Comics Just wondering: What's Lana Lang doing?

[javi1024]

i dont follow superman at all (except for Superman/Batman), but i was just curious whats been happening to her in the comics. i guess i only ask because ive been watching smallville, so she popped in my head. last i heard she divorced Pete (maybe got back together) or something. is her character explored much in the comics? are they using her more because of the show?

 

[mego joe]

i dont follow superman at all (except for Superman/Batman), but i was just curious whats been happening to her in the comics. i guess i only ask because ive been watching smallville, so she popped in my head. last i heard she divorced Pete (maybe got back together) or something. is her character explored much in the comics? are they using her more because of the show?

She is now the CEO of LexCorp. Lex is out of the picture though, b/c he got bought out by the Board of Directors after getting bust for his role in the Everyman Project that was chronicled in 52. The Board then hired Lana to run the company.

 

[javi1024]

was Mercy CEO at one point? during 52?

 

[mego joe]

was Mercy CEO at one point? during 52?

I don't think so. At the end LEx gets taken down by Steel and Co., but throughout 52 Lex is still in charge.

 

[Spike_x1]

I haven't been reading 52 at all, so this might've been explained there, but is there any particular reason why Lana was picked to be LexCorp's new CEO? As far as I know, she has no experience.

 

[storyteller]

was Mercy CEO at one point? during 52?

that was jlu only

 

[mego joe]

I haven't been reading 52 at all, so this might've been explained there, but is there any particular reason why Lana was picked to be LexCorp's new CEO? As far as I know, she has no experience.

I believe it was explained in the first issue of the first Camelot Falls arc. The first issue of Superman post "Up Up and Away" I believe. I can't remember the exact reasoning off the top of my head.

 

[Spike_x1]

It was the second issue after Up, up, and Away, actually. The only reasoning that was given at that time was that she served on a few charitable boards while she was in Washington as Pete's wife.

To me, that reasoning just sounds really flimsy when you're talking about handing an entire company over to her. If they just wanted her to be simply another member of their board of directors, then sure, absolutely! But being CEO?

WTF?

I was hoping that there might've been another comic where they elaborated more on the subject (perhaps 52?).

 

[CConn]

It was the second issue after Up, up, and Away, actually. The only reasoning that was given at that time was that she served on a few charitable boards while she was in Washington as Pete's wife.

To me, that reasoning just sounds really flimsy when you're talking about handing an entire company over to her. If they just wanted her to be simply another member of their board of directors, then sure, absolutely! But being CEO?

WTF?

I was hoping that there might've been another comic where they elaborated more on the subject (perhaps 52?).

No, they don't talk about it at all in 52.

I dunno, it doesn't seem THAT far-fetched to me. Look at Hilary Clinton. She had two ventures into actual policies when she was first lady, and both of them failed, yet she was voted Senator of a pretty important state without a second thought. Granted, being made a CEO is a bit more out there, but then, comics are usually more out there than real life.

 

[Spike_x1]

Yeah, I guess so.

 

[Dope Nose]

No, they don't talk about it at all in 52.

I dunno, it doesn't seem THAT far-fetched to me. Look at Hilary Clinton. She had two ventures into actual policies when she was first lady, and both of them failed, yet she was voted Senator of a pretty important state without a second thought. Granted, being made a CEO is a bit more out there, but then, comics are usually more out there than real life.

better yet, look at Martha Kent on Smallville.

 

[Zombie_samurai]

lame