Appearances: S1: Kinetic
Bio: Wade Mahaney was a former Smallville High jock, and leader of a gang of kryptonite-tatted thieves. In high school, he and his friends Scott Bowman and Derek Fox had been all-star athletes, with offers of full scholarships from at least a dozen schools, until Wade had blown out his knee in their senior year and Scott had gotten caught up in drugs. After graduating in 1996, the three had each been faced with bleak futures, and had decided to turn to a life of crime. By early 2002, they'd discovered that tattoos comprised of liquid kryptonite would allow them to temporarily phase through people and objects, and had used this knowledge to rob Smallville Savings and Loan, as well as Lex Luthor's mansion. Though the tattoos would last them about an hour each time they'd ink themselves, the tattoos themselves had started to fade sooner and sooner, giving them less and less time to commit their crimes. Hoping to rectify this problem, Wade had recruited Whitney Fordman, who at the time had been a jock at Smallville High facing the same bleak future as Wade and his gang. Initiating him into their group with a tattoo, they'd proceeded to blackmail Lex with a disk they'd found in his mansion, but Clark Kent had intervened, convincing Whitney to turn on Wade and his gang. Furious, Wade had held Whitney underneath a suspended car, relying on his newest tattoo to save him. However, just as the car had dropped, the tattoo had faded, and Wade had been crushed. Fortunately, the kryptonite wearing off had allowed Clark to superpeed and save Whitney, and Wade's remaining friends had been taken into custody afterwards.
Portrayed By: Kavan Smith
