For the comic book issue of the same name, see Superman Returns Prequel 4.
- "Yeah, poor Clark! He's never around when you-know-who... wait a minute, wait a minute... Lois Lane, that is the silliest idea you've ever had..."
- ―Lois Lane[src]
Lois Lane is an American newspaper reporter. Like Superman's alter-ego Clark Kent, she is a reporter for the Metropolitan newspaper, the Daily Planet.
History[]
Superman[]
Lois Lane was brought up by her parents in Metropolis alongside her younger sister Lucy Lane. Her father, Sam Lane was a general in the United States Military. One day when she was a child she was travelling on a train through Kansas when she saw a teenage boy run faster than the train. She told her mother who promptly told her off for fibbing.
Lois became a reporter for the Daily Planet. There, she met Clark Kent when he started working for the paper. She first encountered Superman when the Daily Planet helicopter she was riding in went out of control and nearly fell off the roof, with Superman surprising her by flying to her rescue. She did an interview with Superman in which she first gave him the name Superman. While she was doing a story out in the West Coast about the land grab going on west of the San Andreas Fault, an earthquake aftershock caused her car to be swallowed up by the ground, choking her to death. Unable to save Lois Lane in time, Superman turned back time in order for her to survive.
Superman II[]
Lois discovered by accident that Clark Kent was in fact Superman. He then took her to his Fortress of Solitude to tell her everything about himself. Wishing to be with Clark for life, Lois watched as he entered the molecule chamber that stripped him of all his powers, rendering him completely human. After finding out that the Phantom Zone criminals have escaped and are now terrorizing the planet, Clark returns to the Fortress to seek a way to have his powers restored while Lois returned to Metropolis, waiting for him at the Daily Planet when General Zod, his rogue Kryptonians and Lex Luthor showed up, telling them to take Lois hostage. Then Clark shows up as Superman and challenges the criminals to a fight throughout Metropolis, which he later takes to his Fortress of Solitude where he stripped them of their powers and sent them falling into the mysterious fog at he ground level of the fortress. After the criminals were handed over to the U.S. Arctic Patrol, Lois was returned back home to her apartment. When she met with Kent the next day at the Daily Planet, she had an emotional breakdown. Clark gave her a kiss that erased her memory of Clark being Superman, restoring her to the old confident self that he once knew of her.
Superman III[]
Lois took sometime off for a vacation in Bermuda; which in itself became a story; when she ended up not arriving at her hotel and was kidnapped.
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace[]
Lois continued to work for the Daily Planet; when it was taken over; by David Warfield. His daughter, Lacy Warfield took over as it's editor; making advances upon Clark Kent while Lois tried to tell Lacy that; he is "the world's oldest Boy Scout". Lois tried to counsel Superman on what to do; when he received a letter from a student, named Jeremy about Superman disarming the world of nuclear missiles possibly bringing forth peace and supported his United Nations-sanctioned decision to enforce nuclear disarmament.
When Superman was left weakened; to the point of death, after his first confrontation; with the Nuclear Man, Lois saw the Warfields; with Superman's cape and took it from them, choosing to no longer work for the paper; due to their sensationalist handling of Superman's defeat. She gave the cape to Clark at his apartment; who for the first time saw him sick, telling him that; she never expected to get anything from Superman and that; she loved him. After Superman was restored to health; by using the Kryptonian energy module and defeated Nuclear Man; by causing a solar eclipse, Perry White restored control of the Daily Planet back to himself being it's editor and Lois Lane got her job back as a reporter.
Relationships[]
Family[]
- Sam Lane - Father
- Ella Lane - Mother
- Lucy Lane - Younger sister
- Clark Kent/Superman - Partner and husband from arrowverse Jason Kent son from arrowverse.
Allies[]
- Perry White - editor
Enemies[]
- David Warfield - former employer
Behind the scenes[]
Margot Kidder went up against a huge selection of Hollywood actresses for the part of Lois Lane. Anne Archer, Lesley Ann Warren and Stockard Channing — among many others — also vied for the part. In the end it came down to Channing and Kidder. Apparently Richard Donner decided to hire her for the role when she burst out laughing after reading her line "What color underwear am I wearing?" during her screen test.