Meet Eleanor Lane, one of the Guardians of Tomorrow.

Chicago, 1892. Long before the world would know the name Lois Lane, her ancestor Eleanor was already proving that courage could begin with a question, a notebook, and the refusal to look away.

A widowed mother and special correspondent for the Chicago Herald, Eleanor moves through drawing rooms, police courts, factories, boarding houses, and the rapidly changing streets of Gilded Age Chicago in pursuit of stories others would rather bury. Corruption, missing persons, political influence, exploitation, dangerous secrets—if someone powerful is depending on silence, Eleanor is exactly the woman they do not want asking questions.

Elegant, perceptive, warm-hearted, and relentlessly persistent, she is no hardened cynic. Eleanor believes the truth matters because people matter. She protects her sources, fights for those society overlooks, and understands that exposing wrongdoing is not merely good journalism—it is a public duty.

At home, she is also a loving young mother, rebuilding life after the loss of her husband with the help of her sister and architect brother-in-law. Her work may take her into danger, but she always has something precious waiting for her at home.

Generations later, that same Lane determination will echo in Lois Lane.

But in 1892, the front page belongs to Eleanor.