It's like the whole thing never happened. It's like when Superman reversed the rotation of the Earth to save Lois Lane!".
**The episode "[[The Cartoon]]" has Jerry make fun of Elaine's drawings, leading her to reply: "It's better than your drawings of naked Lois Lane".
*The [[Spin Doctors]]' 1991 album, ''[[Pocket Full of Kryptonite]]'', takes its title as a reference to the album's first song, "Jimmy Olsen's Blues". The song is sung from the point of view of ''Daily Planet'' photojournalist [[Jimmy Olsen]], who's in love with Lois Lane and jealous of Superman because of it.
*In the movie, ''[[A Time to Kill (1996 film)|A Time to Kill]]'' (1996) Jake Brigance consults with Ellen Roark about the case and the judge is clearly annoyed and says "If Lois Lane will let us continue".
*In the movie, ''[[One Fine Day (1996 film)|One Fine Day]]'' (1996) the editor of the newspaper reporter Jack Taylor ([[George Clooney]]) has a cat named after Lois Lane.
*In the song "Superman" by the band [[Peggy Sue (band)|Peggy Sue]], Lois Lane is mentioned in the line: "I'm in love with Lois Lane, but she doesn't even know my real name".
*In the song "[[Rapper's Delight]]" by [[The Sugarhill Gang]], she is mentioned in the line: "I said, "By the way, baby, what's your name?" She said, "I go by the name of Lois Lane". According to the song, the rapper [[Big Bank Hank]] tells Lois Lane why he would make a better boyfriend than Superman.
*The 1964-67 show ''[[Underdog (TV series)|Underdog]]'' is a parody of [[Superman]] and its star reporter Sweet Polly Purebred is based on Lois Lane.
*Keone Madrid directed and choreography a dance video titled "Lois Lane" and features a poem by Rudy Francisco "I'm a Superman, thanks to Lois Lane" which includes the line, "Superman... The Man of steel, big Blue, the last son of Krypton, he is faster than a speeding bullet, stronger than a locomotive, he has Lasers for eyes, X-ray vision and can fly without even flapping his arms, but his most notable power... was Lois Lane, the love of an amazing woman is a phone booth, that can turn a man from a spineless news reporter into a symbol of justice, into the reason why it's safe to walk outside while the sun is sleeping."<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/W3YyUcU6lU0 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20121121144831/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3YyUcU6lU0&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3YyUcU6lU0|title= Lois Lane|first= Keone|last= Madrid|date= November 15, 2012|publisher= [[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* The [[That's Entertainment (comic shop)|That's Entertainment]] comic shop successfully petitioned the [[Worcester, Massachusetts]] City Council to change the name of the private street running alongside the store to "Lois Lane".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegram.com/article/20120905/NEWS/109059855/0/SEARCH |title=That's entertaining! Park Ave. store lands 'Lois Lane' |date=September 5, 2012 |location=Worcester, Massachusetts |newspaper=Telegram & Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603085659/http://www.telegram.com/article/20120905/NEWS/109059855/0/SEARCH |archive-date=June 3, 2013 |url-status=live |access-date=September 3, 2012 }}</ref> On December 28, 2012, the new sign was installed. A celebration at the store followed on December 30, 2012, featuring an unveiling, free sketches of Lois by [[Paul Ryan (cartoonist)|Paul Ryan]], and a Lois Lane lookalike contest.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegram.com/article/20121226/NEWS/112269703/0/SEARCH |title=City street becomes 'Lois Lane' Will small byway take on super powers? |first=Craig S. |last=Semon |date=December 26, 2012 |location=Worcester, Massachusetts |newspaper=Telegram & Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603085446/http://www.telegram.com/article/20121226/NEWS/112269703/0/SEARCH |archive-date=June 3, 2013 |url-status=live |access-date=January 1, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegram.com/article/20121231/COLUMN86/121239945/0/SEARCH |title=Lois Lane takes the spotlight |first=Craig S. |last=Semon |date=December 31, 2012 |location=Worcester, Massachusetts |newspaper=Telegram & Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402192436/http://www.telegram.com/article/20121231/COLUMN86/121239945/0/SEARCH |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=January 1, 2013 }}</ref>
*"To Lois" a poem by [[Shane Koyczan]] is a love letter from Superman to Lois Lane, written from Clark's perspective.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/nBOeR-rQBzI Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150608230551/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBOeR-rQBzI Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBOeR-rQBzI|title=To Lois|last=Koyczan|first=Shane|date=May 15, 2015|publisher= YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*In the movie, ''[[Mermaids (1990 film)|Mermaids]]'' (1990) Kate Flax ([[Christina Ricci]]) asks her sister Charlotte ([[Winona Ryder]]) if her boyfriend has ever kissed her like Superman kisses Lois Lane.
*"From the Backbeat" by [[Lucy Hale]] includes the line "And my dad was a Superman stick shift driver, stay at home Lois Lane beside him."
*"Superhero" by [[5 Seconds of Summer]] includes the line "She met him on the staircase, like Kent and Lois Lane."
*In the [[Mexico|Mexican]] comedy TV series ''[[El Chapulín Colorado]]'', a parody of superhero shows, Captain Hopper says his mother is Lois Lane.
*"[[Waiting for Superman (song)|Waiting for Superman]]" by [[Daughtry (band)|Daughtry]] includes the line "She's just watching the clouds roll by and they spell her name like Lois Lane."
*"Lois Lane" a song by pop artist Noelle Bean, includes the line "I'm so happy, and now we're flying, like Superman and Lois Lane."
*"Lois Lane" a song by British indie rock band [[Farrah (band)|Farrah]] from the album ''[[Moustache (album)|Moustache]]'' includes the line "If you'll be my Lois Lane, I'll be your superman."
*[[Mandy Moore]] portrayed Lois Lane in the 2012 YouTube parody short film ''[[The Death and Return of Superman (film)|The Death and Return of Superman]]'', directed and narrated by [[Max Landis]].
*In the movie [[It (2017 film)|''It'']] (2017), Mr. Keenes compares [[Beverly Marsh]] to Lois Lane when she tries his glasses after she tells him he looks like Clark Kent.
*Lois Lane is also the name of an important character in the musical ''[[Kiss Me, Kate]]''. She is not connected with the Superman character.

== See also ==
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* [[Loïs Lane|The Dutch girl group Loïs Lane]]
* [[Lois|Biblical/Greek origin of name Lois]]
* [[Superman and Lois Lane]]


==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://smallville.wikia.com/wiki/Lois_Lane Lois Lane] profile at the Smallville Wiki
* {{official website}}
* [http://www.redboots.net/loislane/llane_index.htm Lois Lane Index - her many incarnations]
* [http://superman.nu/wiki/index.php/Lois_Lane Supermanica: Lois Lane] Supermanica entry on the Pre-Crisis Lois Lane
* [http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Lois_Lane Lois Lane] at DC Database
* [http://www.batman-superman.com/superman/cmp/lois.html Lois Lane - information from the 90s animated series]
* [http://smallville.wikia.com/wiki/Lois_Lane Lois Lane] at Smallville Wiki
* [http://www.supermandatabase.com/comics/ The Superman Database] - Full list of every issue of "Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane" ever published w/ Cover Art, Plots and more.
* [http://twitter.com/planet_lois Lois Lane on Twitter]


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Lois Lane
Art by Gary Frank
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceAction Comics #1
(June 1938)
Created byJerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
In-story information
Team affiliationsDaily Planet
Galaxy Communications
PartnershipsClark Kent
Jimmy Olsen
Supporting character ofSuperman
Superboy
Notable aliasesSuperwoman
Red Tornado
Abilities
  • Superwoman
    Heat vision, X-ray vision, Freeze breath, Invulnerability, Flight, Superhuman strength, Speed and Hearing
  • Red Tornado
    Air manipulation and Durability

Lois Lane is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, she first appeared in Action Comics #1 (June 1938). Lois is an award-winning journalist for the Metropolis newspaper the Daily Planet and the primary love interest of the superhero Superman and his alter ego, Clark Kent. In DC continuity, she is also his wife and the mother of their son, Jon Kent, the newest Superboy in the DC Universe.

Lois' physical appearance was originally based on Joanne Carter, a model hired by Joe Shuster. For her character, Jerry Siegel was inspired by actress Glenda Farrell's portrayal of the fictional reporter Torchy Blane in a series of films. Siegel took her name from actress Lola Lane.[1]

Depictions of the character have varied spanning the comics and other media adaptations. The original Golden Age version of Lois Lane, as well as versions of her from the 1970s onwards, portrays Lois as a dauntless journalist and intellectually equal to Superman. During the Silver Age of Comics, she was the star of Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane, a comic book series that had a light and humorous tone.

