how would you introduce Cholie Sulivan in regular DC

[IamtheRock3]

sense they always said they might

how would you do it

[J. Robb]

Well, had they not stupidly killed off Connor Kent, I would have made her a classmate of his at Smallville High.

[PatrickG]

I'd start by figuring out what Chloe is like as an adult.

I have a feeling she'd be a DEO agent or something similar. She's almost more Lois than Lois so I doubt she'll be a reporter.

Although, if it were me, I'd avoid Checkmate and the DEO and come up with a new agency/organization.

[phantom1592]

As far as I know, there is really very little of Clarks High school days that is in-continutity.

I could easily see her just show up one day as an old friend of Clarks. The way I would do it would be either

1) She stayed in Smallville. Something about how she was the one that MOST wanted out, but somehow found herself drawn back to the small town paper seems ironic.

2) My personal favorite: She works for some kind of high powered Tabloid. Its really what she was always destined for. The Daily Planet certainly isn't going to print a story about Alien Sea-monkeys. But SHE would have found the proof for the story. Ironic that for the paper she works for didn't NEED the proof, but for her all of her stories are TRUE. Could be some fun stuff with that. Would also explain how Clark and Lois are in the "Big" paper, but Chloe has never been around till now.

3) some kind of X-files Agent. Seems a little mundane for her.

[Jack Zodiac]

Although, if it were me, I'd avoid Checkmate and the DEO and come up with a new agency/organization.

Yeah, 'cause, y'know... DC doesn't have enough metahuman agencies stepping all over each other as it is. If she's anything more than an investigative journalist, I'd still like to see her as Lois' cousin and a possible love-interest for Jimmy. Poor kid probably hasn't even come closed to getting laid since he had his own book.

[Kage Kisaragi]

a possible love-interest for Jimmy. Poor kid probably hasn't even come closed to getting laid since he had his own book.

That's it right there, she'd be Jimmy's Lois. Smart, hard pounding fact finder, who has the know how and the wits to be a top notch journalist but has a bad tendency to chase the far fetched stories, even when she can prove them to be real. :)

[PatrickG]

Yeah, 'cause, y'know... DC doesn't have enough metahuman agencies stepping all over each other as it is. If she's anything more than an investigative journalist, I'd still like to see her as Lois' cousin and a possible love-interest for Jimmy. Poor kid probably hasn't even come closed to getting laid since he had his own book.

Well... Honestly, I just don't want to see the super-mythos get tied in with the "larger" DCU all that much.

I'd rather see a new agency or organization with a different slant.

Maybe she could be the level-headed investigator for the SCU's Science Police.

Presumably, most of them are Rocket Scientist-types and maybe they need a good dose of standard investigative sense.

As for Jimmy, remember that she'd be substantially older as, in the current DCU, Jimmy didn't even join the Daily Planet staff until years after Superman debuted.

Which I think would add to the dynamic, really. Don't see a lot of relationships in comics where the woman is five years older but you see a lot of the reverse.

And if Chloe IS from Smallville and Lois never really met Clark until he came to Metropolis, that's a point to cover somewhere. Or maybe Lois had a passing familiarity with Clark when he applied for his job. Who knows?

It's a point to iron out with Chloe though assuming she is both from Smallville and Lois' cousin. Even if it's just a "funny coincidence".

[cactusmaac]

She's not really necessary in the Superman universe. Lois fills both her and Lana's roles by being the ace reporter, romantic interest and confidante.

[glennsim]

How about this:

A bunch of new green kryptonite lands in Smallville "recently", either from Supergirl's arrival or much delayed from Superman's. Like the old Red K, this kryptonite passed through a cloud that changed its structure. It now has mutating effects on humans.

Adult Clark Kent goes to Smallville to investigate, where he meets teenage Chloe Sullivan, who adolizes him. She finds out his secret. They then work together over time to track down the humans who were affected by the Kryptonite. It's not that Clark's there in Smallville all the time, he just comes running when she calls about a lead on another krypto-mutant.

Eventually she can move to Metropolis...

[dupersuper]

in the current DCU, Jimmy didn't even join the Daily Planet staff until years after Superman debuted.


Huh??? Is that a New Earth retcon?? Jimmy was in Man of Steel, Birthright, and Superman for all Seasons...he was there BEFORE Clark.

[PatrickG]

And in Kurt Busiek's run, Clark worked at the Planet first.

Which is how the publishing history went, mind you.

[GeorgeG]

Have her be a fact checker or copy editor at the newspaper. Pretty simple really.

[mattx110]

i'd have her send a weirdo "help i'm lost in an ancient ruin with evil people" letter to clark to make him fly over, and have it be just cause she was bored and wanted to relive old times in kansas.

i'm brilliante.

[EC1231]

I'd introduce by throwing her off a building

A: "Isn't that Chloe Sullivan?"
*Splat*
B: "Nope...that's a messy spot on the sidewalk"

[mattx110]

I'd introduce by throwing her off a building

A: "Isn't that Chloe Sullivan?"
*Splat*
B: "Nope...that's a messy spot on the sidewalk"

"and they could only identify her by her patent blonde hair..."

