Smallville is the setting of many Superboy comics, which depict the original Superboy ( Superman as a boy ) defending Smallville from various evils and occasionally, the young Lex Luthor.

In the original Superboy comics, the Kent family sells their farm when Clark starts school, and open a general store in town.

In the original Superboy comics, a billboard outside of Smallville greets those driving into and out of town.

Initially, the team was closely associated with the original Superboy ( Superman when he was a teenager ), and was first portrayed as a group of time travelers who frequently visited him.

Though several differences between the original and Lightning Saga Legions exist, Geoff Johns stated that this incarnation of the Legion shares the same history as the original Legion up to the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths, with Clark Kent having joined the team as the teenage Superboy prior to the start of his career as Superman.

The original incarnation of Professor Potter was the maternal uncle of Lana Lang, and first encountered the Man of Steel during his teenage years as Superboy.

The feature soon dominated the comic and forced out original Superboy features, with the last new Superboy story appearing in No. 315 ( Dec 1963 ).

After the Legion pushed new Superboy stories out of Adventure Comics in 1963, Superboy became the only comic book to feature original Superboy stories.

From birth until the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Superboy's life is similar to the life of the original Superboy.

During the 1994 storyline known as Zero Hour, Kon-El, the modern Superboy, encounters a version of the original Superboy, who resurfaces due to temporal disruptions involving Hypertime.

Several concepts and plot points associated with the original Superboy and Smallville have been reintroduced into post-Infinite Crisis continuity as part of Superman's earlier years.

Also known as Superboy OMAC, an acronym for " One Millionth Actual Clone " of Kon-El, this Superboy resembles the original OMAC ( One-Man Army Corps ) in appearance.

** Superboy ( presumably the original ) is one of the " ghosts " in the empty " Planet Krypton " restaurant in The Kingdom: Planet Krypton # 1.

The Siegel estate claims that the original " Superboy " character published by DC Comics is an independent creation that used ideas from Jerry Siegel's original rejected pitch and was created without his consent.

The original press releases stated Superboy would be featured.

He temporarily gained Kryptonian-level powers like those of Superboy when he was caught in the tail of a comet, but in time those faded leaving only his original density power.

These comics were the original " Spaceman Spiff " cartoons.

Another noticeable trait is his sense of humor, largely absent in the comics and movies but very much a part of Howard's original vision of the character, particularly apparent in " Xuthal of the Dusk ", also known as " The Slithering Shadow.

This actually was not his first work in comics, as earlier the same year Barks along with Hannah and fellow storyman Nick George scripted Pluto Saves the Ship, which was among the first original Disney comic book stories published in the United States.

* Dennis the Menace ( UK comics ), the original title of a British comic strip which first appeared in " The Beano ", dated March 17, 1951 ; now published as Dennis and Gnasher

Eventually the UK comics were given their own original stories, which appeared in both the UK's official Digimon Magazine and the official UK Fox Kids companion magazine, Wickid.

In the original theatrical shorts, they were originally sent to visit Donald for only one day ; in the comics, the three were sent to stay with Donald on a temporary basis, until their father came back from the hospital ( the boys ended up sending him there after a practical joke of putting firecrackers under his chair ).

One of the original X-Men, Iceman has had a frequent presence in X-Men ( and Spider-Man )- related comics, video games, animated series, and movies.

However, manga-influenced comics, among original works, exist in other parts of the world, particularly in Taiwan (" manhua "), South Korea (" manhwa "), and China, notably Hong Kong (" manhua ").

In the United States, people refer to what they perceive as manga-styled comics as Amerimanga, world manga, or original English-language manga ( OEL manga ).

Still, the original term " manga " is primarily used in English-speaking countries solely to describe comics of Japanese origin.

Twenty-one comics and graphic artists collaborated on the new cards, including Zina Saunders, daughter of the original artist.

The following month, DC Comics premiered American Vampire, a monthly comic book series written by King with short story writer Scott Snyder, and illustrated by Rafael Albuquerque, which represents King's first original comics work.

First portrayed by DeForest Kelley in the original Star Trek series, McCoy also appears in the animated Star Trek series, seven Star Trek movies, the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and in numerous books, comics, and video games.

With original artwork, stories and articles, the fanzine would act as a showcase for talent wanting to break into comics.

A number of characters in the series were original characters that did not appear in the comics prior to the premiere of the series:

Both the original and Crepax's adaptation were parodied for comics in 2007 by Charles Alverson and John Linton Roberson.

Fictional figures such as Sarutobi Sasuke would eventually make way into comics and television, where they have come to enjoy a culture hero status outside of their original mediums.

" Zap Comix " was among the original underground comics, and featured the work of Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Victor Moscoso, Rick Griffin, and Robert Williams among others.

First portrayed by Leonard Nimoy in the original Star Trek series, Spock also appears in the animated Star Trek series, two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, seven of the Star Trek feature films, and numerous Star Trek books, comics, and video games.

Luke Skywalker appears in the Marvel-published Star Wars comics adaptations of the original trilogy as well as an ongoing series that ran from 1977 – 86.

In the original comics, Lurch did not speak.

Two of the nine-volume comics were adapted into two anime original video animation episodes titled Battle Angel for North American release by ADV Films and the UK and Australian release by Manga Entertainment.

The pairs of characters were very much alike and Roy Thomas, who wrote the original Conan comics, made no secret that it was his intention to create characters that were a tribute to Fritz Leiber's creations.

The original depictions by Barks in American comics always showed the Beagle Boys with orange shirts.

With licenses for characters from Walt Disney Productions, Warner Brothers, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Walter Lantz Studio, Western produced comics based on these characters, as well as original works.