Lana Lang or Lois Lane?

[Timothy]

I'm a Lana person, which I guess comes from being raised in rural areas... That, and I have a thing for redheads ;D

[Jack Napier]

My vote goes to Post-Crisis Lana Lang, mainly the version in Superman For All Seasons.

As classic as the Superman-Lois relationship is, I've always had a bit of a problem with how, in most comics (before she found out his secret), Clark was in love with someone who treated him badly (she was always stealing the stories from him in the forties cartoons. I'm surprised Clark kept his job!) and always got into reckless trouble, while a sweet girl back at his home town already had accepted both sides of him and was in love with him.

I can't help but read Superman For All Seasons and say to myself, "Geez, Clark, how can you fall for this one and how can you NOT fall for Lana?"

[Timothy]

Jun 23, 2008 20:55:12 GMT -5 Jack Napier said:

My vote goes to Post-Crisis Lana Lang, mainly the version in Superman For All Seasons.

I loved that version, too; she was also the one with my favorite quote about Superman from the same story.

People wondered why anyone with those kinds of powers and abilities... would use them to help others and not for their own benefit. No one would give it a second thought how Chief Parker came out on such a horrible night to warn us [of the flood]... Any more than when a fireman rushes into a burning house, not so much to rescue someone, but to find out if there is anyone who needs rescuing. Every time a nurse bandages a wound... Every time a pastor offers comfort... Every time a parent hugs their child. These are choices each of us makes not only to do good, but to inspire good in others

Jun 23, 2008 20:55:12 GMT -5 Jack Napier said:

As classic as the Superman-Lois relationship is, I've always had a bit of a problem with how, in most comics (before she found out his secret), Clark was in love with someone who treated him badly

Me'thinks that Superman liked someone who treated him roughly because it reminded him that he didn't have to live in a "world of cardboard" all the time.

Jun 23, 2008 20:55:12 GMT -5 Jack Napier said:

(she was always stealing the stories from him in the forties cartoons. I'm surprised Clark kept his job!)

I think he would have kept his job simply because he's a man; Lois Lane, the "girl reporter" would be the first to go even though, as you said, she kept stealing stories.

Jun 23, 2008 20:55:12 GMT -5 Jack Napier said:

...while a sweet girl back at his home town already had accepted both sides of him and was in love with him.

As a writer, I'd rather showcase Lana and Clark together, especially if they were living in Metropolis. That way, you'd have the familiar loving relationship from the farm between the two, but you'd have the tension between Clark and Lois as well.

Jun 23, 2008 20:55:12 GMT -5 Jack Napier said:

I can't help but read Superman For All Seasons and say to myself, "Geez, Clark, how can you fall for this one and how can you NOT fall for Lana?"

My theory is that Clark, having grown up in the country, was enamored by the "big city" when he first arrived. As such, he tended to downplay how much his home meant to him in pursuit of what he considered "bigger and better things," including women in his life.

[Jack Napier]

Good points.
Karma for you, my friend.

[Timothy]

;D Thanks man.