You all voted, now here, as part of our celebration of Lois Lane and Superman's 80th Anniversary, are the results of what you chose as the 40 Greatest Lois Lane Stories!

Enjoy!

3. “Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?” (Superman #423/Action Comics #583)

In 1986, the Superman titles were rebooted with John Byrne's Man of Steel. This also marked the end of Julius Schwartz's long run as the editor of the Superman titles (it was something like 23 years at that point). So, since continuity was being rebooted after these issues, Schwartz figured that they should have a "final" Superman story. After they couldn't work things out with Jerry Siegel, Schwartz instead turned to the hottest comic book writer on the planet at the time, Alan Moore, who came up with a real humdinger of a story. Working with Curt Swan on pencils for each issue and George Perez on inks for the first part and then Kurt Schaffenberger and Murphy Anderson for the second part, the story is told from the future where Lois Lane reflects on to the last days of the Man of Steel.

It all started when Superman's seemingly normal villains suddenly got super twisted, like Bizarro destroying Bizarro World and coming to Earth to die (just like how Superman ended up on Earth to live after his planet was destroyed)...

Something a little bit underrated about Moore is that he has never been afraid to use the "silly" language that certain comic book characters talk in to great effect. Other comic book writers seem weirded out by stuff like having the Hulk talk like "Why puny humans not leave Hulk alone?" Moore was always on point with that stuff.

Anyhow, Superman brings all of his friends and family together for one last stand and there's a beautiful moment where Jimmy Olsen and Lana Lang are, like, screw it, we can help save Superman. We're not just the second string (even as Lana's new powers allow her to hear Superman talk about Lois being his true love)...

There's a great twist when we learn the true enemy of the piece.

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2. All-Star Superman (All Star Superman #1-12)

In this year-long epic by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, Superman learns that he has been super-charged with solar energy and the energy is making him more powerful than ever, but he also now only has a year to live (because he is TOO charged). The rest of the series sees Superman deal with that final year.

Morrison re-visits the greatest Superman stories of the golden age of Superman stories (the late 1950s/early 1960s) and does his own brilliant twist on them all.

There's a great issue roughly mid-way through where Clark Kent spends time with Lex Luthor in prison (note that ALL of Lex's hair has been lost, even his eyebrows), so Luthor brags about having been the one behind super-charging (and therefore killing) Superman and he draws in the arched eyebrow...just classic...

Towards the end, even as Superman is slowly dying, he can't help but take a moment out of his day to help a young woman avoid making a horrible mistake...

So damned touching.

1. “For the Man Who has Everything” (Superman Annual #11)

In this one-shot by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (who would later work together on another project that some people think kindly of), Batman, Wonder Woman and Robin visit the Fortress of Solitude to wish Superman a happy birthday. However, when they arrive, they discover that Mongul has trapped Superman with a dreaded Black Mercy plant, which tricks people into living their happiest moment, even as they slowly die of starvation.

Superman, though, being Superman, fights against his "greatest wish," so him being an adult in Krypton with his parents still alive is slowly corrupted, and things aren't quite so good for him. Even though he's married with kids, so he's HAPPY, he can tell something is not right. Meanwhile, Wonder Woman fights Mongul while Batman and Robin try to get the Black Mercy off of Superman...

Few creators have ever nailed a Superman quite as emotional as Moore and Gibbons do here.

It's a clever story that has been homaged countless times since and it's a beautifully drawn comic book. Well worthy of being the top pick on the list.