I mean Lois Lane.. err… just… ROAD, and feel a strange stirring in their skivvies.

But kudos toSmallvillefor embracing almost everything about Superman, and even making the silly parts work for effective drama.

Even Lana Lang was dazzled by his bad-boy act.

Smallville, Michael Rosenbaum | Smallville ’s premiere episode on The WB — watched by 8.4 million people — made an immediate impression with its cinematic panache and inspired reformulation

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(Though let’s pause to note thatSmallville’s special effects have always been top-notch for series television.)

“Reckoning” (Season 5)

Pa Kent’s death loomed from the start ofSmallville.

“Arctic” (Season 7)

This was a tumultuous time in the long life ofSmallville.

Smallville, Tom Welling | Some boys find themselves daydreaming about the cute farm girl that lives down the Lang… I mean Lois Lane.. err… just… ROAD, and feel a

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Will they seal the deal at the altar?

The May 13 finale will tell the tale.

Smallville, Tom Welling | One of the sillier parts of the Superman mythology is the idea that different kinds and colors of kryptonite — remnants of Kal-El’s exploded home

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Tom Welling, Christopher Reeve, … | Smallville was slow to deal with Superman’s Kryptonian backstory — a calculated decision that may have irked impatient fanboys, but gave the series somewhere to

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Smallville, Tom Welling | The producers of Smallville promised a version of Superboy/Superman that stayed away from the more overt comic-booky elements that could limit the show’s broad-skewing potential

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Smallville, Tom Welling | Pa Kent’s death loomed from the start of Smallville . Yet his demise was a wrenching shock, nonetheless, well disguised in a poignant time-travel episode

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Smallville, Tom Welling | Over the years, Smallville found ways to import more characters and story lines from the DC Comics universe, much to the delight of fanboy viewers.

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Michael Rosenbaum, Smallville | This was a tumultuous time in the long life of Smallville . The seventh season — interrupted and shortened by the 2007 Writers Guild of

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Smallville, Smallville, … | Smallville found new creative traction in the middle of its decade-long run by adding Lois Lane (Erica Durance) and moving Clark to Metropolis. In ‘‘Homecoming,''

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