Next up for the month is yet another love and maybe the last
love. I’m not sure yet. I guess I got love on the mind or something. This time,
it’s the mermaid known as Lori Lemaris. Yes, Clark Kent actually fell in love
with a mermaid and that mermaid went to college. It’s like Splashed and Stomp
the Yard got mixed into one plot or something. She first appeared in Superman
#129 from 1959. She and Clark dated when he was enrolled at Metropolis
University. He even wanted to marry her but Lori told him that couldn’t
happened and returned to her home of Tritonius. She did come back a bit during
the Pre-Crisis era. I first ran into her in Superman: The Secret Years from 1985. She even died in Crisis on Infinite Earths.
When we got to the post-Crisis era, things mostly remained
unchanged. Lori and Clark still had their fling in college. Also, Lori had
another mission in finding other cities from the continent of Atlantis. She
popped up every so often during the 90’s with her longer stint coming in 1996.
Lori ended up returning in The Adventures of Superman #532. We got the usual
team of Kesel, Immonen, and Marzan doing their thing. It seems like I’ve been
coming back to this title a lot. That’s not too bad. So, what happens when a
hot, sometimes scantly clad, former girlfriend comes into town? A bit of jealousy.