Superman and Lori Lamaris' first meeting

Superman has had the hots for Lori since he met her.   A mermaid, and Clark Kent's first love, Clark met Lori when he was a senior at the University of Metropolis. Lori was confined to a wheelchair, and always had her "legs" covered by a blanket. He fell in love with her, and asked her to marry him. After she refused, he discovered she was a mermaid from the lost continent of Atlantis. She returned to the ocean, but a few years later, Clark summoned her to a meeting. Then she was stabbed by a fisherman. She was treated in the undersea city of Tritonis by a doctor named Ronal, whom she fell in love with and married. Later Superman was told she had died. But she had not, and, saved Superman's life, admitting to herself that he was the only man she would ever love. Her husband, Ronal, became a magician, and was corrupted by his power. One of his magic spells gave Lori legs whenever she is dry, allowing her to live a life in Metropolis. (She reverts to a mermaid when she gets wet.) When Lois called off her engagement to Clark, Lori made it clear that she was interested in resuming their earlier relationship, but Clark wanted no one but Lois. Although Lois was jealous of Lori for a bit, they became friends, and Lori was one of the bridesmaids at Lois and Clark's wedding. Lori got in some trouble after selling several ancient artifacts recovered from sunken ships, when questions were raised about just how she found them. She soon after went to South America on an archaeology expedition.

So here is the story of Superman / Clark Kent's first love and the discovery that although she is a fish from the hips down, she has a nice mouth.

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Appearances of Lori Lamaris in DC comics:

Adventure Comics #280 (January 1961): "Superboy and the Mermaid from Atlantis" Superman Vol. 1 #129/3 (May 1959): "The Girl from Superman's Past"
Superman Vol. 1 #135/2 (February 1960): "Superman's Mermaid Sweetheart" Superman Vol. 1 #138/3 (July 1960): "The Mermaid from Atlantis"
Superman Vol. 1 #139 (August 1960): "The New Life of Super-Merman"
Action Comics #269/2 (October 1960): "Supergirl's First Romance" Action Comics #270/2 (November 1960): "Supergirl's Busiest Day"
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #52/3 (April 1961): "Jimmy Olsen, Wolf-Man"
Action Comics #276/2 (May 1961): "Supergirl's Three Super Girl-Friends"
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #53/2 (June 1961): "The Giant Turtle Man"
Superman Vol. 1 #146/2 (July 1961): "Superman's Greatest Feats"
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #55 (September 1961): "The Monster That Loved Aqua-Jimmy"
Superman Vol. 1 #148/3 (October 1961): "Superman Owes a Billion Dollars" Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #31/2 (February 1962): "The Jealous Lois Lane"
Action Comics #278/2 (July 1961): "The Unknown Supergirl"
Action Comics #284/2 (January 1962): "The Strange Bodies of Supergirl"
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #33 (May 1962): "The Phantom Lois Lane"
Superman Vol. 1 #154 (July 1962): "The Underwater Pranks of Mr. Mxyzptlk"
Superman Vol. 1 #154/2 (July 1962): "Krypton's First Superman"
Action Comics #290/2 (July 1962): "Supergirl's Super Boy-Friends"
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #63 (September 1962): "The League of Fantastic Supermen"
Superman Vol. 1 #156 (October 1962): "The Last Days of Superman"
Superman Vol. 1 #157/2 (November 1962): "The Super-Genie of Metropolis"
Action Comics #295 (December 1962): "Superman Goes Wild"
Superman Vol. 1 #158 (January 1963): "Superman in Kandor"
Action Comics #297/2 (February 1963): "The Forbidden Weapons of Krypton"
Action Comics #298/2 (March 1963): "The Super-Powers of Lex Luthor"
Superman Vol. 1 #157/3 (November 1962): "Superman's Day of Doom"
Adventure Comics #304/2 (January 1963): "The Stolen Super-Powers!"
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #42 (July 1963): "The Girl Who Betrayed Atlantis"
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #70/3 (July 1963): "The Secret of Silver Kryptonite"
Action Comics #302/2 (July 1963): "The Day Super-Horse Went Wild"
Action Comics #303/2 (August 1963): "Supergirl's Big Brother"
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #44 (October 1963): "The Murder of Lana Lang"
Superman Vol. 1 #165/2 (November 1963): "The Sweetheart Superman Forgot"
Action Comics #307/2 (December 1963): "Supergirl's Wedding Day"
Action Comics #310 (March 1964): "Secret of Kryptonite Six"
Action Comics #309 (February 1964): "The Superman Super-Spectacular"
Action Comics #312 (May 1964): "King Superman vs. Clark Kent, Metallo"
Action Comics #312/2 (May 1964): "The Fantastic Menace of the LL's"
Action Comics #313 (June 1964): "The End of Clark Kent's Secret Identity"
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #81 (December 1964): "The Ransom of Superman"
Action Comics #319/2 (December 1964): "The Super-Cheat"
Action Comics #325/2 (June 1965): "Ugly Duckling Teacher of Stanhope College"
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #55/2 (February 1965): "Superman's Secret Wife"
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #56/2 (April 1965): "Lois Lane, Super-Telepath"
Superman Vol. 1 #204 (February 1968): "The Case of the Lethal Letters"
Action Comics #365 (July 1968): "Superman's Funeral"
Action Comics #475/2 (September 1977): "The Weak Link"
Superman Spectacular (1977): "The Second Coming of Superman"
DC Comics Presents #5 (January 1979): "The War of the Undersea Cities"
World's Finest Comics #268 (April-May 1981): "The Twelve Coins of Power"
Superman Vol. 1 #408 (June 1985): "The Day the Earth Died"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (July 1985): "And Thus Shall the World Die!"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #6 (September 1985): "3 Earths! 3 Deaths!"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (October 1985): "Beyond the Silent Night"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January 1986): "Death at the Dawn of Time!"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (March 1986): "Final Crisis"