The day Lois got shot

[catey]

This begins with Clark being severely wounded by an army of supervillains. He's injected with liquid kryptonite, goes into cardiac arrest in some hospital, then return to battle immediately after being defibrillated. When the whole thing is finally over, Lana Lang offers to take care of him, because Lois is away covering the Umec war.




They go to the kitchen, and have a little chat about life, kids, and the reason why Lois is a bad wife.




It seems like a bad case of "i-am-trying-to-destroy-your-marriage-so-that-we-can-raise-baby-clark-together', which of course, she denies. (only to leave her panties behind so that Lois finds them later, but that's another story).




While Lana is blaming Lois for her selfishness, our favorite reporter is busy saving someone's life in the middle of a raging war. At the other side of the planet, Clark is dealing with some villain when he hears the gunshot. He races to catch her before she falls.





He takes her to a camp where he powerlessly watches as she's taken to surgery. Batman calls Doctor Mid-Nite for help.








 

Comments

[From: ravenjade]

I think I love well written Clois more than anything ever.

[From: mola_ram]

I love how the doc starts sweating buckets after he's voiced his theory that Lois might be Superman's girlfriend.

Yup, that's right Doc. NO pressure at all...
Absolutely none whatsoever...

[From: sinisterlink]

That's exactly what I was thinking. It's like, "Okay guys, don't mess this one up or we're gonna have a really bad day. ha ha." Poor doctors. And Clark is right behind the door just staring at them. The whole time. If I'd been the surgeon I'd probably have started hyperventilating and had to take a hit off the oxygen tank or something.

[From: silverzeo]

Wait.. she got shot in the shoulder and that made her to be in a wheelchair for ahwile...

[From: icon_uk]

That's the exit wound, you don't see the entry wound, which could have done a lot of damage. It clipped the aorta and ricocheted off the rib, it would have put a LOT of stress on the heart, so sitting down for a while, particularly when you're an active woman like Lois is, would be a damned good idea.

[From: benicio127]

I've seen a woman complain of whiplash from a minor car accident and been transported in an ambulance, so it's certainly not unlikely. *shrug*

[From: jelly_ace]

I think I saw the Lana-Clark images before here, although I don't know in what context.

And although the art's a little iffy, Clark covering Lois with his cape is a nice touch.

And way to go on the secret identity thing, Clark.

[From: sinisterlink]

I remember seeing those before, too. I think it was a post that basically showed all the times where Lana was wanting to get back with Clark and her and Lois fighting about it and crap like that. Neither character seemed very well written during it, if I recall correctly.

[From: zordboy]

The soldier who -- presumably -- accidently shot Lois Lane probably set the world land speed record to hightail it out of there immediately after-the-fact, at that.

[From: endis_ni]

He'd develop Flash-like powers out of sheer desperation, I imagine!

[From: freezer]

I'm not sure which was worse: Lana openly playing homewrecker or Clark not shutting her ass down from the start.

Who the hell thought that was a good idea?

[From: icon_uk]

Chuck Austen

[From: bluefall]

Is that really Rucka writing Lana like that? Jesus, Greg, stop dynamiting your pedestal, some of us are still trying to be in love with Stumptown and Q&C.

Cool scene with Pieter, though.

[From: schala_kid]

No, no I think that was Chuck Austen because that happened around the The Wrath of Gog. Plus Austen has declared his hatred for Lois and made her a bit cold towards Clark in his run. Also besides butchering Lana's character he made Clark into Spider-Man which is something he was widely criticized for.

I did however like how when Kal was in the hospital, he had Diana and Conner taking turns looking out for him although their conversation about him was kind of weird, if I remember it was Kon asking Diana if she loved Clark.

[From: psychopathicus_rex]

This is pretty cool, but I do have one quibble. I know he's Superman and all, but how could even he pick out, from thousands of miles away, the one gunshot IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAR ZONE that happened to be heading towards his wife?

[From: catey]

Well, he also heard her heart stop.

