Editing Lois Lane (section)

==In other versions==
During the years 1942–1985 Editora Brasil-América and [[Editora Abril]] which published the [[Brazil]]ian versions of Superman comics, Lois Lane's name was translated to "Miriam Lane" and later to "Miriam Lois Lane." In [[Spanish language|Spanish]] speaking countries, her name was translated to "Luisa Lane" in comics, TV series and movies.

===Elseworlds imprint===
*''[[Superman: Speeding Bullets]]'', a 1993 [[Elseworlds]] story based on the concept of an amalgamation of Superman and [[Batman]]. Martha and [[Thomas Wayne]] discovered Baby Kal-El, adopt and named him Bruce. Bruce discovers his superpowers when his parents are killed and create the identity Batman to fight criminals in [[Gotham City]]. Lois relocates to Gotham City after Lex Luthor buys the ''Daily Planet'', and soon forms a relationship with Bruce Wayne, the owner of her new job at the ''Gotham Gazette''. She later convinces him to abandon the identity of Batman and adopt a more hopeful persona of Superman.
*''[[Superman: The Feral Man of Steel]]'', a 1994 Elseworlds special in ''Superman'' (vol. 2) Annual #6, based on [[Mowgli|The Jungle Book]] stories with elements from [[Tarzan]]. Raised by [[Wolf|wolves]] in 19th-century [[India]]n Jungle and is given the name K'L'L. Lois is an American girl who falls for K'L'L.
*In ''Superman: Kal'', Lady Loisse is the daughter of the late Lord Lane in the [[Middle Ages]]. She is held captive by Baron Luthor, who hopes to make her his bride. Lois falls for Kal, a blacksmith's apprentice after he wins a contest against Luthor's best fighters. She accepts his request for her hand in marriage, as payment for him forging a suit of armour for Luthor from his rocket. After their wedding, Loisse is taken from Kal by Luthor, who subsequently killed her.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Dave Gibbons|Gibbons, Dave]]| penciller= [[José Luis García-López|García-López, José Luis]]| inker= García-López, José Luis| story= Superman: Kal| title= Superman: Kal| issue= #1| date= 1995}}</ref>
*Lois is a teacher from the undercity in the 1996 series, ''Superman's Metropolis'', modelled on [[Fritz Lang]]'s classic 1927 science-fiction film ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]''.
*''[[Superman: War of the Worlds]]'', a Superman story adapted into the [[H. G. Wells]] novel ''[[The War of the Worlds]]''. Set in 1938, after applying for a job at the [[Daily Star (DC Comics)|Daily Star]], Clark and Lois witness the arrival of the [[Martian]] invasion of Earth. Superman dies saving the Earth, and Lois marries Lex Luthor who becomes the [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]].
* In the 1998 series, ''[[JLA: The Nail]]'', the Kents never found Clark, Lois is selected by [[Hal Jordan|Green Lantern]] to provide the Justice League with some positive media presentation after a recent propaganda campaign focuses on the idea that many modern metahumans are alien invaders. Tracking recent kidnapped heroes to a secret base, Lois is introduced to the Kents, who provide a safe house for various heroes after Lana Lang smuggled them out of the facility, and later discovers that the true mastermind behind the conspiracy is [[Jimmy Olsen]], mutated into a Kryptonian through genetic experiments carried out based on DNA samples found in Kal-El's crashed and abandoned ship. Jimmy is finally defeated by Kal-El, who was here raised by an Amish couple until their deaths at Olsen's hands, with Lois writing about how Kal-El's time with the Kents helped him accept his abilities and grow into the Superman he should have been. In the sequel, ''[[JLA: Another Nail]]'' Lois helps the Kents create Kal-El's 'Clark' disguise- albeit naming him 'Carl' on impulse- to give him a chance at a normal life outside of his role as Superman, reasoning that the simplicity of the glasses will stop people paying too much attention to him, while their original plan to completely cover him with a false beard would make people suspect that Kal-El had something to hide.
