Lois Lane

### Appearance

Long brown hair (curled at the bottom and shortened throughout the seasons), various earrings, smart suits (when working at the Daily Planet), casual wear (when not working).

## Actor/Actress

### Portrayed By

Teri Hatcher

*"You can't be a great reporter without taking some risks."*
—Lois Lane

**Lois Lane** is the deuteragonist of the series.

She was the gorgeous top reporter of the Daily Planet and the news partner, love interest and later wife of Clark Kent.

## Personality

Lois takes great pride in being a reporter and is a strong-willed woman. At first, she let her success go to her head to make her self-obsessed with being the best and even stooping as low as stealing ideas from other reporters, but that all changed when she met Clark Kent (aka Superman) who took her down a peg a two and they later became friends, news partners and then a married couple during which Lois' more caring side began to blossom.

Lois has a heart of gold and always sticks by her husband and friends through thick and thin, giving them great words of encouragement. However she is still a little stubborn and impulsive and the risks she takes as a reporter often puts herself and others in danger. She is also prepared to go to humiliating lengths to get her stories.

She loves her husband Clark dearly, not only because of his kind and caring personality, but also because of how he uses his Superman alter-ego to help others.

## History

Lois was the eldest daughter of Sam and Ellen Lane. Her parents rarely got on and she was often caught in the middle of their arguments which eventually ended in divorce.

Even though Sam loved both his daughters very much, his relationship with Lois was strained as he was disappointed that he had no sons to continue the proud family legacy. Lois became independent, determined to prove to her father that she could make him proud as any son could.

Lois attended Metropolis High School and eventually became the Class President. Her ability to write great stories for her class newspaper got her a job at the Daily Planet where she became of their most top reporters.

She became good friends with the editor Perry White and co-worker Jimmy Olsen.

Her first big story involved the arrest of a weapons designer named Kyle Griffin who had high-tech weapons that were being sold to the third world. He would eventually break out and get his revenge.

Her life of finding a decent boyfriend was complicated by many of them being scared off by her intelligence. She previously met a co-worker named Claude and they began to date but she made the mistake of telling him about a story she was working on. Next morning, both he and the story (which Claude won an award for) were gone. Because of this, Lois made three rules for herself: never get involved with the story, never let anyone get there first and never be intimate with co-workers, giving her the nickname "Mad Dog Lane".

She later shared a rivalry with society columnist Cat Grant as she disliked her flirtatious attitude and in return Cat poked fun at Lois never having a love life and choosing work over fun.

All in all, Lois thought she had it all and preferred her single overachieving life. But that was all about to change when she met Clark Kent.

### Season 1

When Clark arrived in Metropolis, Lois was asked by Perry to show Clark the ropes of being a reporter, but she didn't think of him as talented and described him as "a hack from nowhere's ville". However after Clark saved both herself and Jimmy from being killed at a rocket base, she started to gain more of a respect for him.

Soon a newcomer from the planet Krypton came to Metropolis, dressed in a red and blue suit with a shield resembling an "S" on both his chest and red cape. Lois named him "Superman" due to his insignia and became one of his biggest fans, unaware that he was really Clark Kent in disguise. She later got an exclusive interview with him. Superman told her that he was was here to help others in need. (*Pilot*), (*Strange Visitor (From Another Planet)*)

Gradually, Lois became more obsessed with finding out more about Superman and getting the exclusive story. She first stole a story from Clark and then a idea from Jimmy of how to find Superman.

Clark had had enough of her abhorrent attempts to get a story and decided to teach her a lesson by sending her a phony map of the location of Superman's spaceship to her apartment.

However when Clark was having problems with continuing to be Superman after the tests at the risk of people's lives that evil billionaire Lex Luthor was putting him through, she gave him some encouraging words that Superman couldn't be everywhere at once and as long as he was there to help others that was enough, making Clark feel guilty for pranking her.

   Later Lois found the map and set off to find the spaceship. She later arrived at the Daily Planet, humiliated and filthy with one of her high heels broken and covered in mosquito bites. She had been led on a false trail to the Metropolis sewage reclamation facility and had only found a toy dinosaur dressed in a Superman outfit for her trouble.

Clark meanwhile had got the story himself on the front page of the paper. At first Lois was angry at Clark for setting her up. But she eventually admitted that she deserved it and that Clark was a good reporter who worked hard to earn his success. (*Neverending Battle*)

Lois and Clark then teamed up on an assignment for the first time involving the death of a family friend named Allie. Their investigations led them to her father who was in charge of the sports medicine of boxers who were in reality cyborgs being used by Sam's partner Max who had murdered Allie to stop him from leaking information about them. Unbeknownst to them Lex was in the centre of the scheme as he wanted to control his own army of Supermen. Superman stopped the cyborgs and Lex "saved" Lois from Max who was holding her hostage to cover his tracks in his involvement. Lois then hugged Lex out of gratitude and they eventually became friends, much to Superman's horror. (*Requiem for a Superhero*)

Later Lois decided to take an assignment investigating arson fires in West River. Evidence pointed to the Metro club so she went there disguised as waitress and entertainer Lola Dane. The assignment proved humiliating by her being forced to wear a hilarious looking yellow chicken suit for a performance and then accidentally wearing her seductive waitress outfit to work where she was teased by Jimmy and some of the others.

Clark had been assigned too and went undercover as bartender Charles King. Lois was none too pleased at someone else stepping on her turf and thought that Clark would ruin everything.

While they were there, they were visited by the arsonists themselves known as The Toasters.

Lois then got the story of Toni Taylor being the new owner of the club. Toni suspected that a spy was leaking information and was determined to find them.

One evening, Lois gave a dazzling performance of "I've Got a Crush on You" wearing a long white and silver patterned dress with silver dangling earrings. However both her and Clark both spotted Lex in the audience and panicked.

They retreated to the storage closet to discuss what to do, Toni found them and to Lois' surprise, Clark exposed her as the leak Toni was looking for.

Toni then told Clark to throw Lois out, which he regretfully did with Lois ending up being thrown into a dirty dumpster.

Lois was furious and stomped off to Clark's apartment, branding him a traitor. Clark explained that now Toni would stop looking for a leak and he could get the next story for both of them. She also became jealous of how much time Clark was spending with Toni. As she went back to her apartment, she got a tip off from Lex that Toni might be hiding something, so she followed her. There she discovered that Toni was the one who created the Toasters and that the arsonists had now betrayed Toni and were threatening to burn West River to the ground.

After Superman "cooled" the Toasters off and they were arrested along with Toni, Lois forgave Clark and their story about the Toasters' capture was published. (*I've Got a Crush on You*)

During a visit to Clark's hometown of Smallville, Lois and Clark discovered a meteorite that came from Superman's home planet of Krypton that harmed the Man of Steel. Jason Trask, a rogue agent from Bureau 39, an organization that dealt with extra-terrestrials, attempted to kill Superman with it, but failed and was killed. Lois and Clark then named the substance "Kryptonite". (*The Green, Green Glow of Home*)

Uncontrollable love then blossomed at the Daily Planet when a chemist named Miranda who specialized in fragrances, sprayed most of the newsroom with her latest perfume with a formula containing pheromones that removed all the sexual inhibition.

Lois was one of the many who was effected and she wound up humiliating herself by trying to seduce Clark and even went to his apartment to do the Dance of the Seven Veils.

Eventually the effects wore off and they found out that Miranda was going to spray a more advanced formula that would cause permanent damage to the city. However Superman managed to stop her and saved Lois who was being lowered into a boiling vat of Toxic Malathion due to Miranda's jealousy of Lex's affection for her after a previous date. Lois then gave Superman a passionate kiss after the Man of Steel pretended to be under the influence of the pheromones, much to Lex's disgust. (*Pheromone, My Lovely*)

Lois then witnessed the murder of an interviewee called Dr. Vincent Winninger after finding out about a conspiracy that would destroy the environment. Being the only witness to the dreadful crime and after publishing a story on all she knew about the conspiracy, Lois' life was in jeopardy, but she refused to believe that she was in any grave danger and even dismissed Superman's protection.

However when the killer Sebastian Finn aka "Mr. Make Up" attempted to murder her in her apartment and Clark managed to chase him away, Lois began to feel terrified and she begged Clark not to leave her. Everyone vowed to see to her safety while they solved the case.

Eventually with Superman's help, Finn was captured as well as his accomplice Barbara Trevino who had arranged for Finn to murder Winninger in the first place. After some persuasion from Cat who complained that Lois never admitted that she had bad days or problems like everyone else, Lois admitted that she had indeed been scared by the whole experience. (*Witness*)

Eventually a search was made for a Kryptonian globe that had belonged to Superman that had been stolen from Clark's apartment by a boy named Jack who unbeknownst to them had sold it to Lex Luthor in exchange for getting money to support himself and his brother Denny. Lois was angry with Clark who explained that he had taken the globe to keep it safe for Superman. But she eventually forgave him after Superman got it back and told Clark, she would of done the same thing. Jack was then given a job at the Daily Planet. (*Foundling*)

A blast from Lois' past showed up in the shape of her old school friend and rival Linda King. Lois held a grudge against Linda for stealing a story she had been writing for the school newspaper and also stealing Paul, a classmate that she had shown interest in.

Linda was now a top reporter for the Daily Planet's news rival the Metropolis Star and always seemed to be one step ahead of her and Clark when getting a story. Lois' bitterness began to resurface especially when she saw Linda taking an interest in Clark. Realizing that there was something suspicious going on, Clark without Lois' knowledge, pretended to resign and join the Star. Lois then jealously broke off her friendship with Clark, but she eventually caught on and found out from him that Linda's boss Preston Carpenter was deliberately causing accidents to get these stories without Linda's knowledge.

They told this to Linda who agreed to help them get the evidence against him. They find out that Carpenter was trying to kill Secretary Wallace to start a war so he could have complete control over the media. Later Lois and Linda spied on Carpenter, but they get caught and tied up in freezer, while one of Carpenter's men shot the gas tank. Lois and Linda used this time to make amends. Linda admitted to Lois she was sorry and for what she had done and that it never meant she wasn't Lois' friend. Superman then rescued them, saved Wallace and captured Carpenter.

Later, her and Clark's story of Carpenter's fall was published with Linda being added to the byline. Linda told Lois that she was glad she accepted her apology, but Lois denied it. She then told them that she had sold her life story of Carpenter's fall to the movie rights of a film and she would leaving to the West Coast to play the small role of Lois, much to Lois' disgust. (*The Rival*)

By this time Lois and Lex were dating. They were on their way to an opera, but Lois had to quickly go to the Daily Planet to finish her story. While they were there, a group of mobsters broke in trying to find a hundred million dollars of cash that was buried in the building. Fuentes and his men held Lois and Lex as well as Clark, Perry and Jack hostage. Jimmy had managed to slip away to get help but was caught to by the building's own security guard Willie, who had co-operated with Fuentes on the condition that no one would be hurt.

Fuentes held an electronic device that would destroy the building if anyone tried to stop them.
Thanks to Clark using his heat vision to turn on the sprinklers, the blue prints Fuentes was holding were destroyed.

Lex was then shot from trying to stop them and was bleeding heavily, so Clark asked to make a remedy that he had learned from a Bornean medicine man consisting of three tea bags, a cup, an orange and a pack of chewing gum. Lois was reluctant at first to try it, but Clark told her that Lex's life depended on it.

While Lois and others were preparing it, Clark used his heat vision to close up Lex's wound, The others were amazed at how well the remedy worked and Lois thanked Clark for his kindness.

Fuentes then decide to use Lois to access the database on the plans of the building so he could find what he was looking for. However she secretly tried to send and email to call for help, but Fuentes caught on and switched it off while it was being sent, threatening to kill Lois if she tried that stunt again.

