Smallville (comics)
| Smallville | |
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From The New Adventures of Superboy #16 (April 1981), art by Kurt Schaffenberger. | |
| First appearance | More Fun Comics #101 (January 1945) (Unnamed) |
| Genre | Superhero comics |
| In-universe information | |
| Type | Town |
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Smallville is a fictional town in American comic books published by DC Comics. The childhood hometown of Superman, Smallville was first named in Superboy #2 (May 1949). The town, long in an unnamed US state that was first defined as Kansas in Superman: The Movie (1978), is the setting of many Superboy comics where Superboy defends Smallville from various threats. Since the 1978 appearance in Superman: The Movie, Smallville has been a setting in other non-comic book productions (film, television, video games and novels) featuring Superboy / Superman.