Lois Lane and Catwoman
The Story From Lois Lane #71 With A Twist

Intro

Once again bringing to you a variation on the story appearing 31 years ago in the comic book, Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #71. In this, the conclusion to the story started in LL #70, Lois is shown in the Catwoman costume minus the cowl, talking to Officer Daley of the Gotham City Police. He tells her what went on while she was unconscious, then shows her Catwoman and her gang being led off to jail by Batman and Robin. After the Police leave, Lois tries to find Superman in his Super-Cat form, then for the rest of the story tries to find a way to transform him back to Superman. This story of mine takes off on a very different angle . . .

Part 1 of 2

Lois Lane was having a nightmare. She was seeing herself as the mouse Catwoman threatened to turn her into, being picked up by Catwoman and fed to Super-Cat. Just as Super-Cat is about to gulp her down in one bite, Lois was jostled awake by Officer Daley of the Gotham City Police. With her head still spinning, Lois suddenly realizes that it was all a dream, and sees the officer grinning at her with his right hand grasping her left shoulder. "Glad to see you awake, Miss Lane," he said. "You were unconscious for quite some time."

As Lois raised her right hand to her forehead, she saw the claws on her fingers, then looked down at the rest of her body, seeing the costume she was in. "Where am I? What happened here?", she said as she looked up to the Officer.

"Batman and Robin came when the cataclysm grenades you accidentally set off started an earthquake. They captured Catwoman and her gang," he answered, "and are now leading them off to jail." He helped her up, then walked her to the edge of the rock outcropping they were on, to show her the group being walked off in handcuffs. "Will you be coming along with us, Miss Lane?"

"No, Officer, I think I'll stick around here in the Catacombs for a little while to see if I can find anything of interest," Lois answered him.

"Okay, Miss Lane. Give us a call if you need a pickup later on," he replied. As he turned away to join up with those escorting the criminals out of the Catacombs, Lois thought to herself, No one mentioned any word about finding Super-Cat. I wonder... Lois looked back to where the officer had revived her along the cavern wall, and saw the cowl he must have removed from her head earlier. Casually striding back to the wall, savoring once again the feeling she had first felt when Catwoman forced her to don the costume and walk around in the boots with their 6 inch heels, Lois put on a cheshire cat grin, then reached out with her clawed right hand to grab the cowl. Pulling the cowl down over her short black hair, Lois said out loud this time, since no one was there to hear her, "I hope you don't hold your breath waiting for that phone call, Officer Daley. You say the real Catwoman is being led off to jail?" She placed her clawed hands on her hips, spread her legs in a purposeful pose, and continued, "Your Catwoman may be going off to jail, but this Catwoman is ready to go! I had so much fun while she had me hypnotized into thinking I was her, that I'm going to take her place now!"

Lois began her search for Super-Cat in the rubble at the far end of the Catacombs. After sifting through quite a bit of fallen rock and piled up boxes of the Catwoman's weapons for about 15 minutes, she saw a green glow behind another pile of refuse. Sure enough, after freeing it from the debris surrounding it, Lois found this to be the Green-K cage Catwoman had put Super-Cat in for safekeeping. Holding it up to eye level, Lois said, "Well, it's taken all these years, but I finally have you in the palm of my hand, just where I want you. Catwoman put you into her power by rhyming her orders, so let's see....Go to Metropolis, a city so big/and get for me a long black haired wig." She opened Super-Cat's cage, and he immediately took off for Metropolis.

While Super-Cat was on his mission, Lois set about finding as many usable cat weapons that were still on hand in the Catacombs. She found a number of whips of varying lengths in a fallen cabinet, discovered a cache of catarangs near the pile where the Green-K cage was found, then came across something she had originally had no hope of finding. Near the foot of the escarpment that Lois had climbed to get to Catwoman before setting off the Cataclysm Grenades, she found the Cat's Eye ring that Catwoman had used two days earlier to hypnotize her. Placing the ring on the ring finger of her right hand, Lois had the thought that the ring might come in very handy later on. As she turned to leave that area, Lois also caught sight of the tip of Circe's wand, sticking out of a pile of rocks. "Ah," she said. "With this, I'm now all set!"

Super-Cat had wizzed through a wig shop in downtown Metropolis that he was no more than a small black and red blur going in and a slightly larger black and red blur as he exited with a long black wig streaming back from where he had it clenched in his teeth. As he came zooming back into the Catacombs a short time later, Lois looked up and said, "My, you work fast! Super-Cat, with wig in teeth/Come to my side, lay beneath." The super kitty did as he was told, and curled up in a docile manner next to Lois's right foot. "Now Super-Cat watch as I show you something," Lois said while pulling off her cowl. "Do you recognize me now? That's why I had you get this wig," which she said while reaching down to pick up the black wig. After she brushed it out using her claws, Lois pulled the wig on over her own short black hair. She then replaced the cowl over her head. Shaking her new mane back and forth over the cape hanging over her back, Lois gave a hearty laugh, then purred softly. "With this wig on, nobody would recognize me as Lois Lane in this costume. I am now Selina Kyle. I am the Catwoman!"

