He also gets to be the one that breaks it to Clark about his Kryptonian heritage.
is finally put to task in live action, and done so delightfully.
It hinted at the things possible on this show and more ways to have fun with outside DC elements.
Mr. Mxyzptlk…sorta.
Jinx turns him into a character thats all about gambling and manipulating odds.
Hes even a bookie, for cryin out loud.
Krypto
Season 4 Episode 14
OnSmallvillethe addition of Krypto felt appropriate.
A steady stream of other superheroes began to invade the series after that, costumes and all.
Bizarro
Season 7 Episode 1
Look, Bizarro Superman is weird.
He and his world are supposed to be weird, but this is next level stuff.
Theres a lot to unpack with this character, including being the issue of whos going to play him.
Do you have your Superman actor do double duty?
How do you distort his appearance?
And thats just the tip of the weirdberg.
He also straight up disembowels some random innocent people.
Legion was a fun play on that narrative.
Legends of Tomorrowseason 2 introduced its ownJustice Society of America, but Johns jumped into the likes of Dr. Absolute Justice itself is a two-hour special with tremendous swagger.
Its a little crazy to see the scope that Al Gough and Miles Millar were applying toSmallville.
The Toyman…done right!
Season 8 Episode 14
Toyman is an interesting, off kilter member from Supermans rogues gallery.
They really knock it out of the park with this one, though.
Using Kandor as the spark in the antagonistic relationship between the two of them is inspired stuff.
Kidders role was minimized accordingly with villain duties falling on Genevieve (Jane Seymour) and Jason Teague.
