The CW’s Smallville has lost two of its biggest stars going into season eight — Michael Rosembaum as Lex Luthor and Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang — and the freakishly hot Laura Vandervoort (Kara Zor-El/Kent) has been downgraded from series regular to recurring character. But it’s about to get a shot in the arm to both up its hero quotient and keep the billionaire playboy theme going strong.

E! Online reports that Justin Hartley, aka Oliver Queen/the Green Arrow, is going full time. This should keep some aspect of the Veritas storyline alive — that’s the secret society to which Lex’s and Oliver’s parents belonged, formed to control “the Traveler,” aka Clark Kent (Tom Welling).

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If you’ve been watching Smallville from way back, you remember the very first person to learn Clark Kent’s (Tom Welling) Super secret: faithful friend Pete Ross (Sam Jones III, right). He eventually couldn’t deal and left Smallville for the big city (Wichita!), ne’er to be seen again.

Until now! Now that half the planet knows about Clark’s alien powers, he’s back (after numerous guest appearances on ER) in the March 13 episode as a roadie for the real-life band One Republic. Attending the concert is one Kara Zor-El/Kent and one Jimmy Olsen (Laura Vandervoort, Aaron Ashmore) - both of whom joined Clark’s entourage long after Pete’s departure.

This time, it’s Pete’s turn to play around with superpowers after being exposed to Kryptonite gum!

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