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However, a 2017 television revival would have likely ignored the comics or adapted them loosely. Why? Because a live-action 2017 Smallville would need to address the passage of time—specifically, the actors' ages.

In 2017, DC Comics brought readers back to the iconic Kansas farm town in Superwoman #13 . This issue, titled " Return to Smallville Smallville 2017

Furthermore, Smallville ’s structure as a “meteor freak” procedural feels prescient in the context of the 2017 streaming boom. While network procedurals were dying, the show’s blend of standalone monster stories with a sprawling, ten-season serialized arc anticipated the “case of the week” model that shows like The X-Files reboot and even Supernatural perfected. However, Smallville ’s true innovation was its transformation of the love triangle. The Clark-Lana-Lex dynamic is not merely romantic; it is a philosophical battlefield for the soul of the hero. Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) is not yet a villain but a friend, and his slow, tragic fall is the direct consequence of Clark’s secret. In 2017, with debates raging about privacy, surveillance, and the ethics of transparency in the digital age, Smallville presented a painfully human dilemma: can true friendship survive absolute secrecy? Clark’s lie is not malicious; it is protective. Yet, it is the engine of Lex’s corruption. The show argued, bravely, that the hero’s burden is not just fighting monsters, but accepting the collateral damage of his own goodness. However, a 2017 television revival would have likely

If a revival special aired on The CW or HBO Max (a nascent concept at the time) in 2017, here is how we believe the writers would have updated the cast. In 2017, DC Comics brought readers back to