Book Review: Lois Lane: Fall Out by Gwenda Bond

    

 
Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!

  Lois Lane: Fallout is book number one in a new Young Adult series by Switch Press, written by Gwenda Bond (Girl on a Wire). It focuses on the adventures of a young Lois Lane who is just as tenacious as she will be as the Daily Planet’s star reporter.
  

   First appearing in the pages of Action Comics in 1938, Lois Lane not only became a love interest of Superman, but also a major character of the DC Universe known the world over. She has survived for seventy seven years by being constantly reimagined for new generations. Just recently she was played on the big screen by actress Amy Adams in the Man of Steel. Prior to that Lois was a small screen heroine in Smallville, played by Erica Durance and in Lois and Clark: the New Adventures of Superman played by Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives). She never passes up a story, and is always helping the underdog out for the betterment of society. This book is no different.

    Gwenda Bond does a great (and often humorous) job at writing Lois Lane as a heroine for the young adult crowd. Page by page we are introduced to a Lois Lane that was first brought to us in the late eighties by artist and writer John Byrne in the pages of Man of Steel. The comic portrayed an army-brat Lois Lane with a General father, who is constantly in danger and trouble. I am happy that this is the route that Bond took with the series, because I have always loved that Lois above the other incarnations. As a fan of DC Comics I was excited to begin this book, and I am happy I did.

    We are introduced to Lois Lane, sixteen year old teen who is constantly reminded that military school awaits any Lane girl who gets out of line. Her mother keeps the peace between Lois and her father, General Sam Lane (Lois and her father are rather evenly matched when it comes to tempers). Her sister, Lucy, lies low, playing video games and worrying Lois will end up in military school away from her. They arrive in Metropolis to start a new life as they have done before which Sam’s military standing demands. At her high school, Lois is immediately thrown into a situation involving a young girl named Anavi. The straight-A student is being bullied by a group of creepy teenagers known as the Warheads, who act perfectly-synced in all they do, even finishing each other’s sentence. Principal Butler hears Anavi’s pleas for help, but seems to not care.  Lois is troubled by this. Upon confronting the Principal, she is brought into the world of journalism by none other than a young Perry White. Perry loves her bold manner, and watches with interest as she counters the Principal’s actions.

    After her conversation ends with Principal Butler, Perry asks if Lois would be interested in being a student reporter for the Scoop, a new part of the Daily Planet’s reporting. She immediately accepts. As she is introduced to faculty and students, she realizes that several of her classmates are part of the Scoop journalist program. As they enter the basement of the Planet, affectionately called the Morgue, Lois settles into getting to know her fellow reporters. Maddy, James the Third, and Devin seem just as eager to report as Lois is. Lois also is talking via chat to a boy only known to her as SmallvilleGuy. If you are a Superman fan, it does not take you long to realize that it is indeed Clark Kent that she is talking to.

  After looking into the Warheads’ taunting of Anavi, Lois and her new friends get embroiled in a dangerous world of psychic powers, clandestine military experiments, and the beginnings of her understanding that there are those with “powers” in the DC Universe.  Their reporting could get them expelled or even killed!

  This book is a fast-paced ride that had me coming out of all 304 pages smiling ear-to-ear with geeky-nostalgia. I am a huge fan of DC Comics, and Gwenda Bond did a wonderful job bringing these characters to life! I gave this book four out of five stars.

  Gwenda Bond continues the Lois Lane series in Double Down on May 1, 2016!

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