Off My Mind: Chloe Sullivan in Superman Comics

I love her, I love her like I love Supergirl. Flame broiled and kyrptonite irriated.

dont bother me none. she is one of the most liked among smallville fans and a good character why not

Chloe should replace Barbara Gordon as Oracle, as thats the role she's played in Smallville the last few seasons any. They might as well even add that Jimmy Olsen has an older brother that died back in their smallville days. Just have a few minor edits & changes, maybe not have Doomsday be the one that killed Jim-bro, & whatever else from the show that doesnt fit in with comic continuity. Also, drop the cousin BS with Lois. That always sucked.
 
But if she isnt 95% the same as the show version, dont even bother.
 
 

The Dark Huntress

Allison > Hayden

did you know that allison was originally up for a part in scream 4, but hayden panatierre got the role

The character has much potential and has a strong possibility of influencing the mainstream continuity like no other before her. For example the writers have so far established her as semi successful with her online column. That is a plot point in and of its self. Like with the Chloe Chronicles she could have many adventures that involve her investigating stories that lead to her trying to solve mysteries that eventually gets her into trouble that she haas to get out of on her own as Superman is to busy always saving Lois or jimmy to notice an at that point nobody reporter. If not that than have her like her original always looking into the strange and unexplained happenings that no one seems to be doing anything about and that has her falling into a conspiracy that I don’t know leads her into discovering that Kryptonite has mutagenic affects on the human form.  This could help to also bring into the mainstream that story device as well and could explain her developing the abilities and trials that could potentially lead her to being connected to the creation of either a humanoid doomsday or the secret link that lead to the successful destruction of Brainiac forever. I might be making her out to be more important than some of you want her to be, but I’m just throwing out random guesses that could spark someone else to do the same. With as many people who say that she shouldn’t be in the comics I figured that more could be throwing productive ideas out there so that with enough people interested we might see a more fleshed out version of this character than just this one shot. If you don’t like what I wrote than write something yourself and stop complaining. The only way your whining will change anything is if you wrote the people themselves and asked them what they have planned for the future of this character. They might not tell you, but at least you asked right?

" Bringing her into the comics allows for portential rich story that is if they don't treat it like a gimic.  If I would conceptualize how they would have introduced her "back" I would create a storyline of Superman getting flashbacks or hidden memories of someone he knew long ago, then he would go on a mission talking to old characters and villains which would culiminate on Chloes discovery and who "erased" her and why. That sounds more interesting than Jimmys' sidekick..  "

I hope they won't kill her in the end. She is one of my favorite characters in the show.

" I'm still a fan of Chloe on Smallville, as much fun as Lois is, Chloe interests me as the geek girl of the show.  Just hoping her final episodes on the show don't end badly "

I'm still a fan of Chloe on Smallville, as much fun as Lois is, Chloe interests me as the geek girl of the show.  Just hoping her final episodes on the show don't end badly

I love Allison Mack's portrayal of Chloe. She took what was often a badly written and thanksless role and turned her into someone endearing and formidable. Seriously, it was like the writers invented her to be kicked around and play second fiddle to the LL's of the show. To make Lana and Lois look better. But Allison had too much going on to be ignored. I think she pushed Chloe in directions the show's creators did not expect. And sometimes seemed to fight against. Like they were worried she's be more popular than the girls we were "supposed" to fall in love with.
But it was Allison that made Chloe special. If the writers at DC want to bring Chloe into the comics, which I want to see happen, I think they need to acknowledge that. Take a look at the things about Allison that made Chloe work and so many people tune in to watch her. Not make her nothing but a jealous, competitive after thought. Or a push over or a shrew. Take a look at the things that made her so popular they wanted to bring her over in the first place. The drawings I've seen of Chloe on this page don't even look like her.
I don't object to her getting the Harley Quinn shuffle. I'm happy to hear it. But make her CHLOE and not just some blond with the recognizable popular name. That will just make people take a look and then drop it in disappointment. It would really be a waste..

I like the actress, but I think it's to much of a problem squeezing her character into the comic book world.