[IamtheRock3]

well he mom was in a mental insitution

maybe it drive her to be Phycolgist on Arkham writing books and stuff

or a Gotham reporter cause her mom lives in Arkham

[Brian "Vash" Ashby]

Chloe is my favorite Superman mythos character. So it would have to be big and interesting.

I'd dump Lois/CHloe cousins angle though.

And i'd probably make her a tv journalist to mix it up a bit.

[chriskenny]

I would just say they worked together on the high school newspaper when Clark was at Smallville High. They had a mutual attraction but Clark always had Lana in his life. She meets back up with him in Metropolis and become rival investigative reporters. Maybe she works at Newstime or something. Lois gets to know her (not cousins) and she gets to thinking that maybe Clark just likes her because she reminds him of his old missed opportunity. Not that that would be true, but it would be just one of those irrational things people in relationships think about.

Maybe Chloe is trying to prove Clark is Superman and she kind of takes on that nuisance role that has been missing since Lois came into "the know."

[Jack Zodiac]

Maybe Chloe is trying to prove Clark is Superman and she kind of takes on that nuisance role that has been missing since Lois came into "the know."

Ooh, y'know what? I like that.

[bw38]

She should be brought into Superman's early days when he was still Clark Kent in high school. She would fit the similar role she plays in Smallville. Then I would have her killed early in Superman's career (once he takes off to Metropolis). One could say she went to Metropolis and so did Clark. She got the gig as a reporter at the daily planet and that's where Clark was introduced to the idea of being a reporter (to be closer to the action). Then one day she finds some important information relevant to Clark (they're on some case, idk). She then finds herself in danger. She calls Superman (Clark), but he doesn't make it in time. This would then shape the rest of Superman's career. He would then hate himself for ever involving someone close to him into his Superhero life. At that point, he finds himself at the Daily Planet full time. And from there on out you can find a way to incorporate her death into Superman's actions.

[Conner_Kent]

Well, had they not stupidly killed off Connor Kent, I would have made her a classmate of his at Smallville High.

i like that idea, since Conner had the loft on the Kent farm like Clark has on smallville. Hopfully DC will bring Conner back and this can happen.

If not that then Chole could just show up as Clark's old friend and in that issue they give a backround story and reason as to why we have never heard of her before, would'nt be the first time they did somthing like that

[Rattlehead]

I wouldn't honestly. It seems that the Smallville writers use her "connections" as their go-to Deus Ex Machina when they don't really know how to wrap soemthing up properly. She knows everything and everyone and always at just the right time, I really, really hate characters like that.

[Dussan]

I wouldn't honestly. It seems that the Smallville writers use her "connections" as their go-to Deus Ex Machina when they don't really know how to wrap soemthing up properly. She knows everything and everyone and always at just the right time, I really, really hate characters like that.


That is exactly what she is.

Producers hired the actress, Allison Mack, because she could deliver a huge amount of dialogue in a realtively short time without it sounding rushed. They used her character to explain everything to the audience. However Mack made the character really popular especially with the little love triangle that goes on in Smallville.

Her character is rather irrelevant now because.

1. Close friends of Supes ends up learning about his identity sooner then later.
2. Supes is married, a love triangle between Chlloe and Lois would just be a little too mature

I really dont see a need for the character in DC universe now unless they take the Smallville comic and move it forward.

[Pinnacle]

How about this:

A bunch of new green kryptonite lands in Smallville "recently", either from Supergirl's arrival or much delayed from Superman's. Like the old Red K, this kryptonite passed through a cloud that changed its structure. It now has mutating effects on humans.

Adult Clark Kent goes to Smallville to investigate, where he meets teenage Chloe Sullivan, who adolizes him. She finds out his secret. They then work together over time to track down the humans who were affected by the Kryptonite. It's not that Clark's there in Smallville all the time, he just comes running when she calls about a lead on another krypto-mutant.

Eventually she can move to Metropolis...

I like this idea. It keeps the core of the Smallville story but doesn't rewrite continuity. Also, she could be friends with Conner when he returns.

[Wally_West]

i dont like chloe. but if they had to introduce her, heres my take:

have her show up as a baddie that works with lex. i mean...they did that with Hush in batman. chloe's motive being that clark unintentially screwed her out of her gig at the daily planet. iono how to work out all the details. but itd be interesting if she went to work with lex all the while knowing clark's secret. kinda like how the riddler knew that batman was bruce.

[blastrodelamenta]

BTW, can someone please tell me I'm mistaken in interpreting the Smallville finale as having 'fused' Chloe and Lois? I am really hoping there's an alternative explanation. The idea that the series resorted to such a lame plot device to let Clark have both his unrequited childhood crush and predestined wife is just...too painful to contemplate.

[Wally_West]

BTW, can someone please tell me I'm mistaken in interpreting the Smallville finale as having 'fused' Chloe and Lois? I am really hoping there's an alternative explanation. The idea that the series resorted to such a lame plot device to let Clark have both his unrequited childhood crush and predestined wife is just...too painful to contemplate.

the ending was pretty lame....well with respect to chloe. i interpreted it as chloe's super-power being that she can revive someone if she dies. i could be wrong. maybe she can revive someone but ends up in a coma for X amount of time. either way you interpret it (mine or yours) its pretty lame.

the bizarro part was pretty wicked tho. but thats off topic.