After finding the money, Fuentes then took Lois hostage to ensure that he got away safely to his chopper with the loot while the others were taken away to be killed by Fuentes' henchwoman Remy.

As they headed for the top of the building, the lights went out. Lois told him that Superman was there and Fuentes replied with a snarl that unless he got out safely the whole building would explode. Clark and the others had managed to knock Remy out unconscious and escaped.

Lois and Fuentes finally reached the top of the building and fell onto a window washer's scaffold. During a struggle for the device, Lois fell from the scaffold, but Superman saved her.

Fuentes himself then fell as well, dropping the device in the process. Superman caught him and Lois caught the device. Fuentes and his gang were then taken into custody and the Daily Planet was saved. Willie was pardoned after helping them stop Fuentes and Superman safely disposed of the device. Lois then went with Lex to the hospital. Clark advised her to be careful as she didn't know Lex like he did. (*Fly Hard*)

On evening during a date with Lex, the billionaire went on one knee and held out an engagement ring, asking for Lois' hand in marriage.

Lois was gobsmacked, but said that the past few weeks with Lex had been good, but she barely knew him, plus it would contradict her work at the Daily Planet as Clark, Perry and Jimmy were like family to her.

Unbeknownst to Lois, Lex was determined to drive her away from her old routine as he saw the Daily Planet as holding her back from her decision. He craftily used force to buy the paper and then burned it down to collect the insurance, putting everyone out of work.

Lois was then given a job as a reporter for the LNN (Luthor News Network). Clark once again tried to warn her that Lex was not all that he seemed and even declared his love for her, but Lois refused to listen and gently turned him down saying she only cared about him as a friend.

Later that evening, Lois got a visit from Superman in her apartment. She asked him if there was any chance of them ever having a relationship. Superman replied that there were things she didn't know about him and would probably never know.

Lois declared that she would love him even if he was an ordinary man, which contradicted what she had said to Clark earlier as Clark was who Superman really was, so Superman told her that it wouldn't work and Lois was left heartbroken.

She then visited Lex who told her that he had indeed done terrible things in the past but was willing to start over. She then excepted his marriage proposal. (*Barbarians at the Planet*)

Preparations then began for the wedding while Clark, Perry Jimmy and Jack decided to find out what really went on at the Daily Planet. Lois called Clark one evening, declaring that she really missed him. Clark returned the sentiment.

Later Lois went out for a drive in one of Lex's cars and met Clark who was out investigating. She persuaded him to attend her wedding but Clark said he couldn't as he secretly knew from his costumed identity how dangerous Lex was. Lois told him that his attitude was driving them further and further apart.

Clark then retorted that she was doing the driving because of her stubbornness of believing Lex to be good. He then told her what he had found out about Lex buying the Daily Planet and that it seemed strange that he hadn't rebuilt it with the insurance. Lois was the investigative reporter so she should investigate.

Later one evening she asked Lex about why he didn't rebuilt the Daily Planet building after it was destroyed and if he had done it all for her. Lex then replied that he had indeed done it for her but there was no way he could ever rebuild the building.

Lois was sad that only her mother would be there and all the others closest to her had refused to come. Lex assured her that all this pain would be healed after their honeymoon.

When the day of the wedding came that was being held at Lex's LexCorp building, Lois was standing in front a large mirror wearing her wedding dress and veil. She then burst into tears, thinking that marrying Lex may of been a mistake and even mentioned that her last married name should be "Kent", which meant that she had been harboring feelings for Clark after all.

Lois then walked down the aisle to a pleased and contented Lex waiting for her at the altar. As she was walking, memories of her and Clark flashed in her mind. Lois and Lex then began to take their vows with Lex saying "I do". But when Lois was asked the same question, she hesitated and finally turned to Lex and sadly said "I can't".

Suddenly the doors flew open and Perry, Jimmy and Jack appeared followed by Inspector Henderson and some policeman.

Lois was overjoyed that they came but was confused when Perry declared that Lex was through and they now had all the evidence against him they needed.

Henderson then held out a warrant for Lex's arrest for arson and other crimes too numerous to mention.

Lois looked shocked when she heard this, especially when she saw Mrs. Cox, Lex's personal assistant arrested too for her involvement. Lex however refused to go quietly and Lois looked in horror as Lex fought his way through the police and escaped. She then watched Henderson and the others going after him and burst into tears as she remembered all the warnings Clark had given her. Her mother tried to comfort her, but Lois was too upset; "Why isn't this the way every girl dreams her wedding's gonna be?"

Lois then left the LexCorp building, still full of grief and shame and told the others how she had always been such a good judge of character. Perry gently told her not to blame herself as Lex had fooled them all, though both Jimmy and Jack replied that they had never trusted Lex from the beginning.

Clark then appeared and Lois gave him a hug as her way of apologizing for not listening to him. They then all watched as Lex jumped from the top of the building to commit suicide. Lois buried her face in Clark's chest with Clark hugging her tight and closing his eyes tight as Lex plummeted down to the ground below.

The Daily Planet was later bought and rebuilt by a generous benefactor and things were back to normal. Lois then decided to tell Clark her true feelings for him, but before she had a chance, Clark replied what he had said earlier was only to keep Lois away from Lex.

After Clark left, Lois looked up to see Superman patrolling the sky and said; "I'm not done with you either big fella." (*The House of Luthor*).

### Season 2

Lex may have been gone, but Lois' relationship with him would continue to haunt her. Lex's ex-wife Arianna Carlin returned to seek vengeance against her and Superman whom she both blamed for her ex-husband's death: Superman for not saving him and Lois for "driving him to his death" by refusing him at the altar.

Lois was then caught in a nefarious scheme involving Arianna posing as the Daily Planet's psychotherapist who in reality was using her methods to make Lois seem like she was having a nervous breakdown and a hired henchwoman who had been made to be Lois' exact double to publicly resent Superman, act out of character around her friends and make Lois seem crazy even more.

Eventually with Clark's help, Lois caught on when she was doing some research on Arianna and was furious because Lex had told her that she was "his only love" while all this time he had been married before.

She later met her double and fought her but she was captured by Arianna. She was taken to the LexCorp building where she was bound and gagged and Arianna told her what she was planning. She would kill the Man of Steel with a Kryptonite bullet and then have Lois take the blame for it so she could feel the pain that she herself felt when Lois drove Lex to his death.

Lois was horrified and told Arianna she had never done such a thing, but the evil woman refused to believe her and knocked Lois unconscious.

Lois was later revived after Superman used his heat vision to make a hole in the glass of a nearby tank and spray water on her. Arianna had made good on her threat by shooting Superman with the Kryptonite bullet and had left the gun in Lois' hands before escaping with the double. Superman was slowly dying, but Lois managed to dislodge it and the Man of Steel then captured Arianna and the double and took them into custody.

Lois then published a story exposing Arianna for the evil woman she was and hoped that this was the final closing chapter on the House of Luthor. (*Madame Ex*)

Sometime later, Clark got nominated for a Journalist award at the Kerth awards ceremony. Lois was less than pleased as she had been nominated and won three years in a row and felt jealous as well as "stunned, shocked and in need of oxygen".

She became sulky around Clark as she felt he hadn't deserved it as much as her. However she soon realized how petty and selfish she was acting after she remembered that Perry had told her that one person's success at the Daily Planet was everyone's. She eventually showed that she was pleased for her partner and even went to the ceremony as his date. (*Wall of Sound*)

More problems from Lois' past emerged when Kyle Griffin aka The Prankster escaped after five years in prison and was seeking revenge.

He began torturing Lois with booby-trapped gifts with notes from a secret admirer including a Jack-in-the-Box of Luciano Pavarotti singing sweet opera music but then continuing at a glass shattering note and a gold diamond ring dipped in a chemical that made her finger itch. Lois was determined to find out who sent her those gifts

She and Clark then go to a jewellers to find out more about the ring. It suddenly reminded Lois of someone who had a crush on her in college named Randall Loomis. She had always found him annoying with his constant stalking and buying her gifts including a ring. He was now the owner of a software company so he could afford to buy those gifts,

They go to his residence which to Lois' surprise wass a luxurious house and when they saw Randall, he was now a successful man who had sold his company and retired so he could travel the world and settle down in Paris with his gorgeous blonde haired wife Donna. Lois was shocked that Randall was not the same person anymore and was even more embarrassed when he told Clark that Lois was always on the prowl for a man at college but never found one. She and Clark then left.

On the way back to the Daily Planet, Lois' car slipped on sticky substance that had been left by Kyle, but Clark saved them with their super strength. When Clark left to get some help, Lois slipped on the substance and nearly got hit by a truck, but Superman saved her.

Finally after Kyle took control of baseball game scoreboard with lighting the words as LOIS LANE, LET ME BE YOUR DESIGNATED HITTER. YOUR SECRET ADMIRER." and looking at an old article Lois had written, they found out that he was one behind it and was stealing diamonds, computer chips and Titanium to construct some dastardly device.

Back at her apartment, Lois received a threatening phone call from Kyle himself saying that he would ruin her life like he ruined his and then put her out of her misery.

Lois by this time was no scared to death and sought refuge at Clark's apartment who was happy to help a friend in need.

The next morning they went to see Kyle's father Edwin who was the manager of a toy stop and unbeknownst to them was helping his son in his plan of humiliating Lois. He told them that the components could indeed be used to create a device, but one component was missing: Plutonium. He gave them the address to a toxic facility, but it was also a trap for Kyle to kidnap Lois.

Lois arrived at the facility to find all the workers laughing uncontrollably because Kyle had sent Nitros Oxygen (laughing gas) through the vents. Eventually Lois fell to her knees and began laughing uncontrollably too. Kyle and his partner Victor then took her away.

Lois watched as Kyle was preparing a device that he can constructed from all the parts he and Victor had stolen. It fired a deadly beam that made objects disappear without a trace.  He made a deal with a buyer to use the Daily Planet as a target test for five million dollars.

The beam was fired but Superman managed to absorb it. When Kyle prepared for a second blast, Lois managed to subdue both him and Victor and they were taken into custody. (*The Prankster*)

While covering a story involving a criminal organization named Intergang, Lois and Clark met Deputy District Attorney Mayson Drake. Lois saw her as an obstacle between her and Clark and also disliked her as not only did she have feelings for her partner but also disliked Superman, thinking him as just a costumed vigilante.

She then saw Mayson kissing Clark through the window of his apartment when she came to visit him. Clark assured her that nothing had happened and it would not affect their relationship. In the end Lois was content that she would never lose Clark to Mayson and even graciously allowed her to dance with him. (*Church of Metropolis*)

Lois was then involved in a investigation of the hijacking of a high tech satellite involving her former college friend Molly's so-called deceased ex-boyfriend Ryan Wiley who had staged his death so as not to be caught.

He succeeded in the hijacking and decided to use it to blow up the very army base that he had come form. He also held Lois and Molly there after they had found out what he was up. However they were rescued and his plans were foiled by Superman who then took him into custody. (*Operation Blackout*)

Things continued to get strange in Metropolis when revived 1930s gangsters led by Al Capone arrived to terrorize the city. After doing some research, they found out a a scientist named Dr. Emil Hamilton was performing experiments with DNA and had been getting samples from the grave sites of these gangsters which meant that he could of revived them.

After doing some research, they found out a a scientist named Dr. Emil Hamilton was performing experiments with DNA and had been getting samples from the grave sites of these gangsters which meant that he could of revived them. They later got some information from a source by the name of Bobby Bigmouth whom Lois disliked as he was always leeching off delicious food from them that she herself wanted to eat. Hamilton had indeed brought these gangsters back to life and Capone was now bribing important people to work him, including a night club that Lois and Clark decided to investigate.