Lois has appeared in various media adaptations and is among the best-known female comic book characters. Actress Noel Neill first portrayed Lois Lane in the 1940s Superman film series and later reprised her role in the 1950s television series Adventures of Superman, replacing Phyllis Coates from season two. Margot Kidder played the character in four Superman films in the 1970s and 1980s, Kate Bosworth in the 2006 film Superman Returns and Amy Adams in the DC Extended Universe. Teri Hatcher portrayed Lois in the 1990s television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Erica Durance in the 2000s series Smallville. Elizabeth Tulloch played the character in the television series Superman & Lois. Rachel Brosnahan will play Lois Lane in the upcoming film Superman (2025).

Creation

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Writer Jerry Siegel first conceived Lois Lane in 1934, when Siegel and Joe Shuster were still developing Superman.[2] A major influence on Lois' characterization was actress Glenda Farrell and her portrayal of the fictional reporter Torchy Blane in a series of Warner Bros. films. The Torchy Blane movies were popular second features during the later 1930s. On the conception of Lois Lane, Siegel stated in the 1988 Time magazine:

My wife Joanne was Joe's original art model for Superman's girlfriend Lois Lane back in the 1930s. Our heroine was, of course, a working girl whose priority was grabbing scoops. What inspired me in the creation was Glenda Farrell, the movie star who portrayed Torchy Blane, a gutsy, beautiful headline-hunting reporter, in a series of exciting motion pictures. Because the name of the actress Lola Lane (who also played Torchy) appealed to me, I called my character Lois Lane. Strangely, the characterization of Lois is amazingly like the real-life personality of my lovely wife.[3]

An early sketch of Lois Lane by Joe Shuster, modeled on Joanne Carter.

Artist Joe Shuster based Lois' physical appearance on a model named Joanne Carter. Carter had placed an ad in the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper in the Situation Wanted column, advertising herself as a model.[4] Shuster corresponded with her and hired her as the model for Lois Lane. Shuster's depiction of Lois was modeled on her hairstyle and facial features. "To me she was Lois Lane. She was a great inspiration for me, though. She encouraged me, she was very enthusiastic about the strip; it meant a lot to me." Shuster said about Joanne Carter.[5]

Joanne Carter married co-creator Jerry Siegel in 1948. On working with Joe Shuster for Lois Lane, Carter said in the 1983 Nemo magazine interview: "Joe was redrawing the strip, and it was going to be more realistic, rather than cartoony. I used to model for him every Saturday until he had enough drawings. He made so many stock drawings that it got to a point where he didn't need any more. We became such good friends by that time we decided we would always stay friends."[5]

Publication history

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Lois Lane made her debut in Action Comics #1 (June 1938), the first published Superman story.[6] Lois is the daughter of Ella and Sam Lane, in earlier comics, her parents were farmers in a town called Pittsdale.[7] The modern comics depicts Lois as a former Army brat, born at Ramstein Air Base with Lois having been trained by her father, a US Army General, in areas such as hand-to-hand combat and the use of firearms. She has one younger sibling, her sister Lucy Lane.[8] Lois is a journalist for the Daily Planet, one of the best investigative reporters and the best at the newspaper she works at.[9] Lois has shown obtaining superpowers and becoming a superhero, some of her superhero identities are Superwoman and Red Tornado of Earth 2.

Aspects of Lois' personality have varied over the years, depending on the comic book writers handling of the character and American social attitudes toward women at the time. In most incarnations, she is shown to be an independent person who is smart, determined and strong-willed. Her physical appearance has varied over the years, depending either on contemporary fashion or media adaptations. In the 1990s, when the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman began airing Lois received a haircut that made her look more like actress Teri Hatcher, and her eyes were typically violet to match her character on Superman: The Animated Series. From the late 1980s through the 1990s she was depicted with auburn hair in the comic books.

In the 1940s, Lois had a newspaper comic strip, Lois Lane, Girl Reporter, a direct spin-off of the Superman comic strip running at the time. A similarly titled comic series began appearing in the Superman comic book in 1944, starting with Superman #28. In 1958, DC Comics gave Lois a comic book series, Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane. The series focuses on her solo adventures and start publication in April 1958. In the 1960s, the series was one of DC's most popular titles and was the top ten best-selling comic books in America.[10] She had a series featured in The Superman Family comic book from 1974 to 1982. Released in 2019, Lois Lane, a 12-issue series by writer Greg Rucka and artist Mike Perkins investigates threats and conspiracies in the DC Universe.

Lois is the character most commonly associated with Superman, and throughout their long history, she has always been the most prominent love interest in Clark Kent/Superman's life. In the 1990s, after Clark proposes to Lois and reveals to her that he is Superman,[11][12] she married him in the comic book Superman: The Wedding Album (December 1996).[13][14] The couple's biological child in DC Comics canon was born in Convergence: Superman #2 (July 2015) a son named Jonathan Samuel Kent, who eventually becomes Superboy.

Fictional character biography

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Golden Age

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The Golden Age Lois Lane and Superman, from the cover of Superman #27 (March–April 1944), art by Wayne Boring.

In the Golden Age comics, Lois was an aggressive, career-minded reporter for the Daily Star (the newspaper's name was changed to the Daily Planet in Action Comics #23 in 1940). After Clark Kent joined the paper and Superman debuted around the same time, Lois found herself attracted to Superman but displeased with her new journalistic competition in the form of Kent.[15]

Starting early as the 1940s, Lois began to suspect that Clark Kent was Superman, and started to make various attempts at uncovering his secret identity, all of which backfired because of Superman's efforts. The first such story appears in Superman #17 (July–August 1942).[16] This theme became particularly pronounced in the 1950s and 1960s Silver Age comic books.

Lois gained her first series of stories (without Superman) starting with Superman #28 (May–June 1944),[17] Lois Lane, Girl Reporter, running in the Superman comic book for a number of years, had Lois defeating bad guys and getting front-page stories on her own, without any help from Superman.

In the Golden Age comics, Lois had a niece named Susie Tompkins, whose main trait was getting into trouble by telling exaggerated tall tales and fibs to adults.[18] Susie's last appearance was in Superman #95 (February 1955).[19] Subsequent comics presented Lois' only sibling, Lucy, as single and childless.

Silver Age and Bronze Age

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When the reading audience of superhero comic books became predominately young boys in the mid to late 1950s, the focus of Superman stories shifted toward science fiction inspired plots involving extraterrestrials, fantasy creatures, and bizarre plots.

Lois' main interests in various late 1950s and 1960s stories became vying with her rival Lana Lang for Superman's affections, attempting to prove Clark Kent and Superman were one and the same or otherwise getting Superman into marriage. Superman's rationale for resisting her matrimonial desires was that marrying her would put her in increased danger from his enemies and that she could not keep his secret identity hidden. Regardless, Lois married several times in the Superman stories of this era, including to a Superman impostor from Kandor, the villainous Zak-Kul[20] and a man from the future.[21] All these marriages were either annulled or otherwise forgotten.

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #1 (April 1958) art by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye.

Lois became more and more popular during the 1950s, and after appearing as the lead character in two issues of DC Comics' Showcase in 1957, DC created an ongoing series for Lois, titled Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane.[22][23] The series ran for 137 issues, beginning in April 1958 to October 1974. Most stories were about Lois' romance with Superman, and were drawn by artist Kurt Schaffenberger. Schaffenberger's rendition of Lois became cited by many as the "definitive" version of Lois, and he was often asked by DC editor Mort Weisinger to redraw other artists' depictions of Lois Lane in other DC titles where she appeared.[24][25] So many stories depicted Lois and marriage that the cover of a 1968 80-Page Giant that reprinted several such stories, the "All-Wedding Issue", described the magazine as "featuring Lois' schemes and dreams to marry Superman!".[26]

The series Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane became one of DC's most popular titles, the third best-selling comic in 1962 and 1965.[10][27] The title featured the first appearance of the Silver Age Catwoman, after an absence from the comics for over a decade.[28]

While Lois is suspicious of Superman's secret identity as early as Superman #7 (1940), her suspicions grew during the early Silver Age, with many stories in her series focusing on her attempts to prove Superman and Clark Kent were one and the same. Stories showed Superman using various means to protect his secret identity from Lois, including his Superman robots or Batman disguising himself as Clark/Superman.[29]

By the end of the 1960s, as attitudes toward women's role in American society changed, Lois' character changed as well. In Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #80 (Jan. 1968), the character's fashions were updated to a then more contemporary look.[30] Stories in the 1970s depicted Lois again as fully capable and less reliant on Superman. She engaged in more adventures without Superman being involved and was much less interested in discovering Superman's secret identity.

