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by Rick Norwood
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Superman is one of the great modern myths. You wouldn't know that from most of the Superman stories, certainly
not from the crude original comic books by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster. The best Superman was
Superman the Movie. Smallville, as envisioned by creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, is
certainly in the top ten. When Gough and Miller left, nobody was around to take their place, and attempts
to revive interest in the show with the addition of Green Arrow, Lois Lane, and even The Justice Society
have largely failed. The number of viewers has declined dramatically, from a high of 8 million for Season
One to four million for Season Eight and only about two and a half million for Season Nine. Still, I'm looking
forward to the final episode, when Clark dons the big red S and flies off into the sunset.
SF on TV in October 2010
Fringe will return in November.
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Rick Norwood is a mathematician and writer whose small press publishing house, Manuscript Press, has published books by Hal Clement, R.A. Lafferty, and Hal Foster. He is also the editor of Comics Revue Monthly, which publishes such classic comic strips as Flash Gordon, Sky Masters, Modesty Blaise, Tarzan, Odd Bodkins, Casey Ruggles, The Phantom, Gasoline Alley, Krazy Kat, Alley Oop, Little Orphan Annie, Barnaby, Buz Sawyer, and Steve Canyon. |
I watched the premiere of the tenth and final season of Smallville, and while the writers try very
hard, only a few seconds really thrilled me. On the other hand, a few thrilling seconds are better than an
hour of mild entertainment.
Friday, October 1
 
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