However while they were there, Capone arrived declaring himself the new owner. One the gang members John Dillinger began harassing Lois and when Clark came to her defence, another trigger happy gangster named Clyde Barrow shot him in cold blood. Lois was devastated as she believed Clark to be really dead (not knowing that he was really Superman and had pretended to be dead so no one would find out).

She watched Capone ask two members to take the body away as he could not be linked to a murder and sank to her knees in sorrow as she had now lost her best friend and partner in a second.

Lois didn't sleep a wink and couldn't stay at home even though Perry had given her the day off as she blamed herself for what had happened to Clark. Her biggest regret was Clark dying without knowing the truth that she had feelings for him.

She eventually found out where Capone and his gang were hiding out and found Dr. Hamilton who assured her that it wasn't supposed to happen that way. He had tried rehabilitating them, but now was unable to control them.

They then hid in a closet and overheard Capone saying that if couldn't buy the people, he would eliminate them instead starting with all the important people meeting at the Daily Planet for it's 200th Anniversary celebration. However Dr. Hamilton's allergy to fur coats made him sneeze and gave their position away.

Capone then took them away to be trapped in cement. However thanks to the beeping of Lois' pager, Superman found them and rescued them. But before she could warn Superman of Capone's intentions, the Man of Steel flew away. Lois was devastated, first Clark was gone and now if Capone carried out his threat, she would lose Perry and Jimmy too.

Suddenly she saw something in the darkness walking towards her and to her surprise saw it was Clark. She threw her arms around him and hugged him as if she wouldn't let go. Though she was glad to see Clark alive, she was astonished at how it could be possible.

Clark explained that Superman had found him after Capone's gang had dumped his body, froze him with his super breath to preserve his tissue and then took him to Dr. Hamilton's lab where he followed the procedures in his manuscript. So Clark had not sustained any permanent damage.

Lois then told Clark about Capone's plan of killing everyone at the Daily Planet's 200th Anniversary party. Clark told Lois to go on ahead to the building and he would meet her there, but Lois was determined not to lose Clark again and made him go with her.

Meanwhile Dr. Hamilton went back to his lab where he burned his lab and destroyed his research. They reached the building and Clark told her to call the police while he met her upstairs.

Superman then managed to stop Capone and his gang and Lois caught one of them named Bonnie Parker who was trying to escape. Bonnie had been the one who had pulled the lever on the cement mixer that had almost buried her and Dr. Hamilton alive. They fought and landed on the Anniversary cake where Lois smothered Bonnie with it as her comeuppance for trying to kill them.

After Capone and his gang were taken into custody, Lois asked Perry and Jimmy if they had seen Clark. Perry sadly told her that Clark was now gone and wasn't coming back, but he was astonished to see Clark coming out of the elevator.

Lois watched Jimmy give Clark a joyful hug and Perry asked how this was possible. Clark then told his story again to them as they were leaving the building. After Perry left to take Jimmy home, Dr. Hamilton came back and explained what he had done, realizing that playing around with life and death was best left to nature. He was then taken away to be questioned by the police. Lois asked if any charges would be pressed against the scientist, but the detective assured them that he would be fine.

Lois then drove Clark home and began to mention her true feelings for him, but Clark had fallen asleep so he didn't hear her. (*That Old Gang of Mine*)

Sometime later, Lois got a call from Lex's former P.A Mrs. Cox from prison saying that she knew what happened to Lex's body that had been stolen from the morgue a few months ago.

Lois went with Clark to a cemetery that Mrs. Cox had mentioned to investigate. However she ended up being in the center of danger again when Superman accidentally transferred some of his powers to man named William Wallace Webster Waldecker during a storm and Lex's former physician Dr. Gretchen Kelly who had seen everything now wanted these powers for herself.

Waldecker then became a brash and arrogant superhero named Resplendent Man who was charging the people he was helping. Gretchen eventually captured Waldecker's sister Wandamae to force him into helping her. Lois followed and was captured also.

Gretchen then locked them in a cage with a button combination and motion sensitive bars that would give off an electromagnetic pulse at the slightest touch.

She then watched as Gretchen began experiments with Waldecker (who was now ashamed at how abusing his powers had put his sister in danger) and a machine that imitated the same lightning that had struck Superman and Waldecker that night.

Gretchen also revealed to Lois that she had been keeping Lex's body safe all this time and was hoping to revive him. In the same way as Arianna, Gretchen had hated both Lois and Superman for what she felt they had done to Lex.

After several experiments, Lois watched in horror as Gretchen finally managed to gain superpowers. When Superman arrived, Lois informed him that he could reverse the process. However Gretchen proved to be a dangerous foe and easily fought the Man of Steel as he was too much of gentleman to strike a woman.

However with the help of Waldecker, the two heroes subdued Gretchen and foiled her scheme, transferring Superman's powers back to it's rightful owner.

In retaliation Gretchen decided to kill Lois and Wandamae herself by activating the electromagnetic pulse by remote control but they were freed from the cage when Lois found out that the escape combination was the date of her and Lex's wedding. But Gretchen managed to escape, taking Lex's frozen corpse with her. (*A Bolt From the Blue*)

Christmas soon came to Metropolis, but Lois wasn't too fond of the season as she felt that it was being advertised too much and she wanted to discover it for herself. She tried phoning members of her family to spend Christmas with them without much success.

Meanwhile a fired, revenge seeking toy maker named Winslow Schott and his assistant Ms. Duffy manufactured a toy called the "Atomic Space Rat" that sprayed a substance that made children act greedy, but with adults, it made them act like greedy children.

At one of the stores where they were being sold, Lois got sprayed by one and began acting like a crazy greedy child. When she took them to the Daily Planet, Clark, Perry and Jimmy were affected too.

Eventually the effects wore off and they found Schott was now full of regret and shame when he realized that children still meant a lot to him and had seen Ms. Duffy donating his old toys to the orphans which one of them Danielle had liked. He then told Superman to stop the substance from affecting the city's water supply.

Afterwards she, Perry and Jimmy helped Superman make toy donations to the orphans. Schott and Ms. Duffy were allowed by Superman to stay behind for a Christmas celebration with the orphans before they were taken into custody.

Afterwards Lois finally began to discover the Christmas she wanted and prepared a lovely Christmas dinner for the evening. She then got an unexpected visit from Clark who had decided to cancel his plans of spending Christmas with his parents to be with her.

She then received a present of a beautiful star to go on the top of her new Christmas tree that Clark claimed had come from the very starry sky itself. They then watched carolers singing outside and began to enjoy a wonderful Christmas together. (*Season's Greedings*)

Lois' sister then came back to Metropolis, but she was dating someone whom Lois referred to as "a thug" named Johnny Corben who was a criminal who kept asking Lucy for money. Lois was untrustworthy of him and tried to warn her sister, but Lucy proved to be just as stubborn in the same way Lois had been about Lex.

Eventually Johnny was reconstructed by two insane scientists Emmet and Rollie Vale to become a Kryptonite powered cyborg called Metallo who proved to be more than a match for Superman. Lois didn't want pictures being taken of the Man of Steel being shown in this way which didn't score points with Perry when she stopped Jimmy from taking any as in his opinion the news had to be reported as it happened.

Eventually Lucy found out about Corben, broke up with him and apologized to Lois for not listening to her. Corben had kidnapped Clark to lure Superman to him. So Lucy distracted Corben and the scientists by pretending she still was in love in him while Lois and Jimmy rescued Clark.

She then watched Superman defeat Metallo after he found out about the Kryptonite power source in his body and sadly watched Lucy crying over the loss of someone she loved. After some hesitation, she allowed Jimmy to take some pictures. She was later visited by Superman who thanked her for saving Clark as well as asking how Lucy was. Lois said that Lucy would be fine as long as she was there to help her through it. (*Metallo*)

More trouble arose when a device in the shape of a silver ball point pen ended up in Lois' apartment. It was device that transmitted information to someone's brain through a beam of light. The creator Dr. Neil Faraday used it on Lois before he was killed. Evil eye specialist Dr. Harry Leit and his henchman Munch were determined to find the device that had ended up on Clark's desk at the Daily Planet, having mistaken it for an ordinary pen.

At the Metropolitan Park, Dr. Leit blinded Superman with an ultra violet purple ray that left the Man of Steel helpless so Lois let him stay at her apartment until his sight could be restored.

However she was kidnapped by Leit who told her how he had blinded Superman and how he could be cured. He also demanded to know where Faraday's device was. After getting some information on what the device looked like, she suddenly realized where it was and was forced to take them to the Daily Planet.

Superman was there too and he had managed to retrieve the device before Leit and Munch had arrived with Lois. Leit demanded the device in exchange for Lois' life. However, Lois managed to give Superman the antidote of a red ultra violet ray for his blindness and the Man of Steel destroyed Faraday's device for good, blinding Leit and Munch themselves in the process. (*The Eyes Have It*)

Lois was surprised when Clark plucked up the courage to ask her on a date and decided to give it a chance, but they ended up having an "almost first date" when it was revealed that Gretchen had succeeded in bringing Lex back from the dead.

Lex was determined to regain what he had lost before his death, his relationship with Lois and the destruction of Superman. Lex in the disguise of an old man revealed himself to Lois who was at a loss for words at his resurrection and asked her to give their relationship another chance.

Lois refused as she had remembered the way he had previously duped her and done many terrible things. However she didn't turn him in to the police as she felt he had suffered enough.

Lex then kidnapped her and managed to get his hands on a piece of Kryptonite that he would use the Man of Steel.

But his plans were foiled by Superman who also stopped him from committing suicide again. Lex asked Lois to tell Superman that once she really loved him, but Lois was unable to answer which meant she never had. Lex was then sent to prison. (*The Phoenix*)

Lois was overjoyed when she managed to get an interview with the President of the United States, but her happy mood was spoiled when Kyle Griffin and his partner Victor escaped from prison armed with a device that froze victims like still statues on the spot and were planning to kidnap the President himself.

She was still allowed her interview but it had been cut to only a few minutes with only one question and she also sought refuge at Jimmy's apartment where she proved to be a rather difficult guest.

Kyle kidnapped her in an attempt to lure Superman to her to use his device on him but failed. Lois and all the others at the Daily Planet were then frozen with the device by Kyle and Victor.

Lois was then made a fool of when she was stripped of her burgundy dress which exposed her silk lingerie, placed with her hand around a nearby column and a pencil placed in her other hand to resemble a cigarette, making her look like a hooker.

Clark arrived and used his jacket to cover the humiliated Lois and saw Jimmy wearing Lois' dress much to his amusement.

Eventually the effects wore off and Lois was furious, vowing that Kyle would pay, especially when she was sent a taunting message on her computer asking where she got her lingerie.

Lois and Clark wondered how Kyle and Victor were not affected by the device and went to see Dr. Hamilton to come up with a solution. Kyle had now perfected the device to even effect Superman, so he was now powerless to stop them.

Eventually they found out that Kyle was wearing special contact lenses to protect his eyes from being affected by the beam. Dr. Hamilton designed the same kind and they foiled Griffin who was planning to use a much larger device with the help of his father to kidnap the President who was going through the town that same day with massive security. However the President was somewhere else safe and Superman had taken his place.

During the capture, Kyle's contacts got knocked out, freezing himself with everyone else. Lois decided to use this moment to return the favor of Kyle humiliating her by dropping Kyle's trousers to expose his underwear and slapping him on the head with his own cap. Superman then destroyed Kyle's device, restoring everyone to normal. Kyle, Victor and his father were then taken into custody by one of the President's secret service men.