*[[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]]'s ''[[Superman & Batman: Generations]]'' follow the life and families of Superman and Lois and their descendants over the course of three separate Elseworlds series.
*Published in 1999, ''[[The Superman Monster]]'' takes elements from [[Mary Shelley]]'s novel ''[[Frankenstein]]'' where Superman is similar to the [[Frankenstein's monster|Frankenstein monster]]. Set in Gotham City in 1888, Eloise Edge is the daughter of Burgomaster Edge and the fiancé of scientist Vicktor Luthor who creates the creature, Klaus, using Kryptonian technology. Eloise develops an affection for Klaus, and after she is killed by a ricocheting bullet and revived in the same Matrix that created Klaus, she accompanies him to the Arctic to learn more about her new condition.
*In the series, ''[[Son of Superman]]'', fifteen years after the disappearance of Superman, Lois' teenage son Jon Kent begins to display superpowers and learns his father is Superman. Jon joins the rebel organization to fight against the corrupt U.S. government.
*In ''[[JLA: Created Equal]]'', all men on Earth except Superman and Lex Luthor are killed by a strange disease. When Lois become pregnant, Superman is forced to leave Earth after Luthor reveals he is still a carrier for the disease. Years later, Lois gives birth to her and Clark's son, Adam, who has various half-siblings conceived with the other females using sperm samples provided by Superman, but Adam accidentally kills his mother when he hugs her too hard.
*Lois is a captain in the military in series ''[[Superman: Last Son of Earth]]'' and ''[[Superman: Last Stand on Krypton]]''. A reverse of the Superman origin with Kal-El being sent from Earth to Krypton, discovering the [[Green Lantern]] power ring, and journeys to Earth and help its people fight against the dictator Luthor.
*In ''[[Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle]]'', Kal-El, the last survivor of Krypton crash-lands in East [[Africa]] and is raised by [[ape]]s to become the Lord of the Jungle; and meet the adventurer John Greystoke, Jane Clayton and her friend Metropolis reporter Lois Lane.
* In the 2003 [[Elseworlds]] series ''[[Superman: Red Son]]'', Superman's escape rocket did not land in [[Smallville (comics)|Smallville]], but in the Soviet Union under [[Joseph Stalin]]. Lois is married to [[Lex Luthor]] but still uses the surname Lane for her articles in the ''Daily Planet''. Superman saves her life, and the two have an instant attraction with each other; however, Lois never acts on her feelings and remains married to Luthor. When her husband is elected President, Lois becomes First Lady and serves as an unofficial American emissary to [[Wonder Woman]]. After the fall of Superman's Greater [[Soviet Union]] and presumed death, he attends his "funeral" wearing a suit and glasses. He and Lois are shown looking at each other before he departs.
*''[[Superman: True Brit]]'', the 2004 series re-imagines the origin of Superman, where his spaceship crashed in [[Weston-super-Mare]] in [[England]] instead of the town of Smallville in America. A humorous look at Superman and the British [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid]] press, it features Louisa Layne-Ferret, a hard-edged reporter. Lois herself briefly appears to offer an American perspective on Superman and invites Colin Clark to visit America.

