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style="background-color: #DEDEE2;">Smallville</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Superboy_billboard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0c/Superboy_billboard.jpg/250px-Superboy_billboard.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/Superboy_billboard.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="323" data-file-height="309" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">From <i>The New Adventures of Superboy</i> #16 (April 1981), art by <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Schaffenberger" title="Kurt Schaffenberger">Kurt Schaffenberger</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appearance</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/More_Fun_Comics" title="More Fun Comics">More Fun Comics</a></i> #101 (January 1945) (Unnamed)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Superhero_comics" title="Superhero comics">Superhero comics</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DEDEE2;">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Town</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Locations</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Kansas</li><li>Kent family farm</li><li>Kent General Store</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Characters</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superboy_(Kal-El)" title="Superboy (Kal-El)">Clark Kent</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_and_Martha_Kent" title="Jonathan and Martha Kent">Jonathan and Martha Kent</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lana_Lang" title="Lana Lang">Lana Lang</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Ross" title="Pete Ross">Pete Ross</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Strange_Visitor" title="Strange Visitor">Sharon Vance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Conduit_(character)" title="Conduit (character)">Kenny Braverman</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Superboy_(Kon-El)" title="Superboy (Kon-El)">Conner Kent</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Parker" title="Chief Parker">Chief Parker</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Professor_Potter" title="Professor Potter">Professor Potter</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Chloe_Sullivan" title="Chloe Sullivan">Chloe Sullivan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lois_Lane" title="Lois Lane">Lois Lane</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Smallville</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Fictional_town" class="mw-redirect" title="Fictional town">fictional town</a> in <a href="/wiki/American_comic_books" class="mw-redirect" title="American comic books">American comic books</a> published by <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a>. The childhood hometown of <a href="/wiki/Superman" title="Superman">Superman</a>, Smallville was first named in <i>Superboy</i> #2 (May 1949). The town, long in an unnamed US state that was first defined as <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Superman_(1978_film)" title="Superman (1978 film)">Superman: The Movie</a></i> (1978), is the setting of many <i><a href="/wiki/Superboy_(comic_book)" title="Superboy (comic book)">Superboy</a></i> comics where Superboy defends Smallville from various threats.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the 1978 appearance in <i>Superman: The Movie</i>, Smallville has been a setting in other non-comic book productions (film, television, video games and novels) featuring Superboy / Superman. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The DC Comics universe has several different timelines, with a major <a href="/wiki/Reboot_(fiction)" title="Reboot (fiction)">reboot</a> in the 1985 <a href="/wiki/Crisis_on_Infinite_Earths" title="Crisis on Infinite Earths">Crisis on Infinite Earths</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-Crisis">Pre-Crisis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pre-Crisis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the earliest <a href="/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Comic_Books" title="Golden Age of Comic Books">Golden Age</a> comics, the name of Clark Kent's hometown is uncertain. Earliest stories would either show Clark's hometown as unnamed or even as <a href="/wiki/Metropolis_(comics)" title="Metropolis (comics)">Metropolis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Superman #35 (1945) a traveling Clark Kent stops off in Smallville without identifying it as his hometown. However, as of <i>Superboy</i> #2, Smallville's name is permanently identified.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smallville is retroactively shown as the Golden Age Superman's childhood hometown as well, as seen in the "Mr. and Mrs. Superman" series in <i><a href="/wiki/Superman_Family" class="mw-redirect" title="Superman Family">Superman Family</a></i>, as well as in <i>The New Adventures of Superboy</i> #15-16 (March–April 1981). Unlike <a href="/wiki/Earth-One" title="Earth-One">Earth-One</a>'s Smallville, <a href="/wiki/Earth-Two" title="Earth-Two">Earth-Two</a>'s Smallville stays a much less prominent small town since the Earth-Two Superman was never Superboy. Additionally, the Kents never owned a general store on Earth-Two, but instead stayed <a href="/wiki/Farmer" title="Farmer">farmers</a> until their deaths. