Now that Superman in the comics has been so well defined as Superman/Kal-El, it’s time for the new continuity to define Clark Kent, an essential part of the myth who’s been there since day one. Why did Lois fall in love with this Clark? How can Clark keep a job in today’s media when he’s been off-planet an entire year? I think “Smallville” and “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” are a good starting point for comic book Clark to be re-developed as a character. He can still be a nerd who walks into doors, but give the guy some personality that makes it realistic that Perry’d put up with him, that Lois would love him, and that Jimmy would idolize him. Clark’s the guy I relate to and he’s nowhere to be found in the comics. Perhaps this is why I remain a devoted “Smallville” fan because Clark Kent is a real person there.

Unlike “Superman Returns” where Clark Kent was less developed as a character than he was in the Chris Reeve films. Superman and Kal-El were great characters in the film – flawed in some ways but there to do good. But what about Clark? He was so insignificant that he could return to town the same day as Superman and nobody blinked an eye. Margot Kidder’s Lois surely would have been suspect – she was when he showed up out of the blue at Niagara Falls in “Superman II”. “Superman Returns”, starring Brandon Routh, airs Thursday at 10:30 PM on AMC.

Still no “Smallville” on the CW this week. You can get your “Smallville” fix in high-definition if you have HD-Net. The show airs three hours a day beginning at 7 AM Monday through Friday.

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"We're producing the [Superman] film and David Goyer had a terrific take on the story," Nolan told MTV News during this week's ShoWest convention. "I've been working on the story with David, and he's going to go off and write it, and we'll see where it goes."

However, Nolan was far less verbose when it came to the possibility of Superman and Batman appearing on-screen together in a potential "Justice League" movie - a possibility we discussed here on Splash Page back when Nolan's involvement was initially rumored.

"I can't really talk about other things," smiled Nolan when asked if "Justice League" is any more likely now that he's guiding the destinies of Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne.

Eddy Barrows will be the artist for JMS' run on SUPERMAN, starting with a story in SUPERMAN #700 and kicking off officially with July's #701.

We showed you some of Barrows' stunning art from the upcoming WAR OF THE SUPERMAN Free Comic Book Day book recently, so you've got an idea what to expect. But that's never stopped us from showing new art before, so why stop now? Here, for your Friday afternoon enjoyment is a fantastic page from WAR OF THE SUPERMAN. We showed the pencils recently, but the finished colors are amazing, and give you a great idea of what Eddy's Man of Steel will look like:

Horn announced that, with the Harry Potter franchise set to wrap up next year, the company is looking to their DC Comics characters as their next tentpole property.

SlashFilm.com reports that Horn also revealed that Warner Bros. would be releasing all their major films in 3D moving forward.

Alan Horn announced at ShoWest that all the studios tentpole movies, superhero films, and big special effects releases, will be distributed in 3D. He called it the new standard for the company. And yes, he was clear that this includes all of the future DC Comic Books films. That means that the new Superman and third Batman will be released in 3D.

The "Speeding Bulletin" is your weekly Superman news video, recapping the latest events in the world of Superman. It also includes the "Bailey Planet" rant, Neal Bailey's thought of the week, brought to you in his own infamous style.

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PAM GRIER ("JACKIE BROWN," "THE L WORD") GUEST STARS AND PHIL MORRIS RETURNS AS MARTIAN MANHUNTER - Tess (Cassidy Freeman) creates an elaborate hoax in order to kidnap Green Arrow (Justin Hartley) and delivers him to Amanda Waller (guest star Pam Grier), who tells him that the government is recruiting him to serve his country. However, Green Arrow escapes before they can reveal his identity. After Oliver brings Clark (Tom Welling) and Chloe (Allison Mack) up to speed, the three investigate and Clark is surprised to find John Jones (guest star Phil Morris) investigating Oliver's kidnapping too. Clark senses that John is keeping information from him. Oliver and Clark are shocked when Tess reveals that Amanda is after something called "Watchtower." Waller threatens to kill Chloe unless Clark gives her the names and locations of the rest of the Justice League.

Tim Scanlan directed the episode written by John Chisholm.

At 1 minute 52 seconds you can see Jeffrey Taylor get up to accept the "Best Fansite" award on behalf of the Superman Homepage.

Nicely done Jeff!

When Yeh called Siegel to arrange for an interview, he learnt that a thousand press releases had been sent out and he was the only one to respond.

"I could not believe it! I arranged to come to Jerry's apartment in Los Angeles and wrote the story about this tragic injustice for our next monthly issue."

Helping his cause was the fact that the new Superman film was in the works at the time and because DC Comics was owned by Warner Communications, Yeh knew they would have to respond to these charges.

So he called New York to get Warner's side of the story. That call led to DC Comics working out a settlement a few weeks later which included, among others, that all comics, TV episodes, films and, later, video games starring Superman must have the credit line "Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster".

Based on the popular series on The CW, Smallville 2011 showcases the iconic characters of Smallville, Clark Kent's hometown. Features the Smallville characters Clark Kent, Chloe Sullivan, Lois Lane, Oliver Queen, Tess Mercer, and the mysterious Kryptonian Major Zod. Smallville, currently airing on Friday night and in its ninth season, remains the network's #1 series among young males. Smallville stars are consistently featured in entertainment news and magazines.

Pre-order your "Smallville" 2011 Wall Calendar from Amazon.com, and help support the Superman Homepage.

Question: After giving up on the show years ago, Smallville has been unexpectedly awesome lately! Any scoop?

Ausiello: **** is going to sleep with *** in episode **.

Meanwhile, EarthsMightiest.com takes a look back at Clark Kent's single super flight on "Smallville" in the episode "Crusade", via interviews and behind the scenes images (including pre-vis and green screen shots).

Check out his review of "A Ghost for Scotland Yard", in which Clark and Jimmy encounter a supposed ghost trying to kill people in England.