Martha Clark

A quietly compelling corner of DC's Silver Age, Martha Clark made her debut in Superboy #137 in 1967, the product of the imaginative team of Leo Dorfman and George Papp. With a catalog presence stretching across an impressive 43 years, she's a figure woven into the fabric of Smallville's world, sharing pages with the likes of Jonathan Kent, Lana Lang, Superman, and even Krypto. Her appearances in Superboy and celebrated retrospective collections like The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told speak to a character embedded in the heartland mythology of the Man of Steel's early years — a modest but genuine piece of Silver Age DC history worth a second look.