The Power Scale: Ranking Smallville's Justice League Members from Least to Most Powerful

Summary

Smallville's Justice League brought together powerful heroes from the DC Universe, each with their unique skills and abilities.

Black Canary, known for her acrobatic skills, Green Arrow, who is resourceful, and Impulse, who possesses super speed, all contributed their unique abilities to the team. Ultimately, Superman emerged as the most powerful Justice League member, mastering his signature powers and fearlessly confronting formidable foes in monumental conflicts.

Smallville's Justice League showcased an impressive lineup of superheroes, each possessing their own unique abilities. Although the focus of the show was primarily on Clark Kent's journey to becoming Superman, subsequent seasons introduced various characters from the DC Universe, transforming Smallville from a coming-of-age story into a full-fledged superhero series. This led to the formation of Smallville's Justice League, which included prominent comic book heroes collaborating with Clark. The team consisted of Clark Kent, Green Arrow, Aquaman, Impulse, Cyborg, and Black Canary. While Smallville Season 11 comics expanded the story beyond the show's tenth season and introduced new members like Batman and Wonder Woman, the original Justice League remained a force to be reckoned with, each member contributing their unique talents, irrespective of their varying levels of power.

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6 Black Canary

Dinah Lance, also known as Black Canary, is an exceptional hand-to-hand combatant in the DC universe. Her abilities were well showcased in Smallville, where she displayed impressive acrobatics, effortlessly evading opponents' attacks with flips and jumps during combat. In addition to her remarkable fighting skills, Black Canary carried throwing knives, exhibiting her proficiency with various weapons, which added diversity to her battles. However, her most formidable power in Smallville was her Canary Cry, a sonic scream capable of shattering objects and inflicting severe harm on adversaries, often rendering them unconscious.

5 Cyborg

Victor Stone, also known as Cyborg, was previously a high school football player until a car accident claimed the lives of his family and left him severely injured. Dr. Alistair Kreig then used mechanical enhancements to rebuild Victor, unlike the typical hero's exterior transformation, thus transforming him into Cyborg. Similar to the comic book version, the Smallville iteration of Cyborg possessed abilities including firing energy blasts from his hands and super strength. In this version, Cyborg's hacking skills were exemplified through his left eye which transformed into a supercomputer.

4 Green Arrow

Although he lacks superpowers like his fellow Justice League members, Green Arrow in Smallville is far from a lesser threat to villains. Instead, Oliver Queen compensates for his lack of abilities by maintaining peak human physical form, showcasing exceptional strength and extraordinary reflexes. Throughout the series, Oliver is often seen evading enemies effortlessly or navigating rooftops with agility. Furthermore, his mastery of multiple martial arts skills positions him as one of Smallville's most formidable hand-to-hand combatants.

Topping the hero's skills is Green Arrow's archery ability, unmatched by any other. Oliver is an expert marksman, exemplified by instances such as his precise shot at Zod with a Kryptonite arrow or his ability to hit his desired spot on the Daily Planet's globe all the way from the rooftop of Queen Tower, showcasing his extraordinary archery skills. In a way, Smallville's Green Arrow served as the show's Batman, embodying Green Arrow's comic book personality that Stephen Amell's Oliver from Arrow did not. In Smallville, Green Arrow took on Batman's role as the resourceful, affluent human hero who led the Justice League.

3 Impulse

The lead speedster in Smallville was not Barry Allen or Wally West, but Bart Allen, also known as Impulse. Bart's superhuman speed surpassed even that of Welling's Clark Kent, as he could outrun him even when jogging backward. This exemplifies the incredible velocity that Impulse possessed. Moreover, Bart's exceptional stamina aided him in defeating villains. Similar to the portrayals in the comics and the versions played by Grant Gustin and Ezra Miller, Smallville's Impulse could consume copious amounts of food without gaining weight. This was due to his super metabolism, which rapidly burned the calories he consumed. Additionally, Impulse's metabolism granted him a healing factor, enabling him to recover from injuries more swiftly.

2 Aquaman

Before starring as Hawk in Titans, Ritchson portrayed Aquaman in Smallville. In the series, the young Arthur Curry possessed several powers similar to those depicted in the comics. Smallville's interpretation of Aquaman enabled him to breathe underwater and enhanced his vision and hearing in aquatic environments, providing a significant advantage in underwater combat. Aquaman demonstrated his exceptional swimming abilities, effortlessly covering long distances at remarkable speeds. Furthermore, he possessed the extraordinary capability to communicate with all marine life and wielded Hydrokinesis, manipulating water with his mind. Notably, Aquaman also exhibited superhuman strength.

1 Superman

Superman, the main hero of Smallville and the strongest member of the Justice League, gradually unveiled his incredible powers throughout the ten seasons of the show. Each power was mastered by Clark one at a time, as he learned to control them. By the end of the series, Clark had become Superman, possessing all of the iconic abilities of the superhero. Similar to the comics, Smallville's Superman gained his powers from Earth's yellow sun. Throughout the show, Clark demonstrated astonishing displays of super strength, facing off against formidable adversaries such as Doomsday and Zod. He even exhibited the tremendous feat of lifting an entire planet and launching it back into space.

In the series, Smallville showcased various signature powers of Superman. Prior to flying, Clark would use a super leap to effortlessly cover vast distances. While not as powerful as Impulse's abilities, Welling's Clark also possessed super speed, which could manipulate time and have him zip across the screen. Being a Kryptonian, Superman was invincible under a yellow sun. Smallville also highlighted other crucial Superman powers like heat vision, X-ray vision, super hearing, super breath, freeze breath, flight, and more. With this remarkable array of abilities, Superman was undoubtedly the strongest member of Smallville's Justice League.