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-Crisis">Post-Crisis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Post-Crisis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smallville's history, as well as that of the Kents, is delved into in the late 1980s <i>World of Smallville</i> miniseries, plus the 1997-1998 miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/The_Kents" title="The Kents">The Kents</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later, Smallville was <a href="/wiki/Retcon" class="mw-redirect" title="Retcon">retconned</a> to have a violent history, with <a href="/wiki/Kryptonite" title="Kryptonite">green kryptonite</a>, a common substance in the area, having a mutating, dangerous effect on normal citizens of the town (similar to the TV show <i><a href="/wiki/Smallville" title="Smallville">Smallville</a></i>). This history, plus the near-destruction and reconstruction of the town by overzealous government forces, is explored in the storyline "The Search For Kryptonite."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law_and_government">Law and government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Law and government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smallville's chief of police is <a href="/wiki/Chief_Parker" title="Chief Parker">Chief Douglas Parker</a>, who in <a href="/wiki/Pre-Crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-Crisis">pre-Crisis</a> stories is considered a close ally of Superboy. Superboy is capable of being contacted by Chief Parker, as well as Lana Lang's father Professor Lewis Lang and the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a>, via a secret signal lamp hidden in the Kent household.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chief Parker exists in the <a href="/wiki/Post-Crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-Crisis">post-Crisis</a> DC comics, but his role is much less prominent. </p><p>In the modern comics, Smallville also has a <a href="/wiki/Sheriff" title="Sheriff">sheriff</a> department. It is headed by Sheriff Hayes who is murdered by a <a href="/wiki/Black_Lantern_Corps" title="Black Lantern Corps">Black Lantern</a> version of <a href="/wiki/Superman_(Earth-Two)" title="Superman (Earth-Two)">Earth-Two's Superman</a> at the time when he was talking to his superiors about transferring to Metropolis.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A storyline late in the run of <i>The New Adventures of Superboy</i> sees Smallville's town council propose building Smallville's first <a href="/wiki/Shopping_mall" title="Shopping mall">shopping mall</a>, though the mall's construction is revealed out to have sinister ulterior motives. While the storyline is unfinished as the comic was cancelled before the story could be concluded, it does see Jonathan Kent decide to run for a city council seat to try to thwart the mall's construction.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="People">People</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: People"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Noted residents of Smallville include the Kent family, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_and_Martha_Kent" title="Jonathan and Martha Kent">Jonathan and Martha Kent</a>, or <i>Ma and Pa Kent</i> as they were often called, and their adopted son <a href="/wiki/Clark_Kent" class="mw-redirect" title="Clark Kent">Clark Kent</a>; Clark's friend, classmate and sometimes romantic interest <a href="/wiki/Lana_Lang" title="Lana Lang">Lana Lang</a>; Clark's best friend <a href="/wiki/Pete_Ross" title="Pete Ross">Pete Ross</a>, and Smallville's <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_police" title="Chief of police">chief of police</a> <a href="/wiki/Chief_Parker" title="Chief Parker">Douglas Parker</a>. </p><p>In the original <i><a href="/wiki/Superboy_(Kal-El)" title="Superboy (Kal-El)">Superboy</a></i> comics, other noted residents include <a href="/wiki/Professor_Potter" title="Professor Potter">Professor Phineas Potter</a> (Lana's uncle),<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> archaeologist Lewis Lang (Lana's father),<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the young <a href="/wiki/Lex_Luthor" title="Lex Luthor">Lex Luthor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In post-Crisis comics, <a href="/wiki/Superboy_(Kon-El)" title="Superboy (Kon-El)">Conner Kent</a>, an alternate Superboy, also lives in Smallville with the now-widowed Martha Kent. The super-powered dog <a href="/wiki/Krypto" title="Krypto">Krypto</a> lives with them as well.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While not initially enjoying Smallville, Conner eventually changes his mind. