Characters that appear in the superman comic books. May 29, 2017 ranking the top 20 characters of smallville smallville ended six years ago this month so lets take a look at our ranking of the 20 greatest characters on the superman prequel show many spoilers for all ten seasons of smallville will be found herein. Please place characters in the appropriate subpages. In his youth, pat was the sidekick of the starspangled kid, calling himself stripsey. The residents of smallville are thrilled when warrior angel, a movie based on a comic book, begins shooting in town. Claire foster perry, hiram kent relic, larael memoria, lois lane crusade, general. A man named sylvester pemberton tracks down chloe and tells her he knows about her team of superheroes and needs their help. The title was based on the smallville television series, and did not ta smallville vol 1 20032005 smallville was a bimonthly comic book series published from may of 2003 until january of 2005. These comics books are better than the television show ever was. All ten seasons are available on dvd in regions 1, 2 and 4. When smallville began, it included familiar names in the supporting cast, like pete ross and lana lang. A young boy, named alec, steals the comic book and develops super powers, transforming himself into.
Best known by dc fans from his role as smallville s davis bloomedoomsday, sam witwer will be playing agent liberty. These smallville digital comics collected in book form are better than they have any right to be. What a reboot would offer is a chance to do that for a new generation, to update the stories and settings the show. Ultraman is an evil equivalent of superman from a parallel earth called earththree or earth3. Season 11 is a comic book series published by dc comics that maintains the continuity of the smallville television series and details clark kents adventures as the costumed hero superman after the events of the season 10 finale. Especially in silver age comics, it was a trend to name characters with these initials some such characters are. The most important characters had evolving story arcs that gave the series opportunities to explore familiar storylines, while also introducing some new. Something that the creators realised when they attempted to differentiate the tv series and the comic books by changing the name from smallville season 11, to just plain old smallville. His most wellknown crime was the shrinking of the city of kandor prior to kryptons destruction, and preserving it amongst a host of other cities from various planets aboard his spaceship.
Looking back on smallville, it is impressive the extent to which the characters honored their comic book roots in both story and appearance. Pat ultimately retired from crime fighting and married the mother of courtney whitmore. This is a summary sheet for the characters in smallville. Smallville s kara zorel wasnt a bad liveaction interpretation, but supergirls take on the heroine is definitely superior. Smallville spawned a series of youngadult novels, a dc comics bimonthly comic book, soundtrack recordings and seriesrelated merchandise. This comic book storyline influenced the 2016 movie batman v superman. We are dedicated to creating a valuable and comprehensive resource for all things smallville. In the comics, like in smallville, the device is related to the new gods of apokolips and new genesis and the portals the device opens are called boom tubes. Many spoilers for all ten seasons of smallville will be found herein. Gets absolutely tortured over the course of the series, seasons 3, 7 and 8 in particular. Everything to know about the birds of prey comic book. One of the most popular comic stars around, harley quinn actually debuted on batman.
The town is the setting of many superboy comics where superboy defends smallville from various threats. Miller a jorge jimenez ca chris staggs superman and new ally diana race to stop magickal terrorist felix faust from launching an attack on the nations capital. Courtney elizabeth whitmore, known as stargirl often called stars or star, is a fictional superhero created by geoff johns and lee moder who appears in american comic books published by dc comics. The character was so popular that she was eventually added to the comics. Saturn girl is the first ever female character to lead a superteam in comic book history. From his blue uniform to his flowing red cape to the s shield on his chest, superman is one of the most immediately recognizable and beloved dc super heroes of all time. Miller brings the teen titans to smallville newsarama. It is based on, set in, and uses the likenesses of the actors from the smallville television series. Here are characters who prove that, sometimes, the best comic book characters dont need to come from the comics. The childhood hometown of superman, smallville was first named in superboy vol. She was then introduced in the bimonthly smallville comic book series, and in novemeber 2010 was given an introduction to the official dc comics universe when she appeared outside of the smallville universe.
The comic was a one shot 64 page comic released in october 25, 2002. Thats all going to change with the upcoming new comic book series from dc entertainment. Chloe has been going over some of the odd events occurring in smallville. Our 10 favorite smallville comic character cameos mtv. Smallville was a bimonthly comic book series published from may of 2003 until january of 2005. After its fifth season, the wb and upn merged to form the cw, which was the second broadcaster for the show in the united states. Smallville is back the new comic book series picksup where the show left off with clark officially now as superman. The man of steel is the ultimate symbol of truth, justice, and hope. This wikia is dedicated to the smallville season 11 comics produced by dc. Season 11 is a comic book series published by dc comics that maintains the continuity of the smallville television series and details clark kents adventures as the costumed hero. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Superman homepage everything you ever wanted to know. Meanwhile, a boy named greg fox sets an explosive to lexs digging site only to be caught in the blast.
