Volume 40

DC Comics

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Summary

This volume is the 40th installment of the "03" series. According to the table-of-contents clues, its contents fall on the storyline of Smallville Season 11. Smallville was originally a CW live-action series that premiered in 2001; after its tenth season concluded in 2011, series writer Bryan Q. Miller penned a comics continuation, Smallville Season 11, launched by DC Comics in 2012, picking up right after the TV finale: Clark Kent finally dons the Superman suit in earnest and continues fighting alongside old characters such as Lois Lane, Oliver Queen, and Chloe, while a batch of DC characters previously barred from the show for copyright reasons are brought into this continuity. Issue 40 (corresponding to a digital chapter released around late March 2013) sits at the close of the "Haunted / Effigy" arc: Bart Allen (Impulse) gives his life to stop the Black Knight, and the residual Speed Force accompanying him inadvertently clears the tracking radiation Lex Luthor planted on Clark, allowing Clark and Lois to reunite; Superman, Lois, and Green Arrow then storm LexCorp to recover Tess Luthor's consciousness, while Chloe and Oliver decide to leave Metropolis for a time for the sake of their unborn child. Character relationships, emotional threads, and "Crisis" foreshadowing all advance together in this volume, making it one of the turning points as the series moves from its middle stretch into its second half. One caveat: the above plot belongs to Smallville Season 11 Issue 40; the actual contents of this volume should be checked against the edition in hand.

Editor's review

这一册的价值，一半在情节，一半在「位置感」。它处在《超人前传第十一季》中段收束、后半程铺开的位置上：前面几册积攒的追踪辐射、苔丝下落、地球二人组（Earth-2）带来的预警，在这本里集中回收，同时又把「危机」的阴影继续往远处推。对从剧集一路追来的读者，克拉克与露易丝的重逢、克洛伊坦白怀孕、奥利弗夫妇决定离开大都会，这些段落几乎是剧集尾声情感线的延长，读起来颇有最后一集之后「番外」的意味。编剧布莱恩·Q·米勒原本就是剧集编剧，他写这批续篇时对每位角色说话的腔调把握得比较准，露易丝依旧是那个抢在超人前面动手的人， humorous 与深情之间的切换也不生硬。画面方面，这一阶段由 Jorge Jimenez 等人绘制的内页动作调度利落，红眼超人破门而入莱克斯企业、绿箭吐槽威士忌这类细节，颇有电视剧分镜的味道。当然，它的门槛也很明确：这是续篇中的一本，而不是故事的起点。没有看过前半段，很多情感拐点只是「事件」而非「回响」。若你正好在补齐这个系列，本册属于不要跳过的那一类。

Who it's for

A good fit for

看过《超人前传》真人剧、想追续篇漫画的老观众
在系统中补齐本系列中段、需要延续阅读的收藏者
喜欢超人、露易丝、绿箭等角色群像与情感线的DC读者
对影视衍生漫画、跨媒介续写感兴趣的读者

Not a good fit for

第一次接触《超人前传》系列、想从零开始读的人
只想看独立成篇、不依赖前情的单本故事读者
偏爱强设定、大场面宇宙级事件的硬核美漫读者

Reading tips

先补本系列前几册，尤其是涉及巴特、黑骑士与苔丝的情节，本册的情感收束才读得出来。
把剧集大结局当作阅读起点，本册中大量人物关系都建立在那条结局线上。
注意「危机」相关对白，这是后半程故事的伏笔，建议随手记下人物与线索。
若手上版本以数字章节编号标注，请对照期号与章节号，确认收录范围再判断内容。

FAQ

这本书是《超人前传》第 11 季漫画的第 40 期吗？

按目录线索，本册对应的是《超人前传第十一季》第 40 期，即 2013 年 3 月底上线的数字章节。该期属于「Haunted / Effigy」故事的收尾部分。具体收录范围请以手上版本的版权页为准。

没看过《超人前传》电视剧，能直接读吗？

可以读，但体验会打折。这部漫画是剧集第十季结局之后的直接续篇，人物关系、情感线与「危机」伏笔都承接剧集，缺少前情容易把关键情节当成普通事件。

第 40 期的核心情节是什么？

巴特·艾伦为阻止黑骑士牺牲，其残留高速力清除了克拉克身上的追踪辐射，克拉克与露易丝重聚；随后超人一方从莱克斯企业取回苔丝的意识，克洛伊与奥利弗则因怀孕决定离开大都会。

这一册的编剧和画师是谁？

《超人前传第十一季》由剧集编剧布莱恩·Q·米勒（Bryan Q. Miller）执笔，第 40 期数字章节的内页由 Jorge Jimenez 绘制，封面与上色由 Jorge Jimenez、Cat Staggs 等参与。

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