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Smallville and its popularity Smallville vs. other Superman series Man, throughout the ages, has looked to the stars with great amusement and curiosity. Wondrous
Submitted by melon on April 11, 2005
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Smallville vs. other Superman series
Man, throughout the ages, has looked to the stars with great amusement and curiosity. Wondrous stories are born of these magical, glimmering specs in the sky. Stories of tragedy, magic and heroism. These stories entertain and more, they give us hope. A tale of the stars like no other is the one of Superman, protector of planet Earth.
As said by the Superman stories, Clark Kent was discovered by Martha and Jonathan Kent shortly after a meteor shower hit the town of Smallville. Martha insisted on keeping the young boy and taking him into their family. Clark grew up on a farm helping out with chores and being loved by his human mother and father. The only difference with Clark's upbringing was that in the comics, he was just a baby when discovered by the Kents. In "Smallville" he was a boy about 6 years of age when he was found.
This very scene I speak of has been played over and over in television besides the WB hit, "Smallville" (Kal-El). For example:
"In the 1990's cartoon Pinky and the Brain, The Brain tracks down Superman's rocket ship and tries to raise Clark himself, with Pinky. Fortunately, the super baby turns out to be too much for the Brain, as changing diapers requires an oxygen suit, and the tiny kid of steel uses his heat vision to blast the lab rat. Baby Clark makes his way back to the field where he landed and where the Kents find him." (Kal-El)
The most famous version of this scene is shown in the Superman Movie with Glenn Ford playing Jonathan Kent and Phyllis Thaxter playing Martha Kent (Smallville). In this version the Kents find Clark and he displays his powers right away instead of demonstrating them over his teenage years like in the "Smallville" series.
It was so smart for someone to answer everyone's questions as to how Clark grew up by giving them the front row seat to Clark's teenage years. Especially since in any other version of...
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