What Do You Like About Lois Lane?

**Shellhead** · 11-03-2008, 08:50 AM

I can't imagine a Superman series without Lois Lane, but I don't actually like her. And sometimes it almost seems masochistic for Superman to love her. What do you as a Superman fan like about Lois?

**Gordon Smith** · 11-03-2008, 08:55 AM

Originally Posted by Shellhead

I can't imagine a Superman series without Lois Lane, but I don't actually like her. And sometimes it almost seems masochistic for Superman to love her. What do you as a Superman fan like about Lois?

My aversion to Lois Lane is actually one of the reasons I don't follow Superman. I always thought the character was dull as dirt and totally unworthy of Superman. Mind you, that feeling is probably rooted in my distaste for the Sliver Age iteration. Maybe she's improved since then, but I don't get the love.

**Alan2099** · 11-03-2008, 09:19 AM

I liked her a lot better in the animated series where her relationship with Clark was a lot more biting and sarcastic and she tended to flush and be in awe of Superman. I also kinda enjoyed her always being this close to fiding out who Superman really was. Current Lois just seems to lack any real energy or draw in her character.

She tends to come across as nothing more than a cliche of the typical liberated professional woman with little to no personality to fall back on.

**cpahl2000** · 11-03-2008, 11:42 AM

I like her love to Clark, her companionship, confidence, which is the best because Clark can return, after fighting the evil or saving someone or even fail and can talk to her, to have her sympathy, understanding and love. She is his lover, friend, confident,which and me a great fan of hers.

**Mat001** · 11-03-2008, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by Gordon Smith

My aversion to Lois Lane is actually one of the reasons I don't follow Superman. I always thought the character was dull as dirt and totally unworthy of Superman. Mind you, that feeling is probably rooted in my distaste for the Sliver Age iteration. Maybe she's improved since then, but I don't get the love.

She's changed a lot since the Silver Age. I like the Lois of the Post Crisis continuity because she's no longer portrayed as she was in the Silver Age. She doesn't need Superman to come to her rescue. She was able to take care of herself both before and after Superman came into the picture. I like that she's been able to fall in love with Clark Kent, because she could see that there was more to him than she first thought. I like that she was able to stage a rescue of a powerless Clark, turning their relationship on its ear for that one issue. She's still a hard bitten journalist, but she has a softer side that doesn't take away from her strength.

**livin_target** · 11-03-2008, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by Gordon Smith

My aversion to Lois Lane is actually one of the reasons I don't follow Superman. I always thought the character was dull as dirt and totally unworthy of Superman. Mind you, that feeling is probably rooted in my distaste for the Sliver Age iteration. Maybe she's improved since then, but I don't get the love.

**kane** · 11-03-2008, 03:19 PM

There is nothing i like about her. I think Superman has to be masochist to marry a bitchy woman like her.

The only Lois i like is the "smallville version", she is kinda cute.

**YoungG03** · 11-03-2008, 03:29 PM

i like Lois but Superman personal life is kida boring now that I think of it.

**Shellhead** · 11-03-2008, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by YoungG03

i like Lois but Superman personal life is kida boring now that I think of it.

Good point. Lois was better as a foil to Superman's protagonist.

Btw, when Lois finally found out that Clark Kent was Superman, what stopped her from getting the journalistic scoop of a lifetime?

**Ontir** · 11-03-2008, 04:09 PM

Love. There was no way she was going to betray the man she was head over heels in love with!

With that change though, Lois needed/needs to be re-tooled a bit. She now has a very unique perspective and position about the existence of super-heroes in her world. She should be questioning what they do and how they do it, while also questioning people about their celebration and disdain of the heroes. Basically calling everyone on their s

t at all times.

**Sean Whitmore** · 11-03-2008, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by Gordon Smith

Mind you, that feeling is probably rooted in my distaste for the Sliver Age iteration. Maybe she's improved since then

In the 20-30 years since the Silver Age ended? Yeah, she's improved a little.

SEAN

**rick** · 11-03-2008, 04:34 PM

Very little actually.

I've always been a Lana man myself.

**Sean Whitmore** · 11-03-2008, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by Alan2099

I liked her a lot better in the animated series where her relationship with Clark was a lot more biting and sarcastic and she tended to flush and be in awe of Superman. I also kinda enjoyed her always being this close to fiding out who Superman really was.

That's my favorite interpretation of her as well, and it pops up a lot. Including Smallville's Lois, Byrne's Lois, and even Richard Donner's Lois.

SEAN

**AdamYJ** · 11-03-2008, 04:37 PM

I like her because she's spunky.

Also, when written right, I think she can be funny in a ballsy, sarcastic kind of way.

Lois is interesting because she has layers. She's the tough ballbuster who bulldozes through everything on the outside. Underneath that though, she's basically just a good person who's interested in finding the truth and crusading for justice in her own way. She does have her issues and insecurities, but so do many characters.

**J. Robb** · 11-03-2008, 05:37 PM

Lois should be a sexy, sassy go-getter, with enough drive to keep up even with Superman!

But comic writers are notoriously bad at writing women.

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