Metropolis Mailbag: Luce?
golobulous121284 asked:
I noticed in Action 662 in the panels where Lois is talking on the phone to Lucy, it looks like her name is spelled "Lucy" in the first panel and "Luce", in the second. Am I seeing that right?
I think that’s just short for Lucy. I mean, it’s not shorter when you type it, but it’s shorter when you pronounce it. It’s a nickname, is my point.
Coincidentally, I was just looking at World of Metropolis #2 again and Lois calls her “Luce” there, too. The reason I dug up that issue is that I said recently that Action #662 was the first appearance of Lois’ cat, Elroy. I got curious about it so I looked up his profile on The Comic Book Database (yes, of course Lois Lane’s cat has a profile there), which lists World of Metropolis as his first appearance. However, Elroy is orange, and Lois’ cat in that issue is clearly black:
I’m assuming Lucy’s dog ate Lois’ cat after that panel, so she had to get a new one. (Enjoy the bonus Byrne creepiness, by the way.)
While I’m here, a special announcement:
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
Bad news: I’m gonna start doing shorter posts. Good news: I’m gonna start doing more posts! That’s the idea, anyway. I love doing long posts, but I wasn’t exaggerating when I said recently that at the current pace, it would take me 9 years (probably more) to cover the rest of this Superman era. So, I’m going back to the shorter format I used when I started this blog, except with more pictures, because pictures are cool.