A few things I didn't list, but might be useful on the off-chance "Smallville" actually lasts more than 1 or 2 seasons (and Clark makes it to 18):

- In the old comics, at age 18 Clark graduated from Smallville High, and went to Metropolis to attend Metropolis University as a journalism student. During his college years, he changed his name to Superman (before his senior year), and in his senior year, fell in love with a woman who he thought was disabled (she was in a wheelchair with a blanket draped over her legs) named Lori Lemaris (yep, another "LL"). Being so smitten, Clark proposed marriage to Lori, but she turned him down, with the eventual revelation that she was a mermaid (hence the blanket/wheelchair), and that (thanks to her telepathic Atlantis-derived powers) knew he was Superman. They broke off (she had to return to Atlantis, having been sent to the surface to learn more about surface-dwellers), natch. Clark eventually graduated, and gained employment at the Daily Planet...

[In the current comics (Byrne's origin rewrite), instead of going to college right away, Clark supposedly spent 6-7 years travelling around the world to learn how to use his powers, and helping others in secret [I know: why did Byrne get rid of Superboy if he was planning on giving Clark a "training period" *anyway*?!? Head...hurting....]. Eventually, he returns to America, enrolls at Metropolis U, meets/falls in love with/proposes to Lori, graduates, and saves an experimental space plane [with Lois on board] from crashing. He's thus revealed to the public, and has Ma sew his Superman costume so he can fight crime, and then gets a job at the Daily Planet. (Shrug)]

- In the old comics, on his last day in Smallville, Superboy baked an enormous cake (with strawberry frosting) for Smallville, big enough for everyone to have a slice. However, everybody saved their slices instead of eating them, opting to preserve them under glass instead as mememtos of Superboy.

[In the current/Byrne origin: Clark is told about his origins at age 18, goes a bit angst-y, then tells Lana about his powers, before leaving Smallville to do the "explore the world" thingamajig...no cake involved. (Shrug)]

PINKY: (Eating a slice of cake) Mmmm....*cake*!

BRAIN: (Preserving his slice under glass) Cease eating that artficially-flavored-icing-laden cake, Pinky! We must peddle off our slices to the top bidder so we can raise enough money for our plan!

BILLIE: You do that, Eggy...I'm gonna get the recipe from Supes for this cake! (Licks off some frosting) And this frosting doesn't taste artificial to *me*...

BRAIN: Right....as if a teenager would take the time to whip up frosting from *scratch*. I say----575 cans of Betty Crocker's finest. Give or take...

PINKY: Aww, Brain, it tastes real to me....

[The mice exit, arguing over whether it's real or fake frosting...]

:-)

-B.
That was....nerdy.