Traditionally, Lois Lane ( and sometimes others ) would often suspect Superman of truly being Clark Kent ; this was particularly prominent in Silver Age stories, including those in the series Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane.

During this period near the end of the industry revival historians call the Silver Age of comic books, Adams was soon assigned his first superhero covers, illustrating that of the Superman flagship Action Comics # 356 ( Nov. 1967 ) and the same month's Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane # 79 ( Nov. 1967 ), featuring Superman and a mysterious new costumed character, Titanman.

The character made forty appearances in the Superman family of titles — Action Comics, Superman, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane, Adventure Comics, Secret Society of Super Villains, and DC Comics Presents — from 1959 to 1984, prior to a reboot of the DC Universe as a result of the limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths # 1-12 ( April 1985-March 1986 ).

Catwoman made her first Silver Age appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane # 70 ( November 1966 ); afterward, she continued to make appearances across the various Batman comics.

Lori was first introduced in the story " The Girl in Superman's Past " in Superman # 129 ( May 1959 ).

" Imaginary Stories " appeared often enough that sometimes comics, such as Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane # 15 ( February 1960 )— the cover of which appeared to depict Superman marrying Lois Lane — had to assure readers that their contents were not " imaginary ".

# redirect Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane

Lex's father first appears in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane # 23 ( 1961 ), in the story " The Curse of Lena Thorul!

* Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane # 82-85, 87-88, 90, 93, 96-101 ( 1968 – 70 )

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane was a comic book series published monthly by DC Comics focusing on the adventures of supporting character Lois Lane.

With the similarly themed Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen as its senior, Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane would mark the second comic series based on a Superman supporting character.

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The character was believed to have died in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane # 120 ( March 1972 ) but was later revived in a story in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen # 160 ( October 1973 ).

She is killed by the Tangent version of Power Girl in Tangent: Superman's Reign # 4.

Other well-known " relevant " comics include the Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane story " I Am Curious: Black ", where Lois becomes a black woman for a day, " Demon in a Bottle ", where Iron Man confronts his alcoholism, and the socially conscious stories written by Steve Gerber in such titles as Howard the Duck and Omega the Unknown.

Schaffenberger was best known for his work on Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family ( during both the Golden Age and Silver Age of comics ), as well as his work on the title Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane during the 1950s and 1960s.

In this capacity, he was the lead artist on the book, Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane, for the entirety of its first decade.

Superman Family was an amalgamation of the titles Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane and Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, along with the first series of Supergirl.

* Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane ( Rose and Thorn ) # 117-121 ( 1971 – 72 )

Reuniting with Kanigher, Andru co-created the " Rose & The Thorn " backup feature in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane # 105 ( Oct. 1970 ).

The crossover depicted the world's reaction to Superman's death in " Funeral for a Friend ," the emergence of four individuals believed to be the " new " Superman, and the eventual return of the original Superman in " Reign of the Supermen!

* Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane # 66, 79 ( 1966-67 )

Fellow reporter Lois Lane became the object of Clark's / Superman's romantic affection.

Although he tricks Lois ' clone into divulging Superman's secret identity, he still fails in destroying Superman, and is killed in the destruction of his lab in his underground subway hideout.

The widow dies shortly after Superman's return to Earth, and Luthor immediately sets out to avenge himself, first by ransacking the Fortress of Solitude, and later through the abduction of Lois Lane and her son Jason.

Frakes and Francis appeared together in Lois & Clark in the episode " Don't Tug on Superman's Cape " as a creepily too-good-to-be-true couple.

* Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman – Tim Lake in episode " Don't Tug on Superman's Cape "

One such story is in Action Comics # 156 ( May 1951 ), in which Lois accidentally gains those powers through an invention of Superman's arch-foe, Lex Luthor.

Although Superman's Metropolis is usually used as an allegory for New York City, and in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman is located in the fictional state of New Troy, one Adventures of Superman episode actually alludes to Superman living in Illinois.

In an episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, he played Superman's deceased Kryptonian father Jor-El, who appeared to his son through holographic recordings.

When she learns that Kal-El ( Superman's Kryptonian name ) prefers the company of a certain Terrestrial named Lois Lane, Mala turns against Superman and later releases General Jax-Ur ( a version of General Zod, although named after another villain from the Superman comics ) to take over Earth.