Lois had a series featured in The Superman Family (an anthology title started in the mid-1970s after the cancellation of Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane and Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen) from 1974 to 1982. In her series, Lois regularly battled criminals and often defeated them using her quick wits and considerable skill in the Kryptonian martial art of Klurkor, taught to her by Kryptonian survivors in the bottle city of Kandor.[31] There were several cameos of the New Gods, including Desaad and Darkseid. Lois Lane was the backup series in The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl in 1982 to 1983.[32]

During the Silver and Bronze Age, Lois' backstory became more fully fleshed out, with various stories explaining her life before becoming employed at the Daily Planet. This backstory was attributed to the Lois Lane of Earth-One.[33]

As summarized in various stories, Lois was born to Sam and Ella Lane and grew up on their farm in the small town of Pittsdale.[7] At the age of two, Lois suffered measles, and at the age of three, whooping cough.[34] At an unspecified time during Lois' childhood, her younger sister Lucy Lane was born.[34] While Lois was a toddler, she encountered a rattlesnake in the woods near the Lane family farm. The snake was scared away by one of Kal-El's baby toys which had landed nearby in one of Jor-El's experimental rockets.[35]

During Lois' adolescence, she won a youth contest run by the Daily Planet, with the prize being a trip to Metropolis to spend a week working as a cub reporter for the newspaper. There, she first met Clark Kent of Smallville, who was the other winner of the contest. Lois found Clark dull and became more interested in asking him for information about Superboy after learning Clark came from Smallville. During the week in Metropolis, Lois made a bet with Clark to see who would get the most scoops, which turned out to be Lois, as Clark was forced to constantly go into action as Superboy. Lois met Superboy for the first time while uncovering a criminal enterprise for one of her stories. At the end of the week, Clark paid off Lois' bet (an ice cream sundae), and the two returned to their respective hometowns.[36] Lois would meet Superboy (but not Clark Kent) again during her adolescence while attending an all-girls summer camp near Smallville. There, Lois met Lana Lang, a fellow camper, for the first time.[37] Lois would make further attempts at landing a job with the Daily Planet during her teenage years[38] and spent time writing for her hometown's newspaper, the Pittsdale Star.[7]

Upon finishing high school, Lois left Pittsdale and attended Raleigh College to study journalism. While in college, Lois worked for the student newspaper, the Raleigh Review, as a reporter and eventually its co-editor.[39] After graduating from college, Lois became permanently employed at the Daily Planet. Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen later joined the Planet's staff but Lois remained the newspaper's star reporter,[40] winning the Pulitzer Prize.[41] She was very dependent on Superman, however; he told her that having to rescue her so often from problems she caused prevented him from helping others.[42] For example, when late for a deadline Lois jumped off a cliff expecting Superman to catch her "as he has done a thousand times", and fly her to her destination.[43] When asked on a Sunday morning talk show what she would do if trapped in an underground mine with rescue impossible before the air ran out, Lois admitted that she would impatiently await Superman because "I've got a deadline to meet."[44]

Eventually, Lois realized that she had wasted a good part of her career by staying in Metropolis for Superman's sake and left.[45] As both a journalist and as a woman, she had to get on with her life.[46]

After the 1985–1986 miniseries Crisis on Infinite Earths writer John Byrne revised the Superman legend and eliminated the Silver Age version of Lois from continuity. Before this happened, a final non-canonical imaginary story Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? was written by Alan Moore, meant as a send-off for the pre-Crisis versions of the characters, including Lois. Published at the same time but in Earth-One continuity was a two-issue miniseries, Lois Lane, in which she investigates missing children.[47][48]

Modern Age

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Lois Lane, as she appears on the cover of The Man of Steel #2 (October 1986), art by John Byrne.

Lois underwent a character alteration beginning with John Byrne's The Man of Steel miniseries, which significantly rewrote Superman's origin and history. In this modern version of events, Lois was portrayed as a tough-as-nails reporter who rarely needed rescuing. She was depicted as strong, opinionated, yet sensitive.

Lois' first real relationship in this version was with Jose Delgado, who she later discovered acted as a vigilante. José's legs are shattered in a battle with a Lexcorp cyborg/human hybrid gone amok. Delgado eventually recovered. He and Lois would have several on and off experiences together before the relationship completely disintegrated, due to Delgado accepting help from a Lexcorp subsidiary ARL.[49][50]

Another major change made was that Lois did not fall in love with just Superman, although she was attracted to him. One reason was the revised nature of the Superman/Clark Kent relationship. In the original Silver Age stories, Superman had been the man who disguised himself as Clark Kent. In this newly revised concept, it was Clark Kent who lived a life in which his activity as Superman was decidedly secondary. Lois initially resented the rookie Clark Kent getting the story on Superman as his first piece when she had spent ages trying to get an interview. This sometimes ill-tempered rivalry remained the case until The Adventures of Superman #460–463 and Action Comics #650.

Following Clark's brief rampage under the influence of the Eradicator, Lois was hesitant to forgive Clark for "selling out" to Collin Thornton and running Newstime Magazine, but forgave him in a span of mere minutes when he returned to ask for his job back. Clark elected to repay Lois by finally letting go of his self-imposed inhibitions and passionately kissed her. The two became a couple, and eventually, Lois accepted a proposal of marriage.[11][12] Clark shortly after revealed to her that he was Superman.[51][52]

DC Comics had planned on Lois and Clark being married in 1993's Superman vol. 2 #75. With the then-upcoming television show Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, DC decided they did not want to have the two married in the comics and not married on TV. Partially as a result of this, Superman was killed in Superman #75 instead, dying in Lois' arms after a battle royal with the monster Doomsday. After a period of time, Superman returned to life, and both he and Lois resumed their relationship, though not without a few problems (such as a brief reappearance of Clark's former college girlfriend, the mermaid Lori Lemaris). Lois eventually decided to take an overseas assignment to assert her independence and not be dependent on Clark, who had begun to overprotect her. When Clark became convinced Lois was in danger, he and her father Sam allied to aid her secretly.

When Lois returned to Metropolis, she had been through several life-threatening exploits and was slightly amused when Clark informed her his powers had been depleted, and that he was her editor (due to Perry White's cancer). Upon discovering Clark still had her wedding ring within a handkerchief, Lois warmly broke down, teasing Clark and finally agreeing to become his wife.

Lois and Clark were finally married in the comic book Superman: The Wedding Album (December 1996), which featured the work of nearly every living artist who had ever worked on Superman.[14] The issue was published during the week of October 6, 1996, coinciding with an episode of the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, which featured the wedding of the two characters.[53][54] The Wedding Album itself spent part of its opening pages accommodating and reconciling the then-current comic storyline of Lois and Clark having broken off their engagement.

Since their marriage, Clark and Lois continue to be one of the strongest relationships in comics. In 2006, the couple took the next step in adopting a newly arrived Kryptonian boy, who they named Chris Kent. The boy is later discovered to be the son of Jor-El's foe, General Zod. Although initially uneasy about raising a super-powered child, Lois has shown immense aptitude of being 'Mommy Lois.' Following a devastating battle with Zod, Chris sacrificed himself to seal the Phantom Zone rift, trapping himself inside with Zod's forces, leaving Lois without her son.

In the second issue of Final Crisis, Lois and Perry are caught in an explosion triggered by Clayface destroying the Daily Planet and Lois is critically injured. In the third issue, it is revealed that only Clark's heat vision is keeping her heart beating. Clark is visited by a mysterious phantom who insists that he must depart Earth immediately if he is to save his wife's life. The story is continued in the 3D tie-in comic Superman Beyond, where the female Monitor Zillo Valla stops time around Lois, allowing Superman to leave her side for a while, recruiting him and several of his multiversal doppelgangers in a mission to save the entire Multiverse, promising care for Lois. After defeating the dark Monitor Mandrakk, Superman brings back a distilled drop of The Bleed and administers it to Lois through a kiss, restoring her to full health. Lois is later seen in Final Crisis #6, one of the few still free humans.

After the events of Superman: New Krypton Superman must leave Earth for an undetermined amount of time swearing off his Earthly connections in the eyes of his fellow Kryptonians to keep an eye on General Zod the New Kryptonian military commander, but he secretly tells Lois he still considers her his wife and will come back to her. In the issues of Action Comics Lois has reunited with Christopher Kent who has aged to adulthood in the past months and became the new Metropolis hero Nightwing.[55] Supergirl and Lana visit Lois' apartment to tell her the bad news that her sister Lucy Lane was killed during a battle with Supergirl. Lois does not believe that her sister is dead and refuses to accept the news until she has irrefutable proof. Lois asks Supergirl for a recovered piece of Superwoman's costume.[56]

Lois hands her exposé in and the government is after her for treason. With agents on her tail, she makes a mad dash for it. When Lois is in custody, her father Sam Lane is there to greet her in an interview room in an unnamed facility. Sam tells Lois the only reason he has been lenient with her is because she is his daughter, while he does love her the planet will always come first over his family and threatens to make her disappear forever if she continues. Lois returns to the Daily Planet under cover of night and explains all to Perry. She points out the whole paper is at risk and everyone connected to it if her exposé runs. Perry understands and though he must protect the paper he is first and foremost a good journalist and nudges Lois in the right direction; he will not run the story but noted it must get out to the people somehow. Enlightened, she quits the Daily Planet, as Lois gets her edge back.[57] It was later revealed she never really quit the Daily Planet.