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smallville is usually portrayed as an idyllic, small isolated American town, with a "<a href="/wiki/Middle_America_(United_States)" title="Middle America (United States)">Middle America</a>" atmosphere – resembling the settings of some paintings of <a href="/wiki/Norman_Rockwell" title="Norman Rockwell">Norman Rockwell</a>. Its residents are generally very friendly, though in <a href="/wiki/Silver_Age_of_Comic_Books" title="Silver Age of Comic Books">Silver Age</a> <i>Superboy</i> stories, it also tends to attract various threats (from criminals, alien invaders, etc.). </p><p>Smallville's economy mostly consists of various locally owned businesses, along with various farms surrounding the town, including the Kent family farm. In the original <i>Superboy</i> comics, the Kent family sells their farm when Clark starts school, and open a <a href="/wiki/General_store" title="General store">general store</a> in town.<sup id="cite_ref-superman161_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-superman161-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Post-Crisis comics, however, show the Kents residing on their farm through Clark's adulthood. </p><p>Smallville has one high school, Smallville High School, which Clark, Lana, and Pete attend.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smallville also was the home of the Smallville <a href="/wiki/Orphanage" title="Orphanage">Orphanage</a>, where the Kents originally brought the infant Kal-El after his rocket landed on Earth; the Kents returned several days later to formally adopt Kal-El, renaming him "Clark."<sup id="cite_ref-superman161_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-superman161-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In terms of media, Smallville has had several newspapers mentioned over the years, including the <i>Smallville Sentinel</i> (shown in various stories in <i>The New Adventures of Superboy</i>) and the <i>Smallville Times-Reader</i> (in Elliot S. Maggin's "Last Son of Krypton" text novel). In <i>Action Comics</i> (vol. 2) #8, the <i>Daily Star'</i>s editor George Taylor mentions to Clark Kent having met Ma and Pa Kent while working as a reporter for the <i>Smallville Sentinel</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smallville receives most of its <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a> and <a href="/wiki/Radio" title="Radio">radio</a> broadcasts from a larger nearby city, though <i>Superboy</i> #195 shows Smallville has its own radio station, WSMV.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the original <i>Superboy</i> comics, a billboard outside of Smallville greets those driving into and out of town. The billboard features a picture of Superboy waving, with words next to it reading: "<i>Welcome to Smallville, Home of Superboy.</i>"<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Smallville_silver_age_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b1/Smallville_silver_age_map.jpg/250px-Smallville_silver_age_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b1/Smallville_silver_age_map.jpg/330px-Smallville_silver_age_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b1/Smallville_silver_age_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="362" data-file-height="275" /></a><figcaption>A map of the layout of the Silver Age version of Smallville. From <i>The New Adventures of Superboy</i> #22, October 1981.</figcaption></figure> <p>Similar to the whereabouts of other fictional <a href="/wiki/DC_Universe" title="DC Universe">DC Universe</a> cities, the location of Smallville was, originally, never specifically stated in the comics. </p><p>Smallville's location varied widely throughout many stories, many of which placed Smallville close to Metropolis and Midvale, home of Supergirl.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>All-New Collectors' Edition #C-55</i> (notable for featuring the wedding of <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Super-Heroes" title="Legion of Super-Heroes">Legion of Super-Heroes</a> members <a href="/wiki/Garth_Ranzz" title="Garth Ranzz">Lightning Lad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saturn_Girl" title="Saturn Girl">Saturn Girl</a> and published in 1978) calls Smallville "a quiet town, nestled in the hills just inland from the eastern seaboard." Most sources since the 1986 <a href="/wiki/John_Byrne_(comics)" title="John Byrne (comics)">John Byrne</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Man_of_Steel_(comics)" title="The Man of Steel (comics)">Superman origin reboot</a> point the location of Smallville to be in <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Superman_Family_#195"><span id="Superman_Family_.23195"></span><i>Superman Family</i> #195</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Superman Family #195"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Superboy story in <i>Superman Family</i> #195 (May–June 1979), <a href="/wiki/Interstate_70" title="Interstate 70">Interstate 70</a> is shown as running through or near Smallville, as Lana and Clark drive along the highway. States the real-world Interstate 70 passes through include <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a> (Smallville's usual post-Crisis location), <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> (cited in some pre-Crisis references as Smallville's location<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Amazing_World_of_DC_Comics_#14"><span id="Amazing_World_of_DC_Comics_.2314"></span><i>Amazing World of DC