(3/29) The Superman Homepage has posted some details about the upcoming Smallville young adult novels, several of which will be written by Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld, who wrote the episode "Jitters."

Steve Younis reveals that the first novel, "Strange Visitor," is planned for a October 2002 release. The second novel is titled "Dragon," and the next two are planned for early 2003.

For more details consult the Superman Homepage. We'll let you know if we hear more about the novels' release or if we hear of more titles.

(3/27) Miss Windy also passed this one along -- a picture of Kristin Kreuk (Lana) when she was in high school (so many years ago!)

And for the ladies... a high school picture of Tom Welling, that was posted here on KryptonSite back in December. Click on this link to see that. Now all we need are high school photos of the rest of the cast and we'll be set! (If anyone has these or childhood photos of the cast that have not been printed in magazines or on other sites before, send in some e-mail!)

(3/17) Rumors and speculation are flying about the WB's schedule for Fall 2002.

Since Smallville is one of the network's hits, they might use it to "anchor" a new night and pair something else on Tuesdays with Gilmore Girls. A lot of speculation has pointed to Smallville taking over the "Wednesdays at 8PM" spot (with Dawson's Creek moving elsewhere).

Keep in mind this is simply speculation, and nothing has been announced or will be announced until May. What do you think about this? Talk about it on the KryptonSite message board!

(3/27) The latest issue of Toyfare magazine features a one-page "celebrity interview" with Smallville's Lex Luthor, Michael Rosenbaum, where he talks about what variant Michael Rosenbaum figures there should be, about his upcoming action figure, and also about playing He-Man with his brother at age 14.

You can find Toyfare at newsstands and comic book stores everywhere.

The Toyfare magazine also makes a mention that Michael will be appearing at the 2002 Wizard World Chicago convention, which will be running from July 5-7, 2002. Us here at KryptonSite prefer the San Diego con, but those of you who are planning to attend Wizard World might get a chance to meet Michael in person! We will let you know if we get confirmation of Michael's Wizard World appearance.

To your right you can see a picture of the Lex Luthor figure in the upcoming DC Direct line of Smallville action figures. The figures should be coming later this year, and in the assortment there will also be figures of Clark Kent and Lana Lang.

(3/27) If you hadn't heard the name "Nicodemus" before last week's episode of Smallville, prepare to hear it again.

DC Comics' Batman #601, which hit comic book stores this week, featured the villain by the name of -- you guessed it -- Nicodemus. We haven't read the issue yet to see if he has anything in common with mythical flowers in Smallville, but it still is interesting to note.

(3/25) Now that Smallville has captivated television audiences, the concept of the show might soon be invading the comic books as well.

Besides the Smallville one-shot comic book due sometime in 2002, fans can look forward to some "Clark Kent as a teen" stories in issues of the regular Superman comic books. The stories will be told through "Ma Kent's scrapbook."

The first "young Clark Kent" story will arrive in issue #791 of Action Comics in May, Superman comics editor Eddie Berganza told Newsarama's Mike Sangiacomo. It is said the story could have come "right out of an episode of Smallville."

"There are many stories out there about Clark, the day he realized he could fly or had heat vision, that people will want to read," Berganza continued. "He has a lot of stories to be told. His college years would be quite interesting." Of the TV show, Berganza said "I love the relationship between Clark and Luthor. That scene where he said their friendship would be the stuff of legend gave me shivers."

The teenage adventures of Superman in comics are nothing new. The Superboy series began in the late 1940's and lasted on and off through the character's end in the mid-1980's. In the new, post-1980's comic world, Clark never put on a costume until his adult years as Superman in Metropolis. The new comics will stick to that.

For the rest of the article, and to see what else is planned for the next few months in the Superman comics, visit Comicon.com's Newsarama.

(3/20) We have also learned that Michael Rosenbaum (Lex) will be on the cover of an upcoming Xpose Special.

Special #19 is currently in production, and you MIGHT still be able to have your local comic book store owner pre-order it through the Diamond PREVIEWS catalog. If not, follow the same options listed above for getting Cult Times.

(3/27) Miss Windy (whose site EricJohnsonWeb.com should be launching very soon, if it hasn't already) tells us that Eric Johnson (Whitney) guest stars on the Sunday, March 31 episode of the Canadian children's fantasy series Mythquest. You can find the show on PBS at 10AM EST in the United States.

For more information about the show, click here.

(3/17) We are hearing that Little Brown Publishing will be publishing some Smallville novels this Fall, and that "at least three" will be written by the "Jitters" author/novelist team of Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld.

We'll let you know if and when we hear more about this. Thanks to Memoh for the tip. If the novels are even half as good as fanfiction written by SullivanLane, they will be very good indeed!