KryptonSite's 2007 Holiday Gift Guide!
Written by Craig Byrne

Still haven't finished shopping for the Smallville or KryptonSite-reading fan in your life, but you're unsure on something cool to get them?

Time is running out... but, below we have a list of things that we'd recommend here. You can find many of these things in our KryptonSite Amazon Store; all orders through links here support this site.

And now, on to our top ten recommendations!

#1 Smallville: The Complete Sixth Season
DVD Set From Warner Home Video - Order it
Also available in other formats: HD-DVD - Blu-ray
Fans in the United Kingdom can purchase the DVD here

It seems that every year, the big "buy" for a Smallville fan is the current season's DVD set. This year, Season Six was released. Highlights of the season include episodes with the Green Arrow and the Justice League. Clark also has to deal with his scariest threat yet - the Lex and Lana wedding! This is a season with a lot of comic book influences, and extras on the DVD include deleted scenes and special spotlights on the Green Arrow as well as a featurette including the show's fans.

Get Smallville: The Complete Sixth Season!

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#2 Smallville DVD Sets From The Past
DVD Sets From Warner Home Video
Fans in the United Kingdom can purchase past seasons here

Past seasons of Smallville are currently being listed on Amazon.com for only $14.99 each. This is the lowest they've ever been, so hopefully these prices will remain through the holidays. Here are the links to order those sets.

It is usually cheaper to order these individually rather than the "Complete Seasons 1-5" sets that are sometimes offered.

Smallville: The Complete First Season
Includes 21 Episodes - Commentaries - Deleted Scenes - The first year of the show!

Smallville: The Complete Second Season
Includes 23 Episodes - Commentaries including show creators & actors Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, and Michael Rosenbaum - Deleted Scenes - Chloe Chronicles - Gag Reel - Visual FX and Christopher Reeve featurettes

Smallville: The Complete Third Season
Includes 22 Episodes - Commentaries including show creators & actors Allison Mack, John Glover, and Michael Rosenbaum - Producing Smallville featurette - Chloe Chronicles II - Gag Reel - Easter Eggs - Deleted Scenes

Smallville: The Complete Fourth Season
Includes 22 Episodes - Commentaries including show creators & actors John Glover, Kristin Kreuk, Allison Mack, and Erica Durance - Lois Lane and Writer's Room featurettes - Deleted Scnes

Smallville: The Complete Fifth Season
Includes 22 Episodes - Commentaries including show creators & guest actor James Marsters (Prof. Fine) - Special 100th Episode documentary/featurette - Includes the Vengeance Chronicles webisode series - Deleted Scenes - Look! Up in the Sky! Excerpt

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#3 Smallville: The Official Companion Season 4
Book From Titan Publishing - Order it
Written by KryptonSite's Craig Byrne
Other seasons also available: 1 - 2 - 3
Fans in the United Kingdom can purchase the book here

Titan Publishing's guides to Smallville are back, and the Season 4 book is written by KryptonSite's Craig Byrne (that's me!)

Inside are exclusive interviews with members of the show's cast and crew, loads of pictures, and a Foreword from Martha Kent herself, Annette O'Toole! If someone you know would like to read more about the show behind the scenes, this book will hopefully be just what they'd like.

A companion book for Season Five is also due out very soon, although Amazon is listing an after-Christmas arrival date, unfortunately.

Get the book!

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#4 The Official Smallville Magazine Subscription
Magazine From Titan Publishing - Subscribe!

Titan also publishes the bi-monthly official Smallville magazine. Inside every issue are exclusive features, a round-up of the latest show news, interviews with cast and crew, and much more. And, of course, every issue is full of photos of your favorite actors!

A new issue comes out every two months, so a subscription is a gift that would keep giving all year round.

Get a subscription!

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#5 Smallville: The Visual Guide
Book From DK Publishing - Order it
Written by KryptonSite's Craig Byrne
Fans in the United Kingdom can purchase the book here

Think of it as an "encyclopedia of Smallville" - a visual look at the show's first five seasons. Also written by KryptonSite's Craig Byrne, this book is full of over 90 pages of photos, and even has a fold-out map of the town.

Get the book!

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#6 Heroes: The Complete First Season
DVD Set From Universal Home Video - Order it
Also available in other formats: HD-DVD
Fans in the United Kingdom can purchase the DVD here

Some of the talented folks from Smallville's past, including Greg Beeman, Michael Green, and Jeph Loeb, did a little series for NBC about some other ordinary people with extraordinary powers. Perhaps you've heard of it. Either way, the Heroes first season DVD set includes a dozen commentaries, Tim Kring's "original cut" of the series pilot, and much more. Did we mention the show is pretty darn good?

Get Heroes: The Complete First Season!

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#7 Green Arrow & Black Canary: For Better Or For Worse
Book From DC Comics - Order it
Fans in the United Kingdom can purchase the book here

Fans of Smallville are familiar with the Green Arrow, but those not into the comics may not know of his long-standing relationship with Dinah Lance, a.k.a. the Black Canary. This DC Comics trade paperback reprints some of the best stories of their "romance" from the 1960s to the present. It's a great way to look at Green Arrow's four-color past, but it might also offer some clues as to what's coming in his character's Smallville future.

Get the book!

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#8 Doctor Who: The Complete Third Series
DVD Set From Warner Home Video - Order it
Fans in the United Kingdom can purchase the DVD here

Worried that the writers' strike will keep you in rerun heck for a while? Fortunately, the Doctor is in.

Doctor Who is a British television series about an alien who travels through time and space and runs into great adventure. His third "series" (what they call seasons across the pond) teams The Doctor up with a woman who is training to be a [medical] doctor herself, by the name of Martha Jones.

The thirteen episodes include guest shots from such actors as Mark Gatiss, Sir Derek Jacobi, John Simm (Life On Mars), and John Barrowman (Torchwood), and lead actors David Tennant and Freema Agyeman are a joy to watch. This is one of KryptonSite Craig's favorite shows, and this DVD might show you why.

Get Doctor Who: The Complete Third Series!

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#9 The Batman: The Complete Fourth Season
DVD Set From Warner Home Video - Order it

The Batman started off as, well, kind of bad, especially when compared to the superb Batman animated series of the 1990's.

Fortunately somewhere along the way the show got some new writers, and the most recent result is the fourth season, now on DVD.

Fans of Smallville will enjoy hearing Allison Mack do a guest voice in an episode also featuring voice work from Superman Returns' Brandon Routh. The season also includes the introduction of Robin to the series, and shares many themes and characters with Smallville, including John Jones, the Martian Manhunter and the Justice League.

Get The Batman: The Complete Fourth Season!

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#10 Supernatural: The Complete Second Season
DVD Set From Warner Home Video - Order it
Fans in the United Kingdom can purchase the DVD here

Smallville's Thursday-night companion series on The CW, Supernatural, features the adventures of brothers Sam and Dean Winchester as they deal with demons and other strange occurrences as they travel in their classic car.

Dean might be recognizable, as he is played by Jensen Ackles, who played Jason Teague in Season 4 of Smallville. Either way, a lot of people who love Smallville love Supernatural, so perhaps anyone who gets this as a gift would too! (Hint: It's on Craig's wish list too...)

Get Supernatural: The Complete Second Season!

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