Sure why not, I like Chloe...why not? There's tons of other dumb, lame characters far worse that have gotten attention all these years...including some heroes(Booster Gold, Blue Beetle) to name a few "alright" heroes off hand....Chloe is fine, I just hope they won't kill her off in Smallville because then you know she'll be offed in the comics eventually...

i think she is a great character and should be put in mainstream supes comix maybe as anotha love interest for clark as all smallville watchers kno she always had a thing for clark even now when she is with ollie

No.  No need to add another bland character to the mix.

" I agree with previous comments that point out how X-23, Harley Quinn, Renee Montoya, and many other characters start out in a separate medium from the comics then transition over.  Anything to add more depth and background it worthwhile to me, so long as it is done tastefully. "

cant stand chloe....

Either way, Alison Mack is hot.

" Aside from the fact it would make NO continuity sense whatsoever.. WITHOUT a complete retcon...  In the TV series "Jimmy" dies.. &his 12yr old nephew (THE REAL JIMMY?) takes his camera... Or have they conveniently forgotten this?   I say concentrate more on makin better character arcs &spend time grindin out quality storylines... rather than catering to every flimsy CW marketing ploy going "

I never really watched Smallville so I don't know much about the character but I think just on the fact that she was at the core of the cast as much as anyone for pretty much the whole series warrants at least an occasional appearance. Who would have thought that Harley Quinn would have had such an impact on the Batman section of the DCU and she was straight from the cartoon. 
 
I look at someone like Norah Winters from Spider-Man and I think that's a prime example of what Chloe could bring to the Superman comics. She doesn't have to be in everything but seeing her and other characters from time to time would go a long way to showing that there's more in Clark's life then Lois, Jimmy and a big red cape.

I hate this character. Annoying actress, annoying...

I LOVED Chloe on Smallville and i think it's great she's being inserted in to the comics.  Not sure i like the drawing of her, i think her hair is too short and kinda makes her look like a lesbian. 
 
As someone else mentioned, the Jimmy she had a relation ship is dead in the series which confirmed that he wasn't the REAL Jimmy.  Personally, i still think Smallville should've ended with season 7 so maybe the comic writers had the same idea. 

I ABSOLUTELY love Chloe on Smallville and im really glad that they have made her a part of the comics. Even tho she has been established on the show, they really have the freedom to do more with her in the comic so i say go for it!! Congrats to Allison Mack for making the character popular enough to even get an inclusion in the mainstream universe because lots of other made for tv characters dont even get that.

Aside from the fact it would make NO continuity sense whatsoever.. WITHOUT a complete retcon...
 In the TV series "Jimmy" dies.. &his 12yr old nephew (THE REAL JIMMY?) takes his camera... Or have they conveniently forgotten this?
 
 
I say concentrate more on makin better character arcs &spend time grindin out quality storylines... rather than catering to every flimsy CW marketing ploy going

I don't see the harm; we've endured worse re-con from better & lesser writers.

I have no problems with her appearing in comics as long as it's done tastefully.
 
My only question is where does the credit rightly go for her "First Appearance?"  Comicvine credits the comic ( Smallville: The Comic #1) but doesn't it really belong to the show?  Or does that not count because it's a different medium?  And while were at it how many licks does it take to really get to the center of a lollipop?

I agree with previous comments that point out how X-23, Harley Quinn, Renee Montoya, and many other characters start out in a separate medium from the comics then transition over.  Anything to add more depth and background it worthwhile to me, so long as it is done tastefully.

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Chloe is boring. We need this badass .... 

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The second Character I love on this show. And yeah, if anybody from Smallville needs a spot in the DCU it's THIS GUY! "

probably my favorite character from Smallville with the possible exception of Erica Durance's Lois Lane and

I love Chloe. I am glad she made it into the DC Universe, but what I want to know is if Chloe's inclusion in the Superman comics (or rather Jimmy Olsen comics) was a gimmick or if there is a bigger plan for the character. 
I really do hope there's a plan for her because her interpretation in the comics is completely different from what is shown in the series.

" DC blew it in more ways than one, you just took a great character and gave her a supporting role in Jimmy Olsen. If you really wanted to put her in mainstream DC this is how you do it:  Smallville the show should have implemented a crisis of infinite earths scenario (also brought in Barry Allen as a crime scene tech transferred in from central city and Terry Mcguiness sent from the future by Bruce to help a young Clark), but back to my scenario. In the conclusion have Chloe save everyone and disappear in the time stream, and they in a future issue of superman have a vortex open up above metropolis and when superman goes to investigate and Chloe falls out into superman's arms and she looks at him and says.........Clark and passes out. Imagine a Smallville Chloe in the regular DC universe, imagine how Batman would make her life a living hell because of what she knows, or her reaction with Lois, how about her reaction of seeing Green Arrow or even worse her relationship with Birds of Pray, especially with Oracle and Black Canary. "

I take Chloe over Jimmy any time! Jimmy has NEVER appealed to me.