Comics</i> #14</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Amazing World of DC Comics #14"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Amazing_World_of_DC_Comics" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazing World of DC Comics">Amazing World of DC Comics</a></i> #14 (1977), an officially sanctioned <a href="/wiki/Fanzine" title="Fanzine">fanzine</a> with articles on DC Comics characters and series, Smallville was stated to be in <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>. The Maryland location was supported in the comics with a map of Smallville and the surrounding area that was published in <i>New Adventures of Superboy</i> #22 (October 1981), which situated Smallville a few miles west of a large bay very similar to <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Bay" title="Delaware Bay">Delaware Bay</a> (the same map placed <a href="/wiki/Metropolis_(comics)" title="Metropolis (comics)">Metropolis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gotham_City" title="Gotham City">Gotham City</a> on the east and west sides of the bay. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legion_of_Super-Heroes_volume_2_#313"><span id="Legion_of_Super-Heroes_volume_2_.23313"></span><i>Legion of Super-Heroes</i> volume 2 #313</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Legion of Super-Heroes volume 2 #313"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A map of Legion-era Metropolis included in <i>Legion of Super-Heroes</i> (vol. 2) #313 (July 1984) indicates that Smallville was believed by the 1980s to be somewhere in northeastern Pennsylvania or northern New Jersey, while incorporated into Metropolis proper at that time as a historical district. In revisions of the map published after 1986, this was retroactively removed to accommodate changes of Smallville's location in other titles, as detailed below. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Death_and_Life_of_Superman_(novel)"><span id="The_Death_and_Life_of_Superman_.28novel.29"></span><i>The Death and Life of Superman</i> (novel)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: The Death and Life of Superman (novel)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the novel <i>The Death and Life of Superman</i> (1993), Jonathan and Martha Kent drive to Smallville from the <a href="/wiki/Great_Bend,_Kansas" title="Great Bend, Kansas">Great Bend, Kansas</a>, airport<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which would put Smallville somewhere in central <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Kents"><i>The Kents</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: The Kents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1990s limited series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Kents" title="The Kents">The Kents</a></i> places Smallville in eastern Kansas, within approximately one day's horse ride from <a href="/wiki/Paola,_Kansas" title="Paola, Kansas">Paola, Kansas</a>, which is located in <a href="/wiki/Miami_County,_Kansas" title="Miami County, Kansas">Miami County</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Action_Comics_#822"><span id="Action_Comics_.23822"></span><i>Action Comics</i> #822</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Action Comics #822"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In "Repo Man" Pt. 1, Smallville is placed approximately 55 miles from <a href="/wiki/Salina,_Kansas" title="Salina, Kansas">Salina, Kansas</a>, and in line with <a href="/wiki/Junction_City,_Kansas" title="Junction City, Kansas">Junction City</a>, giving it approximately the same location as <a href="/wiki/Dorrance,_Kansas" title="Dorrance, Kansas">Dorrance, Kansas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Smallville_Season_11">Smallville Season 11</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Smallville Season 11"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Smallville Season 11</i> is the comic book sequel to the <i><a href="/wiki/Smallville" title="Smallville">Smallville</a></i> television series. This version of Smallville has a <a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Code</a> of 67524, which is the real world ZIP Code for <a href="/wiki/Chase,_Kansas" title="Chase, Kansas">Chase, Kansas</a>. Although this Smallville is described as being about two hundred miles west of <a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita</a> and southwest of <a href="/wiki/Dodge_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Dodge City">Dodge City</a> (placing it around <a href="/wiki/Liberal,_Kansas" title="Liberal, Kansas">Liberal, Kansas</a>), Chase is 73 miles northwest of Wichita. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_other_media">In other media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: In other media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Smallville-sign1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Smallville-sign1.jpg/250px-Smallville-sign1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Smallville-sign1.jpg/330px-Smallville-sign1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Smallville-sign1.jpg/500px-Smallville-sign1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="2272" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Cloverdale,_Surrey" title="Cloverdale, Surrey">Cloverdale</a> welcome sign, the "Home of <a href="/wiki/Smallville" title="Smallville">Smallville</a>". This Canadian town was one of the <a href="/wiki/Filming_location" title="Filming location">filming locations</a> that portrayed Smallville in the popular TV series.