Format One-shot Publication date December 1996 Publisher DC Comics | Genre Superhero Number of issues 1 | |
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Main character(s) Superman/Clark Kent
Lois Lane Writers Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie, Louise Simonson, Roger Stern Similar Superman's Girl Friend - Lois Lane, Superman: The Man of Steel, The Superman Family, Superman: World of New Kryp, Superman: Speeding Bullets | ||
Superman: The Wedding Album is an American comic book published in 1996 by DC Comics. It is notable in that it features the long-awaited wedding of Superman/Clark Kent and Lois Lane in DC Comics continuity, an event that was nearly 60 years in the making. Previous weddings involving the characters had all been hoaxes, dreams, or imaginary tales. Bearing a cover date of December 1996, the issue was published during the week of October 6, 1996, coinciding with an episode of the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman that also featured the wedding of the two characters. The story was written by the five principal writers for the Superman titles at the time: Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern. After 58 years, Superman and Lois Lane become husband and wife.
Contents
Plot
The story follows after a yearlong breakup between Lois and Clark. Lois returns to Metropolis from her job as a foreign correspondent and agrees to marry Clark. The wedding is put together quickly, but no corners are cut. During this storyline, Clark is without his powers as Superman, having lost them during the previous Final Night crossover. There are brief cameos by many DC superheroes and a short passage with Batman, who offers an apartment owned by him to the couple and gets the superheroes of the DC Universe to look after Metropolis while Clark goes on his honeymoon.
Jimmy Olsen serves as best man, with Lucy Lane serving as maid of honor. The wedding is a traditional Christian variety in a big church (the Metropolis Chapel of United Faiths) although Lois, who is estranged with her father Sam Lane at the time and refuses to be walked down the aisle by him. Despite this, Sam attends his daughter's wedding as a witness, refusing to miss this moment. The priest that presides over the wedding is drawn to look like Jerry Siegel, one of the creators of Superman. The pews are also filled up with the writers and artists that have contributed to the Superman comic books over the years, including Joe Shuster, Superman's other creator.
Honeymoon
After The Wedding Album, The Adventures of Superman #541, Action Comics #728 and Superman: The Man of Steel #63 featured Lois and Clark's honeymoon in Hawaii. Clark is captured by Rajiv Naga and needs Lois' help to escape since he does not have any powers, having lost them during The Final Night crossover story arc.
Artists
Nearly every living major artist who had ever worked on a Superman comic title contributed to this issue:
Current continuity
In 2015, building on the Convergence mini-series, DC Comics released an eight-issue comic book series Superman: Lois and Clark, re-introducing the characters and events of this story into modern DC continuity (which was erased from the New 52 relaunch in 2011). Despite the rebirth of their universe as a part of the new multiverse following the conclusion of Convergence, married Lois and Clark are stranded in the New 52 reality. Living and working behind the scenes in the new universe, avoiding contact with their modern-day counterparts as they raise their son, Jonathan Samuel Kent.
In 2016, DC Comics relaunch its entire line of comic book titles with DC Rebirth. In the relaunch, the pre-Flashpoint Superman returns as the Superman in DC Comics, along with his wife, Lois Lane, and their son Jonathan.
Collected editions
Awards
The book was a top vote getter for the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Comic-Book Story for 1997.
