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Seeing an opportunity for Smallville to reach a larger audience through new viewers who will tune into the show after watching the newest Superman movie, Superman Returns, the creators of Smallville have joined up with the popular “coffee table book” company, DK Books, and KryptonSite’s own Craig Byrne to bring to you “Smallville Visual Guide”.
This paperback book covers quite a bit of ground from Seasons 1-5 and introduces new and interesting ideas that we’ve never even heard of as well as clarifies many controversial topics.
Inside of the 96 page book there are 46 detailed spreads jam-packed with useful information that can serve you well for that afternoon heated debate on your favorite message-board.
As the webmaster for AllisonMackOnline.com, I can attest that the visual guide is especially friendly to the Chloe fan, as it contains two spreads devoted to her and her role in Smallville. The first spread, titled “Chloe Sullivan” takes the reader through her history and purpose on the show and gives important family history. This spread clears up the common misconception regarding ages in which Chloe’s mother left the Sullivan family and tells us that Chloe’s readers for The Torch had at least 1000 subscriptions. That’s quite a lot for a small town!
The second spread for Chloe is titled “City Girl” and features Chloe Sullivan in her element as a Working Woman of Metropolis. It takes the reader through her journey to Metropolis and getting into Met U as well as how she got her job at the Daily Planet working for Editor in Chief Pauline Kahn.
In addition to the two Chloe spreads, Smallville fans can also enjoy pages on Lana Lang, Lex Luthor, and even a surprise return of Pete Ross! The book also dives into the romantic relationships on the show with spreads for Clark and Lana as well as Lex and Lana. It also follows the Luthors in-depth and explains further detail on the complicated relationship formed between Clark and Lex on the day of “The Rescue.”
Even more intriguing than relationships are the in-depth details regarding show plots and sets including the caves, kryptonite and how it affects Clark, Supervillans and much much more.
The book itself contains beautiful graphics and never-before-seen photos. Almost as attractive as the characters themselves are the wonderful computer generated graphics of maps, rooms, caves, and objects which explain in a great detail concepts that mere two-dimensional photographs could never explain with such clarity and detail.
This is an excellent book to add to any collection and a must-have for any Smallville “Completists” out there because it’s packed full of information and handy tips that make for easy look-up and to-the-point explanations. Owning this book is owning a part of Smallville, a piece of written canon designed to enhance the show itself and clear up or tie-up any loose ends from the previous five seasons.
This book will become available on September 4, 2006 and can be pre-ordered at Amazon.com to ensure accurate and on-time delivery.
