Smallville

Smallville

The United States town—located ‘hundreds of miles” from Metropolis (S No. 116, Sep 1957: “Disaster Strikes Twice”). perhaps in the Midwest (S No. 141, Nov ‘60: Superman Return to Krypton!” pts. I-III—Superman Meets Jor-El and Late Again!”; Superman’s Kryptonian Romance!’; “The Surprise of Fate!”)—where Clark Kent, the man who is secretly Superman spent his boyhood after being adopted into the home of Jonathan and Martha Kent (S No. 146/I, Jul ‘61: “The Story of Superman’s life!”; and others).

It was near Smallville that the experimental rocket bearing the infant Superman landed after its journey through space from the planet Krypton (WF No.57, Mar/Apr 1952: The Artificial Superman!; and others). The Smallville Orphanage, where the Kents brought the infant Superman immediately upon finding him, and where he remained for a brief period preceding his adoption, in located in Smallville (Act No. 273, Feb’61: “The World of Mr. Mxyzptlk!’; and others), and the Kents’ farm, where Superman spent his early childhood years, is located somewhere "outside of Smallville” (S No. 152/2. Apr 1962: "Superbaby Captures the Pumpkin Gang!"; and others). The Kent’s home, where the family moved after selling their farm and where Superman spent the remainder of his boyhood, in located in Smallville, as is Jonathan Kent’s general store (S No. 146/I, Jul ‘61: ‘The Story of Superman’s Life’; and othen), where Clark Kent used to work afternoons after school (S No. ‘16/2, Sep 67: ‘Disaster Strikes Twice”).

Clark Kent attended elementary school in Smallville and attended high school at Smallville High School (WF No. 69, Mar/Apr 1954: Jor-El’s Last Will!; and others). (TGSB)