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <i><a href="/wiki/Superboy_(TV_series)" title="Superboy (TV series)">Superboy</a></i> TV series (1988–1992) also places Smallville in Kansas, stating it is where Clark and Lana grew up. The main action of that series takes place at the fictional Shuster University in <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, named for Superman/Superboy's co-creator, artist, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Shuster" title="Joe Shuster">Joe Shuster</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lois_%26_Clark:_The_New_Adventures_of_Superman" title="Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman">Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman</a></i> (1993–1997) places Smallville as a city in Kansas as well, though Metropolis is located on the east coast (or maybe in eastern Pennsylvania, it is never stated for sure) and Superman must fly between the two locations using his super-speed.</li> <li>Smallville was featured in <i><a href="/wiki/Superman:_The_Animated_Series" title="Superman: The Animated Series">Superman: The Animated Series</a></i> (1996–2000). It was also in Kansas.</li> <li>In the television series <i><a href="/wiki/Smallville" title="Smallville">Smallville</a></i> (2001–2011), the town's location is two hundred miles west of <a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita</a> and southwest of <a href="/wiki/Dodge_City,_Kansas" title="Dodge City, Kansas">Dodge City</a>, implied by the series to be located in west Kansas.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The skyline of Metropolis is visible from high points of Smallville on a clear day. Though some episodes reference an hours-long drive from Smallville to Metropolis, characters easily—and frequently—traverse between the two towns. The headquarters of <a href="/wiki/LexCorp" class="mw-redirect" title="LexCorp">LuthorCorp</a> are in Metropolis, and a LutherCorp plant is located in Smallville. Smallville is famous for a meteor shower that hit the town in 1989, and for the lingering effects of the meteor rocks on the town and some of its citizens. The meteor shower was a cover for the spaceship that brought Clark Kent to Kansas. It was later revealed that the meteor shower also brought Davis Bloome, also known as <a href="/wiki/Doomsday_(DC_Comics)" title="Doomsday (DC Comics)">Doomsday</a>, to Earth as well. The second-season episode "Lineage" gives its <a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Code</a> as 67524, which is the real life code for <a href="/wiki/Chase,_Kansas" title="Chase, Kansas">Chase, Kansas</a>.</li> <li>Smallville appears in the <i><a href="/wiki/Young_Justice_(TV_series)" title="Young Justice (TV series)">Young Justice</a>: <a href="/wiki/Young_Justice:_Invasion" class="mw-redirect" title="Young Justice: Invasion">Invasion</a></i> 2013 episode "True Colors." Robin, Blue Beetle, Arsenal and Impulse go undercover in LexCorp Farms as tourists, and split off from the tour group halfway through the tour. They manage to procure a sample of the <a href="/wiki/Reach_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reach (comics)">Reach</a>'s additive, but on their way out, are confronted by Black Beetle. After Green Beetle joins the fight as well, the heroes regroup. At Jonathan Kent's farm, Alpha Squad and Green Beetle meet up with Nightwing and Superboy. Lex Luthor and Vandal Savage discuss the damage done to the farms and conclude that the main production lines were never in any harm.</li> <li>Smallville appears in <a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a> shows set in the <a href="/wiki/Arrowverse" title="Arrowverse">Arrowverse</a>: <ul><li>Smallville of The CW first appears in the multi-series crossover event "<a href="/wiki/Elseworlds_(Arrowverse)" title="Elseworlds (Arrowverse)">Elseworlds</a>", in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Flash_(2014_TV_series)" title="The Flash (2014 TV series)">The Flash</a></i> 2018 episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Flash_(season_5)#ep101" class="mw-redirect" title="The Flash (season 5)">Elseworlds, Part 1</a>". The power-swapped Flash and Green Arrow arrive on Earth-38 to enlist the help of Supergirl, who is visiting Superman and Lois Lane at the Kent family farm in Kansas following the arrests of <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Black" title="Manchester Black">Manchester Black</a> and <a href="/wiki/Agent_Liberty" title="Agent Liberty">Agent Liberty</a>. Supergirl and Superman help Flash and Green Arrow work on their swapped powers using the Kent family farm as their location.