Lasting 10 seasons longer if you include the comic book sequel, smallville gradually introduced more and more familiar characters from the dc universe, who became invaluable to the series. However judge it on its comic book format and its good, judge it as a spinoff with a rich history of some 220 plus episodes and its well worth the money. The backlash from his death resulted in four separate beings taking up the superman mantle. Ranking the top 20 characters of smallville fandom factory. Its 20 a new year for smallville fans and the wiki. As a means to annoy him, courtney began fighting crime. Season 11 printed edition series 23 primary works 23 total works smallville. A team of titans are visiting smallville this week, as readers of the tv showturned comic book learn more about jay garricks school for the gifted. Clark meets the sorceress zatanna from episode hex at a comic book convention, where she tells him that her father charmed a copy of the comic book warrior angel and it holds magical powers.
Every new character coming to the arrowverse this season. The mainstream comic books technically all have an overarching continuity, in the sense that even characters from old continuities have reappeared, remembering the previous continuity. Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive the man of steel fights a neverending battle for truth, justice, and the american way. Jul 22, 2017 smallvilles tom welling is joining another comic book tv show. Smallville is coming to an end this week, but after ten seasons, the series has to qualify as one of the most successful comic book adaptations ever. Smallville is a fictional town in comic books published by dc comics. In addition, we also have a ton of behindthescenes shots from the cast. Smallville depicts the relationship between clark and his first love interest, lana lang, as well as his relationship with lois lane, the woman he ultimately marries in the comic books. Fox revealed this morning via a comiccon panel that. Smallvilles tom welling is joining another comic book tv. We hope that is good period for both the comics and the wiki.
This page contains information about smallville volume 1. Speed by cherie bennett, flight by cherie bennett, see no evil by cherie bennett, buried secrets by suzan colon, and smallvi. Putting smallville characters in comic book continuity part 2. Mar 06, 2015 10 comic book characters that didnt debut in comic books. His real name is clark luthor according to smallville, and is the adopted son of lionel luthor earth2. The guardian, who is killed by parallax, ganthet, is a well known dc comic book character and one of the most prominent members of the guardians of the universe. With tom welling, michael rosenbaum, kristin kreuk, allison mack. There was a cyborg, a new superboy, steel, and an alien being with the memories of superman. Clark kentsuperman pilot, lex luthor pilot, lana lang pilot, martha kent pilot, jonathan kent pilot, lewis lang pilot, maggie sawyer insurgence, jorel calling, morgan edge exile, perry white perry, dr. Meanwhile, lois launches an attack of her own by digging into the shadowy connection between faust and the new department of extranormal operations. Brainiac, sometimes also known as milton fine or as the brain interactive construct to kryptonians, is a roboticcomputerized supervillain, who is one of supermans main nemeses aside from lex luthor. Top 100 dc new 52 characters new creations only as it turns out, i enjoy a great number of new 52 character creations.
Season 11 is a comic book series published by dc comics that maintains the continuity of the smallville television series and details clark kents adventures as the costumed hero superman after the events of the season 10 finale the series features a unique publishing model, split between traditional print publication and digital release online and through mobile apps. Oct 17, 2019 there are certain characters that smallville got completely right and others who didnt really get their due until the arrowverse came along. Though she didnt start out as part of the cws lineup season 1 aired on cbs the girl of steel has quickly become. Harley quinn and 12 other comic characters who didnt. The kents smallville high alumni luthorcorp and associates kryptonians the lanes daily planet staff clarks allies meteor.
A lot of the fun is bringing in a new chaos character that shakes. This website is dedicated to giving you information on superman in all forms of media. In her teens, his stepdaughter discovered pats past as a costumed crime fighter and found the equipment of the starspangled kid, which had been left in his care. Find out what happened after clark kent puts on the costume. Click on the news category headings below for a full list of news items available under that category. New comic book series, smallville season 11, to pick up where show left off fans of the smashhit tv series smallville havent had much to cheer about since the show ended its critically acclaimed 10year run on the cw last may. Smallville is the name of a comic book series published from 2003 to 2005. By making the comic book characters feel all the more real and tangible, the show held onto teenage audiences that are often looking to distance themselves from childhood interests. Jul 14, 2018 smallville s stargirl is one of the few characters from the dc universe to appear almost identical to her comic book counterpart. Laura vandervoort as kara, clarks kryptonian cousin. He is a member of the crime syndicate, an evil version of the justice league that terrorizes its earth. The 50 greatest comicbook characters movies empire. Read over 75,000 comics and over 700 free comics available from publishers such as marvel, dc, image, boom, idw, top shelf, and oni press on your iphone, ipad. Miller a pere perez ca gary frank the smallville story continues in this new ongoing series.
