Superman: The Wedding Album

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Superman: The Wedding Album was a comic book, published in 1996 by DC Comics, that featured for the first time in 60 years the real wedding of Lois Lane to Clark Kent/Superman— previous wedding stories had turned out to be hoaxes, dreams, or imaginary tales.

DC called out a long list of talent to work on this groundbreaking issue. The writing was done by all five of the major writers for the Superman titles at the time: Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern.

Nearly every living major artist who had ever worked on the Man of Steel contributed to this issue:

Murphy Anderson
Terry Austin
Jon Bogdanove
Brett Breeding
John Byrne
Nick Cardy
Keron Dwyer
Ron Frenz
Kerry Gamill
Dick Giordano
Tom Grummett
Jackson Guice
Doug Hazlewood
Stuart Immonen
Dennis Janke
Dan Jurgens
Gil Kane
Barry Kitson
Jose Marzan Jr.
Ray McCarthy
Bob McLeod
Jim Mooney
Jerry Ordway
George Pérez
Al Plastino
Denis Rodier
Joe Rubinstein
Paul Ryan (the only artist to have worked on the wedding issues of both Spider-Man and Superman)
Curt Swan
Art Thibert

[edit] Plot

The story follows after a yearlong breakup between Lois and Clark. Lois returns to Metropolis from her job as a foreign correspondent and agrees to marry Clark. The wedding is put together quickly, but no corners are cut. During this storyline, Clark is without his powers as Superman, having lost them during the previous Final Night crossover. There are brief cameos by many DC superheroes and a short passage with Batman, who offers an apartment owned by Bruce Wayne to the couple, and gets the superheroes of the DC Universe to look after Metropolis while Clark goes on his honeymoon.

Jimmy Olsen is best man and Lucy Lane is maid of honor. The wedding is of the traditional Christian variety in a big church (the Metropolis Chapel of United Faiths) although Lois refuses to be walked down the aisle by her father. The priest that presides over the wedding is drawn to look like Jerry Siegel, one of the creators of Superman. The pews are also filled up with the writers and artists that have contributed to the Superman comic books over the years.