Smallville
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Aquaman
- In Aquaman
…in the live-action television drama Smallville (2001) and as the featured character in the made-for-TV movie Aquaman (2006). Jason Momoa portrayed Aquaman in Justice League (2017), the character’s feature film debut. Momoa reprised the role for Aquaman (2018), a film that met generally positive reviews and, with more than \$1.1…
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DC Comics
- In DC Comics: DC characters in television and film
…on the superhero genre, while Smallville (2001–11) returned the last son of Krypton to his small-town roots. Producer Greg Berlanti focused on one of DC’s lesser-known heroes in his gritty street-level series Arrow (2012–20). The success of that show would spark the creation of an interconnected television universe (dubbed the…
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Luthor
- In Lex Luthor
…in the live-action television series Smallville (2001–11); and Kevin Spacey in Superman Returns (2006).
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superheroes
- In superhero: Multimedia superheroes and the digital revolution
Smallville’s ten-year run constitutes the longest-running science-fiction series on television and the longest-running superhero series on American TV. When Warner Bros. then restructured DC in 2009, DC Comics became a subsidiary of the company DC Entertainment, which now handles DC’s characters in all media including…
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