1966 ’s Superman ’s Girl Friend , Lois Lane#69gave us “ mind of The Bug - Belle , ” a kooky Silver Age Superman story about Lois and Lana Lang turning into disgusting , offence - press arthropod . Here are some of the best scenes from this lost treasure .
The comic open with this fascinating tableau ( which has zero carriage on the rest of story ) . Lois Lane has transmute herself into a massive Kryptonian insect who can withstand Superman ’s Übermenschy libido . But hold off ! Lana Lang ’s slandering and/or unload verity bomb about Kryptonian insect royal family . Superman is both A. ) sicken by Lois ’ fresh conformation and B. ) using his cristal - beam of light visual modality to define where her sewerage is . Sure , his cravings bring him great shame , but he ’s match alfresco of his specie when he shacks up with normal Lois .
We now turn to the actual secret plan of “ Beware the Bug - Belle . ” Lois and Lana are interim flatmate after Lana “ unexpectedly ” floods Lois ’ flat . Both women possess extensive collections of Superman memorabilia . The woman are driven by some unspoken belief that his luxuria for them is arithmetically correlated to the amount of Superman tchotchkes , ephemeron , and bric - a - brac they fall . Do the noblewoman ever bar to consider that this crapola arm race creeps Superman out ? Of course not .
Lois quickly recover from Lana ’s zingers by snooping through her closet . There she happen Lana ’s Insect Queen kit and Bio - Genetic Ring . Lana earned these artifacts after saving a clumsy extraterrestrial being from a somewhat heavy logarithm . Hey , it ’s just as logical as the Green Lantern ’s origin .
While Superman is off chasing place felons ( or something ) , Lois steal the Bio - Genetic Ring and frustrate outlaw by transform into a giant scorpion ( note the old - timey usage of the colloquial “ gat ” ) …
… and a water system mallet . You may be wondering whether there ’s a fetishistic component to Lois ’ transformation . mention that Lois does n’t turn into any likable arthropods . She explicitly turns into mosquitoes and other chitinous creepy - crawlies . Is this an attack to endow Lois or debase her ? I honestly can not say .
At this dot in the tale , the opponent Miss O’Mara steal Lana ’s Bio - Genetic Ring after 30 seconds of nefarious brainstorming . O’Mara — who hop to collect a $ 1 million bounty from the Anti - Superman Gang — transforms into a superpowered Kryptonian louse to murder the Man of Steel . Lois and Lana catch flatus of her game and bone up on Kryptonian entomology ( in a book penned by Superman , no less ) .
There ’s about 90 different fetishes pinballing around this one control board , including the rare “ fearful gangsters go away ” juju .
Were Lana Lang ’s escapade in bondage hotter than Wonder Woman ’s ? It ’s all in the eye of the beholder .
I love this comedian because author E. Nelson Bridwell and artist Kurt Schaffenberger apparently made up whatever facts about Kryptonian biota they ask to meet their deadline .
And the comic end in a pillow scrap . Stay posh , Silver Age . To experience Lois and Lana ’s arthropod adventure in full , head on over toAtomic Surgery .
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