Lois finally got her interview with the President with her asking a question that had previously been suggested by Clark earlier; "If I were a baseball player, what position would you play and why?" She then apologized to Jimmy for acting so ungrateful at his apartment earlier. However Lois became the victim of a prank of streamers and snakes that Jimmy had put in her desk drawer as payback. In a panic, Jimmy ran away and she watched Clark laugh heartily at the situation. (*Return of the Prankster*)

While Lois and Clark were discussing on finally going out on a date. Jimmy was framed for the murder of an executive that lead to items being sold by a man named Lucky Leon who duped Superman into stealing nuclear warheads for him.

Clark and Lois eventually had their first date and had a great time, but Lois was afraid of where it would be going and slammed the door in Clark's face when he dropped her back at her apartment.

Eventually Jimmy was cleared, Lucky Leon and his men were eventually arrested and the nuclear warheads were returned to where they belonged. While they were on their way to give Mayson their statement as she had also been working on the case, Lois apologized to Clark for slamming the door in his face. They then decided to take things as they came and shared their first real passionate kiss.

Meanwhile Mayson had grown tired of waiting for Lois and Clark was about to drive home, unaware that a bomb had been placed in the engine of her car. Clark who had heard it via his super hearing rushed to save her, but he was too late as he arrived just as the bomb went off with Mayson inside.

Lois followed him and watched as Clark laid down Mayson's dead body just after she had found out his true identity of Superman and with her last breath had whispered in Clark's ear the word "Resurrection". (Lucky Leon)

After Mayson's funeral, Lois and Clark decided to solve the case of Mayson's murder and the last word she had said to Clark before she died.

They met DEA agent Dan Scardino who was also investigating the murder. Clark disliked him because of his callous, obnoxious attitude and the way he was developing an infatuation for Lois. Lois however appreciated him helping them.

It lead them to an investigation involving a bitter former scientist from S.T.A.R. labs named Stanley Gables who was seeking revenge after being infected by a virus that was eating away at his body.

He had developed a pill called "Resurrection" that made people look dead for few hours and then they wake up perfectly fine. He was using it on criminals and Mayson had been onto him, so he had planned her demise. Lois herself found this out when she accidentally ended up being buried alive with one of the criminals who gave her a massive fright when he suddenly woke up.

While Superman stopped the insane Gables from releasing a deadly virus over the city and brought him to justice. Lois, Scardino and Gables' former employee Mallory who had been horrified by his boss' ambitions caught the escaping criminals.

Later Scardino openly asked Lois out, giving her a difficult choice in who to go out with. (*Resurrection*)

During Perry's birthday party, he and Lois received an unexpected visit from famous science fiction writer H.G. Wells who was a time traveller who needed Superman's help. An even greater threat had arisen in the form of Tempus, a criminal from a peaceful Utopian future in the 22nd century where Superman and Lois were held in high regard. Tempus truly hated his future as it had been made in his own words; "a world so boring you'd blow your brains out but there are no guns."

Tempus had travelled through time with Wells to the present and decided to kill the Man of Steel as a baby in the year 1966 in Smallville at the precise date that Superman came to Earth to prevent the Utopian future from existing.

Wells left instructions for Lois and Clark to build another time machine to help him and the two reporters travelled back to 1966 to find to their joy that it actually worked.

However they soon found out that Tempus and Wells were in 1866 because Wells had purposely changed the date. They arrived there and while Clark was saving his great great grandparents Miss Martha and Marshal Kent from being gunned down by the legendary Jesse James and his brother Frank, Lois tracked down Tempus in a nearby barn. She told him she had no idea why he was going to Smallville in 1966 to kill Superman.

Tempus then told her how she was revered at the same level as Superman with books, statues, an interactive game and even a breakfast cereal. But as much as everyone loved her, she was dumb for never knowing the truth about Superman.

Lois then watched horrified as Tempus with the help of Wells' glasses told her that Clark Kent was Superman. He then concluded that it had been worth his whole trip to meet the "most galactically stupid woman who ever lived" which upset Lois even more before she watched Tempus go with Wells to the time he had requested.

Clark then suddenly appeared and Lois angrily slapped him, much to his surprise; "And don't pretend that hurt, Superman!"

By the time they arrived in 1966, Lois was furious with Clark for keeping this from her, but he tried to explain the reasons. He had wanted to live a normal life like any other human being, but he would never have been able to if everyone knew his secret. He would be constantly mobbed by people to help them, even with problems they could solve on their own, and his enemies could use people that he cared about like her to get to him.

Lois and Clark then visited his parents and found out that Tempus and Wells had found Clark's infant self in Shuster's field where his parents were meant to find him and had set off to a place called Rocky Cove in the woods. They set off to find them.

Lois began to understand Clark's need to keep his secret and forgave him. Suddenly they noticed Clark beginning to disappear. Tempus had placed shards of Kryptonite around the baby in an attempt to kill him.

Lois and Clark managed to defeat Tempus and Clark returned to normal. Lois then excitedly watched Clark showing his spinning transformation of Superman before he took his younger self back to Shuster's field where Jonathan and Martha would find him .

Tempus was tied up in the seat of the time machine and about to be taken away by Wells where he would cause no more trouble. Lois asked Wells if it was true about what Tempus said about her being "galactically stupid". But Wells told her kindly that she had just been blinded by her love for Clark especially a love that would change her life forever. Superman then arrived saying the Kents now had the baby

Wells then got ready to take Tempus away. Before the machine disappeared, Tempus asked Superman why he wore his costume and if he ever felt ridiculous. Superman answered angrily and proudly; "My mother made it for me."

Wells then sent Tempus back to 1866 to be imprisoned in an insane asylum as a punishment. After they left, Lois and Superman shared a passionate kiss of victory. Lois told Clark that things would be different now that she knew the truth but Wells took back Lois and Clark to the exact moment before Wells met them with no memory of the previous events as he felt that history had been tampered with enough.

Lois made a note on the envelope of Perry's birthday card to make sure she didn't forget Clark's identity. However Clark saw it and made sure it was destroyed as he was still finding the right time to tell Lois the truth. (*Tempus Fugitive*)

As time went on, Scardino kept visiting Lois which was making Clark very uncomfortable. Lois was also beginning to find Clark unreliable as every time they were alone, Clark had to rush off somewhere and make a poor excuse for it.

Lois, unaware about Clark's identity, finally got fed up with his constant disappearing and started dating Scardino, much to Clark's annoyance. (*Target: Jimmy Olsen!*)

Later Lois helped Superman overcome a red variety of Kryptonite that had been found by Intergang which made the Man of Steel apathetic.

Afterwards Lois was told by Clark that he wouldn't stop her from dating Scardino as it was her choice but he was upset that she was dating someone else when they were meant to be going steady. Touched by this, Lois gave Clark another chance and they started dating again. (*Individual Responsibility*)

Later Lois was helping Superman in a lawsuit with an ungrateful person he had saved. While this was going on, Lois had finally had enough of Clark's constant disappearing and dumped him.

She also grew angry with Scardino as she felt that he wasn't trusting her enough to tell her about his work, though he warned her that it was too dangerous to tell her.

After seeing a psychiatrist, Lois began to realize who she had truly loved all along. She later helped Superman win his case in court by persuading the plaintiff's wife to tell the truth and that her husband wasn't treating her in the way she deserved.

After the case was over, she approached Superman and told him that she just wanted to be friends. She then invited Scardino over and told him that Clark was the one she really loved.

Afterwards Lois went to Clark's apartment to tell him the news where she found to her shock that Clark had packed all his belongings in boxes and was preparing to move out of Metropolis. However they both decided to overcome the problems of them being partners and best friends and take the next step in their relationship. (*Whine, Whine, Whine)*

After a while Lois began to notice Clark acting strange and secretive. Unbeknownst to her, Clark was being blackmailed by a businessman by the name of Jason Mayzik who had found a diary that had been written by Tempus that exposed his true identity.

She was getting tired of Clark hiding things from her and followed him to a jewellery store where she watched in horror as Clark robbed it. Later Lois confronted him about the robbery. Clark told Lois about the kidnapping of his parents and she decided to help him. Clark then ran his hand through her hair in a loving embrace.

After much investigating, they discovered Mayzik as the one behind all the blackmail and that he was also working with Lex's former prestige Nigel St. John. After some persuasion from Nigel, Mayzik then asked Clark to kill Lois in thirty minutes or his parents would die.

Lois decided to have Superman freeze her so she could be left in suspended animation and help Clark save his parents. Superman was hesitant to do so as the side effects could mean instant death for Lois but he was so touched by her bravery and love for Clark that he agreed. He asked to close her eyes then he ran his hand through her hair. Lois felt the touch and suddenly realised who Superman really was. Superman then froze her and carried her body back to Mayzik.

After Superman had escaped Mayzik's Kryptonite trap and Mayzik had killed Nigel and escaped, the Man of Steel used his heat vision to thaw Lois out and managed to get her back into consciousness. Mayzik was then taken into custody and the diary was destroyed.

After Lois recovered, Clark took her through a walk in the Metropolitan park. They stopped at a fountain and listened to Clark tell her how glad he was that she was alive, how much he loved her, and apologised for constantly pushing her away. He then admitted that if she had died without ever knowing the reason why, he would never have forgiven himself.

Suddenly it began to rain, but it didn't stop Clark from taking out an engagement ring, going on one knee and asking Lois to marry him. (*And the Answer Is...*)

### Season 3

Afterwards Lois asked Clark: "Who's asking? Clark or Superman?" They found some shelter from the rain and Lois told Clark how she knew the truth: during the moment of when she was about to be frozen, Superman had ran his hand through her hair in the same embrace as Clark had done earlier.

Lois was angry at Clark for lying to her and told him that she wasn't ready for this next step until she fully knew who he was. This eventually lead to a falling out resulting in Clark tossing the ring into space before changing his mind and retrieving it.

Later she got a visit from Clark's mother Martha. Lois told her that she still loved Clark but all of what she had found out and the proposal was a lot to take in.

Martha explained how Clark had always felt alone because of being so different and having to hide who he was all the time. She assured Lois that she would know how much she wanted to spend the rest of her life with Clark. Martha even told Lois that she had turned down Jonathan's proposal several times before she finally accepted.

Sometime afterwards Lois helped Clark disarm a bomb that only went off if he went near it. They then made up and he took Lois to a very special place high above the clouds and told her that he was prepared to give Lois time to think his proposal over. Lois then told Clark that he didn't have to be alone anymore. (*We Have a Lot to Talk About*)

Lois' constant habit of always getting into trouble and him always having to save her made Clark start to doubt if they should still be together. Lois assured him that it would work out and that her being in danger came with the territory of being a great reporter. However after seeing Lois critically injured in a scheme involving hallucinations, Clark blamed himself and ended their relationship. Lois was heartbroken. (*Contact*)

They continued their partnership at the Daily Planet with Lois using an old flame to make Clark jealous, but he was using her too for some deranged druid sacrifice. Fortunately Clark stopped him and Lois was saved. During an assignment at a love facility where a mad man was acting like Noah, they got back together. (*When Irish Eyes Are Killing*), (*Just Say Noah*)

Lois then got the surprise of her life when two sisters Lucille and Nell Newtrich zapped Superman with a red Kryptonite laser which transferred his powers to her. She became Ultra Woman and went around saving lives and helping people in the same way as Superman.

Lois' superhero status made her very popular and she was touched when a child gave her a picture she had drawn of her. However she found out that even being super had it's drawbacks as no sooner had she finished helping someone, there was always something else that she could hear.

Lois then began to hear loads of people needing help all at once and was stuck with what to do next. She then arrived a few seconds too late to stop a mudslide in Brazil.

She also regretted not being there for Perry whose wife Alice had now left him, putting the editor in a very bad mood and vowed to do all she could to help him get through it.

