Lost loves of were a common occurrence for the Superman of Earth-One, but not for his older Earth-Two counterpart. The younger version of Clark Kent had his childhood Smallville sweetheart Lana Lang, his college years romance with Atlantean mermaid Lori Lemaris*, his doomed engagement to Kryptonian actress Lyla Lerrol. Perhaps his greatest love was with Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane, although his sense of duty prevented them from uniting in matrimony.
For the Earth-Two Superman, he only met Lana Lang when both were adults after she was hired into the Daily Star. When he was introduced to the Atlantean Queen Octavia Paralea**, she only had eyes for Clark Kent, while he wasn’t interested in kind. Foreign actress Lita Laverne was secretly a spy, with neither party enamored with the other.
Whereas his doppelgänger limited his relationship to his Miss Lane to only dating, the older Superman proved that all along he had one true love… whom he later married… in his fellow Daily Star journalist Lois Lane Kent.
* Interestingly, the Atlantean mermaid and foreign actress of Earths One and Two were brunettes, while their Atlantean queen and Kryptonian actress doppelgängers were blondes.
** The Earth-Two Wonder Woman met the blonde haired Princess Octavia a few years before she was made Queen Paralea. The Earth-One Wonder Woman met actress Lyla Lerrol on Krypton-One shortly after Superman had departed that world and returned to her future era.
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