Lana Lang is a fictional supporting character in DC Comics' Superman series. Created by writer Bill Finger and artist John Sikela, she first appears in Superboy #10 (September/October 1950). Lana traditionally has been Superman's romantic interest when they were in Smallville. In the Silver Age, she regularly appeared in series featuring the character’s teenaged self, Superboy.

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  • Lana Lang is a fictional supporting character in DC Comics' Superman series. Created by writer Bill Finger and artist John Sikela, she first appears in Superboy #10 (September/October 1950). Lana traditionally has been Superman's romantic interest when they were in Smallville. In the Silver Age, she regularly appeared in series featuring the character’s teenaged self, Superboy. She also often appeared as an adult in the Superman titles, vying with current love interest Lois Lane for his attention. In modern DC Comics continuity, she and Clark Kent were and still are close friends with a certain degree of romantic tension between them. Furthermore, in the current version of Superman's origin story in Superman: Secret Origin, Lana is made privy to Clark's unusual abilities from an early age, becoming his only confidant in his childhood outside his parents and the Legion of Super-Heroes. For a time, Lana is married to Pete Ross, Clark Kent's best friend as a youth, and has a son by Pete named Clark Peter Ross. Lana has been featured in most other media adaptations of Superboy or Superman as a teenager, including the WB/UPN television series Smallville, in which she is played by Kristin Kreuk. Lana was Clark Kent’s main romantic interest for the first seven seasons of the series. She has also appeared in many adaptations of Superman, although her role is generally smaller. An exception is the 1983 film Superman III, where she was played by Annette O'Toole (who also plays Martha Kent in Smallville). Prior to Smallville, Lana was a regular character on the syndicated TV series Superboy television series. She was portrayed by Stacy Haiduk for the series' entire 100 episode run. Lana is one of several Superman characters with the alliterative initials "LL", including her father Professor Lewis Lang, Lex Luthor, Lionel Luthor, Lena Luthor (whose surname was changed to "Thorul" in the Silver Age, to distance herself from her criminal brother), Lutessa Luthor (Lex's sister in "Smallville", but when given up for adoption, her name was changed to Tess Mercer), Lois Lane, Lucy Lane, Superman's Babysitter Letitia Lerner, Lori Lemaris, Leta Lal (a distant ancestor of Lori Lemaris), Luma Lynai, Lyla Lerrol, Linda Lee, and Linda Lake.
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  • Lana Lang
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  • Superboy #10
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  • Lana Elizabeth Lang
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  • Lana Lang is a fictional supporting character in DC Comics' Superman series. Created by writer Bill Finger and artist John Sikela, she first appears in Superboy #10 (September/October 1950). Lana traditionally has been Superman's romantic interest when they were in Smallville. In the Silver Age, she regularly appeared in series featuring the character’s teenaged self, Superboy.
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  • Lana Lang
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