Eventually she found out that Clark had been kidnapped by the sisters and used as bait to lure her to them, so they could gain the super powers for themselves. But Clark had escaped.

She then told Clark how upset she was of failing to stop the mudslide. Clark replied that no matter how strong and fast you were, it sometimes wasn't enough, you couldn't possibly save everyone.

Soon the sisters managed to trick Lois into transferring her powers to Lucille and they set about with their goal to steal a $20 million shipment of cash. However Ultra Woman and Superman worked together to stop the sisters and the Man of Steel got his powers back.

The whole experience had taught Lois a valuable lesson. She now understood how hard it was for Clark to be Superman and rush off to save the day all the time, so she took him to the same place where he had previously proposed to her and did the same with Clark accepting. (*Ultra Woman*)

As they made preparations for their wedding, Lois' trust in Clark was tested again when a woman named Leigh-Anne Stipanovic claimed on national television that her son Jesse was Superman's love child which gave Clark unwanted attention from the press. To make matters worse, Jesse appeared to have Superman's powers.

Lois was upset by it all and questioned Clark on these allegations but he insisted that it was a lie and told Lois that after she had found out he was Superman, there had been no other secrets since. They decided that Superman and Jesse should go to S.T.A.R. labs for lead scientist Dr. Klein to do a DNA test on them to seek the truth and also quell the attention of the press.

However the love child story had also attracted the unwanted attention of a dangerous criminal known only as Anonymous, a ingenious master of disguise who kidnapped Jesse to help him activate a nuclear missile.

After some investigating, they found out that Leigh-Anne and her son were involved in a plane crash during a storm. Superman had been hit by lightning which transferred some of his powers in the same way as Waldecker to Jesse who was sitting near the left wing which was the closest to where Superman had been at the time. Later, they learned from Dr. Klein that Jesse's superpowers were fading and he would soon be returning to normal.

Lois and Clark then confronted Leigh-Anne on what they had found out. After Jesse's kidnapping, she was now full of guilt and shame at how much trouble this lie had caused and was afraid that if Superman pressed charges, she would have Jesse taken way from her. Clark assured her that Superman would not do it as he thinks that she has learned her lesson and only did it for the love and well-being of her son.

Superman managed to stop the missile, captured Anonymous and rescued Jesse. Later Leigh-Anne and Jesse say goodbye to Lois and Clark and thank Superman for saving Jesse. Leigh-Anne enrolled herself in beauty parlor school and Jesse was returning to Kindergarten. Clark promised Jesse that Superman would come occasionally to pay him a visit. (*Chip Off the Old Clark*)

Other threats soon came to Metropolis including revived World War II Nazi's and Lex's Luthor's son Jaxon Xavier who tried to use Lois to gain access codes to his father's mind control programme, But was foiled thanks to the intervention of Superman, Lois and Jimmy. (*Super Mann*), (*Virtually Destroyed*)

Christmas was arriving and Lois was unsure about inviting her disagreeable parents to meet Clark's parents for a get together. During this time, Clark was infected by a Kryptonian virus used by Intergang. Thankfully her father was a doctor and saved Clark by exposing him to Kryptonite that counteracted it. Afterwards they tried to enjoy Christmas despite the setbacks as Clark said that them being all together was what mattered. (*Home Is Where the Hurt Is*)

Preparations continued for the wedding. Lois was a little uncomfortable when Clark suggested inviting his old girlfriend Lana Lang to the ceremony. As they were walking down the street, Clark heard a robbery going on at a jewelry store and set off to investigate.

As Lois continued walking, she was approached by Tempus who had committed the robbery. He introduced himself to her, but because Wells had erased her memory of their last encounter, she didn't recognise him.

Tempus then took her at gunpoint to an alley and made her step in a time machine. Soon after that Lois found herself in a cemetery with her own gravestone with the inscription "Lois Lane: 1967-1993". Tempus' laughter was also echoing in her ears. Suddenly she was approached by another strange man who revealed himself to be H.G. Wells.

Lois didn't recognise him either, but after some mind treatment from Wells, she at once remember everything that had happened. Wells had now aged by seventeen years and like Lois had been taken captive by Tempus after he had escaped from 1866 and built another time machine. Lois asked him if she was dead but Wells assured her that she was very much alive. Wells then developed a device to lock onto Tempus' whereabouts, but equipment was needed to increase it's efficiency.

They realised that they were in a different Metropolis set in an alternate universe that was filled with chaos and mayhem. Tempus was running for mayor and selling guns to everybody including children with words under his campaign posters saying "Be prepared for the enemy."

Lois was confused at what was happening and who this enemy was that Tempus was. She and Wells suddenly realised that if there was a Clark Kent in this universe they would also be a Superman. So they headed for the Daily Planet unaware that one of Tempus' henchman was watching them.

As they entered, Lois was amazed that Jimmy was the owner of the newspaper and Perry was also running for mayor. In turn, Perry and Jimmy were amazed to see Lois as her alternate self had been away covering a gun running story in the Congo three years ago and had never returned.

She approached Clark and kissed him, but he didn't recognise her or even knew who Superman was. To make matters worse, he was also engaged to Lana Lang who was telling Clark to keep his powers hidden from the world as she felt if anyone knew, neither of them would have a normal life.

Lois asked to be partnered with Clark to cover an expose on Tempus. Lois and Wells then told Clark that they knew who he really was and explained that Tempus was a dangerous criminal, they were from a parallel universe and that there was another him saving the world there. Clark had trouble understanding it all, especially when Lois told him that his mother made the costume. Clark told Lois that both his parents died in a car wreck when he was only ten years old. He saw it happen and was unable to save them, so he was never fully raised with their love and support. Lois then saw that Clark was started to feel some kind of attraction to her that he had never experienced before and could never turn away from.

Suddenly Wells said that his tracking device was finally up and running and had locked onto Tempus' whereabouts. They asked Clark to help them get back to where they belonged and stop Tempus. However Lana showed up and took Clark away to meet her parents. Lois was starting to dislike Lana's bossy attitude.

Lois and Wells were walking down the street following the tracking device, Tempus arrived in his limousine and kidnapped them. Lois told Tempus that he would never get away with it, but Tempus replied mockingly that he would succeed in becoming mayor and murdering Perry White because there was no Superman to stop him.

Lois was then blindfolded, bound and forced to stand on the ledge of a tall building that was crumbling under her feet.

Tempus knew that Clark would try to save her and had a camera man standing by while he and a horrified Wells watched to see what would happen. Lois finally fell off the ledge and began screaming for help.

Sure enough Clark came after hearing Lois' cries and rescued her. They then went to Clark's apartment with materials to make a costumed identity. Alternate Clark was unsure of having a secret identity but Lois then showed him a picture of her Superman from her dimension, a picture of her with Clark and also his parents which gradually began to build up his confidence.

Work on the costume soon began and Lois even found the S shield to put on the chest. After putting on the costume, Clark was still feeling uncomfortable so Lois took him out on a trip to get used to his new identity.

After stopping an armed gunman and several other crooks, Clark began to feel more confident and told Lois as he was flying her across the sky, that being Superman felt great and that he had never felt so good of being the real him. He tried to give Lois a kiss but she gently turned him down, saying that the feeling he had for her was the same feeling

However when they got back to Clark's apartment, Lana was there and demanded to know what was going on. Clark told her that Lois knew about his powers and he had decided that the world needs him to be around to help people. When Lana mocked Clark's costume, Lois angrily tried to defend Clark but Lana argued that it was between him and her. Lana was angry with Clark for breaking his promise of not using his powers and threatened to break up with him if he continued the charade.

Lois then got a phone call that unbeknownst to her was Tempus who told her that Perry would be killed during a mayoral debate on television.

Lois and Superman arrived and Lois watched as Superman began tearing away at Tempus' poster to reveal a hidden door. He opened it to reveal Wells with a C7 bomb on his person being held at gunpoint by one of Tempus' henchman Dommo.

Tempus had already told the public about the enemy being Superman and with Dommo was now accusing the Man of Steel of putting them all in danger with a bomb. Superman had recovered the bomb and was about to arrest Tempus.

Lois then was held back as she watched as Tempus threw the bomb aside and took out a chunk of Kryptonite which began harming Superman. He then showed the recorded footage of Clark saving Lois, exposing his true identity. Tempus then proclaimed that he was the one who would standby the citizens and protect them.

However the bomb had detonated from the impact of being thrown to the ground. Going back on his word, Tempus grabbed Wells, pushed his way through the crowd and fired a gun in the air to make them move even further, not caring that he was abandoning them.

Meanwhile Lois threw away the Kryptonite and tried to help Superman recover. Having had enough of Tempus' selfish behaviour and in spite of his hatred of violence, Wells struck him to the ground. He then retrieved the bomb and handed it to Superman.

Lois was against it as she felt Superman was far too weak, but the Man of Steel managed to swallow it before it exploded. Everyone including Perry and Jimmy were grateful for his help but were still full of questions. However both Lois and Wells assured them that Superman was here to help.

Afterwards Perry won the election and Superman was hailed as the new hero of Metropolis. Lois asked him if Lana was okay with all this, but Superman sadly replied that she had made him choose between being with her or being Superman.

Superman then said that he didn't feel as bad about losing her as he was about to lose Lois and asked her to stay but she replied that she couldn't because the Clark in her universe needed her. Wells then appeared saying that Tempus had been taken care of and that all was right in both universes.

It was now time for Lois to go back to her own universe. Lois sadly said goodbye to Superman and went back to her own universe. She felt terrible for leaving him alone with this new responsibility, but Wells assured her that he would be alright.

She arrived just as her Superman came to find her. Apparently Lois had only been away for a few minutes, but he had still been worried sick. Lois told him that she was now back and was never leaving again. Clark asked her where she had been, Lois replied it was a long story.

As they were walking down the street they saw Tempus who had been arrested for the robbery earlier, being pushed into the back of a police car, swearing revenge. Lois then told Clark that it was okay if they invited Lana to the wedding as she now understood why things hadn't worked out between them. (*Tempus, Anyone?*)

They finally agreed to have their wedding on Valentine's Day. But Lois was getting threatening gifts saying that if she married Clark, she would regret it. Eventually the day of the wedding came and as they were about to enter the church, Lois was still certain that something bad would happen. She suddenly realised that Lex Luthor had been the one who sent her the gifts and was likely planning to ruin their wedding. Clark assured her that Lex was still safely in prison where he would do no harm and all they had to think about now was getting married.

Lois was then escorted away by an usher who was really Lex in disguise. Lex had escaped from prison thanks to a pardon signed by a clone of the President that had been created by a scientist named Dr. Mamba who had now been arrested. Lex was indeed planning to ruin her and Clark's wedding. First he put Lois into unconsciousness and then replaced her with a identical clone to fool Clark and the others. While Clark and the clone were exchanging their vows, Lex took Lois away to his hideout underneath an old shrine. (*I Now Pronounce You...*)

Lois awoke to find herself gagged and tied to a chair, while the usher she had been with, removed his disguise to reveal Lex who smirked at her. Lex walked over to her saying that he would lower her gag but if she even breathed the name Superman, he would paralyse her vocal chords with a syringe.

As soon as Lois was able to talk again, she berated Lex for doing such a terrible thing and that the whole country was looking for him, so he should give himself up. Lex told her that he was not going back to prison to finish his double life sentence and said that he and her would go to a windowless fortress in the alps where Superman would never be able to find her. He also said that even though Lois had told him that she never really loved him, he would find a way for her to be attracted to him again. Lex then lent over and kissed Lois who at once spat back in his face in disgust and told him to never do it again.

Suddenly someone entered the room and Lois was astonished to see someone who looked just like her. She asked Lex if this was who Clark married. She then watched the Lois clone anxiously telling Lex that she was afraid of making other mistakes as she hadn't known where the cups were in Clark's apartment.

