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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 26, 2022 22:27:00 GMT -5
That’s interesting, explain. I think I just figured we're primarily a bunch of older(ish), traditional readers, and on paper Lana is the more traditionally appealing prospect. Hmmm... and now that you've made me think about it, I realize that's a generalization, but hopefully not an offensive one to anybody! Who you callin' old? Why, in my day, we'd take a whipper-snapper like you out to the wood shed, walk 10 miles, uphill, in 30 feet of snow, barefoot, and it only cost us a nickel! Back then, nickels had pictures of bees on them; you'd say give me five Bees for a quarter. So, I was going over to Shelbyville, which was called Morganville, at the time. I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time...... What was yer question?
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Post by tartanphantom on Jan 26, 2022 22:36:38 GMT -5
Lana. I'm a sucker for redheads. Cei-U! I summon the mmmmmmroww! Ditto.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 27, 2022 0:08:16 GMT -5
I think I just figured we're primarily a bunch of older(ish), traditional readers, and on paper Lana is the more traditionally appealing prospect. Hmmm... and now that you've made me think about it, I realize that's a generalization, but hopefully not an offensive one to anybody! Who you callin' old? Why, in my day, we'd take a whipper-snapper like you out to the wood shed, walk 10 miles, uphill, in 30 feet of snow, barefoot, and it only cost us a nickel! Back then, nickels had pictures of bees on them; you'd say give me five Bees for a quarter. So, I was going over to Shelbyville, which was called Morganville, at the time. I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time...... What was yer question? Was it a yellow onion or a white onion? I remember when we couldn’t get the yellow onions because of the war!
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Post by Chris on Jan 27, 2022 2:45:44 GMT -5
I never cared about superheroes and their love lives anyway and never understood the emphasis on such matters. 'How Will Superman's Showdown with Luthor End?' is what I was into. Why I should care about 'Will Superman Give a Kiss on the Cheek to Lois or Lana?' was beyond me. Whew! I thought I was the only one.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 27, 2022 7:40:50 GMT -5
I agree 100% with Chadwilliam in that I'm not a big fan of Love Triangles or 'will they or won't they' in my superhero comics. That said, I'd definitely pick Lois, who I think is a much better character who I'd rather see in the book... Lana never did anything for me.
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Post by tarkintino on Jan 27, 2022 14:48:16 GMT -5
Lois Lane--particularly under Mort Weisinger--was more of a childish, plotting annoyance, than great supporting character, and certainly not a woman any man worth his sanity would ever find himself interested in. This portrayal of Lane also stained a number of film and TV adaptations, with Margot Kidder's version being the supreme fan-girl with her obsession with Superman (especially in Superman II) to the detriment of her overall character profile. Compare her to Lana from the horrible Superman III, and no one would have trouble deciding which woman would be the better choice.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 27, 2022 15:15:35 GMT -5
I feel bad for Lana.
I just read Lois Lane #103, the one where Lois marries the devil. Superman deflects a magic lightning bolt with his chest and accidentally kills Lois. In his grief, he marries Lois’s dead body.
And Lana is standing right there!
He picked Lois’s dead body over Lana!
Run, Lana, run! Find a nice college professor back in Smallville and stay there!
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Post by Commander Benson on Jan 27, 2022 16:00:28 GMT -5
If those are my only two choices, then I have to go with Lana. She's slightly less duplicitous than Lois and a lot less shrewish.
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Post by profh0011 on Jan 27, 2022 16:54:34 GMT -5
Lois marries the devil. Superman deflects a magic lightning bolt with his chest and accidentally kills Lois. In his grief, he marries Lois’s dead body. Does this mean Lois is guilty of polygamy?
Is Superman guilty of necrophilia, or something even more perverse?
Who-- or what-- performed the cermony?
This is a NEW YORK POST cover story waiting to happen!
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Post by majestic on Jan 27, 2022 17:05:54 GMT -5
Lana. I'm a sucker for redheads. Cei-U! I summon the mmmmmmroww! my high school sweetheart was a brunette. I'm sure she has grey hair now. However my college sweetheart still has red hair after our 40 years together!
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Post by Dizzy D on Jan 28, 2022 3:55:28 GMT -5
Lois marries the devil. Superman deflects a magic lightning bolt with his chest and accidentally kills Lois. In his grief, he marries Lois’s dead body. Does this mean Lois is guilty of polygamy?
Is Superman guilty of necrophilia, or something even more perverse?
Who-- or what-- performed the cermony?
This is a NEW YORK POST cover story waiting to happen!
Did Superman use his Super Ventriloquism to have dead Lois Lane say "I do?" These are questions that need answers.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 30, 2022 13:37:09 GMT -5
Lois Lane--particularly under Mort Weisinger--was more of a childish, plotting annoyance, than great supporting character, and certainly not a woman any man worth his sanity would ever find himself interested in. This portrayal of Lane also stained a number of film and TV adaptations, with Margot Kidder's version being the supreme fan-girl with her obsession with Superman (especially in Superman II) to the detriment of her overall character profile. Compare her to Lana from the horrible Superman III, and no one would have trouble deciding which woman would be the better choice. They were both pretty childish in the 'real' silver age stories, but Lois always shines in the 'imaginary ones, IMO. Those ones which involve the two plotting against each other and Superman refereeing (but clearly enjoying and sometimes even antogonizing) are my least favorite for sure.
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Post by speakerdad on Jan 31, 2022 11:43:28 GMT -5
Lana - red heads all the way!
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Post by MDG on Jan 31, 2022 14:08:46 GMT -5
I love Schaffenberger's Lois, but I have a soft spot for Irv Novick's. I bought most of my Lois's as back issues in the 80s/90s, but this is the only one I bought off the stands 'cause I was captivated by the house ad: Lois is pretty good in it, solving a real mystery without Supes' help (though he does have to super-solve the issue behind it.)
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Post by profh0011 on Jan 31, 2022 19:06:01 GMT -5
"imprisoned for life"WHAT A JERK! And how is that HIS judgement to make? I prefer the story where Clark Kent deliberately gets himself falsely sent to prison to get the goods on a convict, and while he's there, starts a fight, gets himself put into solitary confinement, then breaks out during the night to go to a diner as Superman (while pretending to be on a hunger strike as Clark). Fun stuff.
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