Panel Discussion: World's Finest

One of the funnies things about the Silver Age version of "World's Finest"--and oh, there are many--is that it seems like Superman and Batman spend more time trying to fool Lois Lane than they do chasing villains. Take a look at these consecutive panels from issue #71, as reprinted in "Showcase Presents World's Finest" Volume 1. Batman, trying to convince Lois he's Superman to protect the Man of Steel's secret identity, is effortlessly hauling around big furniture and a moving van while helping her move. OR IS HE?



...And that we snuck into Lois' bedroom last night and performed surgery on her optic nerve to alter her eyesight. And that we built a time machine and went back 5 years to when she got some of her the stuff and replaced it in the stores with lighter copies. And that we...

I think these panels are even funnier the less context you give the, but I think you get the idea of what's going on here. At some point, no matter how many complications it causes, no matter how difficult it will make life for those involved, it's gotta be easier just to go ahead and tell Lois, "Yeah, Clark Kent is Superman. You got it."

(Not to mention the fact that if Lois is so blind she can't discern a fake van from a real one or papier-mache copies of her personal belongings from the real deal, well, they probably could have found a much simpler way to deceive her.)