Lex berated her for deserting her post and told her to go back and find out everything she could from Clark about Superman, so that he could destroy him once and for all. After threatening to kill her there and then, the clone left.

Lois cried as if her heart would break as it had supposed to have been the happiest day of her and Clark's lives but it had now been spoiled. Lex assured her that he would make her more happier than Clark ever would.

Later Lex made her wear a suit that he had chosen especially for her. He then said that now he would now be running an empire of pure evil for the happiness of them which disgusted Lois even more.

Later they were in a limousine, heading to open up an account of $200 million that Lex had set up for Lois after she had excepted her proposal before they got on a plane for the alps. Lois refused, but Lex said he would just send the clone to take her place. The clone then arrived telling Lex that she wanted to be left alone with Clark and that she knew a "super-cool" secret. When Lex stepped out, wanting to know what the clone was talking about, Lois started screaming for Superman's help. Lex made good on his threat and paralysed her vocal chords with the syringe.

Lex then left to hear the clone's demands, but as he went back to the limousine, Lois kicked him over backwards and escaped. Lois then found Superman with clone and attempted to reach him, but a passing car knocked her over and she hit her head against a fire hydrant which knocked unconscious. The driver of the car and many other people gathered round her to see if she was alright.

When she came to, she saw her clone right in front of her. She helped her up, only to have the clone aiming a gun at her, declaring that there wasn't enough room in Metropolis for both of them.

She pushed her away and got on a nearby truck. The blow to the head had given Lois amnesia and told the driver that name was Wanda Detroit which was really a character from a previous novel she had written called "The Amazing and True Adventures of Wanda Detroit".

She then became a singer at a bar which had been Wanda's job in the novel. She became convinced that she was the same character who had been struggling with two men named Clark and Kent.

Both Clark and Lex went to the club to find Lois after getting some information from Jimmy about Lois' novel. Lois escaped as Clark was in the club asking questions and being mobbed by two men that she had befriended. Lois once again ran into her clone, but this time she didn't recognise her. Soon she was visited by Lex who suddenly drove the clone away and told Lois that he was "Kent" who was another character from Lois' novel and that Clark was there to hurt her.

Lex then persuaded her that he was her true love and when Clark appeared, Lois, after some persuasion from Lex told him that she didn't want to love him or see him before getting into Lex's car. Clark wasn't convinced and angrily vowed that he would get Lois back even if he had to go right through Lex to do it. Lex and Lois then drove away, leaving Clark alone with the clone. (*Double Jeopardy*)

An amnesiac Lois was then taken back to Lex's new hideout that was underneath a subway station. While she was sleeping she began seeing memories of Clark and Lex from the past to the present, but she still couldn't fully remember.

Determined not lose Lois at any cost, Lex continued to convince her that she was Wanda Detroit and said that he had come up with an idea that would get rid of Clark and his friend Superman once and for all.

One night, Lois and Lex broke into S.T.A.R. labs to steal two clone samples that Dr. Mamba had created before his imprisonment. They took them back to Lex's hideout and Lex modified the samples to make cloned bodies with blonde hair for himself and Lois. Lex decided that Superman would never find them if their minds were in another body and they would be free to do and be whatever they wanted.

He also called for his old friend Asabi who had a way to transfer their souls to their new bodies. Lois at first refused, but Lex told her that they would never have a proper future together and it would be in his words; running, hiding, being caught, being caged and dying alone, but if that was what she wanted he would willingly sacrifice his freedom for her. Lois eventually agreed to go along with it and desired to use her new identity to become a writer .

While Lois was continuing to have flashbacks of her past in her dreams, Lex had found out Superman's true identity of Clark Kent and bought a deadly weapon called the A-Tech Quantum Disruptor to kill the Man of Steel once and for all.

After attacking Clark and kidnapping his mother Martha, Lex showed Lois the weapon and told her that Superman must die as he worked for Clark and was seeking to destroy their happiness.

The modifications to the cloned bodies were complete and Lois and Lex were getting ready to transfer their souls to the clone bodies. Superman suddenly appeared and told Lex it was over, Lois still couldn't remember who he was talking about. She then watched as the Man of Steel lifted Lex up by the lapels and demanded to know where his mother was.

Lex told Lois to shoot him. Lois aimed the disruptor at the Man of Steel and told him to release Lex at once. Superman convinced her to put it down making Lois hesitate. Lex again told her to shoot him, but Lois ended up destroying a pillar that was holding up the ceiling. Superman ran to hold it up and Lex again demanded that Lois shoot him. Lois found she couldn't and an angry Lex took it from her and regardless that the whole roof would cave in, fired the disruptor at Superman.

Lois watched horrified at the the devastating power the weapon had and tried to stop Lex when he tried to take another shot. Lex lost his temper and pushed her away, telling her to never stand between him and what he wanted.

As Lex prepared to take another shot, Lois' clone who had followed Superman, suddenly appeared and wrestled with Lex resulting in them both being caught in the blast and severely damaging their bodies. Asabi managed to escape and Superman went over to the clone who died right after telling Superman where his mother was. Lois meanwhile was attending to Lex who was now on the verge of dying himself. Lex at first refused to let Lois go, but Superman told him to let her live if he loved her as much as he said he did. Lex did just that before finally succumbing to his injures.

As Superman and Lois made their way out of Lex's lair, a falling chunk of rock hit Lois on the head and knocked her out. Superman manged to rescue Martha and took the unconscious Lois to hospital. The hit on the head had brought Lois back a portion of her memory, but she still didn't know who Clark was. (*Seconds*)

On the suggestion of Perry, Lois was sent to an institute to help regain her memory. Dr. Maxwell Deter who worked there, promised that he would do all he could to help Lois, but he was also secretly in love with her and kept limiting the visits of Clark and anyone else to see her. However it was also an undercover operation of another scientist named Elias Mendenhall who was brainwashing his patients to be killers for hire. He even brainwashed Lois to kill Perry, but his plot was foiled and he was taken to prison.

Afterwards Lois began to regain her memories of working with Clark at the Daily Planet, her favourite foods and hobbies, but she also found herself falling in love with Deter, much to Clark's dismay. (*Forget Me Not*)

Soon Lois was working with Clark again who decided to tell her the truth regardless of Deter telling him not to. Suddenly during a burst of electronic energy Lois began having more flashbacks of her life.

Eventually Clark told Lois he loved her and even gave her a kiss. Lois was horrified as she still didn't even know who Clark was and ran back to the institute, her head buzzing with questions. She felt like she was the only sane one in the world and everyone else was crazy.

Deter then told her that in order to regain her memories, she must do exactly as he said. He then secretly brainwashed her to love only him and go with him to Paris. She then went to the Daily Planet and told Clark, Perry and Jimmy of their plans. All were shocked and Perry even lunged himself at Deter.

Suddenly another burst of energy made Lois have flashbacks of Superman saving her countless times. After some investigating she found out that a patient of Deter's named Herkimer Johnson, the insecure younger brother of the deceased criminal Bad Brain Johnson had created a machine to turn the citizens of Metropolis into mindless zombies to earn his abusive mother's love. Lois saw this machine as the perfect opportunity to get her memories back and was surprised when Deter tried to sabotage it.

Suddenly both Herkimer and his mother appeared and Mrs. Johnson decided to kill Lois as revenge for helping to put her eldest son in prison. Herkimer then turned on the machine again to make his mother say she loved him. When she was unable, he turned up the machine to full power. The resulting surge fully restored Lois' memories and she finally knew who she really was. Superman appeared, shut down the machine and tied Herkimer and his mother up for the police.

Lois then told Superman that she now knew who she really was and gave Deter a farewell punch in the face for deceiving her to prove that she was back; "Doctor, I think our time is just about up!" Superman then took Lois high into the sky and placed the engagement ring on her finger once again. (*Oedipus Wrecks*)

Things were back to normal and Lois was glad to have her memory back and be with the man she loved. She was then invited to a Metropolis high school reunion hosted by one of her classmates Annette Westman who was planning revenge on her and all the others who ill-treated her in school.

Annette had made a shampoo that had a strong formula to shrink objects down to a very tiny size. She had already used it on three of her classmate's spouses Joe's wife Debbie Malloy, Peggy's husband Dick Carlton and Julie's husband Les Barrish. The same thing happened to Clark when he had found it at his door and used it, but because of his cell structure, the process was taking longer and he was unsure of he and Lois now having a future together.

Lois however found out about Annette's involvement, but was sent a message from Superman while she was at S.T.A.R. labs discussing it with Dr. Klein telling her to stay away, but Lois as usual, disobeyed.

Lois then went to Annette's apartment and told her that Clark was gone, she then saw a lot of merchandise from high school and questioned Annette about it. She had Joe's old football helmet and Julie's old Cheerleader uniform. Annette told her that she had been organising it all for the reunion, but Lois was still suspicious and told her that it was nice of them to give them to her considering they were not friends in high school.

Annette bitterly said that Joe always ignored her even though she had gone to every single one of his games and Julie had always teased her on her appearance and accent. As for Peggy who was very attractive, Annette had been jealous of her always getting all the attention, boys and valentines, while she ended up feeling left out. When Lois asked her why she did this to her as she had never done anything to make Annette hate her so much. Annette replied that she still bore a grudge against Lois for losing to her in the election for Class President. She then gloated at how the tables were turned as the others were now seeking her for comfort, even Lois.

Disgusted, Lois replied that Annette didn't care about them and only relished in their pain. She then saw her classmates' shrunken spouses after hearing their cries for help. They were caged in what appeared to be a doll house made with Lego and pencil prison bars, which horrified Lois even more.

She then told Annette to surrender and restore them to normal to redeem herself but she refused and instead shot Lois. Thankfully Superman who had arrived there first had caught the bullet. While Lois was unconscious, Annette took out a large bottle containing the formula that she would pour over Lois to make her shrink away to nothingness.

However Superman bumped into her with her couch, resulting in her pouring the formula on herself. Lois regained consciousness and watched as Annette herself shrank away to nothingness. The others were then rescued and restored to normal. (*It's a Small World After All*)

Just as things were back to normal, Lois and Clark received a visit from two strange beings Ching and Zara who had Kryptonian like powers. It was later revealed that they were from a race of Kryptonians who had escaped before the destruction of Krypton and had started a new civilisation on a world called New Krypton. Clark had been married to Zara from birth and was next in line as the ruler of the planet.

Meanwhile Lord Nor who was Clark's rival to the throne was making trouble and sent his evil shape-shifting assassin named Tez to kill him.

Though Tez was eventually defeated, Lord Nor vowed that he wasn't finished yet. Clark then made a heartbreaking decision to leave Earth and rule New Krypton to ensure the safety of both worlds. Lois knew that she would probably never see Clark again, but he kept her engagement ring on a chain and vowed that he would come back. After exchanging emotional goodbyes to Lois, his parents and the rest of the city, Lois sadly watched Superman fly away with Ching and Zara to their spaceship.

Later that night, Lois opened her apartment window and looked up into the night sky, presumably in the direction that the spaceship had left. With tears in her eyes, she remembered Clark's words of how much he loved her and hoped that one day he would return. (*Through a Glass, Darkly*), (*Big Girls Don't Fly*)

### Season 4

In the days that followed, Lois felt empty by Clark's departure and had various dreams of him coming back to her. At the Daily Planet, she had to tell Perry and Jimmy that Clark was away on a special assignment and didn't know when he'd be back. Ralph Jarvis, one of her annoying co-workers asked her to dinner, but she firmly refused, stating she was still engaged to Clark.

