On Lois Lane

[schmevil]

One of my favourite things about Lois is that there's nothing special about her, except for Lois herself - who Lois decided she would be. Sure her dad's a general and her boyfriend's Superman, but that's not what makes Lois awesome. She doesn't need superfriends, superpowers, or a tragic past to make her great: the character is great on her own merits, and the rest of it is just icing on the cake. And incredibly, most writers seem to get this - she's canonically presented as being more than the sum of the men in her life; more than her superfriends, or the strange circumstances she falls into.

Lois starts out as the archetypal plucky girl reporter, but she matures into a goddamn lioness. As a grownup woman, she's a reporter of unparalleled skill and determination. She's fierce in her pursuit of truth and justice. Clark is her spouse and that's undeniably central to her character, but it's not her reason for being. Lois has had - could have again - a comic of her own, and let me tell you, I would read the hell out of a Lois Lane ongoing. I suspect that the same readership that digs Batwoman and the new Question, would dig a Lois ongoing.

Would you guys read a Lois comic?

[Yes yes, I'm mostly talking about modern era Lois.]

Comments

[gloss]

I would give *anything* for a Lois series. I'd even pay DC money again if Lois could get her own book.

[schmevil]

I kind of want a Lois-Is-Awesome-athon.

[catechism]

I would!

[elspethdixon]

I was about to say I'd read a Lois comic, and then I remembered the existance of Lois Lane: Superman's Girlfriend! and immediately began to fear what DC -- the people who brought you the Black Canary Wedding Planner! -- would produce.

Personally, I have a soft spot for Fleischer Brothers Lois (and her spiritual descendent, toonverse!Lois). I think it's telling that as far back as 1942, Perry White was telling Lois to "write a hard hitting investigative report on sabotage down at the Metropolis Navy Yard," and sending Clark out to write fluff pieces about jewelry stores and circuses.

[schmevil]

LOIS LOVES CLARK. SHE TOTALLY LOVES CLARK. ALSO SHOPPING. IT'S NEATO. SOMETIMES SHE DOES HER JOB. :/

I think it's telling that as far back as 1942, Perry White was telling Lois to "write a hard hitting investigative report on sabotage down at the Metropolis Navy Yard," and sending Clark out to write fluff pieces about jewelry stores and circuses.

Lois has always been a little bit awesome.

[skalja]

Yes! I would also really love to see that "Law and Order: MU" ongoing that Digital Femme proposed.

ETA: Choice of icon random and yet strangely fitting.

[sistermagpie]

Agreed. Lois is awesome! I'm kind of fascinated by--and almost wish I could think of a brilliant essay to write on this if I felt like I had enough information--comic characters like Lois who are so timeless and cool even as they change through the ages. Sure there's times in her history where Lois is starring in ridiculous stories about how silly women are, and yet even then you can see through that to how cool she really would be.

[(Anonymous)]

I <3this post like whoa. I would so love to read Lois Lane :Intrepid Reporter title. Lois Lane is the reason why I became interested in journalism as a kid.