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August 15, 2002: Roger Stern Talks “Strange Visitors”

KryptonSite caught up with author Roger Stern to talk about his up-coming "Smallville" novel: Strange Visitors. Roger Stern will be familiar to Superman fans as the writer of the excellent novelization of the Death of Superman story in The Death and Life of Superman. Here's an excerpt from the interview...

Q: What can you tell us about the story?

A: Some strange visitors come to Smallville. Really.

There's a gentleman by the name of Donald Jacobi ... Doctor Donald Jacobi ... who's a founder of something called the Ascendance Foundation. He's a sort of New-Age guru, and he comes to Smallville, making a big splash and announcing to all the world that Lowell County's glowing meteorites are the cosmic key to eternal health, longevity and power. Jacobi's Foundation naturally has a Web site which he uses to promote his theories ... much to Chloe Sullivan's (initial) delight. Jacobi has a growing horde of followers who come flocking to Smallville. But, of course, there's danger involved where the space rocks are concerned, and not just for Clark Kent. And there are certain parties who would rather not have all those outsiders flocking to Smallville.

Clark, Jonathan, Martha, Chloe, Pete, Lana, Whitney, and Lex all get involved in a lot of action, adventure, and intrigue.

For you continuity buffs, the story is set between the "Zero" and the "Nicodemus" episodes.

Oh, and Clark Kent does something in this story which he has never done before, in any medium!

Read the complete interview at the KryptonSite website.



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