 Lana makes her first literary appearance in Smallville : Strange Visitors , published by Aspect . In Strange Visitors , Lana attempts to organize a fund raiser for the family of a school mate , Stewart , who was diagnosed with terminal cancer . Her effort is rendered moot when Lex Luthor and Dr. Donald Jacobi , a con artist that comes to Smallville , pick up Stewart 's medical bills after a meteor rock removes all of the malignant cancer cells in his brain . In Smallville : Dragon , Lana visits an antiques dealer , Mrs. Mayfern , looking for a gift for her boyfriend , Whitney . When she leaves she breaks up with Whitney and starts dating Clark . It is eventually discovered that she was hypnotized by Mrs. Mayfern , whose homegrown herbal tea is fertilized by meteor rocks . 