Lois learns her father's forces destroyed New Krypton. She is kidnapped by Lucy and taken to Sam's secret base.[58] There, Lois argues with her father, countering his insistence on regarding the Kryptonians as "rabid dogs" by pointing out that they naturally regard him as a genocidal maniac after he destroyed their planet. In the war between New Krypton and Earth, Supergirl finds them and threatens to kill Sam. Lois stops her, saying her father will be judged for his war crimes. Refusing to go to trial, Sam takes a gun and commits suicide.[59] Later, Lois visits the imprisoned Lucy.[60] She expresses disbelief on what her sister has become. Lois says while she will not miss her father, she will miss her sister.[61]

In Superman: Grounded, Superman begins a journey through America to reconnect with the American people, and Lois, though confused at first, supports his choice. Lois later travels to Rushmark and finds an old college friend Brian, who invites her to have dinner with him and his wife. When Lois leaves Brian's home she is met by Superman. The two reaffirm their love to each other and go to Chicago.[62] There, Lois helps Superman arrest a violent father who has been attacking his wife and son.[63] Later, Lois and Superman investigate a factory in Des Moines. Lois wants to publish an article, which would reveal the workers' illegal activities, but Superman forces her not to. Feeling betrayed, Lois returns to Metropolis and does not speak to Superman for a while.[64] When Lois is kidnapped by Lisa Jennings, a woman who wants to destroy Superman, he rescues her.[65] With the danger over. Superman apologizes to Lois about what happened in Des Moines. Lois replies that she wrote the article anyway, saying that she was a reporter before she was his wife. Knowing that his wife did the right thing, Superman kisses her. The two then return home.[66]

The New 52

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In 2011, DC Comics relaunched its titles and its main continuity was rebooted with the New 52. Lois now works for Morgan Edge heading up the media division of the Daily Planet. She views Clark as a friend and is unaware that he is Superman.[67]

Lois investigates the story of twenty people who developed metahuman powers after being kidnapped by Brainiac. Her search leads her to a U.S. senator, who revealed to be one of the Twenty. The senator dies, but not before transferring his powers to Lois, who falls into a coma.[68] Lois later awakes from her coma at the hospital, with Jonathan Carroll at her side.[69] Lois manifests psychic powers and helps Superman fight the Psychic Pirate. During the fight, Lois learns that Clark is Superman but falls back into a coma. After defeating the Psychic Pirate, Superman brings Lois back to the hospital.[70] Later, the Parasite attacks the hospital and attempts to steal Lois' powers.[71] Superman tricks the Parasite into absorbing Lois' psionic energy. The power overwhelms the Parasite, causing him to collapse. Lois awakens from her coma but she does not seem to remember Superman's identity.[72]

Lois is the main character in the Superman: Lois Lane #1 one-shot. In this story, Lois' sister, Lucy, asks for her help in finding her roommate Amanda Suresh, who had been kidnapped by a mysterious group called "the Cartel." According to Lucy, Amanda had been taking a drug that transformed her into a monster. As Lois investigates the Cartel, she gets captured and taken to the Cartel's headquarters. There, Lois finds out the Cartel had been capturing people who had been mutated by the drug. Lois escapes and rescues Amanda when the captured monsters cause a riot. As she returns home, Lois finds out Lucy had been taking the drug. As Lucy apologizes for putting all three in danger, Lois chooses to publish her story about the Cartel.[73]

Some time after this, an organisation led by the mysterious 'HODOR-ROOT' learn Superman's secret identity, prompting him to share that information with Lois. When HODOR-ROOT try to analyse Clark's new 'Super-Flare' power, Lois reveals his identity to the public in the hope of removing their blackmail card, but this forces Clark to go on the run, hunted by criminals and law enforcement as some apparent side-effect of his Super-Flare has depleted his powers. Superman eventually learns that his depleted powers are due to Vandal Savage infecting him with a form of radiation that inhibits his cells' ability to absorb solar radiation, subjecting himself to kryptonite as a form of chemotherapy. With his powers restored, Clark reconciles with Lois, accepting that she exposed his identity for good reasons.

In the New 52: Futures End, set five years in the possible future of the New 52-verse. Lois is considered the most successful freelance reporter on the planet and her blog "The Fast Lane" is one of the most read and well-respected sources of news in the world.[74]

The birth of Lois and Clark's son in Convergence: Superman #2 (July 2015), art by Dan Jurgens.

In the miniseries Convergence, which featured many Post-Crisis DC Universe characters, including a married Superman and his pregnant wife Lois Lane, deal with the impending birth of their child, as Superman is called to protect the city.[75] Convergence shows the birth of their son, Jon Kent.[76]

Following Convergence, DC announced the spin-off comic book series Superman: Lois and Clark, debuting in October 2015 by Dan Jurgens and Lee Weeks.[77] The eight-issue series is set several years after the Convergence event, where Clark and Lois and their son Jon have been living and working in the New 52 universe. The couple now lives in California and has changed their last name to White (a tribute to Perry White). Lois has become an anonymous author, publishing several critically acclaimed books under the alias name "Author X." While Clark continues his superhero duty, protecting cities and civilians quietly behind the scenes.[78] Their son, Jonathan, eventually began to develop superpowers of his own (similar to those of his father Superman) and learned the truth about his parents' true origin.

In The Final Days of Superman, the pre-Flashpoint Superman helps his New 52 counterpart defeat a man who has become convinced that he is the 'true' Superman after exposure to some of Superman's excess energy. New 52-Lois is present when 'her' Superman expires as recent energy exposures catch up with him, after he tells her his life story for posterity.

DC Rebirth

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In June 2016, DC Comics relaunched its entire line of comic book titles with DC Rebirth. The publisher once again re-established the Post-Crisis Superman as the principal Superman in DC comics, along with his wife, Lois Lane, and their son, Jonathan.[79]

Lois began to investigate the disappearance of her New 52 counterpart,[80] and after learning the apparent death of her other-self, she returns to the Daily Planet posing as her counterpart.[81] Following a confrontation with Mister Mxyzptlk, Lois and Superman's essence is merged with their New 52 counterpart, creating a new DC Universe.

Released in July 2019 to July 2020, Lois stars in a 12-issue limited series Lois Lane written by Greg Rucka and art by Mike Perkins. The series sees Lois as she investigates stories of conspiracy, intrigue and murder in the DC Universe. Writer Greg Rucka intended for the series to focus on Lois' legacy as a hard-boiled journalist and the investigative world which she inhabits, with the series reflecting the state of modern journalism in the world today.[82][83]

Superhero identities

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Lois Lane has become a superhero and gained superpowers several times in the comics, animation, and live-action series.

Superwoman

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Lois Lane, first appearance as Superwoman in Action Comics #60 (May 1943), art by Joe Shuster.

Lois was the first person to assume the Superwoman persona and has become the superheroine on several occasions. Her first appearance as Superwoman (as well as Superwoman's first appearance in DC Comics) was in Action Comics #60 (May 1943).[84] The story is set in a dream sequence, where, after Lois is hit by a truck, she dreams a transfusion of Superman's blood gives her superpowers and she becomes Superwoman. In Superman #45, Lois believes Hocus and Pocus—a pair of fraudulent magicians—have given her superpowers, and with Superman's help and intervention, Lois once again becomes Superwoman.[85] In Action Comics #156, Lois actually gains superpowers from one of Lex Luthor's inventions, which launches a short-lived career as "Superwoman."[86] In The Superman Family #207, the Earth-Two Lois gained superpowers from her husband, after Superman brought an extraterrestrial plant into their home, with Lois losing the powers after the death of the plant.[87] Other stories have Lois transformed into Superwoman when Superman transfers some of his powers to Lois, or due to Mr. Mxyzptlk's interference. On Smallville in the episode "Prophecy," Jor-El gives Lois all of Clark's powers for one day.

In the original Crime Syndicate of America on Earth-Three, Lois Lane and Superwoman were two separate individual characters.[88] Superwoman is a supervillain and Lois married Earth-Three's greatest champion, Alexander Luthor. The pre-Crisis version of the characters perished when Earth-Three was destroyed during the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths.[89] In the graphic novel JLA: Earth 2, Superwoman, a member of the Crime Syndicate is the alternate version of Lois Lane.[90] She is an Amazon by birth and the chief editor of the Daily Planet. She inhabits the same antimatter universe which contains the planet Qward. The New 52 version of Superwoman of Earth-3 is also named Lois Lane and is part of the Crime Syndicate.