===''Flashpoint''===
In the alternate timeline of the ''[[Flashpoint (comics)|Flashpoint]]'' event, a young Lois Lane sneaks into the facility where her father Sam Lane is stationed to bring him a birthday cake. During a breakout, Lois briefly encounters [[Superman|Kal-El]] and [[Apollo (comics)|Neil Sinclair]]. Sinclair attempts to pursue revenge against her father for the experiments that were performed on him. Sam traps Sinclair and himself in the [[Phantom Zone]].<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Scott Snyder|Snyder, Scott]]; Francis, Lowell| penciller= [[Gene Ha|Ha, Gene]]| inker= Ha, Gene| story= In These Small Hands| title= Flashpoint: Project Superman| issue= #2| date= September 2011}}</ref>

Years later, Lois is reporting on a fashion show in [[Montmartre]] when the Atlanteans flooded Europe. She is saved by the Amazons who take her to "New Themiscyra" (the United Kingdom). Once there, she learns that Jimmy Olsen, who dies in the flood while trying to save an old man, was an agent of [[Cyborg (DC Comics)|Cyborg]]. Lois agrees to spy on the Amazons for Cyborg. When the time comes for her to undergo a near-fatal "conversion" into the Amazonian ranks, she escapes, aided by Penny Black, who is wounded by [[Artemis of Bana-Mighdall|Artemis]] in the process.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Dan Abnett|Abnett, Dan]]; Lanning, Andy| penciller=Nunez, Eddie|inker=Ho, Don| story= Breaking News| title= Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance| issue= #1| date= August 2011}}</ref>

During this time, Lois walks through the remains of the [[London Underground]] and encounters [[Grifter (comics)|Grifter]] and the Resistance.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= [[Geoff Johns|John, Geoff]]
| penciller= [[Andy Kubert|Kubert, Andy]]| inker= Hope, Sandra| story= Flashpoint Chapter Three of Five| title= [[Flashpoint (comics)|Flashpoint]]| issue= #3| date= September 2011}}</ref> Lois soon joins the Resistance. After meeting up with the recovering Penny, she uses Cyborg's device to locate her missing armor at [[Westminster]].<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Abnett, Dan; Lanning, Andy| penciller=Gugliotta, Gianluca| inker= Gugliotta, Gianluca| story= Live and Exclusive| title= Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance| issue= #2| date= September 2011}}</ref> Lois later broadcasts a message to the world that the Amazons have imprisoned people in internment. The Amazons in Westminster attempt to kill her.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Abnett, Dan; Lanning, Andy| penciller=Duce, Christian| inker= Wong, Walden| story= Kill the Story| title= Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance| issue= #3| date= October 2011}}</ref> Lois is then rescued by Kal-El (who comes to protect her from Sinclair who has returned). During the fight, Kal-El manages to destroy Sinclair, but Lois is caught in the blast. Before Lois dies in the arms of Kal-El, she tells him to save the people.<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Snyder, Scott; Francis, Lowell| penciller= Ha, Gene| inker= Ha, Gene| story= Battle's Eve| title= Flashpoint: Project Superman| issue= #3| date= October 2011}}</ref>

===''Injustice: Gods Among Us''===
In the digital prequel comic to the video game ''[[Injustice: Gods Among Us]]'', Lois is married to Superman and is pregnant with their child. While on a story at the docks with Jimmy Olsen, she is kidnapped by [[Joker (character)|The Joker]] and [[Harley Quinn]] and taken to a submarine where they perform surgery on her. When the Joker is captured by the [[Justice League]], he informs them he has planted a nuclear bomb in Metropolis and wired the detonator to Lois's heart, set to go off when she dies. While under the influence of [[Scarecrow (DC Comics)|Scarecrow]]'s kryptonite-laced fear gas, Superman mistakes Lois for [[Global catastrophic risk|Doomsday]] and, in an attempt to protect his family, unknowingly flies up into space with her, killing both Lois and their unborn child in the process. When she dies, a nuclear bomb obliterates Metropolis. Superman, devastated by the death of Lois and their unborn child as well as his inadvertent role in destroying Metropolis, kills the Joker and begins his campaign for world domination. Her death serves as the catalyst for Superman's new outlook, as he becomes more willing to kill to protect the world.

In Year Three of the series, Superman was put in a magic comatose sleep, where events played out differently in his dream scenario. In this dream world, Superman imagines he had broken free of the fear gas in time to save Lois and their unborn child. Batman had killed Joker to prevent the possibility of another attack on Superman and his family. Lois eventually gave birth to their daughter Lara Lane-Kent. Superman and Lois live a happy and normal life, raising their daughter Lara, who eventually develops superpowers and with her father's guidance becomes a superhero of her own. Superman is eventually awakened from his slumber by [[Ares]] and is left feeling angrier and more bitter after realizing and living the life he could have had with Lois and their child. In Year Five, in an alternate world, Lois and Clark are shown happily visiting Clark's parents, telling them that she is pregnant.

