Smallville: Whatever Happened to it?

Well, the question should be: "What is happening in Smallville?" It happens that the story of Clark Kent does not stop when he dons the supersuit, and perhaps we don't get to see that on TV but DC comics (the company that owns the rights to publish Superman) is offering the answer to that question with an eleventh season that presents Clark's adventures when he is already Superman and no longer The Blur. Each chapter is offered in the format of a digital comic book which you can access once you pay 99 cents so a credit card is needed. Many things (logical things) did not happen in the series for commercial reasons such as Clark Kent meeting a young Bruce Wayne  before he became Batman or a recently arrived princess Diana of Themiscyra before she adopted her Wonder Woman persona. There were also loose ends such as what ever happened to Lana Lang or Supergirl after we last saw them. What about the Martian Manhunter or Zatanna? Where did Doomsday end up really? And the clone? What happens when Lex Luthor becomes president of the U.S.? Does Chloe really get married to Olver Queen? Therefore, this new season should answer all those questions (issue 10 has already been published) and also expand on the possibilities of that universe. I personally would like to see a movie doing that, a TV special perhaps. It's unlikely though considering that the Superman reboot is due next year and the powers-that-be are usually very careful regarding these matters. They don't want to risk confusing us with two movies featuring the same character but telling different stories and thus compromise their potential earnings. Oh no, that's too much to ask from them.

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