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This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online. Pages: 141. Chapters: Smallville Cast, Smallville Characters, Smallville, Amanda Waller, Aquaman, Bizarro, Black Canary, Brainiac, Brainiac 5, Chloe Sullivan, Clark Kent, Conner Kent, Cosmic Boy, Cyborg, Davis Bloome, Doctor Fate, General Zod, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Icicle, Icicle, Impulse, Jason Teague, Jimmy Olsen, Jonathan Kent, Kara Kent, Lana Lang, Lex Luthor, Lightning Lad, Lionel Luthor, Lois Lane, Martha Kent, Martian Manhunter, Maxima, Maxwell Lord, Mera, Merlyn, Metallo, Parasite, Persuader, Pete Ross, Plastique, Red Tornado, Sandman, Saturn Girl, Silver Banshee, Speedy, Star-Spangled Kid, Stargirl, Tess Mercer, The Atom, The Flash, Toyman, Ultraman, Whitney Fordman, Wildcat, Zatanna Zatara. Excerpt: Smallville is based on the popular DC Comics character, Superman. The series follows the life of a teenage Clark Kent living in the town of Smallville, Kansas that is set at the start of the 21st century. It shows Clark Kent coping with adolescence while he is developing super powers (x-ray vision, super speed, etc.), exploring his alien origins, and struggling to find his destiny. The series often deals with the people in Clark Kent's life: his adoptive human parents, Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent; his peers, Chloe Sullivan, Pete Ross; his love interest, Lana Lang; and especially his friendship with a young Lex Luthor. The mineral kryptonite is used as a recurring plot device throughout the series. Kryptonite is shown to have bizarre and lingering effects on human physiology and the young superhero often encounters meteor infection and kryptonite psychosis villains who have developed bizarre powers, such as psychic abilities, shape shifting, and other paranormal abilities. (For this reason, the show is often criticized as being predominately a "freak of the week" series.) On a Kryptonian like Clark, though, kryptonite has very different effects; the general...
