Way back in 2001, Tom Welling joined an elite fraternity of actors who have portrayed Superman on screen. Following in the footsteps of George Reeves, Christopher Reeve, and Dean Cain, Welling was tapped to headline "Smallville," a series for the now-defunct WB network. Unlike previous films and TV shows focusing on the Man of Steel, "Smallville" took a different route by melding the Superman mythos with teen drama, exploring Clark Kent's life as a super-powered high school student in "Smallville."

Guided by the mantra "no tights, no flights" (Clark, played by Welling, was not permitted to fly or debut the iconic costume so as not to compete with big-screen Superman projects), "Smallville" experienced a long run of television success, migrating to The CW until concluding its run in 2011 a

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