Lois Lane

Lois Lane is a top reporter of the Daily Planet as well as the estranged daughter of Sam Lane, the estranged older sister of Lucy Lane and the fiancée of Clark Kent/Superman. Lois was in love with both Superman and Clark for a very long time, unaware that they were in reality the same person. Eventually, Clark revealed his alter-ego to her and they were engaged.

Early life
Lois was born in Metropolis to General Sam Lane. She has a younger sister, Lucy, but for unspecified reasons, the two never really got along. Despite being raised into a family with a long military tradition, Lois never attended a military academy nor joined the U.S. Army. Instead, she pursued a career into investigative journalism, becoming one of the best reporters of the Daily Planet.

Over the years, her relationship with her father became estranged, due to the General's immorality and control issues over his daughter life.

Superman's girlfriend
Lois won numerous award during the course of her career and was one of the first reporters to interview Superman, remaining one of his closest allies and developing strong romantic feelings for him; she also began a strong rivalry with Cat Grant during the period in which the latter worked as the assistant of the Daily Planet's editor-in-chief, Perry White. When Clark Kent began to work at the Daily Planet, he was paired with Lois and fell in love with her at first sight.

Over the years, Lois began a steady romantic relationship with Clark. Eventually, she became aware that he and Superman are one-and-the-same.

Trying to get an interview with Supergirl
Lois, along with Clark, was said to furiously be working on getting an exclusive with Supergirl when, in 2015, she first appeared in National City. Over the following years, however, she was apparently introduced to Kara by Clark and they became good friends.

The following year, when Clark went on a brief visit to National City, Lois called him in order to ask him if he was alright.

Visiting Argo City
At some point after the battle against the Worldkillers, Clark decided to take a sabbatical from Earth to visit Argo City, leaving Kara in charge of the planet full-time. While there he took Lois with him in order to share with the woman he loves the experience of "connecting with Kryptonian's culture", they went together on the Jewel Mountains and attended several deliberations of the High Council.

Around this time, Lois became pregnant.

Back to Earth and battle for Earth One
In his first spare day after he returned to Earth, Clark goes to the Kent Farm where he was raised, taking with him Lois and Kara in order to do some repairs to the van and the barn as well as enjoy an afternoon together. There, Lois tried once more to convince him to let her write an article about their time on Argo City despite Clark was skeptical as the public would then demand why Lois Lane was off-world with Superman, to which she pointed out she would invent something and that being the first woman who ever visited Krypton's remains is just something she "needed to write", finally managing to convince him before going to the barn in order to drive nails with a hammer. While in the barn she got approached by Barry Allen and Oliver Queen, arrived directly from Earth One, at first she got scared and tried to fend them off with a hammer but, after Kara explained they were her friends, she cools off and introduced cheerfully. Later, they explained to her, Kara and Clark their situations of having switched powers and lives due to an unknown reason. Clark offered the two some time in his farm in order reflect about what to do, however, a few hours later, Vibe came to the place telling them about A.M.A.Z.O.'s rampage on Earth One's Central City leading them to come back. Lois suggested Clark join the fight.

A few hours later, while they were together in the Fortress of Solitude intent on preparing a barbecue, Lois and Clark are visited once more by Oliver, Barry and Cisco, the two explained to him that they were rendered powerless as well as a couple of criminals nicknamed the Trigger Twins, while Cisco was now a mob boss and Kara was held prisoner at the S.T.A.R. Labs after their Earth's reality was reshaped for the second time by Doctor John Deegan who, using the Book of Destiny, has given to himself Superman's destiny, looks and powers, taking over the whole world and becoming a sort of dictator. Clark explained he had seen similar artifacts in the past and know how to deal with them, as they're activated with the power of the mind and everything they had to do is to find that book. Hearing that, Cisco revealed to them that it's something important to him, probably "Superman" kept it in his vault inside the S.T.A.R. Labs, to which Clark and Lois exchanged a look of complicity saying he needed to go back to Earth One.

Later, as Superman was battling Doctor Deegan on Earth One and he spawned a new A.M.A.Z.O. out of the Book to fight him, Lois arrived from Earth Thirty-Eight armed with a special light-generating hammer and leading a supporting team composed of Brainiac 5 and the Martian Manhunter. While Brainy handled A.M.A.Z.O. and J'onn protected the civilians, Superman and Lois attacked Deegan using the hammer, leading the Doctor to reach for the Book of Destiny sending a powerful shockwave that sent Lois several feet in the air in freefall just in the exact moment Flash and Supergirl managed to slow down the Eath's time. Green Arrow took the opportunity to throw an arrow at the Book of Destiny and destroying it turning the reality back to normal, as well as Deegan's body, although with a scarred face who looks more like a skeleton. As soon as time began to flow again normally Superman reached for Lois, catching her just in time, while Brainy shut down A.M.A.Z.O. removing the robot's hard drive and completing the heroes' victory.

