Summary: <br> A look at some later Lois Lane adventures as part of a celebration of 75 years of Lois Lane.<br> Affiliate link included. <br> Transcript below:<br> Graham: I look at some more modern day Lois Lane comics as we continue our look at Lois Lane, A celebration of 75 Years straight ahead.<br><br> <br> Announcer: Welcome to the Classy Comics podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe. From Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham. <br> Graham: Well the first comic featured in part 3 of this book, is actually from Man of Steel Number 2. It is the John Byrne mini-series which relaunched Superman post-crisis and provided new detailed origin stories for Superman and his world. And I will say this, while John Byrne can be criticized for some of the elements he introduced for Superman, I think both this and also the story for Lois Lane that he plotted in Action Comics 600, which is also included in here, is really a grand story and does quite a bit of justice to Lois. The story does have some comedy to it, as she is just desperately trying to find Superman, get an exclusive and be able to hunt down this big story and you just appreciate how hard she worked and it’s not like she is humorous for trying to pursue the story. You almost feel for her because she goes to all this work to track down this story and nothing seems to work out but you do see the strength of her character even while she tries, which gives it a really good feel. <br> The Action Comics # 600 story is a backup feature featuring Lois that first has her tracking down a big story and getting it shoved to the inside of the paper because of a Superman story, which shows some of her professional frustration and then we get some personal frustration as she is dealing with rumors of a relationship between Superman and Wonder Woman; something that makes sense to a lot of comic book fans. That you have the strongest man, strongest woman; why don’t they get together and I think there certainly are people in comics who have tried that angle but it shows how it affects her as it just makes her feel like, well of course how could Superman be interested in a normal woman, how could you possibly compete with Wonder Woman.<br><br> Taken together this is a short story that just really works well. Even though it’s 8 pages long, it gives you some insight into Lois’ character. You see her as the hard-nosed reporter but you also still see a sort of vulnerability that makes her relatable. Action Comics #662, first of all, is a good comic. It’s a good story about Superman battling Silver Banshee and the conclusion of a multi-issue story involving Silver Banshee and it’s also where Superman reveals the truth of his identity to Lois Lane, and of course that’s a significant moment. The problem with this book is that the reveal of his secret identity comes right at the end of the issue and it’s advertised on the cover so it’s not a surprise to anyone. I guess other than it’s a surprise that they didn’t do a fake out, as often happened in previous ages of the comic but as a Lois Lane story it’s a bit dubious decision to include it because she doesn’t get to do a whole lot other than worry when Clark runs off and we don’t even get to see her reaction to this big revelation.<br><br> Then we get Lois Lane #1 and this was just a special issue. D.C. Comics was doing a series called Girlfriends, where they took female characters particularly, romantic interest who didn’t have their own comic book and gave them their own adventure and this is one where Lois goes vacationing, extensively with Clark, who arrives as Superman but then has to fly off in the middle and she stumbles into a mystery. It’s not an amazing comic by any means, but it’s a fun read where Lois gets to adventure and save the day and have some fun. Generally,
