James Harvey
12-05-2001, 11:05 AM
In one of the most interesting articles about the Man of Steel in recent times, written by Matt Brady, the discussion of whether or not Superman should hear the pitter-patter of little is debated. Below is an excerpt:
Lois and Clark were married in 1996, a tie-in of sorts to the Lois and Clark series which was on ABC television at the time. On the series, Clark and Lois were getting married, so DC moved ahead with plans to get their comic book counterparts hitched as well. Interestingly, the blueprint for a Kent-Lane marriage stretched back to the early ‘90s, when editorial plans called for the two to get married within two years of the engagement in Superman #50. But then word of the then in-development television series came, and the wedding was shelved for the time being, giving the couple a six-year engagement.
Even by the most conservative estimates (clued in by Christmas themed issues, which, there have been at least three since the wedding, along with one Presidential election), the Kents arguably have been married for roughly four years, although how time actually passes in the DCU is a subject for another story altogether. Additionally, given their career tracks, it’s a fairly safe to argue both Mr. and Mrs. Kent are in their mid-thirties.
Generally, given both the above factors, the idea of children comes up for most couples within what would now be the current timeframe of the Superman comics.
So if it’s a possibility from where Lois and Clark are at in their relationship, the next rather fanboy line of reasoning is could Lois and Clark have a child? Before Larry Niven’s Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex essay, sure, readers’ minds must have wandered at the sight of a Superbaby in the imaginary stories of the ‘50s and ‘60s, but Niven laid all the cards on the table – babymaking between a human and a super-powered Kryptonian male would be deadly for the woman, and, following Niven’s line of reasoning, result in a swarm of Supersperm hovering over Metropolis until they dropped, possibly impregnating thousands.
To read this recommend great article, go <a href="http://www.comicon.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000093.html">HERE</a>.
Lois and Clark were married in 1996, a tie-in of sorts to the Lois and Clark series which was on ABC television at the time. On the series, Clark and Lois were getting married, so DC moved ahead with plans to get their comic book counterparts hitched as well. Interestingly, the blueprint for a Kent-Lane marriage stretched back to the early ‘90s, when editorial plans called for the two to get married within two years of the engagement in Superman #50. But then word of the then in-development television series came, and the wedding was shelved for the time being, giving the couple a six-year engagement.
Even by the most conservative estimates (clued in by Christmas themed issues, which, there have been at least three since the wedding, along with one Presidential election), the Kents arguably have been married for roughly four years, although how time actually passes in the DCU is a subject for another story altogether. Additionally, given their career tracks, it’s a fairly safe to argue both Mr. and Mrs. Kent are in their mid-thirties.
Generally, given both the above factors, the idea of children comes up for most couples within what would now be the current timeframe of the Superman comics.
So if it’s a possibility from where Lois and Clark are at in their relationship, the next rather fanboy line of reasoning is could Lois and Clark have a child? Before Larry Niven’s Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex essay, sure, readers’ minds must have wandered at the sight of a Superbaby in the imaginary stories of the ‘50s and ‘60s, but Niven laid all the cards on the table – babymaking between a human and a super-powered Kryptonian male would be deadly for the woman, and, following Niven’s line of reasoning, result in a swarm of Supersperm hovering over Metropolis until they dropped, possibly impregnating thousands.
To read this recommend great article, go <a href="http://www.comicon.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000093.html">HERE</a>.