Smallville is featured in the latest issue of “SciFiNow” magazine. I purchased a copy on eBay a couple of weeks ago since this particular issue wasn’t yet available  in my area - I just received it this week.

The article, titled “The Death of Superman” explores why the magazine feels season ten will be it’s last. I should point out that this article was written before it was officially announced the show’s tenth season will be the final season.

A portion of the four-page article from the magazine can be found on SciFiNow’s website - read a snippet below:

There’s something very final sounding about a tenth season. The show in question, whatever it may be, has reached double digits. Almost an entire decade of our lives has passed since we saw it begin. Such a feat seems almost inhibiting to most TV dramas – most run for no more than five – as every possible romance subplot and storytelling variable will have been touched upon at some point or another, while onlookers assume the show has ran thin creatively as a by-product of its time on the air.

For Smallville, a far greater problem lies in the shadows. As a show that was originally supposed to be Superman: The Early Years, we’re getting knee deep in the continuity of both Superman and the DC Universe, to the point where the show is essentially rewriting both through its own words. A series that was once Clark Kent, schoolboy with a heroic secret, now sees the handsome hero as a journalist at a Daily Planet, while romantically entangled with the snappy Lois Lane. The only item missing from this formula is the famous red, blue and yellow spandex outfit. If this is Superman: The Early Years, it’s difficult to see where else it can go as Smallville rolls into its tenth year.

(Continue reading at SciFiNow’s official site here).

I scanned a couple of highlights from the article that features “Clark & Lois”, “Chloe”, and the magazine cover – click images below to view in the gallery.