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For Fans of Smallville's Chloe, Truly Super News!
Alison Mack in Smallville by Michael Courtney/The WB
As everyone knows, Smallville is based on Superman comics. But starting in March, the comics will take a cue from Smallville. In issue No. 674 of DC Comics' Superman, Chloe Sullivan — the character played on the CW series by Allison Mack and created by the TV show's producers — will join the Man of Steel's universe. The comic-book Chloe will be an aspiring reporter and the cousin of Lois Lane — just like on the show. Unlike TV, however, she'll be younger than Clark, she won't know his secret and she will not be meteor-infected. "She's the new intern at the 'Daily Planet,' fresh out of journalism school and itching to make a name for herself," Kurt Busiek, the writer of the comic, told Newsarama.com. — Rich Sands
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Dec 17, 2007 5:59 PM
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What took them so long??
I've been awaiting this development for awhile now, it only makes sense.
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Dec 17, 2007 6:45 PM
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Excellent! I will definately get a copy!
I hope the new character looks like her too!
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Dec 17, 2007 6:49 PM
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This wouldn't be a first. Mercy Graves, Lex Luthor's hench wench, and Harley Quinn, the Joker's girlfriend were both created on the Superman and Batman animated series (respectively) and transferred over to the comics due to their popularity (and awesomeness). I'll definitely pick up Chloe's debut comic just to check it out. It'd be the first Superman comic I've read in a looooooooooooong time.
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Dec 17, 2007 8:03 PM
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Don't bother picking up a copy. The completely inept people over at DC have completely bungled Superman over the last 2-3 years and will probably screw this up too.
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Dec 17, 2007 10:10 PM
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I don't see the point of introducing Chloe into a world that bares no resemblance to the Smallville universe. Is there going to be creepy sexual tension between full-adult-Clark and young-ingenue-Chloe? Or is she going to fall for Jimmy Olsen when she drives him to his next prostate exam? This seems ill-conceived, which is probably why I always Make Mine Marvel! 
Speaking of which, it would've been interesting if they pulled a "Sentry" (or a Dawn-on-Buffy) and rewrote history by changing reality. It's not as though DC hasn't pulled that stunt before! Hello, Crisis On The Infinite Blerg!
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Dec 17, 2007 10:47 PM
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This isn't Smallville's Chloe *at all*. Everything that made her attractive to TV viewers, which in turn proved her popularity to the comics so that they eventually bought her - is being stripped away and she's nothing more than an new character called "Chloe Sullivan". This is NOT the character I love from the show, and Busiek is an unmitigated hack if he thinks Smallville fans are going to buy copies of this comic to see a character that isn't *anything* like the character we love on the show.
This is such a kick-in-teeth for Chloe fans. I hope this issue tanks.
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Dec 18, 2007 10:04 AM
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It's the cheapest form of exploitation for profit. The Chloe that the fans care about is the Chloe on Smallville with 7 seasons of history and back story. What the comics are proposing to do is attempt to capitalize on the popularity of the tv character without respect for the fans of the character or the character herself.
Sorry, but there's no way that I could or would ever support this effort. I'd certainly never spend a cent on any comic that doesn't introduce the real Chloe Sullivan. It's all a really bad idea.
I disagree that this is "Truly Super News". The character that's going to be introduced isn't the real character at all.
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Dec 18, 2007 10:50 AM
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I think they need to keep Smallville in a separate universe from the comics, because I REALLY want Clark to end up with Chloe rather than Lois. I like Lois, but Chloe is the best.
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Dec 18, 2007 11:27 AM
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That is NOT our Chloe Sullivan. They are stripping this character of everything I love about her, and calling her "Chloe". I will not be buying a comic where a character I have loved for seven seasons is grossly distorted. This is an insult to most Chloe fans, IMO. Chloe has served as Smallville's version of Lois Lane quite well, let her continue to live in the SV universe and leave her out of DC Comics if they have to change her so drastically so that she doesn't step into DCLois territory. I'm not a happy Chloe fan about any of this. Makes no sense to me.
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Dec 18, 2007 11:50 AM
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I remember DC tried a one-shot Smallville comic several years ago. Haven't they been able to launch a stand-alone Smallville comic?
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Dec 18, 2007 11:57 AM
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If DC intended to kick Chloe's fans in the teeth, they've certainly succeeded. Turning Chloe Sullivan - the "Lois Lane" of SV, Clark's BF and confidante, and a prime mover of the action on the show - into a kid-sister sidekick of Clark and Lois, smacks of a deliberate insult; it strips everything important from the character. I'm not interested in reading about a total stranger who happens to share the name "Chloe Sullivan."
Of course, I understand why DC couldn't introduce Chloe as *herself* in the comics. There's already a character just like her there--and her name is "Lois Lane." But given that fact, DC should never have tried to use her in the first place.
Color me completely uninterested in DC's cheap name-only exploitation. I won't be buying these issues. Shame on you, DC.
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Dec 18, 2007 1:07 PM
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This is not the Chloe Sullivan i know and love.
they are just exploiting the name.
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Dec 18, 2007 1:12 PM
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Wow, I can't believe how uptight so many of those who responded are. "Boo Hoo, they're changing my precious Chloe in the comics! My world is ending!" Get a grip, and look at the flip side of it. Do any of you think for an instant that the characters and stories that originated in the comics are the same as presented on Smallville? Hardly. It's a different medium, different storytellers, things are going to change. Maybe if you kept an open mind, and didn't condemn a story that YOU HAVE YET TO READ, you might find some enjoyment and value in it. Of course, judging from many of the responses, maybe that's just too much to expect.
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Dec 18, 2007 1:42 PM
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Take it easy, people! Smallville isn't the Superman you're used to. Unless you take your canon from the TV show. Remember, Clark never met Lois until he started working at the Daily Planet, he never got together with Lana Lang (though I do believe she knew his secret), Jonathan Kent never died and he DEFINITELY wasn't friends with Lex Luthor!!! The show has already defined itself as a split from the comic by its very actions and storylines, so don't get bent if the comic does the same.
Chloe Sullivan was never a character in the DC Universe and they just cemented that fact by bringing Lois Lane into Smallville, elminating her as a kind of "renamed" Lois. There's no way they could have fit her in without another retcon. I know comics in general and DC in particular are particularly guilty of that. Annoying, really, but how else can you have them stay current?
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Dec 18, 2007 2:00 PM
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