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I am not sure if it was intentional or not but Trachmann in "Double Vision" is similar to the DC villain the Puppeteer. He is able to control the Flash like his puppet. In one of the Flash's dreams he is even portrayed as a marionette. Biggest coincidence of all is the Puppeteer had sunglasses or a visor as part of his costume. Which was along with is control glove, Trachmann's notable part of his appearance.

I thought you would appreciate to know John Wesley Shipp himself linked to this thread on his Facebook page!

So what is the status, when will we see more?

Here is one for the end of the first season. The ending is different though. Lois had pretending to be in love with Lex to catch him for a crime. But most of the story appears to be about Lois and Lex's romance and Superman's dispair over it.

Its true Superboy met young Lois Lane, Green Arrow, and Aquaman, etc. But in almost every case it was a one time story that was completely ignored later.  Its great that you have mentioned this. Its interesting that the show used a lot of ideas that the actual comics disregarded.

It was a very different time back than. The editor Mort Weisinger would come up with an idea for a cover, have an artist draw it, than pass it along to a writer to figure out a story to fit the cover. So often the covers where gimmicks to get kids to buy a new issue. There was no long term continuity.

I think that describes the approach the producers of Smallville took. They clearly restrained themselves in how to write Clark. So they added all these other characters to keep people watching. If they were one time guest appearances like the comics it would not have mattered. But it got to the point that Clark Kent was basically a supporting character to everyone else, due that he was just sitting around waiting to become Superman. Also notice how Superboy helps young Green Arrow hit the target, I think that was common to these stories. Unlike the show where other characters try to help and motivate Clark to be more heroic.

When Jonathan Frakes' character shows off their collection he says about the car that him and his wife are "Batty" about. Before that as they first walk into their private museum and the Batmoblie is seen as part of their collection you briefly hear the opening notes of Danny Elfman's Batman theme.

I do not understand the complaint of television Superhero shows not being epic either. Its better to focus on the characters which they can effectively handle. Lois & Clark was criticized for not having have big powerful super villains. Well it was wise that they did that, look at Smallville's use of Doomsday and Darkseid. A lot of build up over the season to quick, poorly done fights which disappointed the fans.

Great posts. I LOVED The Flash.

When Lois & Clark was airing I thought, or wanted it to be in the same universe as the Batman movies and the Flash series. This was even before the show had references to Batman. I even had a little timeline made up years ago.

I always always ignored the years mentioned in the Flash. With its Superman references Superman had to have appeared before him. Considering hybrid styles of different time periods it works. But even more so the actual comics are always ingoring time references to fit things in a shared continuity, so why not adaptations too. I figured considering L&C was on longer to shift The Flash a few years later. Also the internet was used a lot on that show before it was as widely known about.

The Flash and Lois & Clark were both shot at Warner Bros Studios in Burbank. In almost every episode you can see parts of the backlot used in both shows. Also some parts of Batman Returns, Batman Forever, and Batman & Robin were shot on the same backlot. I took the tour in 2001 and I recognized everything. Its very cool because unlike Universal you are allowed to get of the tour trams. I got a picture in front of the location of the Daily Planet. The Central Police Station is still there but for ER they added a L train track in front of it to look like Chicago. The cool thing is that was when L&C was on. The effects team added a train on it in a background shot in a L&C episode. Which really impressed the people on ER because back than a drama like that had no cgi effects at all. They built the tracks just as something for their characters to walk under.

The Blue Box is totally worth it. I bought it when it first came out. Its worth searching for a fan edit of the movie. Called Superman IV The Quest for Coherence. They added the deleted scenes plus the score from that set. Its gives a sense of what the movie was trying to be.

I love these comic comparisons you have done. The Batman ones and now Superman. I been aware of these for awhile. I figured I should finally join to thank you.

Not that you need it but I could certainly help on Superman. I could add info on Smallville or the other series if you ever do them.

If I had more time and discipline, and computer skills I would have done something like this myself. The fact that you found stuff I did not know impresses me. Plus actually scanning images for the actual comics really explains it. That takes real work.

Notice that Action Comics #543 came out in 1983 the same year as the movie. DC had to be aware of the plot of the movie, which had to of been shot the year or 2 before. I wonder if the movie influenced the comics. Lana accepting Clark over Superman is so similar and had never been done before, it makes you wonder. Of course it could just be a coincidence. Its happened before.