This is a common misconception. DC Comics has ZERO influence over anything that the Media division of Warner (Film/Television) does. Whenever a producer or director begins a new Superman project they always in the interviews say something about how they went over to DC Comics and looked over...
Lana WAS the primary female but she is not now and the writers this season and even the last few episodes from last season swiftly moved away from her being the primary and established Lois and Chloe as the mains. I had no trouble with Lana coming back for her guest arc this season as I thought...
This story arc with Lana started off strongly with her returning, somewhat begrudgingly, for Chloe and Jimmy's wedding. She was not the usual Lana that we had seen for the past seven seasons, she was edgier, seemed to be in a good place and was content to have Clark as a friend. She was kept to...