Twenty-five years on, Smallville’s grounded take on Clark Kent, Lex Luthor and superhero television still feels influential, ambitious and surprisingly human.
Newly revealed concept art shows how Emerald Knights could have delivered a larger, more cosmic Green Lantern story before HBO’s Lanterns took shape.
Lanterns turns Hector Hammond into a clever decoy, blending Green Lantern comic-book history, the 2011 film and a major Manhunter revelation.