History Characters / SupermanLoisLane

Lois is a career-driven, IntrepidReporter who speaks her mind and goes for [[GoingForTheBigScoop the big scoop]] regardless of the dangers. Her creator [[Creator/JerrySiegelAndJoeShuster Jerry Siegel]] said he based Lois on the film character Torchy Blane, Girl Reporter[[note]]played by Glenda Farrell, her first appearance was in the 1937 film ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPNnASYejLA Smart Blonde]]''[[/note]] and actress [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8fSQx8F75Q Lola Lane]]. Her first series, during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks in the 1940s, was ''Lois Lane, Girl Reporter'', which appeared in the Superman comic book and had her defeating bad guys and getting front page stories on her own.

In UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, Lois had her own standalone comic book series titled ''ComicBook/SupermansGirlFriendLoisLane'', which lasted for 137 issues from 1958 to 1974. The series focused on Lois' adventures and romances and had a very humorous tone, her character becoming less serious and focusing a lot more on romances with Superman or others. Her suspicion that Clark Kent is Superman and her attempt to prove it greatly increased during this period. An adult version of the character ComicBook/LanaLang was also introduced to the book. In some of the stories she became a superhero herself, but only briefly or in imaginary stories that [[WhatIf were not intended as part of the official canon]]. Come the 1970s, the series attempted to modernize Lois by having her be more career orientated, no longer interested in romances while respecting her boyfriend's privacy, with the stories tackling more serious subjects.

* AdultsDressedAsChildren: An ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' story from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, titled "Fairyland Isle", featured ComicBook/LoisLane disguising herself as a little girl, wearing a sailor suit, GirlishPigtails, and glasses. Details [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/12/13/i-love-ya-but-youre-strange-is-that-lois-lane-or-a-little-girl-i-cant-tell-the-difference/ here]].

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: In the 1960s UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks had her in these. She is inexplicably [[{{Chickification}} transformed]] from an ambitious, independent career woman to someone whose [[AcceptableFeminineGoalsAndTraits primary goal in life was discovering Superman's secret identity and using it to blackmail him into marrying her]]. This was especially bad in her own comic, ''Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane''.

* {{Chickification}}: The Silver Age incarnation. After the more intrepid Golden Age incarnation, conservative values influenced by UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode set in, so she went from being a somewhat bitter rival to Clark to being more focused on getting Superman to marry her.

** In UsefulNotes/{{the Golden Age|of Comic Books}} comics, Lois had a young niece named Susie Thompkins, whose shtick was getting into trouble by telling fibs. Susie's last appearance was in the mid-'50s; a few years later, Lois' (unmarried) sole sibling Lucy Lane was introduced, and Susie was never seen again, save a few appearances in the "Mr. and Mrs. Superman" stories of TheSeventies. There, she's shown as the daughter of Earth-Two's married Lucy Lane Thompkins.

* TheLoad: Every now and then but by far, most of this Lois trope is concentrated around [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks the Silver Age]].

* LovesMyAlterEgo: The former TropeNamer. A RunningGag during [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks the Golden Age]] and -- mainly -- [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks the Silver Age]]. In fact, her Silver Age's iteration currently provides the page image of this trope.

* LovingAShadow: Her infatuation with Superman often looked like this in UsefulNotes/{{the Golden Age|of Comic Books}} and UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} and even a little bit into UsefulNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}}.

* StalkerWithACrush: During UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}, intentionally or not. Modern writers have struggled ever since to push her away from that.

* VitriolicBestBuds: In those continuities where she doesn't know Clark Kent and Superman are the same, she's usually this to Clark, enjoying a very friendly workplace rivalry with him and chastising him for his timidity. In the early [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] her dislike for Clark was genuine but their relationship quickly evolved into this trope. Later, more often in the post-crisis stories, this went even further as her teasing covered up a massive crush on Clark.
* WeakWilled: During {{UsefulNotes/The Golden Age|OfComicBooks}} she was [[{{Brainwashed}} frequently hypnotised]]. Oddly this was much more a trait of the Golden Age Lois who was assertive and had a very strong personality than {{UsefulNotes/The Silver Age|OfComicBooks}}'s less feisty version.

** In The Silver Age Superman starts spurning Lois Lane and paying more attention to botique owner Diana Prince. Lois gets so annoying over this that Diana challenges her to a fight, one Lane had no business accepting even if Prince [[DePower was a shadow of her former self]].
** In the Bronze Age Superman dumps Lois Lane for a now re powered Wonder Woman and Lois remembers that the last time it happened it was just a ruse to protect Lois from criminal activity. Despite this, Lois insists on doing her best to snoop around on them anyway, nearly getting herself killed by said criminal activity Superman's ruse was supposed to keep Lois away from in the first place.

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* ''The Adventures of Superman'', voiced by Joan Alexander.

In 1974, the series, along with ''Superman's Pal, Comicbook/JimmyOlsen'' and ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'', was moved into the ''Superman Family'' comic series, where Lois got to strut her stuff in her own stories as an ActionGirl reporter who managed to [[GoingForTheBigScoop get the big scoops]] while taking down bad guys without Superman's help throughout the '70s and early '80s.

* BabiesEverAfter: In ''Comicbook/{{Convergence}}'', the pre-Flashpoint Superman and Lois have their first baby and name him after Clark's father, Jon. Often Supes and Lois are shown having twins with names like Lyle and Lili, or Joel and Kara. A 1964 Imaginary Story, "The Sons of Superman", showed super-powered Jor-El Jr. and non-powered Kal-El Jr., who developed an inferiority complex and sought his own path.

** This became very notable during the final days of the ''Comicbook/New52'' and ''Comicbook/DCYou'' with both the younger ''New 52''!Lois and the older ''[[Comicbook/PostCrisis Post-Crisis]]''!Lois (who was living in the ''New 52'' Earth in secret) being drawn considerably different with the former having sharper features and long black hair and the latter having a rounder face and medium brown hair.

** In the ''Comicbook/New52'', Lois and Clark never became an item (even though Clark had a crush on her) with Clark ending up dating [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Diana Prince]] all the way until his death in 2016.

* ParentalSubstitute: Earth-2 Lois Lane became this to Comicbook/PowerGirl when she and Clark took the young Kryptonian woman in. Post-Crisis Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} also became kind of a daughter to Lois.

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** ''ComicBook/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' takes this to the extreme with Injustice!Supes becoming evil in grief over [[spoiler:the Joker making him accidentally kill a pregnant Lois.]]

* Main/AmbiguouslyBi: No, not Lois. But her younger sister Lucy, who in the past dated Jimmy Olsen and married Ron Troupe, but now seems more into women.