Meteor shower

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Smallville was devastated by two separate meteor showers in 1989 and 2005, each one made up of meteor fragments from the exploded planet Krypton along with at least one Kryptonian spaceship. Both showers killed many Smallville residents and scarred the landscape.

Many of the meteors contained kryptonite, including both green kryptonite and red kryptonite. The green form had extra-terrestrial mutagenic effects, turning some Smallville residents into metahumans - altered people with superhuman abilities and powers.

Contents 1 First meteor shower 1.1 Known Victims 1.2 Affected Locations 2 Second meteor shower 2.1 Known Victims 2.2 Affected Locations 3 Kryptonian Beacon 4 See Also 5 References

[edit] First meteor shower

The first meteor shower struck Smallville on October 16, 1989. In addition to causing much damage to the town of Smallville, and resulting in many deaths, the meteor shower also disguised the spaceships that brought Clark Kent and Kara Kent to Earth.

At least three people are known to have seen Clark's ship come down in Miller's Field ^[1]. It is unknown if anyone saw Kara's Red Ship crash in the reservoir in front of Reeves Dam; her ship was undiscovered for 18 years, while Kara remained in suspended animation.

After the shower, Smallville renamed itself "The Meteor Capital of the World."

[edit] Known Victims

Known casualties of the first meteor shower include:

• Lewis and Laura Lang, parents of Lana Lang
• Lindsey Harrison's mother. Lindsey herself was also presumed dead, but was in fact saved by Jor-El's essence in case of future rejection from Kal-El. (Covenant)
• The parents of Cyrus Krupp who glimpsed Kal-El's ship as it came down.
• The mother of a newborn baby boy named Jordan Cross.
• Teddy, a family friend of the Kents. Jonathan Kent borrowed his truck to make it back to safety.

Others affected by the shower include Eddie Cole whose crop-dusting plane almost crashed and Lex Luthor, who suffered an almost direct hit. Lex subsequently lost his hair but gained a superhuman immune system, removing his asthma.

[edit] Affected Locations

Many of the locations in Smallville were affected by meteor rocks:

• Main Street suffered a direct hit, and the water tower was destroyed.
• Crater Lake - the lake full of meteor rock fragments in which Sean Kelvin fell and froze to death. The lake has since been cleaned of meteor rocks.
• Hob's Pond - a pond which contained a large amount of red kryptonite.
• Riley Field - where a young Lex Luthor wandered away.
• The woods located around Greg Arkin's residence, in which he had a tree house.
• Lemaris Pond, the pond surrounding the Smallville Retirement Home, in which Harry Volk fell and reversed the aging process.
• Carlton Gorge, in which Dawn Stiles crashed her car and was able to transfer her spirit to others.
• The Melville Family Nursery, which grew organic plants.

[edit] Second meteor shower

A second meteor shower occurred on May 18, 2005. As explained by Jor-El, Clark's failure to reunite the Stones of Power set into motion the arrival of the Black Ship containing the Disciples of Zod and Brainiac. By the time Clark realized what had happened, it was too late to prevent the meteor shower.

Unlike in 1989, the residents of Smallville had several hours notice, and the military conducted an evacuation, interrupting the Smallville High School Class of 2005 commencement exercises. Many vehicles of the evacuees were destroyed.

[edit] Known Victims

Known casualties of the second meteor shower total at least twenty-three people, including:

• The parents of Tobias Rice. Their son was blinded.
• Jason Teague
• The pilot of a LuthorCorp helicopter carrying Lana Lang.
• The heart donor of Andrea Rojas.

Others injured include Lana Lang, Martha Kent, Linda Lake, and Jed McNally.

[edit] Affected Locations

• The Kent Farm house was directly hit, with Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, their dog Shelby, and Jason Teague inside.
• The marquee and parking lot of Smallville High School was demolished.
• The building headquarters of the Smallville Ledger was destroyed.
• The farm belonging to Jed McNally suffered a direct hit.

In addition, the news van of Linda Lake crashed into Crater Lake while covering the story.

[edit] Kryptonian Beacon

In 1985, Virgil Swann theorized that ionized meteor particles were being sent from Smallville using meteor burst communication (MBC), acting as a beacon to guide extraterrestrial items to Earth. ^[2] This would explain why two separate sets of meteor showers and Kryptonian spaceships hit the same small town twice.

Clark Kent theorized that his biological father Jor-El has "chosen" the Kents to adopt his son, when he visited Smallville in 1961 and met Hiram Kent (Relic). It's possible that this kryptonian beacon was the mechanism through which Jor-El ensured that Clark's ship was guided to Smallville.

[edit] See Also

• Metahumans
• Kryptonite
• Red kryptonite

[edit] References

1. ↑ Eddie Cole, and the parents of Cyrus Krupp
2. ↑ from the diaries of Genevieve Teague