Clark Kent Lois Lane Son Zdarma . Created by writer jerry siegel and artist joe shuster, both characters including superman's alter ego, clark kent, first appeared in dc comics' action comics #1 (june 1938). Clark kent's name is a combination of the names of actors, clark gable and kent taylor. Lois lane is a former reporter of the daily planet and the daughter of sam lane, the estranged older sister of lucy lane, the wife of clark kent, and the mother of jonathan and jordan kent. Though he was apparently killed shortly after the darkseid war, his essence merged with the new earth superman in rebirth, creating a new, merged timeline for superman. They have remained in a complicated relationship ever since.