Smallville’s Final Season Begins September 24 – Are You Ready?

In the quiet, sleeping towns across America there are secrets. The terrible truth is that evil is out there, just down the road. The good news is that there are those that choose to hunt it! Following Smallville’s premiere on Friday, the Winchester brothers return in Supernatural with “Exile on Main Street.” It's a year later and Dean (Jensen Ackles) has given up hunting and is living with a woman and her son. Mysteriously freed from his cage in hell, Sam (Jared Padalecki) finds Dean and tells him he needs to rejoin the fight and introduces Dean to a family he never knew existed – the Campbells, his mother's family, lead by none other than their Grandfather Samuel (Mitch Pileggi). Now in its sixth season, Supernatural has emerged as the second part of The CW’s one-two punch of “super” sci-fi/fantasy. In the show’s first five seasons, the Winchester brothers have managed to entertain consumers will tracking down supernatural threats across the pages of some great reads perfect for fans of the show, including DC Comics/WildStorm Productions’ Supernatural: Origins (JAN080238D, $14.99), Rising Son (JAN090270D, $14.99) and Beginning’s End (JUN100255D, $14.99) TPs. The Supernatural RPG HC (DEC091506F, $39.99) lets players step into the world of Hunting, tracking down the things that go bump in the night and making them go quiet – permanently! Fans play as characters from the popular CW television series, or create their own group of Hunters and hit the road. Utilizing the Cortex System game rules used in the Serenity, Battlestar Galactica, and Demon Hunters roleplaying games, the Supernatural RPG is supported by the Adventures (DEC091505F, $24.99) and Hunted Guide (FEB101569F, $34.99) supplements. Finally, Titan’s Supernatural Magazine offers fans interviews with the show’s stars and creators, episode reviews, and more. Available for reorder are issues #9 PREVIEWS Exclusive Ed. (JAN094627H, $6.99), #12 Special Newsstand Ed. (JUL091204H, $9.99), #13 PX Ed. (SEP091110H, $6.99), #18 Newsstand Ed. (MAY101285H, $6.99) and #19 Special Newsstand Ed. (JUN101294H, $9.99). Check out The CW’s official Supernatural website for more details on the show and its upcoming season!

In 1978, Warner Bros. told moviegoers that they would believe a man could fly after seeing Superman – The Movie. Now, as CW prepares to unveil the tenth – and final – season of Smallville, viewers are beginning to believe that young Clark Kent’s journey from Last Son of Krypton to Man of Steel is about to take flight for real.

When Smallville’s creators began promoting the series a decade ago, their mantra was “No flights, no tights,” implicitly stating that the Superman of the comics, cartoons, movies and previous TV incarnations would not be making an appearance in the traditional red-blue-and-gold costume.

But when the original producers left the show a few seasons back, the new showrunners began incorporating more and more of the comic book mythos, even going so far as to introduce costumed characters like the 31st century Legion of Super-Heroes and the Golden Age Justice Society (in episodes penned by comics writer Geoff Johns) and Superman’s mortal enemy, Doomsday.

Now, based on trailers airing on CW and the Internet – as well as “teaser” images from last season’s Justice Society two-parter – it appears that star Tom Welling may indeed don the super-suit this season, which may see the reappearance of Michael Rosenbaum as a resurrected-from-the-dead Lex Luthor and John Schneider as Jonathan Kent, possibly as a ghost.

According to a write-up on the CW’s official Smallville website, the tenth season begins with a bang. Here’s the description of the episode, entitled “Lazarus”:

The season premiere picks up where the finale left off. Lois (Erica Durance) finds Clark's (Tom Welling) lifeless body and removes the blue kryptonite enabling him to heal himself. However, Lois sneaks away before Clark fully awakens in order to protect his secret. Meanwhile, Chloe (Allison Mack) is desperate to find Oliver (Justin Hartley), so she turns to an unlikely source for answers. Jonathan (Schneider) returns to the Kent Farm with a message for Clark, and Tess (Cassidy Freeman) awakens in a LuthorCorp lab. Kevin Fair directed the episode written by Don Whitehead & Holly Henderson.

Fans hungry for insights into Smallville and the Superman mythos need look no further than your store for related merchandise, including DC Comics’ Superboy: The Boy of Steel HC (JAN100307D, $19.99). Written by Geoff Johns with art & cover by Francis Manapul, this book compiles Adventure Comics (vol. 2) #0-#3 & #5-#6, plus material from Superman: Secret Files 2009. After nobly facing death in Final Crisis and beating it with a thrilling resurrection in Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds, Conner Kent – the conflicted young hero cloned from both Superman and Lex Luthor’s DNA – takes up residence in the Kent household in Smallville. While Conner reunites with his former girlfriend, Wonder Girl, Lex Luthor and Brainiac form a partnership that will cause havoc throughout the DC Universe. The 144-page, full-color Superboy: The Boy of Steel HC is available now.