In All-Star Superman, the 12-issue comic book series by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, Lois becomes a Kryptonian Superwoman for 24 hours. In the story, Superman (who believed he was dying) revealed his secret identity to her and takes Lois to his Fortress of Solitude to spend her birthday. While at his Arctic sanctuary, he presents Lois with her birthday present, a formula called "Exo-Genes" created by Superman from his own DNA, that allows Lois to have his powers for twenty-four hours. With her new Kryptonian powers and new Superwoman costume (made by Superman), the two spend the whole day together on different adventures and shared a kiss on the moon.[91][92] At the end of the story, Superman proclaims his love for Lois, before he flies off into the sun to repair it. Lois later appeared as Superwoman in the animated All-Star Superman film, voiced by Christina Hendricks.

In DC Rebirth, the New 52 Lois and Lana gained superpowers due to the solar energy explosion caused by the death of the New 52 Superman. This results in both Lois and Lana becoming Superwoman, with Lois possessing all of Superman's traditional powers, while Lana has the ability to absorb solar energy and release it in other forms. Lois later dies at the hands of a female Bizarro, being overloaded with solar energy the same way Superman was killed.[93]

During Absolute Power, Amanda Waller's Amazo robots steal the powers of Earth's metahumans, among others. After the Amazos are destroyed, the heroes regain their powers, but some have them swapped. General Zod is among those affected, with Lois gaining his powers and becoming Superwoman again.[94]

Red Tornado

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Lois Lane as Red Tornado in Earth 2 #17 (January 2014), art by Nicola Scott.

Following the DC relaunch, the series Earth 2 debuted in 2012, set on the parallel world of that name. It depicts a modern take on the Golden Age world, starring the Justice Society of America and superheroes of that period.

In Earth 2, Lois Lane is married to Superman. When Clark's cousin Kara arrived on earth, she stayed with Clark's parents, before moving in and living with Clark and Lois. Lois considers Kara as her daughter and Kara calls Lois mom.[95] Five years prior to the start of the story, during the first Apokoliptian invasion of Earth 2, Lois was killed by one of Darkseid's assassins at the Daily Planet, she died in her husband's arms.[96] Superman and many other heroes of Earth 2 perished in the war.

Five years later, as various heroes begin to rise and various gods from Apokolips begin to wreak havoc again. Lois' consciousness is revealed to have survived and was downloaded into the robot body of Red Tornado by her father Sam Lane and Robert Crane.[97] Lois, now as Red Tornado, possessed the power of wind manipulation and cyclone generation abilities. Lois bands together with Green Lantern (Alan Scott), Batman (Thomas Wayne), Accountable (Jimmy Olsen) and the other gathered heroes to fight against the forces of Apokolips. After a protracted battle with what was thought to be a surviving brainwashed Superman, Lois realizes he is, in fact, a Bizarro, and takes advantage of his deteriorating form to disintegrate him with a cyclone blast.[98] In the story, Lois is referred to by Doctor Fate as the "Resurrection hope".

During Superman's rampage and destruction on Earth 2, Lois is among a group that discovers Val-Zod, a Kryptonian, hidden in a cell beneath Arkham.[99] Lois helps Val feel accepted and welcomed on Earth 2, learn to control his superpower, and overcome his agoraphobia (due to his prolonged travel in space to Earth).[100] Val-Zod eventually becomes the new Superman of Earth 2.

In the second Apokoliptian invasion of Earth 2, Lois and Kara are reunited, after Kara and Huntress return to Earth 2 from Prime Earth.[101] Lois, along with Kara, Val, Huntress, Batman and other heroes, fights against the armies of Apokolips and new villains appearing across Earth 2. While searching for Huntress beneath the fire pits of Earth 2 in DeSaad's cloning facility, Lois, Val, Kara and Batman found the real Superman who has been held captive for five years. He was revived by DeSaad and was used as the genetic source for the Kryptonian clones. The extraction of his DNA corrupted his body leaving him without any powers.[102] Lois and Superman reunite briefly, before he sacrificed himself one last time, destroying the Parademon facilities using his corrupt DNA.[103] After Superman's death, Lois gave Kara the symbol from his uniform, which was then worn by Kara in remembrance.

In the final days of Earth 2, Lois' instincts as a journalist lead her to attempt to preserve and record the history and stories of Earth 2 in her large memory bank in the hope that someday, someone will read the data and rebuild this world.[104] After the destruction of Earth 2, Lois and the remaining civilians and heroes of Earth 2 relocated to a new world.[105]

The writer of Earth 2, Tom Taylor, specifically resurrected Lois Lane on Earth 2 after he was told to kill off the character in the Injustice comic series. Taylor stated "bringing Lois in was quite a personal thing, because having to do such horrible, horrible things to her in Injustice, the first thing I asked when I got on the book was if I could bring back Lois. Then it was just a matter of working out exactly how."[106] Taylor received "Women in Refrigerators" criticism for his Injustice comic stories. Bringing back Lois as Red Tornado was Taylor's way to "unfridge" Lois. As Taylor noted, in Lois' first appearance as Red Tornado, Lois literally came out of a blue refrigerator. Other reasons for bringing back Lois involve Superman, Taylor commented "While evil bastard Superman is out there killing and maiming and destroying, I wanted Lois to exist as the counterpoint to this. She's the beating heart at the center. She's the good Ying to Superman's evil Yang. Where there's Lois, there's hope."[107]

Nicola Scott, the long-time artist on Earth 2, on drawing Red Tornado Lois, "I wanted Lois to be Lois, despite the fact that she's metal. I wanted to make sure she looked really feminine and really beautiful, so all she'd need is a flesh coating and a wig and she'd be good to go."[108]

Other identities and powers

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  • Green Lantern – In Tangent Comics: Tales of the Green Lantern #1, Green Lantern of Earth-9 is introduced with three different origin tales. In one origin story, Lois is an archaeologist, explorer, and adventurer hired by billionaire playboy Booster Gold to explore underwater ruins off the coast of Florida. She discovers a community of mutants known as the Sea Devils and is murdered by Booster Gold when she tries to protect the Sea Devils. Her body is taken to the underwater castle and resurrected as the Green Lantern.
  • Elastic Lass – Lois becomes Elastic Lass, after borrowing Jimmy Olsen's Elastic Lad serum, given to him by Professor Potter, so she can catch the Wrecker, who has been blowing up statues around Metropolis.[109]
  • Isis – On the television series Smallville, Lois is possessed by the spirit of the Egyptian goddess and hero Isis while wearing the Amulet of Isis in the tenth-season episode "Isis." This was based on the character of Isis who first appeared in an eponymous 1975-77 CBS television series, later known as The Secrets of Isis. Isis was then brought into DC comics canon, both as a superhero and as a separate goddess. As Isis, Lois had super strength, speed, telekinesis, telepathy, energy projection, magic, and could fly.
  • Krypton Girl – In the imaginary story in Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #47, Lois is from Krypton and takes the superhero name Krypton Girl on Earth; Clark Kent is an ordinary human.[110]
  • Leopard Lady – Lois becomes the supervillain Leopard Lady and marries Lex Luthor when a machine that can bring out evil in a person is used on her.[111]
  • Power Girl – In Superman #125, Lois dreams she and Clark gain superpowers and become Power-Girl and Power-Man.[112]
  • Stiletto – On Smallville, Lois takes on the superhero persona of Stiletto, after saving Chloe from a carjacker in the eighth-season episode "Stiletto."
  • Super-Lois – The comic book Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane featured several stories in which Lois gains superpowers and becomes Super-Lois. In one, Lois gains superpower after Superman gives her a blood transfusion. In another story, Lois is invited to visit Kandor with three other accomplished women of Earth; while there, a scientist gives her superpowers. Lois uses her new superpowers to save Superman from a Kryptonite trap set by Mayhem, Inc.[113]
  • Supermaid – In an imaginary story in Superman #158, Lois goes to Krypton as a child and becomes Supermaid. Lois' father sent his infant daughter to Krypton in a starship after discovering the Sun would go nova and destroy the Solar System. Arriving on Krypton within a power beam modifies Lois' molecular biology, giving her superpowers. Lois was adopted and raised by a zookeeper as Kandi Khan and became the Superheroine Supermaid.[114]
  • Ultra Woman – On the television series Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in the episode "Ultra Woman" Superman's powers are transferred to Lois when a red Kryptonite laser beam hit him. Martha Kent makes Lois a new costume and Clark introduces her to Metropolis as Ultra Woman.
  • Divine empowerment – Lois was briefly granted divine powers as the Goddess of Integrity by the war and death gods but gave the powers up at the urging of Wonder Woman. Her powers include flight, enhanced intellect, teleportation and weather manipulation.[115]
  • Psychic powers – In The New 52, Lois was given various psychic powers by Senator Hume; she has redeveloped and lost these powers numerous times. Some of her powers are telepathy and astral projection.[116]

Earth-Two version

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DC Comics instituted its multiverse system in the early 1960s for organizing its continuity and introduced the Earth-Two Superman in Justice League of America #73 (August 1969).[117] This retcon declared the Golden Age Superman and Lois Lane stories (i.e. comics published from 1938 through the early 1950s) as having taken place on the parallel world of "Earth-Two" versus the then mainstream (Silver Age) universe of "Earth-One".

