In November 1970, Lois Lane asked Superman a question: “Will you Marry me just the way I am?” Add to that the background story that Lois was no longer white but black, and Superman – a white alien – had a puzzler. Would he marry her now that she was black? Would she find love in ‘Little Africa’?
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