Superman: The Animated Series (1996)

Season 2

Superman, an incredibly powerful alien from the planet Krypton, defends Metropolis from supercriminals. Superman hides his identity behind the glasses of Clark Kent; a mild-mannered reporter for the newspaper the Daily Planet. At the Daily Planet Superman works with fellow reporter Lois Lane and photographer Jimmy Olsen.

Released Sept. 6, 1996 Episode 21 min 7+

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Kids, Science Fiction, Superhero

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Watch Providers: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max

Production Companies: Warner Bros. Animation, DC Comics

Network: The WB

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb 2951

8.1

/19422/

Trakt

/651/

TMDb

/355/

Tomatoes

Alan Burnett
Director

Tim Daly
Superman / Clark Kent (voice)

Dana Delany
Lois Lane (voice)

Clancy Brown
Lex Luthor (voice)

Lauren Tom
Angela Chen (voice)

Victor Brandt
Professor Hamilton (voice)

Joseph Bologna
Dan Turpin (voice)

Corey Burton
Brainiac (voice)

Brad Garrett
Bibbo (voice)

6.8

S2E1 - Blasts from the Past (1)

Superman decides to release Mala, a Kryptonian criminal, from the Phantom Zone, but when Mala proves too power-hungry for this world, Superman tries to send her back. Mala escapes with the Phantom Zone Projector and releases Krypton's most notorious traitor, Jax-Ur.

Sept. 8, 1997, midnight

7.0

S2E2 - Blasts from the Past (2)

Superman and Professor Hamilton start building a new Phantom Zone projector to balance the odds. However Jax-Ur and Mala manage to send Superman into the Phantom Zone, and then destroy the Projector. As their decimating attacks begin, it's up to Lois and Professor Hamilton to rescue the Man of Steel in time.

Sept. 9, 1997, midnight

6.8

S2E3 - The Prometheon

A giant humanoid creature with incredible strength and heat-sapping abilities, falls to Earth and now threatens the planet. Superman has to fight the creature's advances and send it back into outer space.

Sept. 12, 1997, midnight

7.4

S2E4 - Speed Demons

The Flash teams up with Superman to counter Mark Mardon, a.k.a. "The Weather Wizard," who holds Metropolis hostage with the threat of unleashing a killer hurricane.

Sept. 13, 1997, midnight

6.2

S2E5 - Livewire

Radio shock-jock Leslie Willis is turned into a being of pure electricity, and begins her media-crazed rampage to drain Metropolis' power and kill Superman in the bargain.

Sept. 13, 1997, midnight

6.2

S2E6 - Identity Crisis

Superman encounters Bizarro, an imperfect genetic double of The Man of Steel, who tries to take Superman's place as Metropolis' hero.

Sept. 15, 1997, midnight

7.0

S2E7 - Target

Lois is the "target" of explosive revenge from a one-time Lexcorp inventor, named Edward Lytener.

Sept. 19, 1997, midnight

7.2

S2E8 - Mxyzpixilated

The Man of Steel is challenged to a battle of wits by Mxyzptlk, a playful yet pixilating imp from the fifth dimension.

Sept. 20, 1997, midnight

7.0

S2E9 - Action Figures

On an island with an active volcano that is about to erupt, Metallo appears with temporary amnesia.

Sept. 20, 1997, midnight

6.6

S2E10 - Double Dose

Livewire escapes from prison, eager to attain revenge on Superman -- something that she hopes to achieve by teaming up with the Parasite.

Sept. 22, 1997, midnight

6.8

S2E11 - Solar Power

Edward Lytener escapes from Stryker's Island and becomes Luminus. He hopes to render Superman powerless by hijacking a number of satellites so that they permit only red light to filter through from the sun.

Sept. 26, 1997, midnight

7.2

S2E12 - Brave New Metropolis

Lois stumbles into a parallel world where Superman and Lex Luthor work together as dictators of Metropolis.

Sept. 27, 1997, midnight

6.0

S2E13 - Monkey Fun

A monkey returned to earth from space begins to grow incredibly large and threatens Metropolis.

Sept. 27, 1997, midnight

7.0

S2E14 - Ghost in the Machine

Lex Luthor is forced to build a new body for Brainiac who has downloaded himself into LexCorp's computers.

Sept. 29, 1997, midnight

6.8

S2E15 - Father's Day

Kalibak, the son of Darkseid, comes to Metropolis to kill Superman, and prove himself to his father.

Oct. 3, 1997, midnight

8.3

S2E16 - World's Finest (1)

Batman travels to Metropolis when the Joker steals a solid Kryptonite statue and makes a deal with Lex Luthor to kill Superman.

Oct. 4, 1997, midnight

8.3

S2E17 - World's Finest (2)

Lois Lane becomes romantically tied to Bruce Wayne and is kidnapped by the Joker in an attempt to lure superman to his death.

Oct. 4, 1997, midnight

8.1

S2E18 - World's Finest (3)

Lois ends her romance with Bruce Wayne when she discovers that he is Batman. Lex Luthor tries to end his alliance with the Joker, but the Joker turns the tables and kidnaps Lex and steals a powerful aircraft to attack Metropolis.

Oct. 4, 1997, midnight

6.4

S2E19 - The Hand of Fate

When an evil demon is unleashed, Superman attempts to enlist the aid of the now disinterested wizard superhero Doctor Fate.

Oct. 6, 1997, midnight

6.7

S2E20 - Bizarro's World

Bizarro learns of the destruction of Krypton and attempts to recreate the destruction in Metropolis.

Oct. 10, 1997, midnight

7.0

S2E21 - Prototype

A suit of power armor is given to police officer who unfortunately is corrupted by the power it gives him.

Oct. 11, 1997, midnight

7.8

S2E22 - The Late Mr. Kent

Clark Kent is thought to be dead after an automobile accident. Superman must nevertheless save an innocent man from execution and find the real culprit.

Nov. 1, 1997, midnight

7.0

S2E23 - Heavy Metal

Superman teams up with Steel to deal with Metallo.

Nov. 8, 1997, midnight

6.8

S2E24 - Warrior Queen

Maxima, Queen of Almerac, kidnaps Superman with the intent of making him her husband.

Nov. 22, 1997, midnight

7.8

S2E25 - Apokolips... Now! (1)

Superman teams up with Orion, an escapee from Apokolips, to take on Darkseid as he prepares to attack Earth.

Feb. 7, 1998, midnight

7.8

S2E26 - Apokolips... Now! (2)

Darkseid invades Earth with the help of Steppenwolf. With help from the citizens of Metropolis and the arrival of troops from New Genesis, Superman is able to stop his advance, but not without losses.

Feb. 14, 1998, midnight