===''DC Comics Bombshells''===
''[[DC Comics Bombshells]]'', a comic book series set in an alternate history of [[World War II]], Eloisa "Lois" Lane is a mixed-race 17-year-old [[newspaper hawker]] from Metropolis' Cuban district. When criminals working for [[Killer Frost]] kidnaps her, she is rescued by the [[Batgirl]]s (a group of female vigilantes) and partners with them to defeat [[Hugo Strange]], the man who crippled her mother.<ref><!--print edition-->{{cite comic|writer= Bennett, Marguerite|penciller= Andolfo, Mirka; Qualano, Pasquale|inker= Andolfo, Mirka; Qualano, Pasquale|story= Batgirls Swing Again!|title= DC Comics Bombshells|issue= 13|date= July 2016}}</ref> Later in the series, she gets a job working at the ''Gotham Gazette'' for [[Vicki Vale]] and eventually begins dating Supergirl.

===''Nightwing: The New Order''===
In an alternate reality, [[Nightwing (Dick Grayson)|Nightwing]] activates a device ending an ongoing war between the super-powered beings and depowers ninety percent of the superhero population and leads to a future where superpower is outlawed. Lois is a [[Blue Lantern Corps|Blue Lantern]] and a member of the [[Teen Titans|Titans]], who form a resistance against the anti-metahuman government.

===''Superman: Secret Identity''===
Published in 2004, ''[[Superman: Secret Identity]]'' is a four-issue miniseries written by [[Kurt Busiek]] and art by [[Stuart Immonen]]. Set in the real world where superheroes only exist in comic books. Clark Kent, living in a small town in Kansas, discovers that he has the same powers as Superman, the fictional superhero he was named after. Years later, Clark moves to [[New York City|New York]], working as a writer and secretly saving people with his abilities. He meets Lois Chaudhari, an Indian American designer on a blind date (set up by friends because their names resemble the fictional couple Clark Kent and Lois Lane). The two quickly fall in love, got married and had twin daughters Jane and Carol Kent, who also inherit their father's powers.

===''Gotham City Garage''===
''Gotham City Garage'', a digital-first comic book series written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, reimagines DC superheroes and villains as bikers in a [[post-apocalyptic]] world. Governor Lex Luthor controls the modern utopia Gotham City and the rest of the continent is a wasteland. Lois Lane runs a rebel news radio station "The Frequency". When [[Big Barda|Barda]] ask for help, Lois and Jimmy Olsen join her in the resistance.

===Tales from the Dark Multiverse===
''Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Death of Superman'', an anthology series that explores alternate takes on classic DC stories set in a different world in the Dark Multiverse. After Superman is killed by Doomsday, filled with anger and grief, Lois merges with the Eradicator and gains Kryptonian powers so she can take revenge on the corrupt world and those who let Superman die.

===Marvel Comics cameos===
Lois Lane has had several (mostly cameo) appearances alongside [[Clark Kent]] in past works of [[Marvel Comics]], namely in ''[[Uncanny X-Men|X-Men]]'' #98, ''[[Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' (1976), ''[[Thor (Marvel Comics)|The Mighty Thor]]'' #341 (1984), ''[[Excalibur (comics)|Excalibur]]'' #8,<ref>[https://io9.gizmodo.com/10-weird-times-marvel-and-dc-unofficially-crossed-over-5872936 Lamar, Cyriaque: "10 Weird Times Marvel and DC Unofficially Crossed Over". Gizmodo, January 1, 2012.]</ref> [[Ghost Rider (Danny Ketch)|''Ghost Rider'']] (vol. 3) #66 (1995), and ''Marvels Epilogue'' (September 2019).