Season Four
 
Clark Kent
Character #2
Nature vs. nurture. Instinct or training? Destiny or free will? Are Clark's life choices shaped by the teachings of Jonathan and Martha Kent or are they encoded in his Kryptonian DNA? Can Clark find a way of fitting in with his more ordinary peers while still finding good uses for his special abilities? Not while Jor-El has unexpected missions for his son to fulfill, it seems.
Lois Lane
Character #3
Edgy energy on overdrive personified, no one can not interact with Chloe's cousin Lois Lane. Starting with three-star General Sam Lane for a father, Lois approaches life with a certain commando verve. Clark and Lois get on like flint and steel - striking sparks with every friendly taunt. Lois isn't interested in journalism, though. She bets she'd "wind up sitting across the desk from the most bumbling reporter or the masthead."
Lightning Strikes
Flint & Steel #37
Driving to a hick town in Kansas is no joy to begin with, so imagine how Lois Lane feels when a storm not only forces her off the road, but burdens her with a young man hit by lightning - one who has no memory and no clothes. Picking up a stray always complicates life, and it's safe to say that the lives of Clark and Lois are about to get seriously complicated.
Hot Water
Flint & Steel #38
Raised an independent Army brat, Lois' idea of social niceties are sketchy at best. Witness her new sport of busting Clark Kent's chops, like the time she shattered the solitude of Clark's morning shower. A double coup - not only did she embarass the shy farmboy, but she shocked his mother.
On Guard
Flint & Steel #39
Chloe's fond of saying that she's got Uncle Sam on her side - her three-star General uncle, Sam Lane, Lois and Lucy Lane's father. Lois grew up guerrilla-style, trying to have a childhhood despite the rigors of structured military life. Armed with wits, courage, defensive skills and a habit of thinking - and acting - outside the box, she's like a deluxe Swiss Army knife, ready for anything.
A Witch in Time
Flint & Steel #40
As testy as Lois Lane can be, she's usually not a total witch - except when she becomes the unwilling hostess for the rekindled spirit of the long-dead Briana Withridge. Brought back to life by fellow witch Isobel Theroux, everyone soon lerans what a woman with both will and unbridled power can do. It's almost worth having been burnt at the stake!
Ptomaine Course
Flint & Steel #41
Some women are born with the domestic arts engineered in their DNA. They cook, mother and keep house with effortless ease. Lois Lane apparently had those genes de-activated in the womb. She has a different skill set. Try to hide something from her and she'll ferret it out. Try to obstruct her and she'll barrel on through. But don't try her cooking!
Tough Enough
Flint & Steel #42
The true test of a relationship is how it endures stress. In the case of Clark and Lois, they have enough stresses thrown at them to qualify for their own reality show, Duel or Die! Getting on with each other is almost harder than foiling meteor rock-powered villains or dodging billionaires battling for possession of stones of fabulous power. Goo thing they plan never to see each other again, huh?
Three Months Later
Smallville #43
Clark is missing, Chloe's dead, Jonathan Kent lies brain-dead in the hospital and Lex Luthor is recovering from massive poisoning. Things become more complex when Clark returns in a bolt of lightning, naked, in front of Chloe's cousin, Lois Lane. Only it's not Clark, it's Kal-El, and he wants nothing to do with Clark's old life. And Lionel Luthor broods in prison, plotting, ever plotting...
Grave Matters
Smallville #47
Chloe's not dead! Or so Clark tells Lois after scoping Chloe's empty coffin with his x-ray vision. Lois, of course, has to dig up her own answers - no matter how ghoulishly. Chloe's survival is a threat, so it's no surprise that an asssassin shows up to track her down. What is surprising is that this assassin can transform his body into sharp, pointy, dangerous metal.
Witches' Brew
Smallville #60
Clothed in Lana's body, Isobel revives her companions in Chloe's and Lois' bodies. Not at all fazed by the modern age, the witches marvel at the opportunities for decadence. Magically highjacking Chloe's surprise party, they turn Clark's barn - and everyone in it - into enthusiastic party animals. When Clark defies the witches, Isobel strips him of his powers. Amazingly, the Kryptonian Air stone restores him, letting him banish the witches with fire-heat vision.
Killer in Bunny Slippers?
Smallville #69
Ah, college life. Late-night drinking contests, kick-dropping drunken lotharios, waking up to a killer hangover and an arrest for murder. Well, that's Lois Lane's college life, anyway. But if her little scuffle didn't kill Dave Cooper, who did? Maybe Clark can find out, because he's being given the football god treatment by Met. U., including a personal tour by the "Teflon Tailback," Geoff Johns.
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