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Bitsie Tulloch talks about Lois Lane’s 1938 debut, and how the comic book character was ahead of her time
Superman and Lois star Bitsie Tulloch says the 1938 version of Lois Lane was the original badass in the workplace
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What would the Superman mythos be like without Lois Lane? We can take that question a step further and ask what pop culture would be like without Lois Lane. The intrepid reporter has been a part of our cultural DNA for so long that it’s hard to imagine what it would be like if she had never been introduced in Action Comics #1.
Bitsie Tulloch, who played Lois Lane on Superman and Lois, reminds us that it’s important to remember her introduction in the context of the time period. “I really love the way they wrote Lois because she really stood her own ground and if there’s one takeaway it is that you don’t need powers to be empowered. That is a choice and you can be brave and just one foot in front of the other,” Bitsie Tulloch told the crowd during the Superman & Lois panel at C2E2 2026.
She continued, “The qualities of Lois Lane that have existed since 1938, which was a moment in time where women weren’t necessarily portrayed in television or movies or comic books or books as being badasses in the workplace, and she was. That had to have inspired a lot of women in the 30s, and onward, and still do. I’ve met people at cons who are like, ‘I’m a journalism major right now because of Lois Lane.’ But I think a lot of it for me was the realization that you can make that choice to be courageous and to stand up for truth and to stand up for justice. I try to do that in my daily life.”
Superman and Lois is streaming on HBO Max.
You can watch the full Superman & Lois reunion panel from C2E2 2026 here:
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