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Lois Lane died today.<\/p>\n

Her real name was Joanne Siegel (formerly Kovacs) and she was a girl from Cleveland who so wanted to make the big time during the Depression that she put an ad in the paper advertising herself as a model. She got many responses (most of whom just wanted dates), but she only answered one, from a Mr. Joe Shuster.<\/p>\n

Taking the bus, she arrived and was amazed to find that Mr. Shuster was, in fact, not a \u201cMister\u201d at all, but a short, skinny teenager. His parents\u2019 apartment in Glenville was freezing and the blue bathing suit Joanne had borrowed from her sister to pose in was too big in certain places. Important places. Joe saw her pinching and twisting and laughed; I\u2019ll fill all that out, he said. And a bond was born that lasted for decades. Just outside the door, Jerry Siegel was thumbing through magazines, somewhat unaware (but not entirely) that he would later marry the girl inside. <\/p>\n

She was modeling for a character they were doing in their ongoing Superman proposal. A character named Lois Lane.<\/p>\n

So in 1948, after Joanne and Jerry became reacquainted at a Cartoonist Society masquerade ball in New York City, they were married. She would refer to herself as Jerry\u2019s \u201cmodel\u201d and \u201cco-writer.\u201d That\u2019s how close they were. They supported each other through a lot, some of it very thin. But some of it was magnificent, like their daughter Laura, who was a much prouder topic of conversation to them than any sort of flying alien.<\/p>\n

We all know how Jerry and Joe sold Superman to DC for $130 with that first check for Action Comics #1. We all know. But it bears repeating.<\/p>\n

It bears repeating because no matter whose side you may be on in this, the defining battle of comics (legal, moral, economic, or otherwise), you know that after Jerry died in 1996, Joanne carried on the fight, much to the dismay of Time-Warner, some fans, and maybe even herself at times. But she never gave up. She believed in truth, justice, and all that stuff. She made a lot of calls to DC Comics in her day. A lot of dogged, pushy calls. And when they hung up, she called back.<\/p>\n

Like I said, Lois Lane died today.<\/p>\n

I only met her once. When, with the help of Brad Meltzer and his online army who raised money through an Internet auction, we all helped restore Jerry\u2019s boyhood home in Cleveland. Standing on the same porch where Jerry used to bolt from the door, I presented Joanne with a copy of the original ad she once placed, something that took me years to find. In fact, after I did find it, I kind of wondered why I spent so much time on it. But when I gave it to her, her eyes lit up, making it instantly worth it and I understood, finally, why those crazy Cleveland nerds did it all in the first place: the costume, the powers, the everything-but-the-kitchen sink Superman. <\/p>\n

She was over ninety years old then, but with that red hair and warm smile, it was like looking into a time machine. They did it to impress a girl. Not just a pretty one, but an endearing, complicated, and charming one. So it makes a lot of sense, I guess, that Lois died on Valentine\u2019s Day. Within the insanity of what super-heroes are, hers is the one character who always made us want to keep our feet on Earth.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u2014-\u201cLois Lane Died on Valentine\u2019s Day\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u2014Comicsbeat Obituary for Joanne Siegel\u2014wife of Superman Co-Creator, Jerry Siegel and model and inspiration for Lois Lane.<\/p>\n

Happy Valentine\u2019s Day in Joanne\u2019s memory and in memory of everything that Lois and Clark meant to the Siegel Family. \u00a0As we approach the 75th anniversary of the creation of Superman and Lois Lane and we approach the release of the new film starring Henry Cavill and Amy Adams\u2026.remember what this story is REALLY<\/strong> about. \u00a0Superman has been the victim of alot of really sad behavior at DC Comics as of late and it\u2019s easy to feel like we are losing him. \u00a0It\u2019s even easier to feel like we are losing Lois. \u00a0So read this. \u00a0 And remember what this story is really about.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey did it all for her.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

(via therearecertainshadesoflimelight<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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