My problem with divorce in these comics is related to the fact that, for what I have noticed, in the US the divorce is still seen as a sort of curse
I don't think it is, not any more. The last time I heard anything about divorce being a stigma was when Reagan was running for President, and it didn't hurt him any.
In the U.S., it used to be the case that to get a divorce, you had to admit a crime or heinous act so "fault" could be assigned. It was kind of a bogus system in the case of mutually-agreed-upon divorce, and steps were taken to correct it. Once "no-fault" divorce emerged as an option (with Ronald Reagan leading the way as California governor), divorce became more accepted. There's far from universal acceptance. Parts of the U.S. with strong religious leanings still tend to look down upon the divorced.
BTW, the legal concept of "no-fault" divorce originated in Subjekt-17's (Earthly) homeland. I'm sure divorce law will figure prominently in Kurt's upcoming mini-series "Jimmy Olsen Goes To Law School!".
By the way, thank you for the explanation, I have appreciated it, but... Can you tell me more about those stories? I don't remember any marriage or unborn child, probably because those issues were released before 1975/76.
Actually, Lana returns to the cast in 1977, in SUPERMAN #317. I don't remember when the details of why she came back from Europe came out, but I think it was sometime after that.
And it wasn't an unborn child, but a child that got killed
Here's some references to it -- Lois Lane miniseries, circa late 1986:
http://politedissent.com/archives/1280http://politedissent.com/images/jun06/lana.htmlThose damned Italian terrorists... someone must've really hated
Rather than being "forgotten," that stuff was the reason she came back from Europe so different, with an altered personality and drive. And a habit of calling everyone "luv."
Was there mention of it earlier? Something gnawing in the back of my mind is thinking that there was an attempt to give Lana a kid or somesuch in the comics as part of Superman III, which would've been around 1983, but I'll be damned it I remember it.