Smallville (2001)
The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.
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…seeing Green Arrow, Black Canary, Speedy, The Flash, Hawkman and Hawkgirl teaming up against one villain is the closest we’ve come to a live action Justice League since those episodes of Smallville with The Flash and Aquaman.
…in a manner that vaguely recalls the way Smallville began assembling members of the Justice League in Season 6…
Additionally, I find it hard not to compare The Flash to Smallville on almost a weekly basis, and this was basically Barry’s version of red kryptonite.
…has been referenced in a variety of sources since, including Smallville…
That’s the pre-episode set-up for Arrow, the superhero show from The CW (the network behind Smallville), which is about to enter its third season.
David Nutter (Smallville)…
Gunn takes the vast canon of Superman lore — from various iterations of the comics to TV shows like Smallville to the Donner films — and treats it like a grab bag, plucking elements from many sources.
Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor is obsessively focused with Superman’s downfall and his schemes like the best hybrid of Gene Hackman and Smallville’s Michael Rosenbaum.
Despite growing up with Smallville, admittedly, I was not much of a Superman fan.
Tom Welling (Smallville)…
Savage gave his 1950s cover name as Dr. Curtis Knox, who was an immortal mad scientist character on Smallville (played by former Superman Dean Cain, no less) that was apparently based on Savage, except they couldn’t get the rights to the name.
A three-person version of the team (without any of the same characters) featured in a Smallville two-parter in Season 9.