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Lois Lane is a fictional character in The CW television series Superman & Lois, based on the DC Comics character of the same name, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. [1] Portrayed by Elizabeth Tulloch , Lois is a reporter for the Daily Planet and the wife of Clark Kent / Superman .
Superman & Lois is an American superhero drama television series developed for The CW by Todd Helbing and Greg Berlanti, based on the DC Comics characters Superman and Lois Lane, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch star as the title characters Clark Kent / Superman and Lois Lane, respectively.
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The characters, Superman/Clark Kent and Lois Lane, were created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Superman was conceived as being like the ideal Hollywood romantic hero of the time, portrayed in films by actors such as Douglas Fairbanks, Clark Gable, and Rudolph Valentino. Siegel and Shuster were both fans of silent film actor Douglas Fairbanks, his...
1938–1986
Superman/Clark Kent and Lois Lane first appeared in Action Comics#1 (June 1938), other than the fact that Superman had been rocketed to Earth as an infant, his complex backstory had yet to develop. The first story includes a sequence in which Clark behaved in a cowardly fashion, leaving Lois to defend herself against an aggressive man, from whom Superman later saves her. From then on, Clark was established as a shy man attracted to Lois, while she was interested in his heroic alter ego, Super...
1986–2011
Following Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC Comics released six-issue limited series The Man of Steel by John Byrne. The series told the story of Superman's modern origin. Superman was now never Superboy in his youth, and Clark Kent became the real person and Superman the disguise. There was finally a setting in which Lois could logically fall in love with Clark Kent because he was the real person this time; although it would take years for Lois to have romantic feeling for Clark after he scooped...
2011–present
In 2011, DC Comics rebooted its continuity with the New 52 relaunch. In the relaunch, Lois views Clark as a friend and respects him as a journalist, but regards him as a loner who has difficulty letting people get close to him and displays no existing knowledge of his dual identity. Superman Unchained, a nine-issue series by Scott Snyderand Jim Lee explores Clark's connection with Lois in the New 52. Released in April 2015, the miniseries Convergence features a post-Crisis version of a marrie...
Aired from 1940 to 1951, the long-running radio serial The Adventures of Superman starring the DC Comics character Superman; for the bulk of the series run, Bud Collyer voiced Superman/Clark Kent, and Joan Alexandervoiced Lois Lane.
Fleischer Superman cartoons
The first animated appearance of Superman, released in Technicolor by Paramount Pictures in a series of animated short films. They are collectively known as "The Fleischer Superman cartoons". A total of seventeen films were produced from 1941 to 1943. Fleischer Studios made the first nine animated short and Famous Studios produced the final eight. Superman, the first animated short was nominated for an Academy Award in 1942 and was voted #33 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time. Bud Collye...
Superman: The Animated Series
Superman: The Animated Series aired on Kids' WB from September 1996 to February 2000. Tim Daly voiced Superman/Clark Kent and Dana Delanyas Lois Lane. When developing the series, the producers made the decision to establish Lois as a character much more grounded in her Golden Age roots, that of a sharp, aggressive, and career-minded reporter who wasn't afraid to dig deep into the Metropolis dirt to gain a story, with Clark Kent as the voice of caution and reason in his alter-ego, and as the w...
My Adventures with Superman
Jack Quaid and Alice Lee voice Superman/Clark Kent and Lois Lane in the animated series My Adventures with Superman, which premiered on Adult Swim on July 7, 2023.The series follows the adventures of Clark, Lois and Jimmy Olsen as an investigative reporting team at the Daily Planet. It features a young Clark Kent, new to his powers, as he builds his secret Superman identity and embraces his role as the hero of Metropolis and the world, and Lois as a star investigative journalist. Sharing adve...
1940s and 1950s Superman films
The first live-action appearance of Superman on film is the 1948 Columbia Pictures film serial Superman. The fifteen part black-and-white film stars Kirk Alyn as Superman/Clark Kent and Noel Neill as Lois Lane. Both actors returned in Columbia's second live-action Superman film, Atom Man vs. Superman(1950). In the 1951 independent film, Superman and the Mole Men, Superman/Clark Kent was played by George Reeves and Phyllis Coatesas Lois Lane.
Christopher Reeve Superman films
The film Superman was released by Warner Bros. in 1978, based on the DC Comics character. Christopher Reeve portrayed Superman/Clark Kent and Margot Kidder as Lois Lane. Directed by Richard Donner with music by John Williams, the film led to three theatrical sequels, Superman II (1980), Superman III (1983) and Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (1987). In 2006, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut was released on DVD, featuring director Richard Donner's original vision for Superman II. One of th...