[From: sinisterlink]

Well, first off, the first scans make Lana look like the most annoying and horrible person ever. Even the stuff at the beginning when she's like, "OMG, you're such a prude for not wanting some woman you used to date to take off your clothes when you're unconscious just because you're married." and even if she's joking, the thing with her saying how she wouldn't trust herself if he was naked and vulnerable is just really skeezy/creepy. I mean, switch it around and imagine a guy saying that to a woman. It's just...creepy. Then the whole putting down Lois thing is just horrible. Clark needed to kick her out the second she started into that crap. Especially when she started in with the whole, "I'm saying this as your friend" kind of stuff. No, you're not saying it as a friend. You're saying it as a woman that wants the guy you got the hots for to dump his wife and come to you.


Okay, rant over. Now onto the positive stuff. One of the things I absolutely adore is how Clark will NEVER be swayed away from Lois. Seriously, there are so many times where I've seen scenes of him talking about her like she's some goddess and he's the luckiest guy in the universe to have her. And the adorable thing is, HE MEANS IT. I mean, this is the guy that spent a thousand years stuck with Wonder Woman, and still all he could think of was Lois. So even though I don't like that scene with Lana and think Clark should have kicked her out a lot earlier, I do like how he isn't swayed by the things Lana is saying and blatantly tells her that he's ALWAYS loved Lois, and that's all that matters.

Other stuff I liked:

Clark being so concerned for Lois that he basically could have completely blown his secret identity by saving her.

Supes wrapping up Lois in the cape.

As mentioned above in another post, the poor doctor sweating bullets when he realizes that Lois might be Superman's girlfriend.

Batman referring to Lois as "one of ours". Aww.

The hand holding at the end with the, "I'll NEVER leave you".

[From: zordboy]

"Batman referring to Lois as "one of ours". Aww."

Agreed. That was a beautiful touch. She's Lois frickin' Lane. Of course she's one of theirs ^_^.

I also agree wholeheartedly on the Clark/Lois dynamic. It works, and it's such an amazing thing to watch.

Also, this.

"I mean, switch it around and imagine a guy saying that to a woman. It's just...creepy."

Exactly. "If you were unconscious, I'd probably try to have sex with you" is *not* a way to endear yourself to the readers, or other characters.

[From: schala_kid]

I just love how all of the JLA is there for Clark, J'onn taking calls for him and alerting the rest of the team, Bruce getting the best doctor for Lois (also referring to her as "one of ours"), and Diana being there for support.

Also Chuck Austen's Lana, fuck no.

[From: freezer]

About the only good thing about Austen's "Lana Lang: Homewrecking Skank" arc was Ma Kent telling her pretty bluntly to get the hell over herself. (Naturally, that's offset by her telling Lois pretty much the same thing. But hey - silver lining.)

[From: thebigapricot]

Aw, woobie Supes. I love how the hero community think of Lois as one of their own. But, why is Red Robin operating on Lois? :) I like seeing Pieter's Matt Murdock civilian look. When was the last time Pieter had a story of his own?

[From: thokstar]

Does his guest appearance in Blue Beetle count?

[From: nezchan]

Yeah, the entire business with Lana is fourteen kinds of BS, but the moment it becomes Clark and Lois it becomes pure gold. I like the fact that "one of our own" is not just lip service, J'onn immediately takes it as a given without even a thought when he finds out she's really in trouble. That's pretty awesome, and makes perfect sense with the character.

[From: sailorlibra]

Yeah, the entire business with Lana is fourteen kinds of BS, but the moment it becomes Clark and Lois it becomes pure gold.

The scenes sort of clash, because the Lana bits are by Austen--who hates Lois--and the rest is by Rucka who writes an excellent Lois.

[From: retro_nouveau]

Hated:

Lana loved Clark growing up? Doesn't mesh with my fanon. I don't mind Lana being a little conniving and still carrying a torch for Superman, but I don't like the idea that she would try to sink the Lois & Clark ship. Also, her reason for leaving Pete just sucks.