</li> <li>Smallville appears in the multi-series crossover event "<a href="/wiki/Crisis_on_Infinite_Earths_(Arrowverse)" title="Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse)">Crisis on Infinite Earths</a>", in the <i><a href="/wiki/Batwoman_(season_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="Batwoman (season 1)">Batwoman</a></i> 2019 episode "<a href="/wiki/Batwoman_(season_1)#ep9" class="mw-redirect" title="Batwoman (season 1)">Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two</a>". Superman, Lois Lane, and Iris West briefly visit Earth-167 (the setting of <i>Smallville</i>) where it was suspected that this Clark Kent is the Paragon of Hope. They are teleported away by their Lex Luthor who discovered that this world's Clark Kent gave up his powers.</li> <li>Smallville appears in <i><a href="/wiki/Superman_%26_Lois" title="Superman & Lois">Superman & Lois</a></i> (2021–2024). The married Clark and Lois, with their teenaged sons <a href="/wiki/List_of_Superman_%26_Lois_characters#Jonathan_Kent" title="List of Superman & Lois characters">Jonathan</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Superman_%26_Lois_characters#Jordan_Kent" title="List of Superman & Lois characters">Jordan</a>, live on a farm just outside the town, established in "<a href="/wiki/Superman_%26_Lois_(season_1)#ep1" class="mw-redirect" title="Superman & Lois (season 1)">Pilot</a>" to be in <a href="/wiki/Rice_County,_Kansas" title="Rice County, Kansas">Rice County, Kansas</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>Smallville appears in the <i><a href="/wiki/My_Adventures_with_Superman" title="My Adventures with Superman">My Adventures with Superman</a></i> episode two-parts "Adventures of a Normal Man", when a young Clark Kent awakens the power of flight and super-strength to save a woman and her baby from a car accident.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Smallville was first placed in Kansas by the 1978 film <i><a href="/wiki/Superman_(1978_film)" title="Superman (1978 film)">Superman: The Movie</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although filming of the Kent family's agricultural land was done in <a href="/wiki/Blackie,_Alberta" title="Blackie, Alberta">Blackie, Alberta</a>, Canada. The tag on the truck driven by Jonathan Kent (<a href="/wiki/Glenn_Ford" title="Glenn Ford">Glenn Ford</a>) in the first film had a <a href="/wiki/Cloud_County,_Kansas" title="Cloud County, Kansas">Cloud County, Kansas</a> identifier. Areas of <a href="/wiki/Calgary" title="Calgary">Calgary</a> were presented as Smallville in <i><a href="/wiki/Superman_III" title="Superman III">Superman III</a></i> while the surrounding fields of the town of <a href="/wiki/Baldock" title="Baldock">Baldock</a>, England portrayed the abandoned Kent farm in <i><a href="/wiki/Superman_IV:_The_Quest_for_Peace" title="Superman IV: The Quest for Peace">Superman IV: The Quest for Peace</a></i>.</li> <li>Smallville appears in <i><a href="/wiki/Superman:_Doomsday" title="Superman: Doomsday">Superman: Doomsday</a></i>.</li> <li>Smallville appears in <i><a href="/wiki/Superman/Batman:_Apocalypse" title="Superman/Batman: Apocalypse">Superman/Batman: Apocalypse</a></i>.</li> <li>Smallville appears in <i><a href="/wiki/Superman_vs_The_Elite" class="mw-redirect" title="Superman vs The Elite">Superman vs The Elite</a></i>.</li> <li>Smallville appears in the films set in the <a href="/wiki/DC_Extended_Universe" title="DC Extended Universe">DC Extended Universe</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Plano,_Illinois" title="Plano, Illinois">Plano, Illinois</a> was used in <i><a href="/wiki/Man_of_Steel_(film)" title="Man of Steel (film)">Man of Steel</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a spaceship was found by local farmer Jonathan Kent and his wife Martha. They discovered a baby in the ship and raised him as their own, naming him Clark Kent. Clark grew up in the town and his powers first manifested there. Eventually his parents revealed his alien origins after Clark used his powers to save his classmates on a flooding bus after it drove off a bridge. In 2013, <a href="/wiki/General_Zod" title="General Zod">General Zod</a> and his Kryptonian forces entered Smallville in search of the growth codex. They confronted Martha Kent at her home before her son Clark Kent arrived to stop them, now wearing a blue alien superhero suit with a cape. No longer worried about hiding his powers, Clark fought Zod, and later <a href="/wiki/Faora" title="Faora">Faora-Ul</a> and Nam-Ek throughout Smallville destroying portions of it as a result. With the aid of the US military, Clark defeated the Kryptonians.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkville,_Illinois" title="Yorkville, Illinois">Yorkville, Illinois</a> was used in <i><a href="/wiki/Batman_v_Superman:_Dawn_of_Justice" title="Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice">Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clark Kent's funeral was held on the Kent farm in Smallville. At the funeral, Martha gave <a href="/wiki/Lois_Lane" title="Lois Lane">Lois</a> an envelope with an engagement ring which was to be given to her during Clark's proposal. Heartbroken, she wears the engagement ring as she drops a pile of dirt on Clark's casket.</li> <li>In <i><a href="/wiki/Justice_League_(film)" title="Justice League (film)">Justice League</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Allen" title="Barry Allen">Flash</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cyborg_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyborg (comics)">Cyborg</a> were sent to retrieve Clark's body from Smallville. After Clark is brought back to life, he and Lois return to the Kent farm, where Clark fully regains his memories and reunites with Martha Kent.