Aaron ashmore as jimmy olsen, chloes photographer boyfriend who works at the daily planet. The series has breathed life to many of our dc comic book characters. After the series finale in 2011, the story resumed in comic book form starting in april 2012. Smallville notably added new characters to supermans origin story, such as chloe sullivan allison mack and lionel luthor john glover. This website is devoted to dc comics superman, the first and best comic book superhero, who was created by jerry siegel and joe shuster. The characters name, appearance, and personality were patterned after johns sister courtney, who died in the explosion of twa flight 800 in 1996. Smallville ended six years ago this month so lets take a look at our ranking of the 20 greatest characters on the superman prequel show. In the september 11, 1992 episode, jokers favor, paul dini and bruce timms. Smallville comics 16 penzance street, new redruth, 1449 alberton, gauteng rated 4. How smallville improved supermans origin story screen rant. No matter how you feel about the impending conclusion of smallville, theres one thing all comic fans can probably agree on.
Feb 07, 2020 the dark comic book series predated the arrowverse by a full decade, and was introduced a year after smallvilles debut but unfortunately did not enjoy the same kind of success as that dc comics. Here are 10 dc characters that looked great on smallville, and 10 that looked worse. Due to a piece of kryptonite present at the site, he starts to mutate into a raptor. Mar 01, 2010 putting smallville characters in comic book continuity part 2 julian and lucas luthor. Smallville is a fun and compelling show that just gets better with age, one with the bravery to prune away old characters that have run their course and to add brilliant new ones. The cw has released a new poster and a handful of spoilery photos from the third hour of crisis on infinite earths. However, not every character translated well to the small screen. The premise of smallville superman as a teenagertakes up just a few pages in supermans very first comic book appearance in action comics back in 1938, but series producers alfred gough and miles millar flesh out that period by portraying young clark kent tom welling not as the noble supermaninwaiting, but as an average teen with some. Smallville was a live action tv series, which lasted for 10 seasons with an 11issue tieins, a magazine, and even a comic book one being a oneshot and the other being a small comic book series. The series features a unique publishing model, split between traditional print publication and digital release online and through mobile apps.
Dc comics characters in smallville smallville wiki fandom. While that crossover will give audiences their first liveaction look at tom wellings clark kent and erica durances lois lane since the series ended in 2011, those characters lived on in a series of digitalfirst comic books starting with 20s smallville. The series also features recurring appearances from other dc universe characters, such as arthur curry and john jones. The following is a list of all the dc comics characters adapted into smallville. The series features a regular cast of characters, which began with eight main characters in its first season. Nov 27, 2010 it is smallvilles last season whether you love the show or loathe it. In the time he is the lead role in action comics, deathstroke and. Linda lee, supergirls secret identity linda lang, another secret identity used by supergirl. With tom welling, allison mack, erica durance, cassidy freeman. When there is a reboot, starting a new continuity, theres usually an inuniverse explanation for it, allowing stories from previous continuities to continue. Nice blend of comic book lore, past incarnations of different characters from different media, all while staying true to the smallville universe. However, after the lead actress, rachel davenport takes off in stunt car with cut brakes, clark must step in to stop the runaway car. Erica durance as lois lane, chloes cousin who comes to smallville to investigate chloes supposed. I stopped watching the television show after a couple of years, unable to tolerate the mercurial romance between lana and clark.
There have been several very different iterations of supergirl in dc comics over the years, so there were many ways to adapt the character. Smallville descent episode 7x16 lionel luthor dead final. Appearing in seasons nine and ten, she sported a navyblue sweatshirt adorned with stars and paired with red gloves and a red belt. The grand finale starts with chloe reading a smallville comic book to her son and, not counting the obligatory final scene of superman going off the save the world, it ended with her finishing the story and tucking him into bed. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Smallville is an american television series developed by writerproducers alfred gough and miles millar, and was initially broadcast by the wb.