Smallville star Tom Welling addresses the key Superman twist from Arrowverse’s Disaster on Infinite Earths crossover occasion. Whereas the Arrowverse hasn’t had a significant crossover occasion in years, the final one nonetheless stays one of many largest ones they ever did: Disaster on Infinite Earths. Because it marked the top of 1 section for the Arrowverse, the five-part occasion additionally honored previous, current, and future DC live-action properties, together with Smallville. In the course of the 2019 occasion, Welling and Erica Durance reprised the roles of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, respectively.
Nevertheless, Welling’s Superman cameo got here with a significant twist, as Clark revealed that he was now not the Man of Metal, having seemingly misplaced his powers after the occasions of the Smallville season 11 tie-in comedian. Throughout a latest look on the Lucifer The TV Collection Official Conference (by way of Sounds of Collection,) Welling addressed a bit extra in regards to the Smallville plot twist.
Even to today, Welling nonetheless does not know the way Superman managed to eliminate his talents previous to the Disaster on Infinite Earths look. Since Clark by no means confirmed up once more after the occasions of the Arrowverse crossover, this Smallville storyline has by no means gotten an opportunity to be explored correctly.
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How Smallville’s Superman Could Have Misplaced His Powers Earlier than Disaster on Infinite Earths
There have been numerous theories as to how Smallville’s Superman really misplaced his powers earlier than his large second in Disaster on Infinite Earths. Certainly one of them is that Clark in some way used Gold Kryptonite to completely erase his talents with a view to grow to be a human for good. Primarily based on his demeanor alone in the course of the crossover, it positively did not appear as if it was an accident that he got here to simply accept later.
One other state of affairs is that Clark has discovered a approach to suppress his Kryptonian powers by way of Blue Kryptonite. When photos first got here out for Welling’s Disaster on Infinite Earths cameo, many observed that there was one thing odd happening along with his watch that he wore within the crossover. The watch had a blue aesthetic to it, making many consider that maybe Clark had merely planted Blue Kryptonite in it that allowed him to suppress his powers however not lose them completely. That method, he might at all times take it off and grow to be Superman every time essential.
The one ones who might correctly reply this thriller are the Arrowverse writers who dealt with Smallville’s Superman cameo within the crossover. To today, it nonetheless stays unknown how Clark really misplaced his powers, and since Disaster on Infinite Earths restored the multiverse, it is unclear whether or not or not Superman continues to be solely a human or not. Till the artistic group reveals the precise motive, Smallville followers can solely speculate how Welling’s Superman misplaced his powers earlier than the long-lasting Arrowverse crossover.
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