Smallville: Chloe Sullivan Not Appearing In Comic Books
By Groshan Fabiola
Smallville fans were more than just excited when it was announced last month that Chloe Sullivan will become part of the Superman comic books in issue number 674. Unfortunately, DC Comics Executive Editor Dan DiDio recently announced that the move from television to comic books isn't going to happen. Apparently fans were misled and are now out of luck.

"Chloe is an exciting character on the television show, and we had hoped to work her into DC continuity," DiDio said in a recent conversation with Newsarama.com. "Unfortunately, the stars did not align properly, and even though we had announced it, she will not be appearing in any of the issues of Superman or Action Comics."

That was all DiDio had to say about Chloe's sudden disappearing act. It was probably some sort of rights issue, or that Superman writer Kurt Busiek just found no way of incorporating the teenage character into the adult world of Clark Kent. Initially, some fans were disappointed to hear that DC Comics wanted to repurpose the character, as they believed that Chloe's original traits was what made her memorable and special.

BuddyTV readers also reacted intensely to this issue, as they aired their thoughts through their comments. Gen717 said, ""Whoever this character is they chose to call Chloe in the comics is NOT our Chloe. They are basically going to strip her of everything I love about

her, make her a different character and call her Chloe? No, I'm not buying a comic that grossly distorts a character I love. Sorry DC, but what on earth are you thinking?"

cecil44 shared the same sentiments, saying, "I'm actually really really disappointed at the DC version of 'Chloe'! They want to strip her off everything that makes Chloe Sullivan on Smallville such a special character! There is no way I would buy a comic book that distorts her character like this. The whole reason that Chloe is soo great and soo special is the fact that she's a reporter first and Clark 's best friend! But like someone else said, I guess we can't really know until we see how they will introduce her."

Well, we won't be seeing how Kurt Busiek and the DC Comics team will be introducing Chloe, as they already postponed the adaptation. Having seen their plans, Chloe might as well stay inside our television screens.

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