Some new DC faces are coming to Smallville…

We all know the CW’s Smal­l­ville as a guilty plea­sure to many comic book fans (whether or not you want to admit to tun­ing in, I understand). As we wind down the ninth sea­son, (which is pos­si­bly the last, although I per­son­ally think it may go one more), I expect the sto­ry­lines to be kicked up a notch…more so than the “Dooms­day” episodes of last sea­son. I am sure all of you are eager to see “The Red/Blue Blur” stop being emo and start get­ting  “Super”.  (As do I — the  trench coat has got to go – give me some blue and red span­dex and a cape already!!)

Well, I read today about a two-part episode enti­tled “Soci­ety” slated to come our way in Jan­u­ary 2010. It is being writ­ten by comic book writer Geoff Johns. (Hmmm…you may know him from some guys called the Green Lantern and The Flash.) Johns is no stranger to Smal­l­ville - he also wrote Episode 8x11 called “Legion”, where he intro­duced us to Cos­mic Boy, Sat­urn Girl and Light­ning Lad from the Legion of Superheroes.  

I think I can speak for many when I say that we all look for­ward to new DC char­ac­ters drop­ping into Metrop­o­lis, so these two episodes are kind of important. Thus far, sea­son 9 has given us the likes of Major Zod, Met­allo and Roulette, and another appear­ance from the Toy­man. Now “Soci­ety” is going to mark the arrival of the Jus­tice Soci­ety - more specif­i­cally mem­bers Hawk­man, Doc­tor Fate, and Star­girl. Also, it has been revealed that they are bring­ing back a fan-fave char­ac­ter which you may remem­ber — J’onn J’onzz a/k/a the Mar­t­ian Man­hunter (played by actor Phil Mor­ris). We last saw the Man­hunter mak­ing the ulti­mate sac­ri­fice by fly­ing an injured Kal-El into the sun, giv­ing up his own pow­ers to restore Kal-El’s. I for one like the Man­hunter, and I hope we are going to see him in his true form at least once.

So the ques­tions — are you happy to see Mar­t­ian Man­hunter again? How about the arrival of the Jus­tice Soci­ety?? Do you feel that Smal­l­ville has done a good job of bring­ing the DC Comics to life on the small screen for the past nine sea­sons?? Sound off below.…and tune in for the “Soci­ety” episodes…I think it’s going to be good.

Credit for the scoop goes to http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/10/26/smallville-scoop-martian-manhunter-returns/

Andrea

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