The BEST episodes of Superman: The Animated Series
Every episode of Superman: The Animated Series ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Superman: The Animated Series!
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.
#1 - Legacy (2)
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/12/2000
Superman breaks free of Darkseid's control and goes to Apokolips to try to stop Darkseid once and for all.
#2 - Target
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/19/1997
Someone has it in for Lois and tries to kill her. It's up to her and Superman to find out who the mysterious aggressor is.
#3 - World's Finest (1)
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/4/1997
Batman travels to Metropolis when the Joker steals a solid Kryptonite statue and makes a deal with Lex Luthor to kill Superman.
#4 - Blasts from the Past (2)
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/1997
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.
#5 - In Brightest Day...
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/6/1999
Superman teams up with Kyle Rayner the new Green Lantern in order to stop Sinestro.
#6 - Legacy (1)
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/5/2000
Superman is stripped of his memory and is adopted by Darkseid in an effort to take over Earth.
#7 - Double Dose
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/22/1997
Livewire manages to escape from prison and tries to get her back on Superman, but once again, she underestimated his skills. So, she convinces an unlikely ally - the Parasite - to help her taking Superman out for good.
#8 - World's Finest (3)
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/4/1997
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.
#9 - Apokolips...Now! (2)
Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 2/14/1998
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.
#10 - Little Girl Lost (1)
Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 5/2/1998
Superman discovers a teenage girl in stasis while exploring the remains of his home world Krypton. She is the last survivor of Argos, a sister planet of Krypton whose civilization was destroyed when Krypton exploded. On returning to Earth she discovers that she has superpowers like superman and wanting to prove herself she goes to Metropolis to take on Granny Goodness and Intergang.
#11 - Father's Day
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/3/1997
Kalibak, the son of Darkseid, comes to Metropolis to kill Superman, and prove himself to his father.
#12 - Obsession
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/15/1998
Superman must stop the Toyman as he tries to abduct Darci Mason a popular supermodel and robot created by the Toyman.
#13 - Action Figures
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/20/1997
On an island with a active volcano that is about to erupt, Metallo appears with temporary amnesia.
#14 - World's Finest (2)
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/4/1997
Lois Lane becomes romantically tied to Bruce Wayne and is kidnapped by the Joker in an attempt to lure Superman to his death.
#16 - Identity Crisis
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/15/1997
Superman encounters Bizarro, an imperfect genetic double of The Man of Steel, who tries to take Superman's place as Metropolis' hero.
#17 - Two's a Crowd
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/15/1997
When embittered scientist Earl Garver goes into a coma before revealing the location of a ticking bomb, Superman risks enlisting the Parasite to drain the information from Garver's mind.
#18 - A Fish Story
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/8/1999
Marine animals attack Metropolis because Lex Luthor has captured Aquaman.
#19 - The Prometheon
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/12/1997
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.
#20 - Superman's Pal
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/20/1999
Jimmy becomes known as Superman's pal, which although may sound cool at first, it certainly attracts lots of trouble to Jimmy.
#21 - Brave New Metropolis
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/27/1997
Lois stumbles into a parallel world where Superman and Lex Luthor work together as dictators of Metropolis.
#22 - Little Girl Lost (2)
Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/2/1998
Granny Goodness gets help against Supergirl from the Female Furies from Apokolips. Superman arrives but is captured and taken to Apokolips. Supergirl must rescue him and destroy a comet directed towards Earth by Granny Goodness.
#23 - The Hand of Fate
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/6/1997
When an evil demon named Lord Karkull is unleashed, Superman attempts to enlist the aid of the now retired wizard superhero, Doctor Fate.
#24 - Knight Time
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/1998
After Bruce Wayne is kidnapped, Superman must go undercover as Batman to find him.
#25 - Apokolips...Now! (1)
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 2/7/1998
Superman teams up with Orion, an escapee from Apokolips, to take on Darkseid as he prepares to attack Earth.