ACTION COMICS #904: Lois and Clark Ends The Final Issue With A Romantic Dinner

[superfangirl1]

Comments

[werehawk]

Y'know, I was a very verbal OMD basher. I LOVED Peter and MJ. And I still agree with that, but from an editorial/story perspective, its the moment that they get together and get married that is important on an emotional level. Who doesn't remember the first kiss of their favorite fictional characters (right now Im thinking Chuck/Sarah on CHUCK)?

So, if Supes and Lois get together, and together in the right way, it would be good from a more novice reader perspective (and what DC wants is new readers). What has been wrong with Spidey/MJ has been 1) The devil stole the marriage - with MJ's consent! and 2) the execution and Peter's attitude towards women and 3) the reason: Spidey is better single, implying he will never be married again.

[an_idol_mind]

I think the big worry is that editorial won't let the marriage actually return. If they do build up a satisfying relationship and deliver, it's a moot point. But the comics industry in general seems very phobic of an actual married couple, and DC seems intent on restoring the Silver/Bronze Age tension with no implication that we'll get a payoff.

[fifthie]

IDK man I don't actually remember Lois and Clark's first kiss. I don't even think I bought the wedding issue.

I remember the hell out of a lot of the comics they did after they got married though.

Saying the moment they get married is the important moment is like saying they're like frozen in place from that moment onward. Married characters are still characters just like married people are still people, they can and do still do all kinds of interesting emotional shit. They just, you know, do it together.

[fifthie]

I mean IDK Lois and Clark have been at least dating for as long back ago as I was a New Reader and it didn't bother me! I was all for the hero and his lady being together and not constantly having them be almost about to get together for some dumb fucking contrived reason, I got enough of that shit from the Legend of Zelda cartoon.

[fifthie]

IDK why I use IDK so much it's kind of weird IDK IDK IDK

[thehefner]

Motto to all this. I actually feel the same way about Peter and MJ at their best. The moments of them being a functional couple stick in my mind far more than any of the big romantic events or what have you.

[cleome45]

Yeah. So much of pop culture is already obsessed with "first romantic whatever" to the exclusion of anything that happens afterward. Drives me up the wall, and I felt that way long before I actually got hitched. :/

[fifthie]

PFFFT you would say that you BORING MARRIED PERSON

[thehefner]

How DARE you insinuate that? Why, I'm simply a boring happily engaged person with a child out of wedlock SO WE'RE STILL WORTHWHILE CHARACTERS DON'T KILL US JOSS WHEDON.

[fifthie]

happy

engaged

with a child

Joss is literally outside your home with a sniper rifle and a laser sight

[fifthie]

Ask yourself, right now

could I be said to bear a faint resemblance to Alan Tudyk