Editing Lois Lane (section)

==Publication history==
Lois Lane made her debut in ''[[Action Comics]]'' [[Action Comics 1|#1]] (June 1938), the first published Superman story.<ref>{{cite book|chapter= 1930s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |page=20}}</ref> Lois is the daughter of Ella and [[Sam Lane (comics)|Sam Lane]], in earlier comics, her parents were farmers in a town called Pittsdale.<ref name="loislane13">{{cite comic| writer= [[Robert Bernstein (comics)|Bernstein, Robert]] | penciller= [[Kurt Schaffenberger|Schaffenberger, Kurt]]| inker= Schaffenberger, Kurt| story= Introducing ... Lois Lane's Parents!| title= [[Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane]]| issue= #13 | date= November 1959| publisher=| page= | panel= }}</ref> The modern comics depicts Lois as a former [[Military brat (U.S. subculture)|Army brat]], born at [[Ramstein Air Base]] with Lois having been trained by her father, a US Army General, in areas such as hand-to-hand combat and the use of firearms. She has one sibling, her younger sister [[Lucy Lane]].<ref>{{Cite comic | writer = [[John Byrne (comics)|Byrne, John]] | penciller = Byrne, John| inker = [[John Beatty (illustrator)|Beatty, John]] | story = The Power That Failed! | title = [[Superman vol. 2|Superman]] | volume = 2 | issue = #19 | date = July 1988 | publisher = DC Comics | page = 2 | panel = 6 }}</ref> Lois is a journalist for the ''[[Daily Planet]]'', one of the best [[Investigative journalism|investigative reporters]] and the best at the newspaper she works at.<ref>{{cite web|title=DC Comics: Lois Lane|date=March 25, 2015|url=http://www.dccomics.com/characters/lois-lane|publisher=DC Comics|access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref> Lois has shown obtaining superpowers and becoming a superhero, some of her superhero identities are [[Superwoman]] and Red Tornado of Earth 2.

Aspects of Lois's personality have varied over the years, depending on the comic book writers handling of the character and American social attitudes toward women at the time. In most incarnations, she is shown to be an independent person who is smart, determined and strong-willed. Her physical appearance has varied over the years, depending either on contemporary fashion or media adaptations. In the 1990s, when the television series ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]'' began airing Lois received a haircut that made her look more like actress [[Teri Hatcher]], and her eyes were typically violet to match her character on ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]''. From the late 1980s through the 1990s she was depicted with auburn hair in the comic books.
 
In the 1940s, Lois had a newspaper comic strip, ''[[Superman (comic strip)#Spinoff|Lois Lane, Girl Reporter]]'', a direct spin-off of the Superman comic strip running at the time. A similarly titled comic series began appearing in the ''[[Superman (comic book)|Superman]]'' comic book in 1944, starting with ''Superman'' #28. In 1958, DC Comics gave Lois a comic book series, ''[[Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane]]''. The series focuses on her solo adventures and start publication in April 1958. In the 1960s, the series was one of DC's most popular titles and was the top ten best-selling comic books in America.<ref name="1962 Comic Book Sales Figures">{{cite web |url= http://www.comichron.com/yearlycomicssales/1960s/1962.html|title= 1962 Comic Book Sales Figures|first= John Jackson|last= Miller|date= n.d.|publisher= Comichron: The Comics Chronicles|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141008070224/http://www.comichron.com/yearlycomicssales/1960s/1962.html|archive-date= October 8, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> She had a series featured in ''[[The Superman Family]]'' comic book from 1974 to 1982. Released in 2019, ''Lois Lane'', a 12-issue series by writer [[Greg Rucka]] and artist [[Mike Perkins]] investigates threats and conspiracies in the DC Universe. 

Lois is the character most commonly associated with Superman, and [[Superman and Lois Lane|throughout their long history]], she has always been the most prominent love interest in Clark Kent/Superman's life. In the 1990s, after Clark proposes to Lois and reveals to her that he is Superman,<ref name="Superman50">{{cite comic| writer= [[Jerry Ordway|Ordway, Jerry]]| penciller= [[Dan Jurgens|Jurgens, Dan]]; [[Brett Breeding|Breeding, Brett]]; [[Kerry Gammill|Gammill, Kerry]]; [[Curt Swan|Swan, Curt]]; Ordway, Jerry; Byrne, John| inker= Breeding, Brett; [[Dennis Janke|Janke, Dennis]]; Byrne, John; Ordway, Jerry | story= Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite, Part 4: The Human Factor| title= Superman| volume= 2| issue= #50 | date= December 1990 }}</ref><ref name="Manning247">Manning, Matthew K. "1990s" in Dolan, p. 247: "When [Clark Kent] proposed to his longtime love Lois Lane, he did so in a modest fashion...Lois accepted and comic book history was made, served up by writer/artist Jerry Ordway."</ref> she married him in the comic book ''[[Superman: The Wedding Album]]'' (December 1996).<ref>{{cite comic| writer= Jurgens, Dan; [[Karl Kesel|Kesel, Karl]]; [[David Michelinie|Michelinie, David]]; [[Louise Simonson|Simonson, Louise]]; [[Roger Stern|Stern, Roger]]| penciller= Byrne, John; Gammill, Kerry; [[Gil Kane|Kane, Gil]]; [[Stuart Immonen|Immonen, Stuart]]; [[Paul Ryan (cartoonist)|Ryan, Paul]]; [[Jon Bogdanove|Bogdanove, Jon]]; [[Kieron Dwyer|Dwyer, Kieron]]; [[Tom Grummett|Grummett, Tom]]; [[Dick Giordano|Giordano, Dick]]; [[Jim Mooney|Mooney, Jim]]; Swan, Curt; [[Nick Cardy|Cardy, Nick]]; [[Al Plastino|Plastino, Al]]; [[Barry Kitson|Kitson, Barry]]; [[Ron Frenz|Frenz, Ron]]; Jurgens, Dan| inker= [[Terry Austin (comics)|Austin, Terry]]; [[Murphy Anderson|Anderson, Murphy]]; [[Bob McLeod (comics)|McLeod, Bob]]; [[Jose Marzan Jr.|Marzan Jr., Jose]]; Breeding, Brett; Janke, Dennis; [[Doug Hazlewood|Hazelwood, Doug]]; [[Denis Rodier|Rodier, Denis]]; [[Art Thibert|Thibert, Art]]; [[George Pérez|Pérez, George]]; [[Jackson Guice|Guice, Jackson]]; Cardy, Nick; Plastino, Al; McCarthy, Ray; [[Josef Rubinstein|Rubinstein, Joe]]; Ordway, Jerry| story= The Wedding Album| title= [[Superman: The Wedding Album]]| issue= #1| date= December 1996}}</ref><ref name="Manning275">Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 275: " The behind-the-scenes talent on the monumental issue appropriately spanned several generations of the Man of Tomorrow's career. Written by Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern, the one-shot featured the pencils of John Byrne, Gil Kane, Stuart Immonen, Paul Ryan, Jon Bogdanove, Kieron Dwyer, Tom Grummett, Dick Giordano, Jim Mooney, Curt Swan, Nick Cardy, Al Plastino, Barry Kitson, Ron Frenz, and Dan Jurgens."</ref> The couple's biological child in DC Comics [[Canon (fiction)|canon]] was born in ''Convergence: Superman'' #2 (July 2015) a son named Jonathan Samuel Kent, who eventually becomes [[Superboy]].