Clark hearing a gunshot from hundreds of gunshots going on every minute around the world. Sound goes - uh, google, help me out here - 760 miles an hour. Come on, if he could monitor all the sounds all over the world, he would have to sleep in a sensory deprivation tank like Matt Murdock. Put a better lampshade on that, please.

A bullet wouldn't ricochet off of a bone if it had the power to pass all the way through. Well, a normal human bone, anyway.

Loved:

Lois was pretty cool here. Lois, wait! You're not trained, you don't have any weapons or protection, your job is to -- ok, then! Good luck, you nut!

The League instantly mobilizing for one of their own. Especially Diana being right there outside the door, and she didn't announce that she was there. If something comes up in Metropolis, J'onn's going to let Diana know, she'll take care of it, and Clark will only find out days later that anything happened.

[From: darkknightjrk]

About the gunshot thing--as I remember, it wasn't so much he heard the gunshot as much as he heard Lois' heart stop.

[From: queenrikki]

I love the Rucka stuff. I just think that he always wrote a really awesome Lois Lane. Unfortunately, the taint Austen surrounds this post. There's a part of me that thinks that the whole Lana debacle was one of the greatest things to happen in comics in that it helped lead to Chuck Austen getting out.

Sidenote: These days, I play a Game called "Dr. Midnight or Red Robin" in which I try to figure who's supposed to be in what book (I lost on that Power Girl issue from a few months ago since I kept thinking "What's Tim doing in that book?") *sigh*

[From: another]

That last page is so sweet my heart hurts.

[From: joysweeper]

Motto. I won't lie, I teared up a little.

[From: seriousfic]

Wonder Woman's right outside the door?

Nice of her not to mention that her people have a purple ray that can heal any injury. In fact, isn't/shouldn't there be one built into the Watchtower? I get that she doesn't trust Man's World not to turn it into a death-ray, but if there's anyone who's shown they can handle ridiculous power (and could really use having any injury healed), isn't it her teammates?

[From: bluefall]

Obviously it doesn't work on gunshot wounds, or Babs would be walking.

(Honestly that thing is such a problem. They really need to say it works by amplifying the magical innate improved constitution and healing of an amazon, or something, so we have an actual legit reason why it's only useful to amazons and don't need to keep conveniently forgetting it or saying it's a super-high-tech-cures-anything-except AIDS, cancer, paralysis, or in fact anything beyond what we can deal with via widespread real-world human technology.)

[From: benicio127]

Ew, why is J'onn so overly muscled here? Blech. Art...

[From: greenygal]

You know what annoys me most about the Austen portions of the above? Lana getting weepy and accusing Clark of "having a problem with honesty" when Clark tells her to go. Because obviously when you tell a married man "your wife doesn't love you, and I do," he's just mean for not wanting to hear that. I mean, what other motivation could he have?

[From: phosfate]

That's one of the few bits that's remotely realistic. Somebody tries to feed you hurtful bullshit, then goes all, "I'm just being honest" when you decline to swallow.

Not realistic for Lana, mind, but hey.

[From: ravenous_raven]

(Totally ignoring the Austen bits and moving onto the Rucka...)

Brilliant, just pure brilliance. This is what I look for in comic books: crazy, non-powered heroes/heroines trying to save lives, selfless, automatically-supporting teammates, dedicated, loving spouses...this needs to be condensed into packaged form and sent in the hundreds to the Titans.

[From: alienist]

...Lana does realise that one of that couple can be on the other side of the world in five seconds and the other one can't, right?

[From: queenrikki]

I seriously don't think that logic was entering anywhere into her argument.

[From: lois]

The Lois/Clark is so fab in this.. but damn Austen makes me hate Lana all over again. Argh. Light that Lana on fire please. Bring back the sane one.

[From: aaron_bourque]

Well, I guess it's a good thing nobody remembers their Silver Age portrayals, because Lana?

You loved Superboy and DETESTED Clark Kent back in the day. So shut up.