</li></ul></li> <li>Smallville appears in <i><a href="/wiki/Batman_and_Superman:_Battle_of_the_Super_Sons" title="Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons">Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons</a></i>. Years later, Clark Kent and Lois Lane, now married, live in this town, on the farm of the deceased Jonathan and Martha Kent, and raising their son <a href="/wiki/Jon_Kent_(DC_Comics)" title="Jon Kent (DC Comics)">Jon Kent</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_games">Video games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Video games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Smallville appears in <i><a href="/wiki/DC_Universe_Online" title="DC Universe Online">DC Universe Online</a></i>. In the game, Lex Luthor has experimented on its citizens using Exobytes and Doomsday's DNA with Doomsday being trapped in a containment entropy cage in the barn near the Kent Family Farm. <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_and_Martha_Kent" title="Jonathan and Martha Kent">Jonathan Kent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lana_Lang" title="Lana Lang">Lana Lang</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pete_Ross" title="Pete Ross">Pete Ross</a> are among the Smallville citizens that have been transformed into Doomsday-like creatures. Due to the experiments, Smallville has been practically destroyed.</li> <li>Smallville appears in <i><a href="/wiki/Lego_DC_Super-Villains" title="Lego DC Super-Villains">Lego DC Super-Villains</a></i>. In the game's story, <a href="/wiki/Gorilla_Grodd" title="Gorilla Grodd">Gorilla Grodd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Killer_Frost" title="Killer Frost">Killer Frost</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scarecrow_(DC_Comics)" title="Scarecrow (DC Comics)">Scarecrow</a>, and the Rookie travel here in search for something to get them to space. Outside of the story, the player can freely explore the town and its surrounding areas.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first time in any media that Smallville or the Kent farm were linked to a specific location was in <i><a href="/wiki/Superman_(radio)" class="mw-redirect" title="Superman (radio)">The Adventures of Superman</a></i> radio show. In the storyline "The Secret Rocket" (9/29/47-10/30/47), mention was made several times that young Clark Kent grew up on Eben Kent's farm in Iowa. The farmtown was unnamed in the story (as the name "Smallville" appeared for the first time two years later in Superboy (volume 1) #2); the nearest town named in the broadcast was the real-life Centerville. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Novels">Novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Superman writer <a href="/wiki/Elliot_S._Maggin" title="Elliot S. Maggin">Elliot S. Maggin</a> incorporated the Kansas location into the DC Universe in his 1981 <i>Superman</i> novel, <i><a href="/wiki/Miracle_Monday" title="Miracle Monday">Miracle Monday</a>.</i></li> <li>In the novel, <i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Superman!" title="It's Superman!">It's Superman!</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Tom_De_Haven" title="Tom De Haven">Tom De Haven</a>, which is set in 1938, Smallville is placed in <a href="/wiki/Osage_County,_Kansas" title="Osage County, Kansas">Osage County</a> along <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_75_(Kansas)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 75 (Kansas)">U.S. Highway 75</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_uses">Other uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Other uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smallville is also a nickname given to Clark Kent by <a href="/wiki/Lois_Lane" title="Lois Lane">Lois Lane</a>. Adaptations of the Superman mythos that feature Lois using this nickname include the television series <i><a href="/wiki/Lois_%26_Clark:_The_New_Adventures_of_Superman" title="Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman">Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Superman:_The_Animated_Series" title="Superman: The Animated Series">Superman: The Animated Series</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Smallville" title="Smallville">Smallville</a></i>. </p><p>On June 21, 2013, <a href="/wiki/Hutchinson,_Kansas" title="Hutchinson, Kansas">Hutchinson, Kansas</a> officially changed its name to Smallville for a day, thanks to a campaign started by local residents Ben Eisiminger, KC Mcneely, and Christopher Wietrick.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The annual "Smallville <a href="/wiki/Comic_book_convention" title="Comic book convention">Comic Con</a>" has been hosted at the Kansas State Fairgrounds since 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smallville_(comics)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFleisher2007" class="citation book cs1">Fleisher, Michael L. 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