Claim: Lois Lane influenced Nellie Bly.
Evidence: She was also influenced by the real-life journalist Nellie Bly.
Elizabeth Cochran Seaman -LRB- May 5 , 1864 -- January 27 , 1922 -RRB- , known by her pen name Nellie Bly , was an American journalist.
Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster , she first appeared in Action Comics # 1 -LRB- June 1938 -RRB-.