Superman Returns
The 2006 film Superman Returns serves as a homage sequel to the motion pictures Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980). Brandon Routh played the role of Superman/Clark Kent and Kate Bosworthas Lois Lane. Superman returns to Earth after five years travelling in space to investigate what he believed to be his home planet Krypton. Upon returning to Metropolis as his alter-ego reporter Clark Kent, he is shocked to discover the consequences of his disappearance. In his absence, his love Lois Lane,...
Adventures of Superman
Adventures of Superman is an American television series in the 1950s. The show is the first live-action television series to feature the comic book character Superman and began filming in 1951. Sponsored by the cereal company Kellogg's, the series ran from September 1952 to April 1958 and starring George Reeves as Clark Kent/Superman and Phyllis Coates as Lois Lane in the first season. Noel Neillplayed Lois from seasons two to season six opposite Reeves. The series follows Superman as he batt...
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Supermanis a live-action television series in the 1990s, based on the comic book character Superman. The series takes us from the moment Clark Kent/Superman arrives in Metropolis and applies for a job at the Daily Planet, to his first meeting with Lois Lane, through to their romantic relationship and eventual marriage. The series ran from 1993 to 1997 and stars Dean Cain as Superman/Clark Kent and Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane. The show loosely followed John By...
Smallville
The television series Smallville aired from 2001 to 2011, began with a teenage Clark Kent (Tom Welling) learning to balance the demands of his powers with his desire to lead a normal life. Lois Lane (Erica Durance) was introduced as Chloe Sullivan's cousin in the fourth season. Clark and Lois first develop a friendship, and in the later seasons, a romantic relationship with Clark gradually falls in love with Lois and eventually reveals his alien origin to her. From the moment Lois was introdu...
In the movie Mermaids(1990) Kate Flax asked her sister Charlotte if her boyfriend ever kissed her like Superman kisses Lois Lane."Deeply Dippy" by the English band Right Said Fred featured on the album Upincludes a line "I'm your Superman, I'll explain you're my Lois Lane."In the Seinfeld episode "The Race," Jerry dates a woman named Lois and enjoys frequently using her first name and slyly making Superman-related references in her presence.In the Seinfeld episode "The Face Painter," George discovers that a woman he is dating is deaf in one ear and therefore might not have heard him tell her he loves her. "Don't you see what this mean...In 2006, DC Direct released a Superman Returns: The Daily Planet statue featuring Superman and Lois. It is one of four statues from Weta Collectibles inspired by the Superman Returnsfilm.Lois and Superman are part of the Man of Steel (2013) Superman: Black Zero Escape Legoset.In 2015, Cryptozoic Entertainmentreleased a Superman Lois Lane Rescue Fleischer statue, inspired by Fleischer Studio's 1940s Superman animated films.Superman: The Animated Series Superman and Lois action figures were released in 2016.Gerard Beritela (2007), "Super-Girls and Mild Mannered Men: Gender Trouble in Metropolis", The Amazing Transforming Superhero!, McFarland, ISBN 9780786431892The Man from Krypton: a closer look at Superman, BenBella Books, 2006, ISBN 9781932100778Rhonda V. Wilcox (1996), "Dominant Female, Superior Male: Control Schemata in Lois and Clark, Moonlighting, and Remington Steele", Journal of Popular Film and Television, 24 (1): 26–33, doi:10.1080...For the current season of Superman & Lois, see Season 4.For the upcoming episode of Superman & Lois, see "To Live and Die Again". For the titular characters, see Clark Kent and Lois Lane, respectively. "The world will always need Superman, and when there is a problem, you will be there for them, but right now, this family needs you more." —Lois Lane to Clark Kent[src] Superman & Lois is a ...
Feb 9, 2022 · About Superman & Lois. Superman and Lois is an American superhero drama television series developed by Todd Helbing and Greg Berlanti for The CW. It is based on the DC Comics characters Superman and Lois Lane. The CW show follows Clark Kent, a.k.a. Superman’s, return to Smallville with Lois Lane and their two sons Jonathan and Jordan Kent.
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Lois Lane is a reporter and the primary love interest to Superman (and in the DC continuity his wife). She is also known as "superwoman". She is a journalist for the Metropolis newspaper, The Daily Planet. Depictions of her have varied since she was created in 1938, spanning the Superman comic books. Throughout the character's long history, she has always been the most prominent love interest ...
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Superman & Lois: Created by Todd Helbing, Greg Berlanti. With Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Alex Garfin, Inde Navarrette. The world's most famous superhero and comic books' most famous journalist face the pressures and complexities that come with balancing work, justice, and parenthood in today's society.
