Smallville fans got a springtime gift, after hearing  The CW announcement in March, that their beloved superhero, Clark Kent, would be returning for a tenth season.

For the very few uninitiated people who know nothing about the series, Smallville follows the growing-up years of the Superman-comic-character Clark Kent (Tom Welling), before he becomes the superhero that we all know and love. Clark became a resident of Smallville, Kansas, hence the name of the series, after Earth became his destiny. He struggles with his other-earthly Kryptonian origins, and evil villains, while ‘working it’ with his girlfriend Lois Lane (Erica Durance). One such evil villain is another fellow Kryptonian by the name of Major Zod (Callum Blue).

Major Zod is the younger version of General Zod, who spent much of his time trying to destroy Clark’s father Jor-El and the Krypton community.

Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack) is a high school editor and journalist, who didn’t let her friendship with Clark get in the way of the unearthing of his secret identity. She thrives on rescuing the Smallville citizens from kryptonite mutants.

Tess Mercer (Cassidy Freeman) is antagonist Lex Luthor’s appointed fertilizer company CEO, who had a brief fling with billionaire Oliver Queen (Justin Hartley), otherwise known as the vigilante “Green Arrow.” Hartley is responsible for bombing Luthor’s hidden location (was he annihilated?).

Good versus evil reigns supreme, in the Superman fantasy that lives on in Smallville, to the joy of DC Comic book fans everywhere.