Meanwhile Lord Nor who had been the main reason for Clark departing to New Krypton, discovered how his enemy had got his powers by the Earth's yellow sun. He evaded the planet and took over Smallville, taking the people including Clark's parents as hostages turning them into slaves. Lois received a call from Martha reporting what had happened, just before one of Nor's men disconnected the Smallville phone box.

One evening as Lois was trying to get through on her phone back to Smallville with little success, she was reunited with Clark and they shared a passionate kiss until they were interrupted by Trai, one of the Kryptonian councillors. Later she was visited by Ching who told her that Nor had now invaded Earth. Desperate to see Clark to warn him, Lois agreed to pose as one of many concubines so she could get to Clark's floating palace.

Later they entered Smallville in disguise and after Clark's parents were threatened unless he turned up, Lois watched as Clark appeared and surrendered. She then heard Nor expressing his hatred and jealousy of him and how he could of been on the throne if it hadn't been for him. (*Lord of the Flys*)

Lois was then at a trial along with Jonathan and Martha after Nor accused Clark of treason for abandoning his people and taking the rightful position away from him. In front of the Kryptonian council, Clark and Zara were being questioned with Nor giving hidden footage of Lois and Clark kissing and his and Zara's personal conversations to strengthen his case. The penalty for these crimes was interrogation and as the process was taking place, Ching discovered that the trial could be settled by a duel between Clark and Nor which the council had failed to give him.

Clark was freed and later dressed as Superman, challenged Nor on the streets in front of the Daily Planet.

Meanwhile Lois discovered that some Kryptonite that could be used against Nor was stolen. However it turned out that Colonel Cash of the United States Military was the one responsible and had now used it to make a lethal gas to be fired in the very place where Superman and Nor were fighting, which would kill them both. Lois found out and told Cash to stop the gas but he refused. She then berated Cash for using Superman for bait and his ingratitude and betrayal. Cash replied that it was a tactical decision, to which Lois gave him a well-deserved kick in the crotch.

Lois rushed out during the battle which Nor seemed to be winning and warned him about the Kryptonite gas. Eventually Superman overpowered Nor and knocked him unconscious. Some of Nor's followers appeared just as the gas was fired, making them absorb most of it, killing them all, Lois along with Jimmy ran to Superman who fortunately was just unconscious and wasn't as close to the gas exposure. Cash was then arrested.

Later Clark decided to stay on Earth and for Zara and Ching to be the rulers of New Krypton. Zara and Ching express their gratitude for their help and the four parted ways.

Back on Earth, Clark held out the engagement ring to Lois and asked her once again to marry him and not let anything stand in their way this time. She agreed and the plans for the wedding began once again. (*Battleground Earth*)

As preparations began, Clark and Lois found out that Myrtle Beech known as the Wedding Destroyer had broken out of prison and wanted revenge on them for her imprisonment.

Investigations led them to a news reporter named Nunk who kept on following them and leaking information to her and her psychiatrist Voyle Grumman, who had been using Myrtle ever since she lost her hubby three years ago as her anger and depression were perfect for studying who later killed Nunk.

Deciding to go ahead with the wedding despite the dangers, Lois, Clark, Jimmy, Perry, the Lanes and the Kents met at the church for the rehearsal.

However unknown to them, Myrtle had switched Lois' wedding ring for one that had a electrical charge powerful enough to kill. She burst into the church and activated the weapon, saying that the remote that she was using had a 200 mile radius so if anyone followed her, she would press the control again, killing Lois.

Lois and Clark told her the truth of losing her fiancee and how Grummin had been lying to her the whole time, turning her into a monster. They had found a paper that Grumman had written revealing his true sick-minded intentions. Clark promised Myrtle that they would get her the help she needed and the tearful woman surrendered and was arrested along with Grummin.

Later Lois and Clark eventually got married on October 6, 1996 in a beautiful garden at sunset by Mike, a guardian angel who had been watching over them all along. Their friends and family were there too and Lois and Clark exchanged their vows:

*"Lois, I have loved you from the moment I saw you. I love your humor, your passion, the way you just dive right in, even when you shouldn't. Because you refuse to just watch the world. You demand that it be a better place and because of you, it is. And today, I want to give you as much of the world as I can. So I give you my heart, my soul, our future!"*
—Clark's vows
*"Clark, you're my best friend. Until I met you I never had a best friend and falling in love with you has been so easy, I don't know why I fought it so long. You have such gentle grace and such quiet strength and mostly such incredible kindness. I've never known anyone with as pure a heart. And today, I give you my love and my honor and our life together!"*
—Lois' vows

Afterwards they finally became husband and wife. (*Swear to God, This Time We're Not Kidding*)

During their wedding night, Lois and Clark got an unexpected visit from H.G. Wells, who said that a terrible curse had been created by Tempus resulting in Lois dying from a illness if they consummated their marriage, eventually they traveled back in time, stopped Tempus and the curse was lifted. (*Soul Mates*)

While looking into a case on the youth being stolen from people by Dr. Vita Deutsen, Lois found out from Dr. Klein that Superman's Kryptonian molecular structure slowed the ageing process and would continue making him look young while Lois would look old as any other human being.

Lois was greatly upset by this and began seeing herself in the future as a very old woman compared to her youthful husband. She told this to Clark, but he assured her that even if it was true, it would never change how he felt about her.

Later when Jimmy became a victim of the stealing of youth and had only a few hours left to live, Superman used himself to restore Jimmy to normal. Dr. Deutsen and her accomplice Conner Shenk were then imprisoned.

Later Lois found out that Clark didn't care about losing some of his years as long as Jimmy was healthy again and Lois was delighted that Clark had bought Deutsen's house for them to move into. (*Brutal Youth*)

Their fresh start in their new home was interrupted when criminal Professor Jefferson Cole escaped from prison to seek revenge on Lois for her part in putting him there in the first place.

As a first part in Cole's scheme, Lois was framed for the murder of her former informant Elroy Sykes. Lois had been given an unloaded handgun by Sykes much to her surprise and Cole shot a bullet directly at Sykes to make it seem like Lois had shot him even though her finger wasn't even on the trigger.

To make matters worse, a woman named Sheila Danko had recorded the whole thing and corrupt District Attorney Clemmons decided to use the situation to strengthen his campaign so as a result, Lois was arrested and imprisoned, awaiting her trial. Her husband as Superman asked the judge to release her under his supervision until her trial. However Cole's assistant Wolcott created a hologram of Lois walking down the street holding a gun which lead her back to prison.

Clark, Perry, Jimmy and the others were certain Lois was innocent and would support her to the fullest at her trial, but Perry was kidnapped and Wolcott placed a hologram of him to testify against Lois so she was found guilty of murder in the first degree and given a death penalty.

Clark wasn't prepared to allow his wife to rot in prison for a crime she didn't commit, so as Superman he broke Lois out and helped hide her from the public until they found evidence that would prove her innocence.

After much investigating they found out that Cole was behind it all and Clemmons had helped Cole in setting Lois up and had the bullet that had killed Sykes on his person. They also discovered that Cole had killed Sheila after she had a change of heart of helping in Lois' imprisonment. Clark managed to get the bullet from the DA and as Superman took it to Dr. Klein to analyse to help prove Lois' innocence.

However Cole caught on and kidnapped Lois, while also acquiring a sample of hybrid Kryptonite to make into rain which was harmless to Superman, but dangerous to humans as vengeance towards the Man of Steel and Dr. Klein for their part in his imprisonment also. Cole kept Lois, bound and gagged in the clock tower, but Lois managed to ring the bells to tell Superman her whereabouts.

Superman managed to stop the rain and rescue Lois. Lois was finally cleared and Cole was sent back to prison along with Wolcott whilst Clemmons was removed from his position as DA.

Lois and Clark were finally able to relax in their new home as Husband and Wife. (*The People vs. Lois Lane*), (*Dead Lois Walking*)

More problems arose with the vengeful assassin Deathstroke and the ghost of a dead former resident. (*Bob and Carol and Lois and Clark*), (*Ghosts*)

Soon Lois was promoted to the new editor in chief of the Daily Planet when Perry got promoted in the higher office. Lois was determined to do the best job she could, but it proved to be harder than she thought. She became swamped with work and was under a lot of pressure, making her kill Clark's original story that they had been previously working on together due to lack of facts and partnering him with Ralph on a bogus Mayor story which resulted in their first fight. They didn't speak to each other after that.

Martha then came to visit Lois with some coffee and told her of her and Jonathan's first fight. Lois told Martha that she felt ashamed of fighting with Clark and her promotion was making them drift further and further apart, but this job was important to her and she had to give it her all every step of the way. Martha answered that just because she and Clark weren't news partners anymore didn't mean they weren't still a team and what Lois felt was just one of the things all married couples went through and it would work out.

Unknown to them, the story that Clark was looking into linked to two brothers who wanted to exploit Superman's weakness and kill him out of revenge for the death of their childhood hero Lex Luthor.

Lois soon found out and rushed to where husband had gone to try and save him. Superman however found a way to foil them and handed them over to the police. Later she and Clark made up and she resigned from her editorial job realizing that her place was getting stories with Clark. (*Stop the Presses*)

Christmas once again came to Metropolis and Lois was trying to see the season the same way Clark did. Meanwhile a mischievous Imp named Mr. Mxyzptlk had escaped from his Fifth Dimension and was determined not to go back.

He trapped Lois and the others in a time loop that repeated itself whenever the hands of the clock reached four and each time, people lost a bit of hope. Even the Christmas Tree at the Daily Planet was getting smaller and smaller.

Mxyzptlk knew Clark's identity of Superman, so he kept him out of the loop and made a deal with him; he would end the loop if Clark agreed to leave Earth forever. Clark refused and his hope and determination suddenly broke Lois free who then told the Imp to scram and that Clark wasn't going anywhere.

Afterwards they tried to restore hope to everyone including their own parents and tricked Mxyzptlk into saying his name backwards, which sent him back to his own dimension and broke the loop, restoring everything back to normal.

Lois was finally able to see Christmas not as a *chore* as she had made it out to be, but as a beautiful holiday that everyone could enjoy and they spent their first Christmas together in their new home. (*'Twas the Night Before Mxymas*)

Lois soon learnt the dangers of telling a "little white lie" when she told one to get them into a posh hotel in Berlin and a reporter named Samantha sent by a jealous, sleazy, philanthropist and tabloid publisher named Randy Goode, followed and took pictures of them in bed.

Soon it was all over the tabloids with the people believing Lois had cheated on Clark and Superman had betrayed his good morals, making them lose their faith in him, causing Clark to want to tell the world his secret.

Lois, Jonathan and Martha told him to think clearly about the consequences of his actions as she and Clark would never again have a normal life and what the reaction would be to the people if they found out that Superman had been lying to them all this time.

Fortunately the reporter had been careless and destroyed the film and the photograph that had been sent was fake. After some help from Jimmy, they found the evidence and arrested Mr. Goode and Samantha when he attempted to destroy a peace conference that Superman was giving. Afterwards Lois and Clark decided to be more careful. (*Sex, Lies and Videotape*)

More trouble arose when Tempus escaped from prison and brainwashed the city into making him their new United States President under the alias of "John Doe".

Superman tried to stop him, but the the villain tricked him into entering a time window which exploded and stranded him in eternity which would eventually vanish, making him cease to exist. Lois had just arrived at the hotel room to watch it all happen. She tried to save her husband, but Tempus had pulled her away. Lois was heartbroken and was now more determined than ever to stop the futuristic fiend once and for all. (*Meet John Doe*)

Lois missed Clark greatly, but she never gave up hope in him coming back. Tempus had already began using his presidency for evil and Lois was beginning to despair when she bumped into her old friend H.G. Wells. Wells had come to the present because he had noticed when he visited the Utopian future that the world had changed to chaos and mayhem along with the statue of Lois and Superman vanishing. Lois explained what had happened and asked if there was anyway to bring Clark back, but Wells replied that Clark had been banished to place out of time so finding him would be difficult and to make matters worse, in 48 hours he would cease to exist.

