Cracktopia: Lois Lane and Superman's drug addiction!
Lois Lane 119 features an odd story that manages to combine moralizing about drug addiction with some very sweet interactions between Lois and Superman. The drug story seems pretty heavy-handed now, but I remember as a kid it made an impression in me--I was pretty impressionable. :)
Lois and Superman fall into a space/time anomaly and find themselves far in Earth's future, where they discover half the human race enslaved. The leader of "Upmen" explains the enslavement-by-drug social system and invites Superman and Lois to dinner. What could possibly go wrong?
Note to DC: Lois and Superman really just shouldn't speak in slang, even when stoned.
I do rather like Lois's jaunty "Bye-bye!" and Superman's strut there. :)
But the drugs wear off and they go through super-compressed drug withdrawal.
Note to self and other interested writers: At least pre-COIE, Superman can be affected by psychotropic drugs from plants grown under a red sun. I'm just sayin'.
I really do like their dynamic here, I have to admit.
I remember finding the 225-year-long kiss quite romantic as a little sprog.
Gee, Lois and Superman are staring right out the last panel at me! It's like they're addressing me directly! But...what message are they trying to send me? ;)
Lois and Superman fall into a space/time anomaly and find themselves far in Earth's future, where they discover half the human race enslaved. The leader of "Upmen" explains the enslavement-by-drug social system and invites Superman and Lois to dinner. What could possibly go wrong?
Note to DC: Lois and Superman really just shouldn't speak in slang, even when stoned.
I do rather like Lois's jaunty "Bye-bye!" and Superman's strut there. :)
But the drugs wear off and they go through super-compressed drug withdrawal.
Note to self and other interested writers: At least pre-COIE, Superman can be affected by psychotropic drugs from plants grown under a red sun. I'm just sayin'.
I really do like their dynamic here, I have to admit.
I remember finding the 225-year-long kiss quite romantic as a little sprog.
Gee, Lois and Superman are staring right out the last panel at me! It's like they're addressing me directly! But...what message are they trying to send me? ;)