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8. “Do You Still Love Me, Superman?”

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While we wait for Dave to recover, Lois has to give our story an opening page. So, she gets right up in Superman’s face, and asks him if he’d still love her – if he’d still marry her – if she were black.

“Would you, Superman, huh? Would you? Would you marry…*gasp*…a Black Woman???!!!” Lois basically asks.

To his credit, Superman pretty much just says, “Hey, remember how I’m a f***ing alien? Who is literally not human? Because he is from Krypton? Why would I give a s**t what color your skin is? Plus, I’m Superman, so I’m pretty committed to not being a racist a-hole.”

Lois then just moves the goalposts to “Well, why won’t you marry me, then?” Superman starts to deflect, but he doesn’t have to for long, because her skin starts to fade back to white. The transformation has worn off. And she completely forgets about the marriage thing.