Lucy Lane (Earth-1)
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Bio: Lucy's Earth-1 biographical details aren't that different from her post-Crisis ones. She's the daughter of Sam and Ella Lane. She's the younger sister of Lois Lane, a cosmopolitan flight attendant, and a romantic interest of Jimmy Olsen. She also has a mischievous streak in her that's derivative of Earth-2's Susie Tompkins.
One of the ways Susie's tendency to fib manifests itself in Lucy is that she is merciless in her treatment of Jimmy. She's often revealed to be just "toying" with the young photographer. Indeed, one of the ways Superman was Jimmy's titular "pal" was that he would use his super-senses to in effect spy on Lucy's private conversations with Lois, in order to determine her true intent with respect to Jimmy.
Supergirl, too, tried to help the Lucy/Jimmy relationship along. There were a whole spate of stories in which Kara used her superpowers to "play Cupid" between the two. However, these machinations were usually so complex that Lucy could eventually unravel them. They often did more harm than good to the relationship.
In the entirety of the Earth-1 Jimmy/Lucy relationship, she was probably only genuinely in love with him once, and that was when they were both under magical influence.
Lucy became involved in with a criminal gang and was apparently killed while trying to run out the mob Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #120. Lucy returned in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #158 but she couldn't be unrecognized. In Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #160 Lena Lawrence was really Lucy Lane, but her face was aged by a drug that saved her life. In Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #161 smoke from a fire in an experimental laboratory restored her features but her hair remained snow-white. Lucy began taking up a career in nursing.
Notes: While the basic conception of the pre- and post-Crisis Lucy Lanes is quite similar, the devil is in the details. In deference to the earlier, more innocent age in which this Lucy lived, there's no handicap afflicting her that isn't resolved by the end of the issue. There's no pre-marital sex. Instead, there's a ton of "Jimmy chases Lucy" stories.
First Appearance: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (1954) #36 Favorite Characters:
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Issue Appearances: 80 Page Giant (1964)
#1 - 'SUPERMAN Annual' #2 - 'Jimmy Olsen' #3 - 'Lois Lane' #6 - 'SUPERMAN' #11 - 'SUPERMAN The Greatest Superman-Luthor Duels!' #13 - 'Jimmy Olsen' #14 - 'Lois Lane' Action Comics (1938)
Adventure Comics (1938)
Adventures of Superman (1987)
#558 - 'Another Typical Day' DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (1971)
DC's Greatest Imaginary Stories (2005)
Lois Lane (1986)
#1 - 'When It Rains, God Is Crying, Chapter One And Two' #2 - 'When It Rains, God Is Crying' Superman (1939)
#142 - 'Lois Lane's Secret Helper!' #149 - 'The Death Of Superman!' #162 - 'The Amazing Story Of Superman-Red And Superman-Blue!' #177 - 'The Menace Called It!' #179 - 'The Outlaw Fort Knox!' #192 - 'Clark Kent's Super-Son!' #194 - 'The Death Of Lois Lane!' #210 - 'Clark Kent's Last Rites' #215 - 'Lois Lane... Dead... Yet Alive' Superman the Origin of Superman [1966 Golden Record ed.] (1966)
#1 - 'The Origin of Superman!' Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (1958)
#13 - 'The Shocking Secret of Lois Lane!' #16#18#19 - 'Mr. and Mrs. Clark (Superman) Kent!' #23#24#26#27#28#29 - 'The Irresistible Lois Lane!' #31 - 'The Jealous Lois Lane!' #34#36 - 'Lana Lang's Romance With Superman III!' #40#41#42 - 'The Romance Of Superbaby And Baby Lois' #43 - 'Lois Lane - Volunteer Nurse!' #44 - 'Superman's Surprise Choice!' #47 - 'The Super-Life Of Lois Lane!' #51 - 'The Three Wives Of Superman!' #59 - 'Lois Lane's Romance With Jor-El!' #61 - 'Superman's Marriage Money!' #80 - 'Get Out Of My Life Superman!' #88 - 'Through A Murderer’s Eyes!' #89 - 'The Bride Of Batman!' #98 - 'I Betrayed Superman!' #101 - 'The Super-Reckless Lois Lane!' #109 - 'I'll Never Fall In Love Again!' #119 - 'Inside The Outsiders!' #120 - 'Who Killed Lucy Lane?' #121 - 'Everything You Wanted To Know About Lois Lane * * But Were Afraid To Ask!' Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (1954)
#36#37#38#41#42 - 'Jimmy the Genie!' #43#44#49#52#53#54 - 'King Of The Giant Ants!' #55 - 'Jimmy Olsen's Secret Power!' #56#57 - 'Jimmy Olsen Marries Supergirl!' #58#59 - 'Jimmy Olsen, Freak!' #62#63#64 - 'Jimmy Olsen's Super-Romance!' #65 - 'The Human Porcupine!' #66#67 - 'The Dummy That Haunted Jimmy Olsen!' #68 - 'The Helmet Of Hate!' #69 - 'The Dynamic Duo Of Kandor!' #71 - 'The Plot Against Olsen' #74#75 - 'When Supergirl Replaced Jimmy Olsen!' #76#80 - 'Jimmy Olsen, the Bizarro Boy!' #82 - 'The Unbeatable Jimmy Olsen' #83#85#86 - 'The Team Of Olsen And Braniac!' #88#89 - 'Olsen's Super-Survival Kit!' #90 - 'The Brain-Washing of Big Jimmy!' #91#93 - 'The Batman-Superman Of Earth-X!' #94 - 'The Kid Who Replaced Jimmy Olsen!' #98#99 - 'The One-Man Legion!' #100 - 'Jimmy Olsen's Weirdo Wedding!' #101 - 'Olsen's Time-Trip to Save Krypton!' #107 - 'The Rise And Fall Of Superman!' #108 - 'The Mida$ Of Metropoli$!' #112 - 'The Murderous Magnaman!' #118 - 'Hippie-Olsen's Hate-In!' #119 - 'Nine Lives -- Like a Cat!' #120 - 'Jimmy Olsen's Super-Punch!' #121#124#126 - 'The Mystery of Kryptonite Plus!' #158#159#160#161 The Best of DC (1979)
The Superman Family (1974)
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