Golden Age

Newspaper Daily, Feb 01-02 1939Spanning from approximately 1938 - 1955 is the Golden Age of comics, the original Superman stories as started by Siegel and Shuster including the comic books and the daily newspaper comics.  (Some break this age period in half by the Golden Age, and the "Flux" age where they start setting up the Silver Age in the late forties.) 

This, of course, sees the first introduction of Clark Kent (Kal-L) and Lois Lane, and of course other milestones including Perry White and Jimmy Olsen.  The first comics start out in Cleveland where they work for the Daily Star, and later in the Daily Planet.  It is this age that set up Clark Kent as a disguise and Superman as the real man of the story; Lois of course falls for Superman who initially wants nothing to do with her.

Chloe and Clark are graduating - Lana's missing.  They go down a wedding styled march towards their diplomas*  when there is a military evacuation interrupting the ceremony - another meteor shower is coming.  Chloe is amazed about the second strike in "sixteen years."**  Clark brushes her off saying that they need to find Lana - Chloe agrees saying that if anyone can do it, he can. "Are you saying I'm not normal?" he demands and Chloe apologizes, brushing it off, trying to focus on finding Lana when her cousin comes up saying that Lana's probably evacuated.  Clark agrees that it's what both girls need to do; Chloe gets in the car but her cousin whips herself up into a panic while trying to advice Clark not to panic.

Lana leaves Chloe a voice mail that Lex interrupts - when Chloe gets it she turns the car around to go get Lana.  "I can't abandon her," Chloe points out when they are stopped by one of General Lane's men.  He tells them to turn around and Chloe lays the pressure on her cousin, "We're way too close to turn away."   Her cousin agrees and distracts the guard while Chloe dashes over to Luthor Manor.

Alicia is still in town, and is now sort of dating Clark.  They go to the karaoke at the Talon where they have mixed reactions from the crowd, including a bad reception from Lana.  When someone who can teleport tries to kill Lana, everyone thinks it's Alicia.  Chloe and her cousin meet Clark up at the hospital after the attack and Chloe warns him that the sheriff suspects Alicia; Clark points out about the bracelet and bout Chloe and her cousin remain skeptical.  (Clark later tries to make her a new special bracelet later in the episode but he can't.)

Clark spends most of the episode poking around for clues to what happened to Chloe, where she went; her cousin doesn't believe him at first.  Clark ends up crashing a helicopter that prevents him and her cousin from snooping around as much as he would like.  His parents find out after they catch her cousin hanging out in the bathroom with him despite his complaints, his warning that his parents won't like it, and her own promise to keep her mouth shut.