The Great Superman Book (The Complete Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes; Vol. 3) ( PDFDrive )

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that has already proven capable of bestowing scious by a fall from a building ledge, Lois Lane is
extraordinary intelligence on experimental monkeys. rushed to Metropolis Hospital, where, weak from
Concerned that Lois's new "super-brain" will have shock and in a delirium, she hasa startling dream.In
the unwelcome effect of "leading her into super­ it, an emergency transfusion of Superman's blood
trouble," Superman cQncocts a series of elaborate restores her to perfect health and endows her with
stratagems designed to keep Lois busy rescuing super-powers identical to Superman's; after donning
him-as when he pretends to be incapacitated by a a red wig to conceal her trueidentity andfashioning a
KRYPTONITE meteor-so that she will expend her distinctive green-and-yellow costume, Lois christens
newly acquired intellectual capacities extricating herself Power Girl and allies herself with Superman
him from nonexistent dangers instead of recklessly in his battle against injustice; and finally, when
pursuing projects that couldplace herlifeinjeopardy.
Indeed, Superman's strategy is successful, and Clark Kentis injured in an explosion at a powerplant,
within three days the effects of the experimental Lois gives him a transfusion ofher own super-blood­
machine have worn off, restoring Lois to her normal thereby endowing Kent with super-powers-and
intelligence (8 No. 104/1: "Lois Lane, Super­ fashions him a Power-Man costumemodeled afterher
Genius"). own, but Kent proves timid and inept-even with

In September 1958 Lois Lane and Clark Kent, the super-powers-and ultimately, as Power-Man, he
man who is secretly Superman, find themselves commits an idiotic blunder that betrays his secret
marooned on an island from which even Superman identity to the entire world. Moments later, however,
cannot escape, due to the fact that the island's Lois awakens to discover that her acquisition of
super-powers and the events that followed it were
volcano, which has a fallen kryptonitemeteorlodged
in its crater, is spewing fine particles of kryptonite only part of an elaborate dream (S No. 125/1: "Lois
dust into the surrounding air. Believing himself
trapped on the island for life, Superman decides to do
his best to make Lois's life a happy one by divulging
the secret ofhis dual identity and arranging for them
to be marriedbytheisland's local native chief. On the
day of the scheduled wedding, however, Superman
discovers that the volcano is no longer filling the air
with kryptonite dust and that escape from the island
is therefore possible. Ultimately, through an elabor­
ate ruse, he succeeds in persuading Lois to withdraw
from the marriage voluntarily as well as in tricking

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Driving along in her automobile. . .

Lois Lane, 1960 . . . Lois Lane is swept up by a tornado, 1960

her into believing that Clark Kent had only been
deceiving her when he confided to her earlier that he
was secretly Superman (S No. 124/2: "Mrs. Super­
man").

In November 1958, after being knocked uncon-