Smallville ComicCon Panel Highlights

Somebody saaaavvvee meee! This morning's ComicCon highlight HAD to be the Smallville panel featuring Tom Welling in his first ComicCon appearance. Jeph Loeb, Callum Blue, Cassidy Freeman, Allison Mack, Justin Hartley, Erica Durance were also on hand.
The bullet points:

• Clark is finally in some version of a Superman suit, with a black shirt bearing the S-shield and a flowing black overcoat, in preview footage shown at the panel.
• Geoff Johns will write a Justice Society episode.
• The season premiere will touch on the flight issue.
• Green Arrow will be in more episodes this season, as will Lois Lane. Lois will be in 18 episodes.
• Lex is absolutely not dead (as if we didn't know that)
• Tom Welling is directing two episodes this season; Allison Mack will also direct.
• A possible Green Arrow sidekick story is being explored (Speedy, anyone?)
• In the first eight episodes this season, we’ll see Green Arrow hit “rock bottom.”
• Smallville is moving to Fridays this fall, debuting Sept. 25. The DVD and Blu-ray of Season 8 hits Aug. 25 so we'll all have a month to re-watch it before season 9 begins.