 Lana made a non @-@ speaking cameo appearance in the ninth issue of the show 's comic book continuation Smallville : Season Eleven , written by executive story editor Bryan Q. Miller . Though Clark and Bart Allen do not notice her , she watches them race over the coast of Cameroon . Lana returns in a parallel storyarc Valkyrie , in which she uses the superhero alias " Angel of the Plateau " and battles terrorists in Africa . Lana also saves Lois from one of their attacks . Lana reveals that she has been using her abilities to help and protect children from people who would exploit them after Lana had settled in Africa . However , Lois tries not to reveal her relationship with Clark to Lana . Elsewhere , the terrorists seek John Corben 's aid in defeating Angel of the Plateau . Corben 's new kryptonite heart ( installed by Winslow Schott ) has absorbed the nanites embedded in Lana 's skin , rendering her powerless and no longer emitting the kryptonite radiation once more . After Lois helps Lana defeat Corben , Lana reveals that she had seen Lois 's engagement ring , thus she already knows about Clark 's relationship with Lois . Lana gives her blessing to Lois , and decides to remain in Africa as the Angel . 
