The Ultimate Toxic Girlfriend
For most of Superman's run, Lois is hopelessly infatuated with Superman while completely ignoring Clark Kent. That is, if she doesn't hold him in contempt for constantly ducking out whenever something particularly dangerous is happening. Clark is infatuated with Lois but conflicted as to whether to reveal his identity (and put Lois in danger of being targeted by Superman's enemies) or still try to win her affections as Clark Kent. Clark is the better reporter of the two, which is the only reason he has any respect from Lois at all.
In the hands of good writers, this works really well. Most versions of Lois Lane since Margo Kidder played opposite Christopher Reeve in the classic 1978 movie have her as a highly competent newspaper reporter who has agency of her own--and, more importantly, common sense.
Lois Lane in the 1950s, however, was a different creature entirely. It seemed like every other issue had Lois placing herself in jeopardy to get Superman's attention. Often, Superman is dealing with a real problem that requires his attention but somehow he manages to save Lois at the same time. It never occurs to her that at some point he's not going to be able to get to her (which played a critical role in the 1978 movie, although that was hardly her fault).
(Meanwhile, over in the Marvel Universe, Spider-Man still can't get over the night Gwen Stacy died...)
This is either malignant narcissism or a complete lack of a sense of self-preservation. The other members of the Justice League have got to notice. At some point there's going to be an intervention. It might sound something like this:
Batman: We need to talk to you, Clark. It's about Lois
Superman: What about her?
Green Lantern (Guy Gardner works best here): That woman seriously needs some sort of help, and it ain't from no meta-human...
Batman: Last week while you had to save that village in Tibet from an avalanche, Dick and I had to keep Lois from throwing herself into the steam digester at the Metropolis Rendering Plant. If we hadn't been in town for negotiations with LexCorp who knows what would have happened?
Aquaman: Yes, about a month ago she threw herself off of a ship in the middle of the Atlantic to get your attention. Who did she expect was going to rescue her out there? I reminded her of our agreement that the ocean is my territory. Not that you can't handle it, Clark, but even you can only be in one place at a time! The next time she does this, I'm just going to send a giant squid to do the job for me.
Wonder Woman: Seriously, you can do a lot better than her. Even if you were just Clark Kent you could do better! Besides, do you know how much invisible fuel for an invisible jet costs? I should show you the bill for that time when I had to rescue her from that atoll in the middle of the South Pacific after Arthur specifically told her not to deliberately maroon herself there. You and Guy were off fighting that alien invasion fleet just outside Saturn's orbit and you couldn't rush back. Like her voice could have reached you in the vacuum of space anyway!
Flash: Yeah, I've had to rescue her from oncoming trains six times this past month! Do you realize how much I have to eat after accessing the Speed Force? I've put a Golden Corral, an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet, and two Big Belly Burger franchises out of business so far! And it's not fair to expect Bruce to keep paying the bill all the time. Better start crushing some coal into diamonds, Clark, because we all know what newspaper reporters make!
Superman (defensively): Okay, okay, I'll think about it! I know she's a bad mistake but sometimes...
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