Proposal
Back to Earth Thirty-Eight's Smallville, after Clark told Kara that he believed she's stronger than he could ever be and that's the reason why he's sure he was making the right thing, she asked him what does it mean and Lois reached them telling Clark to merely be direct, indirectly leading Kara to realize they're having a baby. After she happily congratulated with them, Clark revealed to her their intention to move to Argo City until the child is born and maybe a little longer. Although she knew she will miss both her cousin and Lois, Kara was overjoyed to hear him tell her that "the world doesn't need Superman if it has Supergirl" and that he felt it's safe to let its protection in her hands for a little while. Back to the Fortress, while spending the evening together, Clark absentmindedly burns the barbecue and, after Lois made him notice it he apologized telling her that he wanted that night to be perfect; after the woman asked why Clark fumbled awkwardly about wishing all of their nights together to be perfect forever, to which Lois smiled and reminded him once more to be direct. Then, with a single clench of his fist, Clark put a chunk of coal under enough pressure to turn it into a diamond, placed it on a ring, kneel and started to propose to Lois, who accept to marry and passionately kissed him even before he managed to finish his sentence.

Personality
"If you're not, I will, Smallville."

- Lois to Clark Kent on teaming up with the heroes of Earth One

Lois is described as "an award-winning, tenacious, righteous and stubborn reporter who will go to any lengths to get the story and almost never fails". She is known to do anything to get a story even risking her own life to get it to the point that, according to Lois herself, being kidnapped while you're investigating means you're on the right track. Lois is known to be a strong and assertive woman more than capable of handling herself in dangerous situations. She is also proven to be open-minded, as she is one the few humans who do not have an anti-view on aliens in general, as evidenced by her admiration of Superman and Supergirl respectively.

Lois does not have a good relationship with her father, Sam Lane; partly due to his disapproval/interferes in her relationship with men and mainly because of his immoral traits. For unknown reasons; she also does not get along with her younger sister, Lucy Lane at all.

Lois is quite outspoken and being direct is sort of her lifestyle, as she often reminds Clark not to "beat around the bush" on what he has to say but simply to say it. She is pretty much shameless even about her private or sexual life. Lois has an innate adventurous side which lead her to never miss the chance to go into the field and being quite excitable, as demonstrated when she watched Barry Allen and Oliver Queen starting a fight and began cheering for the first, or when she told Clark that if he doesn't want to go to Earth One to fight A.M.A.Z.O. she would have been happy to do it.

Abilities

 * Genius-level intellect/Expert tactician/Leader: Lois is highly intelligent, being considered her greatest rival by Cat Grant herself. She is considered to be one of the best reporter, if not the best reporter, on the Daily Planet. Despite her well-known recklessness, Lois is quite an exceptional strategist, having formed a team consisting in Martian Manhunter and Brainiac 5 to assist Superman in the final fight against John Deegan bringing them on Earth One just in the right time. A strong, tenacious, determined and assertive woman, Lois is always full of good advice and has proved to be a great leader.
 * Expert investigator: As one of the best reporters in Daily Planet, Lois is an exceptional investigator, as she follows every lead and rumor to discover the truth behind any story and considers being kidnapped while investigating the proof she's on the right track.
 * Network: As a top reporter, Lois has a wide array of contacts.

Equipment

 * Light-generating hammer: Lois has wielded a mysterious warhammer, usually stored in the Fortress of Solitude, that, whenever is hitted, touched or comes in contact with a surface, generate a burst of light energy.

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Trivia

 * Unlike her DC comic book counterpart, the Arrowverse's version of Lois and her sister Lucy do not get along at all.
 * Like her DC comic book counterpart, Lois does not have a good relationship with her father; partly due to his disapproval/interferes in Lois' relationship with men, and mainly because of his immoral traits; as Sam has a black and white view/anti-view on aliens in general.
 * Elizabeth Tulloch is the fifth actress to portrayed Lois Lane who's older than the actor portraying Superman: she is 6 years older than Tyler Hoechlin; Amy Adams is 9 years older than Henry Cavill; Teri Hatcher is 2 years older than Dean Cain; Lesley Ann Warren is three years older than David Wilson; Margot Kidder was four years older than Christopher Reeve.
 * Just like her comic book counterpart, she often calls Clark by the nickname "Smallville", which she has given to him due to his origins as a "small-town-farm-boy".
 * Lois seems to be fond of pashminas.

Behind the scenes

 * Lois Lane first appeared in Action Comics #1 (June, 1938) and was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. She is an investigative reporter at the Daily Planet and Superman's main love interest.
 * Elizabeth Tulloch emailed the wardrobe designer asking for Lois' outfit to be purple after seeing pictures of the character depicted in her trademark color in other media on Twitter. She reportedly said "We have to have her in purple! It's her color!". The dress Lois wears when Clark proposes pays homage to Margot Kidder's Lois Lane from the Superman films.