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Lois Lane

Real Name: Lois Lane
Nicknames: Superman's girlfriend
Former Aliases: Batwoman; Elastic-Lass; Leopard Girl Lois; Lois La Flamme; Lois the Mermaid; Power-Girl; Sadie Blodgett; Super-Girl
Future Aliases: Lois Lane-Kent

Status

Occupation: Investigative journalist; columnist; news broadcaster (See the odd jobs section of this article for a more extensive list of various career choices Lois has made over the years.)
Legal Status: Lois Lane is a legal citizen of the United States with an expunged criminal record.
Identity: Public
Marital Status: Single (married in future timelines)
Group Affiliation: Daily Planet staff; Galaxy Broadcasting System staff
Base of Operations: Metropolis

Origin

Sam and Ella Lane gave birth to their first daughter on their farm in the small, rural community of Pittsdale. Even as an infant, young Lois' destiny with intertwined with a man whom the world would one day come to call – Superman. One afternoon, baby Lois discovered a strangely shaped toy rattle. She would never know that the device belonged to the alien infant, Kal-El – who only recently arrived on the planet, Earth. The rattle proved to be of great use however, as she used the indestructible toy to drive away an attacking rattlesnake.

A few short years later, Lois met Kal-El for the first time – but she knew him only as mild-mannered adolescent, Clark Kent. Lois had participated in a camping trip to Camp Hiawatha where she not only met young Clark, but her future rival for Clark's affections – Lana Lang.

Lois eventually began attending high school, where she excelled in all of her studies. During her junior year, a large Metropolis newspaper known as the Daily Planet sponsored a nationwide contest for high school students. Whoever succeeded in submitting the best report would one day be awarded a position with the paper. Lois was selected to participate in the contest and met Clark Kent once again (although she did not recall having met him previously). By this point, Clark had long-since secretly established himself as the hometown hero of Smallville known as Superboy.

Lois and Clark competed against one another to win the school contest. Separately they discovered that a criminal named Paul Cory and his gang of thugs had been using sleeping gas on unsuspecting pedestrians in order to rob banks without getting caught. Clark was present during one of their daring escapades, but was forced to feign falling asleep so as to protect his secret identity. Eventually, he snuck away and nabbed the goons as Superboy, but he was unable to prevent Lois from getting the news scoop, thus winning the contest. This was the first step towards Lois' inevitable climb to stardom.

Following high school, Lois attended Raleigh College, majoring in journalism. After graduation, she made contact with Perry White, managing editor of the Daily Planet, who kept his promise to Lois and offered her a position as a reporter. In time, Lois became one of the most infamous investigative journalists in the Daily Planet's history.

Place of Birth: Pittsdale
Known Relatives: Sam Lane (father); Ella Lane (mother); Lucy Lane (sister); Louis Lane (cousin); Clark Kent (future-husband); Jonathan Kent (future-foster father-in-law, deceased); Martha Kent (future-foster mother-in-law, deceased); Jor-El (future-father-in-law, deceased); Lara (future-mother-in-law, deceased); Jon Hudson (future-son)
First Appearance: (Historically) Action Comics #1; (Canonically) Adventure Comics #128 (See notes)
Final Appearance: Lois Lane #2

History

Coming soon.

Characteristics

Height: 5'7"
Weight: 122 lbs (55.338 kg)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
Unusual Features: No unusual features

Powers

Known Powers: Primarily, Lois Lane does not possess any super-powers. However, circumstances have occurred from time to time wherein she developed physical characteristics equitible to that of Superman.
Known Abilities: Lois Lane is an accomplished reporter, whose contributions to investigative journalism earned her the highly coveted Pulitzer Prize. She is also an expert in the Kryptonian martial arts form known as Horu-Kanu.
Strength Level: Lois Lane possesses the strength level of a healthy woman in her early thirties, who engages in intensive regular exercise.

Miscellaneous

Equipment: No known equipment.
Transportation: No known transportation; Lois generally relies upon public transportation for getting from place to place.
Weapons: On rare occasion, Lois has been known to use a fire-arm for self-defense.

Notes

Adventure Comics #128 is the earliest chronological appearance of the Earth-One Lois Lane. Although the issue was published during the Golden Age era, the story is exclusive to the continuity of the Pre-Crisis Silver Age timeline. It can be argued that unless otherwise stated, all appeareances made by Lois Lane between May of 1948 and September of 1986 are germane to the Earth-One Lois.

Throughout her career, Lois Lane has assumed various code-names and alternate identities, a few of which would include: Batwoman, Elastic-Lass, Power-Girl and Super-Girl. These alter egos are not to be confused with the characters known as Batwoman, Elasti-Girl, Power Girl, and Supergirl (Kara Zor-El).

Trivia

In a series of Superman back-up stories known as Superman 2020, Lois and Clark are married and have a son named Jon Hudson.

Lois Lane's telephone number is 101-555-0820.

Odd Jobs

Lois Lane has served in a variety of occupations over the years, most of which were one-time career choices aimed at either getting a news scoop, or strengthening her relationship with Superman. The following is a list of her various odd jobs.
Note: As of this writing, this list is not complete.

Actress - Source
Army soldier - Source
Chef - Source
Novelist
Pretzel maker - Source

Alternate Media

As early as 1940, many people have contributed their voice or acting talents to the character of Lois Lane. The following examples apply to the Silver Age Lois Lane only. For details concerning modern intrepretations of the character, see the Alternate Media section under Lois Lane.

External Links

References

Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #13

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 ==Origin==
-[[Sam Lane|Sam]] and [[Ella Lane|Ella Lane]] gave birth to their first daughter on their farm in the small, rural community of [[Pittsdale]]. Even as an infant, young Lois' destiny with intertwined with a man whom the world would one day come to call – [[Superman (Silver Age)|Superman]]. One afternoon, baby Lois discovered a strangely shaped toy rattle. She would never know that the device belonged to the alien infant, Kal-El – who only recently arrived on the planet, Earth. The rattle proved to be of great use however, as she used the indestructible toy to drive away an attacking rattlesnake.
+[[Sam Lane (Earth-One)|Sam]] and [[Ella Lane (Earth-One)|Ella Lane]] gave birth to their first daughter on their farm in the small, rural community of [[Pittsdale]]. Even as an infant, young Lois' destiny with intertwined with a man whom the world would one day come to call – [[Superman (Silver Age)|Superman]]. One afternoon, baby Lois discovered a strangely shaped toy rattle. She would never know that the device belonged to the alien infant, Kal-El – who only recently arrived on the planet, Earth. The rattle proved to be of great use however, as she used the indestructible toy to drive away an attacking rattlesnake.
 A few short years later, Lois met Kal-El for the first time – but she knew him only as mild-mannered adolescent, Clark Kent. Lois had participated in a camping trip to Camp Hiawatha where she not only met young Clark, but her future rival for Clark's affections – [[Lana Lang (Silver Age)|Lana Lang]].