Reaching for the wand which she had placed on a shelf before Super-Cat returned, Catwoman then said, "I've been debating whether I should keep you in the form of a super kitty who would be a great help in plundering Metropoplis, but I don't like the idea of having to come up with so many rhyming orders. While you were out, I made my final decision. You're going to be super, and you're going to aid and abet me in my activities, you're even going to still form a black and red blur as you fly about." Holding Circe's wand over him, Catwoman then said, "Super-Cat sitting at my feet in a curl/Become for me an evil Catgirl." Super-Cat found himself rising on his two rear feet, then growing and morphing rapidly. He remembered the way this process had turned him from Superman to Super-Cat in the first place, but in the process of becoming human again, felt all kinds of differences from what he'd remembered. His upper chest was expanding, his waist shrinking, hips broadening, and the inner area of his lower body felt like it was scrambling. By this point, the transformation was far enough along that it was she feeling the changes, and she saw her hair billowing out to form a black gossamer shell around her face and cascading down her back. Then a costume started to appear on her body. She found herself encased in black leather from head to toes. Her catsuit started at the throat with a high collar and choker over that. Her breasts were encased individually in the chest plate of her catsuit, large and round with plenty of volume, not the pointy affairs some women had with this type of catsuit. An external corset showed over her waist and upper hips, bringing her already tiny waist in to an exquisitely formed wasp shape. There were black leather gloves on her hands going to just past her elbows, and being Catgirl, had sharp claws at the fingertips. The tiny feet at the ends of her long and lithe legs were enclosed in boots that had her practically standing on her toes, and laced on to come halfway up her thighs from the knees. A red cape came to be on her back, clipped to her shoulders. Lastly, a black domino mask appeared on her face, framing her beautiful eyes so that only they could be seen and not details around them.

As Catgirl's changes stopped, Catwoman stepped in front of her to admire her handiwork. "My, don't you look stunning! How do you like your new form, Superman?", she asked.

"I feel so different. I still feel all my powers, but I don't recognize the feelings my body is experiencing. What have you done to me, Lois?", Catgirl responded.

"First off, get this straight, my name is no longer Lois Lane. I am now Selina Kyle, the Catwoman. And you are now Catgirl, my super powered partner in crime." Catwoman lifted her right hand to hold it in front of Catgirl's face. "Here, look into my ring. All will become known to you." Catgirl looked into the ring, and with an expression similar to that which appeared on Lois's face not long ago, she fell into a trance. "Yes, you're now completely in my power. Forget your past as Superman. Your other identity of Clark Kent is also gone. Did you forget that I uncovered your identity when my cats shredded your clothes two days ago? Your new identity is that of Pussy Willow, the Catgirl. Your home is with Selina Kyle, the Catwoman in her Cat's Lair. You have super powers which you will now use to commit crimes. Do you understand?" Catgirl purred softly, meowwed, then said, "Purrrrfectly, Catwoman. I am your kitten. How can I please you?"

Catwoman hugged her new protege, then suggested that they fly out of the Catacombs to head for Metropolis. Catgirl helped Catwoman gather up the weapons she had accumulated earlier, putting them in a duffel bag. Catgirl then scooped up Catwoman in her arms, and flew off toward Metropolis. While enroute, she suggested that Catgirl use her super vision to check out a few buildings on the outskirts of the city to see if any were abandoned or disused, so that they could adopt a new Cat's Lair. Catwoman saw her assistant gazing intently in various directions as they proceeded, then eventually heard her say, "Catwoman, how does that blue and grey building on the edge of that forest low on our left look to you?"

"Let's go down and check it out, Catgirl," she responded. The two alit near the boarded up front entrance to the building. After prying a few boards loose with ease, finding that her super powers put an aura around her body making everything she wore invulnerable, Catgirl opened the door, and showed Catwoman in.

They found that the building must have been the target of a bankruptcy or some similar legal action, because it was in excellent condition. There were offices of various sizes, and even some rooms already set up as living quarters. "Catgirl," said Selina, "your taste is outstanding. Let's move in!" The two feline felons set about making the interior match their mental picture of a Cat's Lair, first moving around things in the building already, then having Catgirl scouting out and acquiring whatever they needed that wasn't at hand. The team of Catwoman and Catgirl was now in place and ready to start their ransacking of Metropolis.

This is the first part of a two part story by Steve Zink. He has more stories on my page. Including X-Men, Legion of Superheroes and more Superman/Lois Lane Fanfics. Email hime about this cool concept.