This plan backfires, as Halk Kar begins to assume a superior attitude to Superman and even begins to make romantic advances on Superman's girlfriend, Lois Lane.

When Bizarro encountered Superman once again, he had developed certain powers that were the opposite of Superman's ( such as possessing freeze vision as opposed to heat vision ), and unsuccessfully attempts to once again kidnap Lois Lane.

" Pitted against Superman's wits was Lois Lane, and under Weisinger's editorship stories in which she sought to prove that Superman was Clark Kent abounded.

" It therefore becomes clear that Lois has discovered Superman's secret identity, although apparently only in the course of the last episode of season two.

One main point in this series was, with the exception of Lois and four villains ( Mister Mxyzptlk, Diana Stride, Jason Mazik and Tempus ), everyone who has found out Superman's true identity has either been killed or had his / her memory erased.

Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, Clark's colleagues at the office, often find themselves in dangerous situations which can only be resolved with Superman's timely intervention.

Lois Lane was the impact of Superman's presence and on the idea of Superman in general, Lex Luthor was about how his rivalry with Superman was like a love story between him and Metropolis, and Lana Lang finally gave and explained the heroism of both Clark and Superman.

The stories after the funeral often dealt with the emotions felt by the general public as well as specific characters entwined within Superman's world, including Lois Lane, Clark Kent's parents, and even a number of supervillains.

From Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen # 84 ( April 1965 ).

He returns in Superman # 4, first trying to use a stolen Earthquake machine and challenging Superman to a duel of his science vs Superman's powers, which Superman wins ; however, this was just a distraction to allow him to steal the machine.

The Silver Age Superman was not alone in the survival of Krypton's destruction, being joined by his cousin Supergirl, the Phantom Zone criminals, Beppo the super-monkey, Krypto the Superdog, a juvenile delinquent named Dev-Em, and the entire population of the city of Kandor, Supergirl's real parents and even Superman's real parents ( in hibernation on a space ship-Superboy # 158 July-1969 ), When the planet exploded, one entire city of Krypton, Argo City, survived the cataclysm.

In 1985, writer Alan Moore gave a somewhat darker glimpse into the world of Krypton in his story " For the Man Who Has Everything " ( in Superman Annual # 11 ), the premise being an elaborate dream of Superman's in which Krypton had not exploded and he'd grown to adulthood there.

Smallville is retroactively shown as the Golden Age Superman's childhood hometown as well, as seen in the " Mr. and Mrs. Superman " series in Superman Family, as well as in New Adventures of Superboy # 15-16 ( March – April 1981 ).

A precursor to the Lar Gand character appeared in the story " Superman's Big Brother ", in Superman # 80 ( January – February 1953 ).

He first appeared in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen # 22 ( August 1957 ).

Action Comics # 850 presents the latest revision of Superman's origin, containing many subtle retcons to Superman: Birthright, the latest major revision of Superman's continuity.

This was most obvious in Superman: The Man of Steel # 75, a pastiche of Superman's death in Superman volume 2 # 75, where Mxyzptlk creates a duplicate of Doomsday.

In the recently released Action Comics Annual # 10 ( 2007 ), " Superman's Top 10 Most Wanted " describes Mr. Mxyzptlk and provides the pronunciation as mix-yez-pittle-ik, exactly like the 1967 animated series.

Following revisions to Superman's continuity in Action Comics # 850, Brainiac reappeared in a self-titled five part story-arc in Action Comics.

( 1986 ), The Batman Chronicles # 21 ( May 2000, solicited as Elseworlds, but has no logo ), Bizarro Comics ( June 2001, which featured the story " Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter " from the cancelled Elseworlds 80-Page Giant ), Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again ( 2001 ), Batman: Digital Justice ( 1990 ), and Superman: Secret Identity ( 2004 ) were referred to as Elseworlds in the DC Universe without the name brand logo.

The 1997 Tangent Comics fifth-week event ( by Booster Gold creator Dan Jurgens ) originally introduced an entirely different version of Booster Gold, a yacht-owning gentleman connected to the origins of the mysterious Green Lantern ; when the Tangent Comics universe was later amalgamated into Earth-9 of the 52 multiverse, 2008's Tangent: Superman's Reign # 1 ( again by Jurgens ) introduced an African American superhero by that name.

* Tangent: Superman's Reign # 1-12 ( 2008-2009 ) ( writer )

A splash panel from the first issue references Superman's pose on the cover of Superman # 1.