Phyllis Coates was an American actress, with a career spanning over fifty years. She was best known for her portrayal of reporter Lois Lane in the 1951 film Superman and the Mole Men and in the first season of the television series Adventures of Superman.
Coates in The Incredible Petrified World (1959)
Lois Lane is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, she first appeared in Action Comics #1. Lois is an award-winning journalist for the Metropolis newspaper the Daily Planet and the primary love interest of the superhero Superman and his alter ego, Clark Kent. In DC continuity, she is also his wife and the mother of their son, Jon Kent, the newest Superboy in the DC Universe.
An early sketch of Lois Lane by Joe Shuster, modeled on Joanne Carter.
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #1 (April 1958) art by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye.
The birth of Lois and Clark's son in Convergence: Superman #2 (July 2015), art by Dan Jurgens.
The Earth-Two Lois Lane and Superman, from the cover of Action Comics #484 (June 1978), art by José Luis García-López and Dick Giordano.