George Dean

George Dean was the former mayor of Smallville and the father of George Dean, Jr..

Biography

Early life

At some point, Dean had a son named George Dean, Jr.. When Dean was mayor, he embezzled money from Smallville for unknown purposes.^[1]

Morgan Edge's rise

At some point, Dean became the mayor of Smallville.

Mayor Dean held a town meeting where Morgan Edge announced that he was bringing opportunity and jobs to Smallville.^[2]

Days later, Mayor Dean had dinner with Morgan, Lana Lang Cushing and Kyle Cushing. He later had another town meeting granting Morgan access to the Shuster Mine.^[3]

When Morgan Edge's true plans were revealed, everyone blamed the Cushing family for bringing them to Smallville. So George Dean told the Cushing family to calm down and that this would pass, but in fact he wanted them to leave like everyone else and blamed them for Edge's arrival, Lana heard this and stood up to him.^[4] George Dean was also present for both Morgan Edge attacks on Smallville, but he survived.^[5][6]

Losing election

In the next election, George Dean was going to run against Daniel Hart, but he withdrew and Lana Lang Cushing ran in his place. George tried to defame the Cushing family to make them lose, but she won.^{[7][8][9][10]}

After Lana used the money Dean had "set aside" when he was mayor to fix a serious mold infestation at Smallville High School, he confronted her at the Kent brothers' birthday party and told her to return the money. He was then kicked out by John Henry Irons, and told Lana that she didn't know what she was doing.^[11]

Death

Dean called Lana while he was being attacked by an unknown individual. Before his attacker killed him, Dean told Lana something that led her to a thumb drive hidden behind the seal in the mayor's office.^[1]

Personality

Dean was a conservative, hypocritical, liar and manipulator. He manipulated the Cushing family; into believing that; he was on their side; when in fact he was smearing them to the rest of the town.

Appearances

Superman & Lois

Season 1 "Heritage" "Haywire" "Fail Safe" "The Eradicator" "Last Sons of Krypton" Season 2 "What Lies Beneath" (mentioned) "The Ties That Bind" "The Thing in the Mines" (mentioned) "The Inverse Method" "Girl... You'll Be a Woman, Soon" "Tried and True" (mentioned) "Anti-Hero" "Into Oblivion" (pictured) "30 Days and 30 Nights" "Worlds War Bizarre" Season 3 "Closer" "Uncontrollable Forces" "Head On" (mentioned) "Collision Course" (mentioned)

Behind the scenes

• In the DC comics, George Dean was the mayor of Smallville. He made a single appearance in Superboy #30 (January, 1954).
• George Dean may also be named after George Reeves and Dean Cain, both of whom portrayed Superman in Adventures of Superman and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman respectively.

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