The Adventures of Lois Lane
Posted by ARC at 11/25/2007 3:01 AM and is filed under Pop Culture,Lois Lane Autographs,Family Activities 
If you know me personally, then you also know my boisterous and lovable husband. Brian is the perfect counterpart for me. He motivates me when I'm discouraged, makes me laugh when I'm sad and is wonderful with our children. More importantly, he hates sports and knows every line from Big Trouble in Little China by heart. (It was the latter that sealed the deal for me.)
Despite the fact that I talked Brian out of naming our son Steve Rogers (aka Captain America), he consented to our daughter being named Lois Lane. Yes, we are a mixed couple – he's a little bit Marvel and I'm a little bit DC. So, while our son was given a decidedly normal and dignified name (Jason), our daughter will forever carry the stigma of geek parenting. Let's hope she loves the name as much as we do when she's grown.
Recently, we took Lois to meet Noel Neill in person. Ms. Neill was Hollywood's first Lois Lane, appearing in both the Kirk Alyn serials and the George Reeves series, Adventures of Superman. She started playing the role in 1948 and, amazingly, is still with us today. Here is she is below, circa 1954 on the left and in 2007 on the right. That adorable baby is, of course, my little Lois.
Now that is too cute for words! My hubby will adore this, so I've bookmarked it for when he gets back in from work. Your little Lois is absolutly adorable by the way
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Thanks a lot for the kind words.
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Don't think you can fool me because I took the picture, you cut yourself out on purpose. Photoshop mishap my butt.
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Hey, that was for your benefit! You don't want someone from the Ford Modeling Agency to see my face online and drag me to New York, do you?!
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Cute kid! And I feel in good company around here...my youngest son is named "Drake", after Drake Burroughs, the boy who became Wildfire in the Legion of Super-Heroes.
I have a really weird geek-dad moment every time he walks up and says "Can I put your flight ring on for a while?"
And yes, I have one...don't get me started on the Legion.
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That's so awesome. I just hope our children don't reject everything we love and get into sports or something.
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It can be hard on boys growing up if they can't play sports. If a girl doesn't like sports it's not considered a big deal; if a boy doesn't then there's something wrong with him. I was forced to play certain sports when I was a kid... It was hell. I just could never see the point - at the end of it, you've risked nothing and win or lose you haven't won or lost anything. Stupid.
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