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Blondie Boy’s returning to the Box – again, at the Frog.

Former "Buffy" and "Angel" star James Marsters has signed on the straight line to play the evil Brainiac in a multi-episode stint on TV’s "Smallville".

Marsters will wear the trousers of college professor Milton Fine, alter ego of the classic Superman foe Brainiac. Possessed of a vast, superior knowledge limited only by his hubris and emotions, Brainiac comes to earth armed with a secret about Clark’s biological family and the truth about Krypton’s demise. Brainiac’s presence in Smallville will have a devastating effect on Clark and Lex’s already deteriorating friendship.

Marsters makes his first appearance on the show in the episode airing October 13.

Also, veteran actor Tom Wopat will reunite with "Dukes of Hazzard" co-star John Schneider, who plays Jonathan Kent on the show, for one episode. Wopat will play a state senator who was a boyhood friend of Kent.

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