Gregory Reed was an acclaimed actor who had the part of Superman for quite some time when an accident on set caused him to be disfigured. Using a process to exchange his mind with that of the real Kal-El of Krypton, Reed found he couldn't handle his new found powers. When this process was reversed, Superman offered to assist Reed in recovering his features with plastic surgery performed by the Man of Steel himself. Grateful for this, Greg asked the Last Son of Krypton to make him look like the real Man of Tomorrow. From then on, Gregory Reed used his second lease on life to perform good deeds, performing for charities as Superman.
Over time, he became instrumental in aiding Superman by impersonating him to outwit various threats. These included the Superman Revenge Squad... who sought to make their foe instable by exposing him to an alien ray, which they used half the time on Reed instead... as well as Terra-Man and the Secret Society of Super-Villians. In fact, it was the Society... led by Superman's arch-enemy Lex Luthor, that had mistook Reed for the real deal while the actor was performing in the Japan of Earth-One.
The Gregory Reed of Earth-Two only met the original Superman once, after having been stricken with temporary amnesia while was dressed as the heroic Kal-L. Reed attempted to perform various super-feats only to find he was without power, then discovering his true identity when the real Superman came to rescue him. Together they defeated a handful of crooks, after which Reed retired!
On Earth-One, Sylvia Dewitt boarded a cruise ship in order to escape an engagement forced upon her. Unknowingly, she is spied upon by Superman, only not Kal-El himself by a distant cousin of his from the bottled city of Kandor. Having enlarged himself to human size and gaining superhuman abilities like his cousin, Van-Zee saved Sylvia's life and their proposed to her... knowing that Kal-El would not. This is because 1.) Superman thinks this may cause his wife to be a target of his enemies and 2.) she isn't the real Lois. After marrying, Van-Zee developed a serum that his wife ingested which granted her a Kryptonian physiology like himself. After having lived briefly on the planet Venus and having two children, a boy and a girl, the new family returned to Kandor to start a new life together.
On Earth-Two, Brenda Manning was an unemployed actress whom a crooked mastermind known as Check used as a pawn in a game involving him and Superman. Convincing her to pretend to be Lois Lane in order to secure work, she unwittingly played Superman into his hands repeatedly... thwarting Kal-L's attempts to bring Check and his gang to justice. Eventually deducing that this Lois was an actress, Superman was finally able to defeat Check. Lois and Brenda tried later to work together to outwit Clark Kent, but failed in doing so.
Coincidentally, Syliva was later called upon to portray Lois Lane on a few cases while the now Mrs. Van-Zee was a member of the Superman Look-A-Like Squad of Kandor. This team consisted of a handful of Kandorians who looked like their human (or in Clark and Superman's case) rolemodels, and were useful on a few occasions.
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