Superman: The Wedding Album #1

Superman: One-Shots

by Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie

A special historical one-shot issue featuring the marriage of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, with appearances from characters throughout the DC Universe and with stories and art by creators from throughout the Man of Steel's career!

Written by Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern.

Illustrated by John Byrne, Terry Austin, Kerry Gammill, Murphy Anderson, Gil Kane, Bob McLeod, Stuart Immonen, Jose Marzan Jr, Paul Ryabn, Brett Breeding, Jon Bogdanove, Dennis Janke, Kieron Dwyer, Dough Hazlewood, Tom Grummett, Denis Rodier, Dick Giordano, Art Thibert, Jim Mooney, George Perez, Curt Swan, Jackson Guice, Nick Cardy, Al Plastino, Barry Kitson, Ray McCarthy, Ron Frenz, Joe Rubinstein, Dan Jurgens, and Jerry Ordway.

Lettered by Bill Oakley.  Coloring by Glenn Whitmore, with Color Separations by Digital Chameleon.

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Graphic Novels, Superman, Superheroes, Romance, Ebooks

89 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 6, 1996

About the author

Dan Jurgens is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for his work on the DC comic book storyline "The Death of Superman" and for creating characters such as Doomsday, Hank Henshaw, and Booster Gold. Jurgens had a lengthy run on the Superman comic books including The Adventures of Superman, Superman vol. 2 and Action Comics. At Marvel, Jurgens worked on series such as Captain America, The Sensational Spider-Man and was the writer on Thor for six years. He also had a brief run as writer and artist on Solar for Valiant Comics in 1995.

Reviews

[Molly™☺ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Superman and Lois Lane, one of the most iconic couples in comic history, of course their wedding would be a huge deal worthy of its own one-shot. The story is driven completely by the two leads and their interactions with other important DC figures who frequently appear alongside them. Small moments of humanity and humour are very well incorporated into the story, helping to add distinction and flavour. Definitely one for the Clois fans, it’s pretty mundane overall, but the characters really make it shine as a feel good piece.

Triggers: Cancer

[Mar · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm so happy I was able to get the original 1996 edition from my side of the world. It's very beautiful. This issue wasn't perfect, but I loved it still.

[Charles · Rating 5 out of 5]

This giant comic opens with Lois in a wedding gown, but it is a great surprise how that gambit plays out. Lois demonstrates that she is a woman of action and adventure in her own right. Lois and Clark had broken off their relationship earlier, but they both found that their love was festering into major unhappiness for both of them.
Reunited at the Daily Planet building where Clark is filling in for the ill Perry White, the act of seeing each other rekindles their desire for each other and it is not long before they are planning a wedding. Clark is no longer Superman in the real sense, for he has lost his powers. Yet, he finds himself still playing the role of hero, even though a bullet would not emit a “Zing!” sound when it ricocheted off his body.
There are many difficulties inherent in the planning as most of Clark’s old friends show up in their adult roles. Lex Luthor is also surprisingly quiescent during this challenging time. Superman’s superhero friends show up to cover for his lack of powers so he can concentrate on this major event in his life.
The only non-normal hitch in the wedding is when Mr. Mxyzptlk shows up. Yet even he will not disrupt the wedding, although he promises to be a major annoyance later in their lives. The wedding goes off well and the last pages have Lois and Clark (Superman) enjoying the post pronouncement kiss.
This is a great comic, most of the difficulties surrounding the wedding are those of humans being difficult, demanding and obnoxious. Kind of like the way it goes in normal life. Although Lois and Clark are anything but normal, the creators have made their wedding surprisingly normal.

[Steven Shinder · Rating 3 out of 5]

This felt like both an event and a non-event. It's Lois and Clark finally getting married, and yet there's not some huge threat trying to keep them apart. Might be refreshing for a superhero wedding story, but it feels very day-to-day. There are some heartfelt moments, however, that I really liked, such as Bruce's talk with Clark, and Jimmy being asked to be the best man. I thought it was kinda dumb, though, how Clark asked for the Superman symbol to be carved into the ring for Lois. I do think it's really cool how this issue came out around the time of the wedding in the show Lois & Clark.

[Mariel · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5.

Creo que realmente... esperaba más. Disfruté de alguna que otra escena y diálogo, del momento (y entiendo que sea la inspiración en distintas obras como Smallville), y... ya. Nunca me quejaré de leer a Lois, sorry.

¡Ah! Y amé la traducción: Nada neutral, puramente mexicana. Leer a Clark Kent decir “cuate” es lo mejor.

[Pietro Rossi · Rating 5 out of 5]

One shot issue of Clark Kent marrying Lois Lane. Reminiscent of the 1978 Earth 2 wedding where Lois marries the man rather than the hero, and the hero has lost his powers. But here Lois is fully aware of the duality of character. And it's a lot more pleasant.

This is just a fun issue with old friends, just like a wedding should be.

[Max Solis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este es uno de los cómics más hermosos que DC Cómics ha hecho jamás. Atreverse a llevar a cabo la histórica boda del superhéroe más grande todos los tiempos con la mujer que ama, es la mejor decisión que la editorial pudo tomar.

Dato curioso, la fecha que aparece en el cómic es diciembre de 1996, misma fecha en la que yo nací. ¡Viva Superman!

[Doctor Doom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great artwork. Mediocre story [maybe because it was rushed to come out with the wedding on TV's Lois & Clark. Like the title of that series Lois is the hero of this story [example- Lois easily beats up some hoodlums that Superman later has difficulty defeating and needs help.
Meh.

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lo leí en su momento y me aburrió bastante, al margen de que la mayoría de los dibujantes no se ponían de acuerdo ni con qué personajes había en el casamiento. Si algún día le pego un repaso a mis supermanes de Vid, seguro caiga en la relectura.

[Variaciones Enrojo]

Edición mexicana de La boda de Superman.

[Dony Grayman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Edición mexicana con portada con relieve y páginas desplegables cerca del final.

[La Constelación · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hermoso Comic. Acción, romance y con una pisca de drama noventero. Los preparativos y eventos que suceden al evento que todo lector espera, la boda de Lois y Clark Kent.

[Hassan Salem · Rating 2 out of 5]

كان أول كوميك أقرأه في حياتي،
لطيف جدا، ولو إني مش فان للكوميكس لكني استمتعت به