The Earth-Two Lois Lane and Superman, from the cover of Action Comics #484 (June 1978), art by José Luis García-López and Dick Giordano.

In Action Comics #484 (June 1978), a flashback story reveals Earth-Two's Lois became infatuated with Clark Kent after the latter lost his memory of his superheroic identity (thanks to a spell cast by the old Justice Society of America enemy Wizard working for Colonel Future), with the result of Clark acting more aggressive and extroverted. Clark and Lois began to date each other and were soon married. During the honeymoon, Lois discovered that Clark was indeed Superman. After recruiting the aid of Wizard, Lois restored Clark's memory and Wizard surrendered to the authorities.[118]

The now-married Lois and Clark appeared in a series of stories in The Superman Family #195–199 and #201–222 titled Mr and Mrs Superman, which presented their further adventures early in their marriage. Susie Tompkins made a return as a recurring character.[119] Years later, Lois and Clark acted as parental figures for Power Girl, Superman's cousin, after she arrived on Earth.

During the Crisis on Infinite Earths miniseries, the Earth-Two Lois Lane was seemingly seen for the final time, as Lois, the Earth-Two Superman, and the Superboy of Earth-Prime are, at the end of the story, taken by Earth-Three's Alexander Luthor Jr. into a paradise-like dimension. Following the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths, this version of Lois was retroactively removed from DC's continuity.

In 2005's Infinite Crisis miniseries, it was revealed that the Earth-Two Lois Lane Kent, along with Superboy, Alexander Luthor Jr., and Superman, have been watching the events of the post-Crisis DC Universe from their pocket dimension. Out of the four observers, she is the only one who still believes that the new universe is just going through a rough patch; Superboy-Prime and Alexander Luthor Jr. are convinced that Earth is utterly corrupt, and Kal-L is slowly becoming swayed to their way of thinking.[120] This version of Lois is frail, and dying for reasons not explicitly revealed, though possibly connected to her octogenarian status. This was the main reason for Kal-L's determination to restore Earth-Two, as he believed that Lois' health would recover once back on her proper Earth.[121] Despite the restoration of Earth-Two, Lois Lane Kent died in the arms of her husband Superman regardless of Kal-L's protests that he could not let her die.[122] After Kal-L died at the hands of Superboy-Prime, he commented that he finally understood Lois' final words "It's... not... going..." as meaning that it would never end for them, and one day it would be understood that even the heroes who had been lost in the original Crisis were still out there somewhere. After his demise, they are shown reunited in the stars, while their bodies are buried on Earth alongside Kon-El's, who gave his life to stop Superboy-Prime's attempts to restore his Earth.[123]

Lois later returns as a sinister Black Lantern with her husband in the Blackest Night crossover. Her first task is to kidnap Martha Kent with her spouse and stating that she and Kal-L wish for Kal-El, Conner Kent, and Martha, to be reunited with Jonathan Kent in death. She proved unable to deal with the resourcefulness of Martha Kent, and was set ablaze by the widow, but kept regenerating until Krypto intervened, ripping the black ring out of her hand and preventing regeneration for long enough to allow Superman and Conner Kent to destroy the Black Lantern powerhouses attacking Smallville, and reaching town to aid others unhindered.[124][125][126] Black Lantern Lois later appears to Power Girl, claiming that she has escaped the ring's corrupting influence, and needs her help. This was just a ploy to get close enough to her husband's body, which was being held in the JSA headquarters after his black ring had been removed. Black Lantern Lois "sacrifices" herself by removing her ring and giving it to Kal-L, restoring him to full undead status, and causing her own body to become inert.[127][128]

In other versions

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During the years 1942–1985 Editora Brasil-América and Editora Abril which published the Brazilian versions of Superman comics, Lois Lane's name was translated to "Miriam Lane" and later to "Miriam Lois Lane." In Spanish speaking countries, her name was translated to "Luisa Lane" in comics, TV series and movies.

Elseworlds imprint

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  • Superman: Speeding Bullets, a 1993 Elseworlds story based on the concept of an amalgamation of Superman and Batman. Martha and Thomas Wayne discovered Baby Kal-El, adopt and named him Bruce. Bruce discovers his superpowers when his parents are killed and create the identity Batman to fight criminals in Gotham City. Lois relocates to Gotham City after Lex Luthor buys the Daily Planet, and soon forms a relationship with Bruce Wayne, the owner of her new job at the Gotham Gazette. She later convinces him to abandon the identity of Batman and adopt a more hopeful persona of Superman.
  • Superman: The Feral Man of Steel, a 1994 Elseworlds special in Superman (vol. 2) Annual #6, based on The Jungle Book stories with elements from Tarzan. Raised by wolves in 19th-century Indian Jungle and is given the name K'L'L. Lois is an American girl who falls for K'L'L.
  • In Superman: Kal, Lady Loisse is the daughter of the late Lord Lane in the Middle Ages. She is held captive by Baron Luthor, who hopes to make her his bride. Lois falls for Kal, a blacksmith's apprentice after he wins a contest against Luthor's best fighters. She accepts his request for her hand in marriage, as payment for him forging a suit of armour for Luthor from his rocket. After their wedding, Loisse is taken from Kal by Luthor, who subsequently killed her.[129]
  • Lois is a teacher from the undercity in the 1996 series, Superman's Metropolis, modelled on Fritz Lang's classic 1927 science-fiction film Metropolis.
  • Superman: War of the Worlds, a Superman story adapted into the H. G. Wells novel The War of the Worlds. Set in 1938, after applying for a job at the Daily Star, Clark and Lois witness the arrival of the Martian invasion of Earth. Superman dies saving the Earth, and Lois marries Lex Luthor who becomes the Vice President.
  • In the 1998 series, JLA: The Nail, the Kents never found Clark, Lois is selected by Green Lantern to provide the Justice League with some positive media presentation after a recent propaganda campaign focuses on the idea that many modern metahumans are alien invaders. Tracking recent kidnapped heroes to a secret base, Lois is introduced to the Kents, who provide a safe house for various heroes after Lana Lang smuggled them out of the facility, and later discovers that the true mastermind behind the conspiracy is Jimmy Olsen, mutated into a Kryptonian through genetic experiments carried out based on DNA samples found in Kal-El's crashed and abandoned ship. Jimmy is finally defeated by Kal-El, who was here raised by an Amish couple until their deaths at Olsen's hands, with Lois writing about how Kal-El's time with the Kents helped him accept his abilities and grow into the Superman he should have been. In the sequel, JLA: Another Nail Lois helps the Kents create Kal-El's 'Clark' disguise- albeit naming him 'Carl' on impulse- to give him a chance at a normal life outside of his role as Superman, reasoning that the simplicity of the glasses will stop people paying too much attention to him, while their original plan to completely cover him with a false beard would make people suspect that Kal-El had something to hide.
  • John Byrne's Superman & Batman: Generations follow the life and families of Superman and Lois and their descendants over the course of three separate Elseworlds series.
  • Published in 1999, The Superman Monster takes elements from Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein where Superman is similar to the Frankenstein monster. Set in Gotham City in 1888, Eloise Edge is the daughter of Burgomaster Edge and the fiancé of scientist Vicktor Luthor who creates the creature, Klaus, using Kryptonian technology. Eloise develops an affection for Klaus, and after she is killed by a ricocheting bullet and revived in the same Matrix that created Klaus, she accompanies him to the Arctic to learn more about her new condition.
  • In the series, Son of Superman, fifteen years after the disappearance of Superman, Lois' teenage son Jon Kent begins to display superpowers and learns his father is Superman. Jon joins the rebel organization to fight against the corrupt U.S. government.
  • In JLA: Created Equal, all men on Earth except Superman and Lex Luthor are killed by a strange disease. When Lois become pregnant, Superman is forced to leave Earth after Luthor reveals he is still a carrier for the disease. Years later, Lois gives birth to her and Clark's son, Adam, who has various half-siblings conceived with the other females using sperm samples provided by Superman, but Adam accidentally kills his mother when he hugs her too hard.
  • Lois is a captain in the military in series Superman: Last Son of Earth and Superman: Last Stand on Krypton. A reverse of the Superman origin with Kal-El being sent from Earth to Krypton, discovering the Green Lantern power ring, and journeys to Earth and help its people fight against the dictator Luthor.
  • In Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle, Kal-El, the last survivor of Krypton crash-lands in East Africa and is raised by apes to become the Lord of the Jungle; and meet the adventurer John Greystoke, Jane Clayton and her friend Metropolis reporter Lois Lane.
  • In the 2003 Elseworlds series Superman: Red Son, Superman's escape rocket did not land in Smallville, but in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin. Lois is married to Lex Luthor but still uses the surname Lane for her articles in the Daily Planet. Superman saves her life, and the two have an instant attraction with each other; however, Lois never acts on her feelings and remains married to Luthor. When her husband is elected President, Lois becomes First Lady and serves as an unofficial American emissary to Wonder Woman. After the fall of Superman's Greater Soviet Union and presumed death, he attends his "funeral" wearing a suit and glasses. He and Lois are shown looking at each other before he departs.
  • Superman: True Brit, the 2004 series re-imagines the origin of Superman, where his spaceship crashed in Weston-super-Mare in England instead of the town of Smallville in America. A humorous look at Superman and the British tabloid press, it features Louisa Layne-Ferret, a hard-edged reporter. Lois herself briefly appears to offer an American perspective on Superman and invites Colin Clark to visit America.

