{"id":2741,"date":"2020-09-18T08:25:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T15:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2022-01-01T02:00:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T10:00:59","slug":"476-superwoman-yet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/476-superwoman-yet-again\/","title":{"rendered":"476 &#8211; Superwoman Yet Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/superwoman-again.png\" alt=\"A panel from Action Comics #156, March 1951\" class=\"wp-image-2742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/superwoman-again.png 624w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/superwoman-again-300x282.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><figcaption>A panel from Action Comics #156, March 1951<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In Action Comics #156 (March 1951), Lois Lane has her third outing as Superwoman in &#8220;The Girl of Steel&#8221;.  This time, it&#8217;s not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/223-lois-super-woman\/\">a fever dream<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/342-superwoman-returns\/\">Superman faking her powers<\/a>.  No, this time Lois Lane actually acquires the powers of Superman thanks to a machine that Luthor invented which uses &#8220;vivanium&#8221;.  She disguises herself with a blonde wig (no worse than glasses, I suppose) and fools Superman.  Perry White wonders if she might be a Kryptonian relative, foreseeing <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supergirl\">Superman&#8217;s actual cousin<\/a> years in advance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/superwoman-cousin.png\" alt=\"Perry foreshadows Supergirl years in advance, Action Comics #156, March 1951\" class=\"wp-image-2743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/superwoman-cousin.png 638w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/superwoman-cousin-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><figcaption>Perry foreshadows Supergirl years in advance, Action Comics #156, March 1951<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Naturally, being new to the superhero game, Lois makes some mistakes along the way.  Superman uses the opportunity to put her in her place and when the effect of vivanium wears off, Lois is essentially back to being a meek female sidekick:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/superwoman-little-idiot.png\" alt=\"Lois back to normal in Action Comics #156, March 1951\" class=\"wp-image-2744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/superwoman-little-idiot.png 374w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/superwoman-little-idiot-193x300.png 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><figcaption>Lois back to normal in Action Comics #156, March 1951<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Action Comics #156 (March 1951), Lois Lane has her third outing as Superwoman in &#8220;The Girl of Steel&#8221;. This time, it&#8217;s not a fever dream, or Superman faking her powers. No, this time Lois Lane actually acquires the powers of Superman thanks to a machine that Luthor invented which uses &#8220;vivanium&#8221;. She disguises herself [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[476,14,209,306,11,437,457,43,364],"class_list":["post-2741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-476","tag-dc","tag-feminism","tag-krypton","tag-lois-lane","tag-sidechicks","tag-supergirl","tag-superman","tag-superwoman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2741"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3812,"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741\/revisions\/3812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}