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/

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yes I agree that ep was bad- I was like WTF??? Rain, rain make it the zombies go away?? LOL...

I think the show is making terrible decisions. Major Zod? Really? After having GENRAL Zod possess Lex Luthor and subsequently having Clark destroy said wraith. Way to go with reusing the same bad guy that you got rid of by changing his title. That Legion episode was trash, so I doubt the Society ep will be much better. I honestly only watch the show at this point to see how it ends.

That resident evil knock off episode was the worst.

I can't wait to see these episodes.

I think they have done a spectacular job of bringing these characters to life so much so I was disappointed when the recent Superman remake featured someone other than the cast from Smallville. Seemed to me like having the cast do the movie would of brought an instant fan base to the movie.

If CW is smart even if this is the last season of Smallville, we should see a spin off series called Metropolis featuring the Man of Steel. I think refocusing the series around the more traditional superman persona would be the logical next step.

Thanks for your comment Tim. I agree 100% that Smallville should progress right into the Superman stories.

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