Flashpoint

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In the alternate timeline of the Flashpoint event, a young Lois Lane sneaks into the facility where her father Sam Lane is stationed to bring him a birthday cake. During a breakout, Lois briefly encounters Kal-El and Neil Sinclair. Sinclair attempts to pursue revenge against her father for the experiments that were performed on him. Sam traps Sinclair and himself in the Phantom Zone.[130]

Years later, Lois is reporting on a fashion show in Montmartre when the Atlanteans flooded Europe. She is saved by the Amazons who take her to "New Themiscyra" (the United Kingdom). Once there, she learns that Jimmy Olsen, who dies in the flood while trying to save an old man, was an agent of Cyborg. Lois agrees to spy on the Amazons for Cyborg. When the time comes for her to undergo a near-fatal "conversion" into the Amazonian ranks, she escapes, aided by Penny Black, who is wounded by Artemis in the process.[131]

During this time, Lois walks through the remains of the London Underground and encounters Grifter and the Resistance.[132] Lois soon joins the Resistance. After meeting up with the recovering Penny, she uses Cyborg's device to locate her missing armor at Westminster.[133] Lois later broadcasts a message to the world that the Amazons have imprisoned people in internment. The Amazons in Westminster attempt to kill her.[134] Lois is then rescued by Kal-El (who comes to protect her from Sinclair who has returned). During the fight, Kal-El manages to destroy Sinclair, but Lois is caught in the blast. Before Lois dies in the arms of Kal-El, she tells him to save the people.[135]

Injustice: Gods Among Us

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In the digital prequel comic to the video game Injustice: Gods Among Us, Lois is married to Superman and is pregnant with their child. While on a story at the docks with Jimmy Olsen, she is kidnapped by The Joker and Harley Quinn and taken to a submarine where they perform surgery on her. When the Joker is captured by the Justice League, he informs them he has planted a nuclear bomb in Metropolis and wired the detonator to Lois's heart, set to go off when she dies. While under the influence of Scarecrow's kryptonite-laced fear gas, Superman mistakes Lois for Doomsday and, in an attempt to protect his family, unknowingly flies up into space with her, killing both Lois and their unborn child in the process. When she dies, a nuclear bomb obliterates Metropolis. Superman, devastated by the death of Lois and their unborn child as well as his inadvertent role in destroying Metropolis, kills the Joker and begins his campaign for world domination. Her death serves as the catalyst for Superman's new outlook, as he becomes more willing to kill to protect the world.

In Year Three of the series, Superman was put in a magic comatose sleep, where events played out differently in his dream scenario. In this dream world, Superman imagines he had broken free of the fear gas in time to save Lois and their unborn child. Batman had killed Joker to prevent the possibility of another attack on Superman and his family. Lois eventually gave birth to their daughter Lara Lane-Kent. Superman and Lois live a happy and normal life, raising their daughter Lara, who eventually develops superpowers and with her father's guidance becomes a superhero of her own. Superman is eventually awakened from his slumber by Ares and is left feeling angrier and more bitter after realizing and living the life he could have had with Lois and their child. In Year Five, in an alternate world, Lois and Clark are shown happily visiting Clark's parents, telling them that she is pregnant.

DC Comics Bombshells

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DC Comics Bombshells, a comic book series set in an alternate history of World War II, Eloisa "Lois" Lane is a mixed-race 17-year-old newspaper hawker from Metropolis' Cuban district. When criminals working for Killer Frost kidnaps her, she is rescued by the Batgirls (a group of female vigilantes) and partners with them to defeat Hugo Strange, the man who crippled her mother.[136] Later in the series, she gets a job working at the Gotham Gazette for Vicki Vale and eventually begins dating Supergirl.

Nightwing: The New Order

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In an alternate reality, Nightwing activates a device ending an ongoing war between the super-powered beings and depowers ninety percent of the superhero population and leads to a future where superpower is outlawed. Lois is a Blue Lantern and a member of the Titans, who form a resistance against the anti-metahuman government.

Superman: Secret Identity

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Published in 2004, Superman: Secret Identity is a four-issue miniseries written by Kurt Busiek and art by Stuart Immonen. Set in the real world where superheroes only exist in comic books. Clark Kent, living in a small town in Kansas, discovers that he has the same powers as Superman, the fictional superhero he was named after. Years later, Clark moves to New York, working as a writer and secretly saving people with his abilities. He meets Lois Chaudhari, an Indian American designer on a blind date (set up by friends because their names resemble the fictional couple Clark Kent and Lois Lane). The two quickly fall in love, got married and had twin daughters Jane and Carol Kent, who also inherit their father's powers.

Gotham City Garage

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Gotham City Garage, a digital-first comic book series written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, reimagines DC superheroes and villains as bikers in a post-apocalyptic world. Governor Lex Luthor controls the modern utopia Gotham City and the rest of the continent is a wasteland. Lois Lane runs a rebel news radio station "The Frequency". When Barda ask for help, Lois and Jimmy Olsen join her in the resistance.

Tales from the Dark Multiverse

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Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman, an anthology series that explores alternate takes on classic DC stories set in a different world in the Dark Multiverse. After Superman is killed by Doomsday, filled with anger and grief, Lois merges with the Eradicator and gains Kryptonian powers so she can take revenge on the corrupt world and those who let Superman die.

Marvel Comics cameos

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Lois Lane has had several (mostly cameo) appearances alongside Clark Kent in past works of Marvel Comics, namely in X-Men #98, Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man (1976), The Mighty Thor #341 (1984), Excalibur #8,[137] Ghost Rider (vol. 3) #66 (1995), and Marvels Epilogue (September 2019).

Newspaper comic strip

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Lois Lane, Girl Reporter is a newspaper comic strip featuring Lois Lane, a spin-off from the Superman comic strip and topper to the Superman Sunday strip in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Twelve comic strips were produced and originally ran between October 24, 1943, to February 27, 1944.[138] Lois also appears in the Superman daily newspaper comic strip, distributed by McClure Syndicate which ran continuously from January 1939 to May 1966 with a separate Sunday strip added on November 5, 1939.

Books

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Comic books

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Lois has appeared in several self-titled miniseries, one-shots and collected editions:

  • Lois Lane – a two issue limited series published in August and September 1986.[139]
  • Superman: Lois Lane – a one-shot published in June 1998 as part of the "Girlfrenzy!" Fifth-week event.[140]
  • Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance – a three-issue limited series published August 2011-October 2011 as part of the Flashpoint crossover.[141]
  • DC Archive Editions: Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane Archives Vol. 1 – a collection of Silver Age Lois Lane stories. Showcase #9-10 and Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane #1-8. Published in January 2012.[142]
  • Lois Lane: A Celebration of 75 Years – special anniversary anthology celebrating Lois Lane's 75 years in comics. Collects material from Action Comics #1-2, 6, 484, 600, 662, Adventures of Superman #631, All Star Superman #2-3, Man of Steel #2, Showcase #9, Superman #29, 33–34, 58, 168, Superman 80-page giant #1, Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane #1, 5, 16, 23, 42, 106, and Wonder Woman #170. Published in November 2013, the collection compiles stories from Golden Age to Silver Age and modern adventures.[143]
  • Superman: Lois Lane #1 – a one-shot published in April 2014.[144]
  • Superman: Lois and Clark – an eight-issue limited series, collects #1-8 published in August 2016.
  • Lois Lane – a 12-issue limited series by writer Greg Rucka and artist Mike Perkins released in July 2019 to July 2020.

