Monday, March 30, 2026

Superman and The Shadow

 


I remember some discussions of Margot Lane and Lois Lane possibly being related in the comments section years ago, and it always stuck with me. I finally found the right images to to turn the concept in to a cover, and here it is!

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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 30, 2026 at 5:21 AM

    "[A] DC team and Marvel team that have yet to meet on this blog"

    Silver or Bronze Teen Titans and the Runaways...?

    Creature Commandos and the Howling Commandos...?

    Legion of Super-Heroes and the Legion of Monsters...?

    Secret Six (original version) and S.H.I.E.L.D....?

    Okay, I'll stop now. ;)

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  2. Bob BuetheMarch 30, 2026 at 7:13 AM

    I remember when a reader asked (probably in the Answer Man column) if Lois Lane and Margo Lane were related. The response was, if they were, then their common ancestor was Lazarus Lane -- El Diablo from Weird Western Tales.

    I suspect that Perry Mason's secretary Della Street was also a distant cousin.

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    1. AnonymousMarch 30, 2026 at 8:40 AM

      But, she was more closely related to the Doom Patrol's Danny Street.

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  3. johnMarch 30, 2026 at 8:08 AM

    Have a team up with the lane sisters.

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  4. Jason ToddmanMarch 30, 2026 at 8:14 AM

    Sam lane has some 'splaining to do.

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    1. CarycomicMarch 30, 2026 at 10:54 AM

      He might have administered the poison under telepathic hypnosis by Shiwan Khan. But, I'm betting it was provided by the Ultra-Humanite in return for having been given a captive Yeti for a certain brain transplant!

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  5. AnonymousMarch 30, 2026 at 8:21 AM

    Who’s Margot Lane?

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    1. CarycomicMarch 30, 2026 at 8:46 AM

      She was the semi-romantic interest of Lamont Cranston (nee Kent Allard) alias The Shadow. The polite term back in the 1930's was, of course, paramour! Sort of a cross between live-in girlfriend and common-law spouse.

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  6. CarycomicMarch 30, 2026 at 8:50 AM

    As for my own wild guess? Under the parameters of the hint you've given, I'll say...the Sinister Six vs. the Inferior Five!

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  7. Carl CafarelliMarch 30, 2026 at 10:06 AM

    In one of his books (either Tarzan Alive or Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life), Philip Jose Farmer also suggested family ties between Lois and Margo

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  8. Bob GreenwadeMarch 30, 2026 at 10:33 AM

    The Great Lakes Avengers and the Inferior Five?

    Nah... though I'd certainly pay $0.60 to read that story, especially if we get to see White Feather and Captain Ultra do some synchronized fainting.

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    1. AnonymousMarch 30, 2026 at 10:49 AM

      They'd probably tie for the Fool's Gold Medal in that event. ;-)

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