Lana Lang

Lana Lang is a fictional character who appears in the Superman stories published by DC Comics. Lana's first appearance was in 1950 in Superboy #10. Her traditional role in the comics was as Superman's romantic interest when they were teenagers, and as good friends when they became adults, especially once Lois Lane entered the picture. In the modern comics, she was married for a time to Pete Ross, Clark Kent's best friend as a youth. She is traditionally depicted with curly red-hair.

Other media

In the failed 1961 TV pilot, "The Adventures of Superboy", Lana Lang made her first live-action appearance, portrayed by Bunny Henning, alongside Johnny Rockwell as Superboy.

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In 1966, Lana appeared in the Superboy segments of the animated series, "The New Adventures of Superman". She was voiced by Janet Waldo.

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In Richard Donner's in 1978, Lana Lang had a brief appearance in a scene at Smallville High. She was shown to be a cheerleader at the school with a fairly obvious crush on Clark, even though her current boyfriend was a football player named Brad. She was portrayed by Diane Sherry.

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In the 1983 movie Superman III Lana was played by Annette O'Toole (who went on to play Martha Kent in Smallville). In this film, she is a divorcee with a son named Ricky. Her ex-husband is a former jock and Clark's childhood bully (possibly inspiring the character Whitney in Smallville).

Related Topics:
Superman III - Annette O'Toole - Martha Kent - Smallville - Jock - Bully

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In the late 1980s "Superboy" TV series, Lana was played by Stacy Haiduk. In this version, she was a lifelong friend of Clark, who accompanied him to Shuster University and later the Bureau for Extra-Normal Matters, where she and Clark investigated all of the unusual incidents that took place in Capitol City, Florida.

Related Topics:
1980s - "Superboy" TV series - Stacy Haiduk

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Lana made one appearance in ', where she was played by Emily Procter. Lana's appearance was in an episode set in an alternate universe, where she was engaged to Clark, and encouraged him to keep his abilities secret. When the mainstream universe's Lois persuaded this world's Clark to become Superman, Lana ended their relationship.

Related Topics:
Emily Procter - Alternate universe

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The pilot episode of ' followed the "post-Crisis" comics in Lana being the first person Clark confided in about his superpowers. Lana, as an adult, appeared in later episodes as a world-famous fashion designer. The young Lana was voiced by Kelley Schmidt, and the adult version by Joely Fisher.

Related Topics:
Kelley Schmidt - Joely Fisher

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In the television series Smallville, Lana, played by Kristin Kreuk, is again the (often forbidden) love interest of the young Clark Kent, with at least some of each episode devoted to their potentially developing relationship. Kreuk has long, dark hair and is part-Chinese, part-Dutch. In this show, this characteristic is explained by saying that Lana is native American on her father's side, unlike the previous depictions of Lana. Lana historical ancestry on her maternal side also included a French witch whose vengeful spirit later returned to possess her descendant Lana.

Related Topics:
Smallville - Kristin Kreuk - Clark Kent - Dutch - Witch

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