Graphic novels

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Lois Lane and the Friendship Challenge

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A graphic novel by writer Grace Ellis and artist Brittney Williams, and focus on a 13-year-old Lois Lane as she navigates the confusing worlds of social media and friendship during summer break in the sleepy town of Liberty View. Released in August 2020, it is part of DC's original graphic novels for young readers.[145]

Girl Taking Over: A Lois Lane Story

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DC graphic novels for young adults, Girl Taking Over: A Lois Lane Story, written by Sarah Kuhn and art by Arielle Jovellanos was released in April 2023.[146]

Novels

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Lois Lane

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Lois is the protagonist in the young adult novel series, Lois Lane, written by Gwenda Bond and published by Switch Press. The series follows the adventures of Lois Lane as a savvy, whip-smart, and unafraid contemporary teenage high school girl. The first book in the series, Fallout, was revealed by the author in 2014 and was released on May 1, 2015. Bond revealed the second book, Double Down, in July 2015,[147] and the book was released on May 1, 2016.[148]

On the series, Bond said: "Lois is an icon, of course, a superhero without any superpowers ... except her unmatched bravery and smarts. Not to mention her sense of humor and her commitment to truth and justice. She's also one of my all-time favorite characters—which is why I jumped at the chance to write a novel featuring a teen Lois, moving to Metropolis and becoming a reporter for the first time. And, most of all, to get to put Lois front and center in the starring role, obviously."[149]

  • Fallout – first novel in the Lois Lane series by Gwenda Bond.[150][151] The novel features a teenage Lois Lane, an Army brat, who has lived all over the world. Lois is starting a new life in Metropolis with her family. While attending a new high school, she tries to solve a mystery as a group known as the Warheads begins to tamper with people's minds via a high-tech immersive video game. Two prequel short stories: Lois Lane: A Real Work of Art and Lois Lane: Cloudy With a Chance of Destruction was also published by Switch Press. Fallout received positive reviews and was named by Kirkus Reviews one of the "Best Teen Books of 2015" in the science fiction and fantasy category.[152][153]
  • Double Down – second Lois Lane novel by Gwenda Bond and published by Switch Press in May 2016.[154][155][156] The book also received positive reviews.[157] Double Down continues to follow teenage Lois Lane as she settled into her new life in Metropolis, and has a job that challenges her. Lois finds herself embroiled in a dangerous mystery that brings her closer to the dirty underbelly of Metropolis.
  • Triple Threat – Switch Press announced a third Lois Lane novel, Triple Threat, in August 2016.[158] The book was released in May 2017.

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

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Based on the ABC television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman four original novels were published in 1996:

Non-fiction

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  • Examining Lois Lane: The Scoop on Superman's Sweetheart – an anthology exploring Lois Lane's many incarnations and multiple adaptations from comic book to various films and television series. Analyzing the character in various media through the perspectives of feminism, gender studies, and cultural studies.[163]
  • Investigating Lois Lane: The Turbulent History of the Daily Planet's Ace Reporter – an in-depth look at the character and her history in different media by comic book historian Tim Hanley.[164]

In other media

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Since her debut in the comic books in 1938, Lois has appeared in various media adaptations including radio, animations, films, television, video games and Broadway musical. Actresses who have portrayed Lois Lane include Noel Neill, Phyllis Coates, Margot Kidder, Teri Hatcher, Erica Durance, Kate Bosworth, Amy Adams, Elizabeth Tulloch, and Rachel Brosnahan. Lois has been voiced by actresses such as Joan Alexander, Dana Delany, Alice Lee and numerous others.

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  • The American sitcom Seinfeld made numerous references to Lois Lane over its nine-year run:
    • In the episode "The Outing", Jerry tells a female reporter for a college newspaper "I was attracted to you, too. You remind me of Lois Lane".
    • In the episode "The Marine Biologist", when Elaine accuses Jerry of helping a strange woman just so he can take her out on a date, Jerry replies that Superman is never suspected of such intentions when saving a woman's life, prompting Elaine to comment "Well, you're no Superman", to which Jerry responds, "Well, you're no Lois Lane".
    • The episode "The Mom & Pop Store" has Elaine tell Jerry she's been doing some snooping for him. "Ah! What'd you find out, Lois?" he replies.
    • In the episode "The Race," Jerry dates a woman named "Lois" and enjoys frequently using her first name and slyly making Superman-related references in her presence.
    • In the episode "The Face Painter". George discovers that a woman he is dating is deaf in one ear and therefore might not have heard him tell her he loves her. "Don't you see what this means?" he says. "It's like the whole thing never happened. It's like when Superman reversed the rotation of the Earth to save Lois Lane!".
    • The episode "The Cartoon" has Jerry make fun of Elaine's drawings, leading her to reply: "It's better than your drawings of naked Lois Lane".
  • The Spin Doctors' 1991 album, Pocket Full of Kryptonite, takes its title as a reference to the album's first song, "Jimmy Olsen's Blues". The song is sung from the point of view of Daily Planet photojournalist Jimmy Olsen, who's in love with Lois Lane and jealous of Superman because of it.
  • In the movie, A Time to Kill (1996) Jake Brigance consults with Ellen Roark about the case and the judge is clearly annoyed and says "If Lois Lane will let us continue".
  • In the movie, One Fine Day (1996) the editor of the newspaper reporter Jack Taylor (George Clooney) has a cat named after Lois Lane.
  • In the song "Superman" by the band Peggy Sue, Lois Lane is mentioned in the line: "I'm in love with Lois Lane, but she doesn't even know my real name".
  • In the song "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang, she is mentioned in the line: "I said, "By the way, baby, what's your name?" She said, "I go by the name of Lois Lane". According to the song, the rapper Big Bank Hank tells Lois Lane why he would make a better boyfriend than Superman.
  • The 1964-67 show Underdog is a parody of Superman and its star reporter Sweet Polly Purebred is based on Lois Lane.
  • Keone Madrid directed and choreography a dance video titled "Lois Lane" and features a poem by Rudy Francisco "I'm a Superman, thanks to Lois Lane" which includes the line, "Superman... The Man of steel, big Blue, the last son of Krypton, he is faster than a speeding bullet, stronger than a locomotive, he has Lasers for eyes, X-ray vision and can fly without even flapping his arms, but his most notable power... was Lois Lane, the love of an amazing woman is a phone booth, that can turn a man from a spineless news reporter into a symbol of justice, into the reason why it's safe to walk outside while the sun is sleeping."[165]
  • The That's Entertainment comic shop successfully petitioned the Worcester, Massachusetts City Council to change the name of the private street running alongside the store to "Lois Lane".[166] On December 28, 2012, the new sign was installed. A celebration at the store followed on December 30, 2012, featuring an unveiling, free sketches of Lois by Paul Ryan, and a Lois Lane lookalike contest.[167][168]
  • "To Lois" a poem by Shane Koyczan is a love letter from Superman to Lois Lane, written from Clark's perspective.[169]
  • In the movie, Mermaids (1990) Kate Flax (Christina Ricci) asks her sister Charlotte (Winona Ryder) if her boyfriend has ever kissed her like Superman kisses Lois Lane.
  • "From the Backbeat" by Lucy Hale includes the line "And my dad was a Superman stick shift driver, stay at home Lois Lane beside him."
  • "Superhero" by 5 Seconds of Summer includes the line "She met him on the staircase, like Kent and Lois Lane."
  • In the Mexican comedy TV series El Chapulín Colorado, a parody of superhero shows, Captain Hopper says his mother is Lois Lane.
  • "Waiting for Superman" by Daughtry includes the line "She's just watching the clouds roll by and they spell her name like Lois Lane."
  • "Lois Lane" a song by pop artist Noelle Bean, includes the line "I'm so happy, and now we're flying, like Superman and Lois Lane."
  • "Lois Lane" a song by British indie rock band Farrah from the album Moustache includes the line "If you'll be my Lois Lane, I'll be your superman."
  • Mandy Moore portrayed Lois Lane in the 2012 YouTube parody short film The Death and Return of Superman, directed and narrated by Max Landis.
  • In the movie It (2017), Mr. Keenes compares Beverly Marsh to Lois Lane when she tries his glasses after she tells him he looks like Clark Kent.
  • Lois Lane is also the name of an important character in the musical Kiss Me, Kate. She is not connected with the Superman character.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Letters to the Editor, Time magazine (May 30, 1988), pp. 6–7.
  2. ^ The Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster Interview. Nemo: the Classic Comics Library No. 2. August 1983. p. 11.
  3. ^ Siegel, Joanne. "The True Inspiration for Lois Lane". Superman Home Page. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  4. ^ This ad appeared in The Plain Dealer on 13 January 1935, according to this Twitter post by Brad Ricca. Brad Ricca is a historian who wrote a biography of Siegel and Shuster (Super Boys).
  5. ^ a b The Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster Interview. Nemo: the Classic Comics Library #2. August 1983. p. 14.
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