The end of the Clark Kent/Lois Lane marriage

[starwolf_oakley]

Excuse me while I sigh sadly, like Will Farrell as Alex Trebek having to introduce Sean Connery yet again.

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/06/dan-didio-signals-the-end-of-the-clark-kentlois-lane-marriage/

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/popcornbiz/DC-Comics-Major-Reboot-May-Split-Up-Superman-and-Lois-Lane-124020299.html

Why? Why?! Because Dan DiDio hates you, that's why.



“Let’s just say it's being reexamined,” says Didio, who oversees the 77-year-old comic book company, which relaunches all of its titles with 52 new #1 issues in September, “because it's something that I think is something that is so valuable to the character's story that you really want to explore all facets of it. Not just as it exists currently.”

The marriage of the leading couple of superhero-dom was initially launched as a tie-in to the planned TV nuptials of the characters in the ABC series “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” in 1996 and proved popular with fans who found it fresh take on the age-old love triangle between Lois, Superman and his own alter ego, Clark Kent. But it may be time to redefine their romance once again.

You have to admit, they did rush everything into one big wedding album to time it with "Lois & Clark." Maybe they want to try "A to B to C" again at their own pace. Also, the mainstream media should know that Lois Lane has known Clark's secret since 1991.

Oh, and Dan DiDio hates you. And me. And everyone that reads DC Comics.



This page from ACTION COMICS #775 isn't the best example of how Lois and Clark love each other so much it is downright irritating, but I was in a hurry.

Comments

[freezer]

No, no; they did rush the comic wedding forward to match Lois & Clark. The original plan was for Lois and Clark to break things off, for Lois to go on a year-long, globetrotting "walkabout" to figure out what she really wanted, and for her to return and marry Clark. The Powers That Be wanted the TV and comics marriages to synchronize, so Lois returned abruptly and they got hitched.

[fifthie]

Saying they rushed the wedding ceremony is a long cry from saying they rushed "everything" in the OP, especially in the context of implying that the writers didn't actually have a substantial amount of time to progress Lois/Clark's relationship from rivals to couple to engagement to marriage.

[starwolf_oakley]

They did take their time progressing Lois and Clark from 1986 (rivals/friends) to 1991(engagement/Clark tells Lois the Big Secret) to 1996/97 (they get married).

Lois did return abruptly. I actually posted the issue on the original scans_daily about when she decided to return to Metropolis and tell Clark she wanted to marry him again.

[fifthie]

I know the "Lois Leaves!!" arc got truncated, I'm just saying it's pretty minor beat in the scope of the overall story, and not really something I can see as anyone's major reason for wanting to redo the entire progression of their relationship.

[fifthie]

TBH I thought it was kind of a stupid arc in the first place.