Tom Welling's Older Superman Faces President Lex Luthor In Stunning Smallville Art

Summary Smallville fan art featuring Tom Welling's Superman and Michael Rosenbaum's Lex Luthor sparks nostalgic excitement in the DC fandom.

The iconic Smallville series paved the way for the Arrowverse on The CW, cementing its legacy in the world of comic book TV shows.

A potential Smallville sequel could explore Lex Luthor's journey to becoming the U.S. President, posing new challenges for Superman.

Smallville fan art pits Tom Welling's Superman against Michael Rosenbaum as U.S. President Lex Luthor, putting the DC icons at odd ends. It has been over a decade since the Smallville ending where Clark Kent finally became Superman, after having his origin story told over ten seasons. If it hadn't been for Smallville, the Arrowverse wouldn't have become a reality on The CW, as Welling's DC TV drama paved the way for the comic book TV genre.

Smallville continues to hold up to this day, and the fandom still remains strong as they continue to celebrate the series that became a big cornerstone of Superman's live-action history. One of them is Buffy2Ville, who recently shared fan art of Welling and Rosenbaum's respective characters as an older Superman and Lex.

In the Smallville fan art, Welling's Superman is seen in a more evolved version of his costume, whereas Rosenbaum's Lex is depicted as the President of the United States of America. The last time the two characters were seen together was in the Smallville series finale, where Lex and Clark had one final encounter before Rosenbaum's character lost his memories.

Related 10 Most Heartbreaking Deaths In Smallville, Ranked Tom Welling's journey to becoming Superman was a difficult one, and many characters had heartbreaking deaths along the way in Smallville.

How A Smallville Sequel Could Finally Payoff One Of The Original Show's Biggest Prophecies

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As much as Smallville was about Clark embracing his destiny, the Superman live-action TV show also laid out the path for where Lex would go by becoming the Man of Steel's ultimate nemesis. Throughout the seasons, Smallville would heavily tease that in this universe, Lex would, at some point, become the U.S. President, giving him even more power than he already had. While the Smallville series finale, in its flash-forward, briefly saw him running for president, a sequel could finally tackle that storyline head-on.

A Smallville sequel could fully see Lex finally becoming the U.S. President, which would give Clark double the number of challenges as both a reporter and as Superman. For Clark and even Lois Lane, this could become a massively big journalistic storyline, as the Man of Tomorrow would have a harder time going after Lex as the president. Since the original show never got to fully explore it, a Smallville continuation could finally execute one of its remaining prophecies for Lex.

If the Smallville movie that Rosenbaum revealed that he'd be interested in doing during an exclusive interview with Screen Rant ever happens, Lex as president would be a massive storyline in itself to be maintained as a central plot of a film. Given the considerable and long-lasting popularity of Smallville, it wouldn't be shocking if the show ever made a comeback down the line. But for now, the DC audience can re-live every season of Smallville through Blu-Ray/DVD and streaming.

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buy Not available Not available Not available Smallville is a Superhero television series based on the Superman Comic Book series created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. This television release was developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. The premise revolves around a young Clark Kent as he arrives on Earth and attempts to live his life while simultaneously keeping his friends, family, and those around him safe thanks to his superpowers. Cast Sam Jones III , Annette O'Toole , Jensen Ackles , Eric Johnson , Erica Durance , Cassidy Freeman , Michael Rosenbaum , Laura Vandervoort , John Schneider , Kristin Kreuk , Sam Witwer , Aaron Ashmore , Allison Mack , John Glover , Justin Hartley , Tom Welling , Callum Blue Release Date October 16, 2001 Seasons 10 Filming Locations Vancouver British Columbia Canada Production Company Tollin/Robbins Productions, Warner Bros. Television, Millar Gough Ink, DC Comics Number of Episodes 217 Expand

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