Smallville
Summary
Smallville Season 11is a comic bookcontinuation of the reach CW TV serial publication , Smallville , that explores Clark Kent ’s first class as Superman . During his new risky venture as Superman andin the digital - first miniseriesSmallville : Lantern , he suffer the Green Lantern Corps — andSmallville’stake on the Corps ' terrifying enemy , Parallax .
Parallax is the embodiment of fear itself , and its new form is upgrading it to a Darkseid - level terror , as Green Lantern faces his cracking fear .
SmallvilleGets Right to the Point with Establishing Parallax
Smallville: Lanternby Bryan Q. Miller and Marcio Takara
Parallax is a far call from the character ’s original comic - book account , and that ’s a honorable thing . The villainous parasite has had numerous inconsistencies in its backstory dating back to the other nineties . Parallax was first introduced as Hal Jordan ’s evil alter egoafter heannihilated the Green Lantern Corpsfollowing Cyborg Superman ’s wipeout of Hal ’s home , Coast City . Hal Jordan dropped the Parallax byname later on and became the Spectre to aby for his sinfulness .
As an avatar of fearfulness , Parallax deserves to be deal with respect and with few convoluted backstories .
It was n’t until 2004’sGreen Lantern : Rebirthby Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver that Parallax was retconned into an ancient entitythat possessed Hal Jordan , squeeze him to become a villain because of its influence . ButSmallvilledoesn’t waste material any time introduce Parallax as a threat in their story and completely avoid the problem of convoluted retcons . It took nearly a tenner for Hal Jordan to be redeemed after becoming Parallax in DC ’s primary persistence , butSmallvilletakes care of all that buyback in just a individual struggle . After all , ifSmallvilleis known for anything , it ’s Clark Kent ’s brawny and inspiring address .
SmallvilleExplores the Parallax Threat - Without the Extra Baggage
Superman Easily Takes Care of the Notoriously Convoluted Parasite
Parallax takes over John Stewart , and he becomes a scandalmongering Lantern , but Superman click John Stewart out of his trance and get the sponge to give his body . or else of dragging outthe miserableness of John Stewartbeing a scoundrel because of an evil " awe bug,“Smallvillehas the sumptuosity of hindsight to realize that the complicated account is a waste of time in this refreshed macrocosm . As an incarnation of awe , Parallax merit to be treat with regard and with few involved backstories .
reader can see more in - continuity John Stewart in 2023’sGreen Lantern : War Journalby Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Montos , which also admit ties to Superman history and traditional knowledge .
Many supervillains endure from the problem of having their origins retconned one too many times . By simplify the Green Lantern Corps and its connection to Parallax as the Corps ' ultimate foe , Smallvillesaves not only the characters but the fan ’s investment . Fans do n’t have to dig into decades of impenetrable history to understandGreen Lantnern’senemy Parallax ; they can read a streamlined take on the villain in the world ofSmallville .
Smallville : Lanternis usable now from DC Comics .