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Chloe is boring. We need this badass .... 

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DC blew it in more ways than one, you just took a great character and gave her a supporting role in Jimmy Olsen. If you really wanted to put her in mainstream DC this is how you do it:
 
Smallville the show should have implemented a crisis of infinite earths scenario (also brought in Barry Allen as a crime scene tech transferred in from central city and Terry Mcguiness sent from the future by Bruce to help a young Clark), but back to my scenario. In the conclusion have Chloe save everyone and disappear in the time stream, and they in a future issue of superman have a vortex open up above metropolis and when superman goes to investigate and Chloe falls out into superman's arms and she looks at him and says.........Clark and passes out. Imagine a Smallville Chloe in the regular DC universe, imagine how Batman would make her life a living hell because of what she knows, or her reaction with Lois, how about her reaction of seeing Green Arrow or even worse her relationship with Birds of Pray, especially with Oracle and Black Canary.

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" @Deranged Midget said:

" I like her character, but I don't think she belongs in the mainstream Superman comics. "

Agree, folk. She's one of my favorite characters on things about the show. But comics should learn to more or less leave the comics the comics and their Movies/TV shows as separate entities.  "

Isn't that a little bit closed-minded (I don't know if that's the right word 'cause english isn't my native languague) ? I mean, if they really do something like this, great characters like Harley Quinn weren't in the comics. Livewire was also a TV character at first.  I don't know why some people have a problem with Chloe. Yeah she had a big backgroundstory but the DCU is another universe than Smallville. So, Chloes story can be changed. Don't look at her like the character from Smallville, lookt at her like a whole new character. "

I don't think retcons are a problem by now in the DC universe. Don't they have a massive one of those every couple of years by now?   Anyway, I still don't see the difference there. Like I said, your "Harley is a better character than Chloe" is pretty much a matter of taste. I happen to agree, but the situation, both in the business and the narrative side of the thing is very close. And you're forcing the issue about her being a damsel in distress. I mean, in Superman? Really? Superman INVENTED the damsel in distress and now the spunky, independent badass Lois Lane is the perception everybody has of her, somehow. Chloe was clearly created to tap into that next to the softer Lana character in the show. Likewise with the retcon argument. Superman is the king of retcon. He's had so many variations on his childhood I can barely keep track of how many surviving family members or varieties of kryptonite he has on each continuity and his powers fluctuate like crazy every time somebody new takes over the character.  I'm not saying you have to suddenly love the character or anything, but pretending it's some sort of insult to the legacy of Superman or that the move "doesn't belong" is just a shameful example of nerdrage, plain and simple. "

" @Deranged Midget said:

" I like her character, but I don't think she belongs in the mainstream Superman comics. "

Agree, folk. She's one of my favorite characters on things about the show. But comics should learn to more or less leave the comics the comics and their Movies/TV shows as separate entities.  "

  Lets be honest -- she was only in the SmallVille television series so that the writers could have a bigger cast. And with a bigger cast, there were more characters to play with. And with more characters to play with, the funner and clever the series could get. (And truthfully, Clark doesn't have a whole lotta friends -- so filling in the void wasn't such a bad thing.)
 
 As the series went on, Chloe grew into a bigger a character. And then more time passed, and she became an even BIGGER character. But I don't think she was ever suppose to as recurring as she is. I believe she was just there, to help build a set of characters you GREW to care about. And why can't she be that in the comics? 
  
 I think Chloe's a good character and getting her a spot on the Daily Planet (in the Superman comics, or whatever.) wouldn't hurt a thing. It's not like she needs to become an A-list character like she did on SmallVille. I say, yes, to proposal Chloe.

" I like her character, but I don't think she belongs in the mainstream Superman comics. "

LOVELOVELOVE Chloe!!!

I really like Chloe, i think that they could somehow find a way to fit her into the Superman Comics better than just an ex-girlfriend.