0 0 4 . ▁By ▁season ▁four , ▁one ▁rev iewer ▁said ▁Lion el ▁should ▁have ▁left ▁the ▁show ▁after ▁succ umb ing ▁to ▁his ▁terminal ▁li ver ▁disease ▁in ▁season ▁three . ▁Maurice ▁Cob bs ▁of ▁DVD ▁Ver dict ▁said ▁Lion el ▁was ▁taking ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁primary ▁characters ' ▁screen ▁time ▁in ▁season ▁four , ▁and ▁the ▁produ cers ▁should ▁have ▁killed ▁him ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁season ▁three . ▁ ▁Small ville ▁tie - ins ▁ ▁Nov els ▁Lion el ▁makes ▁his ▁first ▁appearance ▁outside ▁the ▁television ▁series ▁in ▁the ▁As pect ▁book ▁Small ville : ▁Str ange ▁Vis itors . ▁In ▁this ▁title , ▁Lion el ▁is ▁concerned ▁that ▁confidence ▁trick ster ▁Donald ▁Jacob i ▁will ▁draw ▁too ▁much ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁meteor ▁rocks ▁in ▁Small ville ▁and ▁ru in ▁his ▁plans ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁rocks ▁for ▁experiments . ▁Lion el ▁has ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁Jacob i ' s ▁partner ▁put ▁in ▁je op ard y ▁when ▁he ▁threat ens ▁to ▁alert ▁some ▁mob sters ▁who ▁are ▁looking ▁for ▁Lion el . ▁He ▁makes ▁a ▁brief ▁appearance ▁in ▁Small ville : ▁Dragon , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁tells ▁Lex ▁he ▁used ▁Lex ' s ▁ex - g irl friend ▁Ren ata ▁to ▁get ▁close ▁to ▁Lex ▁to ▁test ▁him ▁for ▁unknown ▁reasons . ▁The ▁Small ville ▁version ▁of ▁Lion el ▁makes ▁a ▁brief ▁appearance ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁volume ▁of ▁the ▁internet ▁series ▁Small ville : ▁Ch lo e ▁Chron icles ; ▁he ▁threat ens ▁Ch lo e ▁after ▁she ▁disco