The Superman Dailies '49-'59: The Wedding of Lois Lane and Clark Kent (Part 2: Meet Mickey Five!)
Above: The debut of Mickey Five. At the tail end of 1949 , the daily newspaper strip has Clark Kent and Lois Lane on the path to connubial bliss. Superman had resolved the problem of his impulsive engagement to Miss Betty Jones, having seen to putting Betty back in the arms of the boy she's truly loved all along. Barring any further complications, it seems like smooth sailing all the way up the wedding aisle. When trouble does rear its ugly head, it comes in the form of Luthor -- Superman's greatest foe -- making a rare newspaper strip appearance. Reasoning that a married Lois Lane would reduce her value to him as a hostage in his future plots against Superman, Luthor hits Clark Kent with an unusual scheme -- siccing the sly and sexy Mickey Five on the poor unsuspecting groom-to-be. Superman doesn't often tussle with a femme fatale . They're a type of character which fits awkwardly with the predominantly chaste nature of the character. So, while he has many female fo...
