Review of
Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane No. 57
Two out of five stars
Incredibly sexist and stereotypical
The lead story
of this comic is one of the worst of all time. The premise is that shortly after
Superman tells Lois Lane and Lana Lang that he is flying off to engage in youth-restoring
experiments, a superpowered infant appears wearing the same suit as Superman. Both
women immediately assume that the experiment was successful, and the infant is
in fact Superman. They also believe that the infant will be restored to adult
form in a short time.
Both women try
to take advantage of their opportunity to hypnotize the infant and plant a
suggestion so that when he regains his adult form he will ask them to marry
them. Their rivalry and methods are as sexist and stereotypical as they could possibly
be. Neither one wins in this in this case and their solution to misbehavior is
to try to spank the superpowered child.
The other two
stories are just as silly, the second involves a monster from another dimension
that is madly in love with Lois and the third involves an invisible genie from
another planet that helps Lois capture criminals. Of course, Lois has no clue
as to what is happening until Superman tells her.
Reading this comic
and noting the publication date of 1965, it is a bit amazing that this passed for
entertainment at the time. Comic characters have evolved a great deal over the
years, none more than Lois Lane.
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