 When Adam Knight first appeared , there was internet speculation he was really Smallville 's version of Bruce Wayne , based on the combination of the name of one of the actors to portray Bruce Wayne / Batman , Adam West , and one of Batman 's nicknames , " Dark Knight " . The crew stated it was never their intention to reveal Adam Knight to be a young version of Bruce Wayne . The actual intention was for Adam to be Lana 's new boyfriend — a legitimate relationship — but the chemistry between Ian Somerhalder and Kristin Kreuk was not working . The creative team decided to bring the character 's storyline out of the romantic path and into a " thriller Pacific Heights direction " . According to Gough , the character 's storyline degenerated into a science fiction story , and when that occurred , they decided they had to wrap it up quickly . 
