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I recently took the plunge and actually sorted out some comics from my collection to sell. You know things are getting bad economically if I'm resorting to this, but it was really very self-serving. For the mere price of a few old Claremont X-Men comics, I was able to garner enough credit at Purple Gorilla to pick up some really cool old Silver Age comics. Today's politically-incorrectly-titled issue was one of them.
(And I've just noticed, having the picture before me as I write, that Lois is looking pretty sexy in this apparently quite sheer dress she's wearing.)
Given that Lois is meant to be a perfect foil for Clark, a lot of the time in these older stories, she's portrayed as being much more flighty than we might expect of our contemporary Lois. The story from the cover, for example, is about Lois being in a play about Samson and Delilah, and Lois is tricked into believing that one of her fellow actors is actually Superman when he disguises himself. This really plays into Lois' inability to see past Clark's glasses. If she's so in love with Superman, but couldn't tell that this was just an actor playing him, perhaps she's the one who needs glasses.
That said, the stories herein are also wonderful examples of the toothless nature of Superman's stories at the time. Remember, superhero comics had fallen out of vogue a couple of decades earlier, and with the introduction of the Comics Code, stories had to both conform to a ridiculous standard while also appealing as widely as possible. This could be why many of the plots in Superman comics from this era resemble sitcom plots to me. They're very surface, mildly entertaining, and certainly not in danger of offending anyone.
Unless, of course, you're reading from the future, in which case we wonder why Lois didn't just ditch Superman and find someone who didn't gaslight her every day.
More to follow.
Further Reading and Related Posts
Lois's adventures continue in Superman Family, a few of which I've read.
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