Later after angrily confronting Tempus on what he had done and telling him that he would eventually be stopped, Lois got a visit from the Clark Kent she had previous helped in the alternate universe, sent by Wells to help stop Tempus. However Tempus soon realized what Wells was up to and kidnapped him.

After some investigating, Lois and Alternate Clark realized that Tempus was sending his subliminal messages through the phone system, especially after discovering that the crazed villain had issued a law making it treasonous not to use a phone.

Lois found it hard to be with someone who resembled her husband, but wasn't. After drinking some wine and chatting, they nearly kissed each other which made Lois feel even more uncomfortable than ever.

She then began having dreams of her special times with Clark and finally couldn't sleep. She found Alternate Clark still sleeping on their couch. Lois was still worried about her husband now having only 24 hours left to be found before he ceased to exist forever. She also told Alternate Clark that his feelings for her were for his Lois from his universe (however Alternate Clark had never met her as the Alternate Lois was lost doing an assignment in the Congo and hadn't been seen since).

When Lois went to the kitchen and turned on a light switch, she began to feel Tempus' subliminal message trying to enter her mind. She and Alternate Clark realized that Tempus was now transmitting them through the electrical wiring while bypassing the phone system which was why Alternate Clark hadn't found anything.

Alternate Clark then changed to Superman and set off to find the power source to Tempus' brainwashing and destroy it. Meanwhile Wells had succeeded in escaping from Tempus and went to his time machine set to go Lois and Clark's house, but Tempus jumped in just as the machine was taking off and when it arrived, Lois was taken hostage to Tempus' hideout at an abandoned fall out shelter.

While they were there, Wells told Lois that if they knew the exact time of when the time window exploded, there would be chance that Clark could be found. However Lois could hardly even remember the day, let alone the exact time.

After discovering that Alternate Superman would destroy the source of his brainwashing, Tempus had brainwashed the previous President, Garner into giving the countries nuclear launch codes as a contingency plan. He would launch attacks against every capital on Earth. Lois was horrified and said the other countries would retaliate and the endless attacks would destroy the whole world. But Tempus didn't care. He declared that if the world no longer wanted him, then he no longer wanted it. He would go to alternate universe leaving the Alternate Superman to be stranded forever on the soon-to-be lifeless planet.

Later Alternate Superman indeed managed to find the power source and destroy it, so Tempus took out the launch codes and began typing them in his PC. Lois urged him not to do this terrible thing and that he still had a chance to escape, but Tempus replied that he would only be sent back to prison and didn't want to miss the pleasure of killing billions of people.

He finished typing in the codes and began the countdown. However Alternate Superman managed to find Tempus' hideout and interrupted the missile countdown by smashing the PC. Tempus' brainwashing effects wore off and he was arrested. In exchange for Lois putting in a good word for him, Tempus' henchman Dragon gave her and Wells a watch worn by the futuristic madman that had stopped when the time window exploded. Tempus had given it to him along with some of his suits to change.

Using exact time on the watch, Lois travelled with Wells and finally found Clark. After Tempus was imprisoned once again, Lois and Clark both thanked Wells and Alternate Clark for their help and after saying goodbye with Wells promising Alternate Clark that there may be a chance for them to find the Lois from his universe, Lois and Clark held each other in a warm embrace, glad to be together again. (*Lois and Clarks*)

When it seemed like the couple were finally free of Lex, more trouble from the House of Luthor emerged in the form of a businessman named Leslie Luckabee and his assistant Mr. Smith who was really another of Lex Luthor's sons; Lex Luthor, Jr. who was physically deformed and even more insane than his father. Jr. wanted to rebuild Lex Sr.'s empire and take control as the rightful heir.

Together they made a devious plan in the shape of an android named Vixen and a Shadow Killer named Edward Hanson, who were both defeated by Superman.

Lois was suspicious of Leslie who had suddenly become the new owner of the Daily Planet and also because of his peculiar mannerisms and once making a move on her and then confessing to Clark about it.

Soon she and Clark began to put the pieces together as both Vixen and Hanson had murdered CEOs, corporate rivals and other people who owned the companies that had previously belonged to LexCorp and also deduced that Lex had another son, especially since the last words Hanson had said to Lois before his death that he would kill her then the son of the man who knew Superman's identity. Lois was reluctant at first as the only one she had known about was Jaxon who was now gone, but Clark said that they really didn't know how many children Lex could of fathered, especially as he was the master of deception and knew that this other son of his was determined to take back what his father lost.

During this time Jr. and Leslie had found an old recording left by Lex Sr. that mentioned Superman's true identity. Eventually Leslie double-crossed Jr. after being tired of his orders and Jr. shot him in the back after tricking Lois into touching a device called a neural scanner that monitored her senses, but was also capable of giving her a horrible headache. Jr. then kidnapped her and told her how he had been a disappointment to his father and always lived alone without sunlight or human contact. He wanted Lois to teach him to love, but Lois berated him for his cruelty, saying he was too much like his father, wanting everything and giving nothing back and had been blinded by not seeing past his disfigured appearance to do good, so she could do nothing except pity him which made Jr. very angry and hurt. He threw a glass of wine at her and went into a corner to sob.

Eventually Superman came to the rescue, but Jr. still had the scanner and used it to give Lois another headache if Superman tried to take her away from him. Jr. also had another scheme in mind that would make certain he wouldn't fail. He activated a force field around him that if touched would detonate a bomb that would destroy the whole city unless Superman agreed to work for him.

Superman refused and Lois agreed to be frozen by him as he had before to prevent Jr. from having anymore control over her. While Lois was frozen, Superman blew Jr. across the room, making him hit a wall and get knocked to the ground and then tried to deactivate the bomb that was actually inside Jr.'s lair itself but unfortunately it had a back up detonator.

Jr. then crawled over to where his scanner had fallen, attempting to set off the bomb himself. Suddenly Leslie appeared, still severely injured by the gun shot and stepped on the scanner, crushing it. With his last dying breath, he told Superman to take Lois away before touching Jr.'s force field and setting off the bomb which killed them both. Lois' frozen body was moved to safety and placed in an empty alley while Superman repaired the damage that the bomb had caused to the city. Lois was then warmed up as she had been before and recovered. Together they agreed that even though their life always seemed to full of surprises, things always worked out in the end. (*Faster Than a Speeding Vixen*), (*Shadow of a Doubt*), (*Voice from the Past*)

Lois' love for Clark was put to the ultimate test when her husband had his body switched with criminal Woody Samms who was on the run from a dangerous Mob boss named Little Tony Zarate. Woody now knew Clark's secret and wanted to stay in the body. He also wanted Lois for himself. Lois was in town getting things ready for a lovely romantic dinner with her husband and was surprised and annoyed to see a stranger run up to her and claim to be husband. She considered him a madman and allowed the police to arrest him.

At home she noticed how strange her husband seemed to be behaving as he was dressed in leather, kissing her differently and hadn't touched his food. Up in the bedroom while Lois was dressing up in some fabulous nightwear, she heard on the radio about some terrorists attacking and urged Woody to go and help. Woody however didn't fully understand until Lois told him how important the situation was and he finally left.

Afterwards, Clark entered the house, still trying to persuade Lois who he really was, but she beat him up until he showed him the secret compartment to his costumes and she felt his true soul inside him. Clark explained what had happened and Lois apologized for not listening to him. Clark then gave her the number to the motel where he was staying with Woody's daughter Becky, asking her to help him get his body back by calling him when Woody was most vulnerable and not let anything slip that she knew anything. Before Clark left, as he knew that he was still in danger, Lois gave him a reassuring passionate kiss, saying that she didn't care what body he was in and she was with him no matter what.

When Woody returned home, Lois noticed the nick on his wrist and now knew indeed what he was up to, as the Superman she knew had never bled. While Woody was relaxing, she attempted to phone Clark, not realizing that both him and Becky been kidnapped by Little Tony's men and were being tortured. Woody caught on, grabbed Lois' cell phone and crushed it into pieces. He then told her to tell her where Clark was or she would be vaporized with his laser vision.

Lois bravely refused and told him that not matter what he did to her, Clark would find him and stop him. Woody scoffed and said he had no chance against Superman. Lois replied Clark was still Superman. Woody answered that he was Superman now and continued to use his laser vision on her, destroying parts of the house. Lois replied that he would never be Superman because it wasn't the suit or the powers that made him worthy of that name, but character as he had to care about something other than himself.

Woody gave her one last chance, but Lois still refused and shut her eyes as Woody prepared for the final kill, but he heard Becky's screams and set off to rescue her. Lois waited for Clark who returned home after Woody had given him back his body, helped saved Becky's life and put his own on the line, ending with Little Tony being arrested. They were happily reunited once again. (*I've Got You Under My Skin*)

After being married for six months, Lois and Clark decided they wanted children so Clark in his disguise of Superman went to Dr. Klein to see if a Kryptonian was compatible to have children with an Earthling.

However much to their disappointment, Dr. Klein's tests came back as negative and they were unable to adopt as the adoption officer didn't approve of Lois always being in harm's way and having to be constantly saved by Superman.

Deciding to get a second opinion, they told Clark's secret to her father, who was staying with them along with her mother and Clark's parents. Sam was shocked, but he agreed to run some tests to see if they were compatible. However this also attracted the attention of a crazed scientist and criminal named Dr. Klaus Mensa, nicknamed "Fathead" because of his enormous head that contained massive brain power. He had been released from prison and was now planning to use his powers to obtain absolute control over Metropolis. Sam let slip Clark's secret to his friend Dr. Misha who was working for Mensa who then decided to use it to his advantage. He then held Sam hostage and kidnapped Ellen, Jonathan and Martha as well, threatening to kill them if Superman tried to stop him from stealing the gold from the Metropolis Bank.

However the Lanes and the Kents persuaded Misha to help them and gave Superman and Lois a quote that she had remembered from her childhood: "Rainbows follow stormy skies," which meant that they were fine. They fooled Mensa on his radio communication headset into believing they had been killed. Knowing they were safe, Lois then watched Superman catch Mensa, who was astonished that the Man of Steel seemed to have no remorse for the death of his parents. Superman then wrapped up Mensa up in a sign post and placed in him a police car, deciding to fly the fiend inside it to the prison himself, but the criminal used his telekinetic brain powers to unscrew a large noticeboard as a diversion and started the car to make his getaway.

After fixing the sign, Lois and Superman then followed Mensa back to his hideout just in time to see him attaching himself to a device called the Bummer Be-Gone that would increase his brain power. The machine however overloaded due to Mensa's impatience to try it whether it was ready or not. Superman disconnected it and the effects took away Mensa's brain power along with everything he had learned and everything unpleasant. The memory of Clark's alter-ego was also taken away from Sam and Dr. Misha. Mensa was then sent back to prison and Lois and Clark's parents were safe.

One evening they were talking in bed, relieved that everything was back to normal. Lois was disappointed that even her father's results had come back as negative, but Clark told her that the love they had for each other always overcame the impossible.

They then heard a sound downstairs and went to the sitting room to find a basket with a baby wrapped in a blanket resembling Superman's House of El shield. There was also a note attached that said: "Dear Lois and Clark, this baby belongs to you."

Both Lois and Clark's parents came downstairs too and Lois and Clark proudly showed them their child which filled the whole family with joy as they now had the child they had always wanted. (*The Family Hour*)

## Trivia

* Lois' hair has changed through out the seasons going from a bob, shoulder length and then fairly short.