Smallville is the fictional town in the United States
which Superboy protects and in which most of his crime-fighting
adventures take place. It is also the town in which the
young Clark Kent grows up before moving to Metropolis
to begin his career as Superman.Smallville is usually
portrayed as an idyllic small American town, with an atmosphere
resembling the settings of the paintings of Norman Rockwell
(if one ignores the alien invasions and bank robberies
that have plagued Smallville in various stories over the
years). Its residents are generally very friendly. Noted
residents of Smallville include the Kent family (Jonathan
and Martha Kent, or Ma and Pa Kent as they were often
called, and their foster son Clark), Lana Lang, Pete Ross,
and Smallville police chief Douglas Parker. In the original
Superboy comics, other noted residents included Professor
Phineas Potter (Lana's uncle) and a younger version of
Lex Luthor.
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