The BEST episodes of Superman: The Animated Series season 2

Every episode of Superman: The Animated Series season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Superman: The Animated Series 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.

Last Updated: 11/8/2024Network: The WBStatus: Ended
World's Finest (1)
star
8.54
274 votes

#1 - 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.

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World's Finest (3)
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8.31
269 votes

#2 - 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.

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Apokolips...Now! (2)
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8.23
260 votes

#3 - 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.

Writer: Rich Fogel
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World's Finest (2)
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8.21
265 votes

#4 - 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.

Writer: Steve Gerber
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Blasts from the Past (2)
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8.08
270 votes

#5 - 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.

Directors: Dan Riba
Writer: Bob Goodman
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Target
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8.05
211 votes

#6 - 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.

Directors: Curt Geda
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Little Girl Lost (1)
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7.98
200 votes

#7 - 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.

Directors: Curt Geda
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Mxyzpixilated
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7.96
274 votes

#8 - Mxyzpixilated

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/20/1997

Superman must repeatedly deal with Mr. Mxyzptlk a strange and powerful being from the fifth dimension.7.0

Directors: Dan Riba
Writer: Paul Dini
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Double Dose
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7.88
242 votes

#9 - 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.

Directors: Yuichiro Yano
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Identity Crisis
star
7.86
247 votes

#10 - 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.

Writer: Bob Goodman
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Father's Day
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7.83
203 votes

#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.

Directors: Dan Riba
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Brave New Metropolis
star
7.79
266 votes

#12 - 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.

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Apokolips...Now! (1)
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7.72
206 votes

#13 - 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.

Directors: Bruce Timm, Dan Riba
Writer: Rich Fogel
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Action Figures
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7.70
211 votes

#14 - 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.

Directors: Kenji Hachizaki
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Little Girl Lost (2)
star
7.64
171 votes

#15 - 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.

Directors: Curt Geda, Rich Fogel
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The Hand of Fate
star
7.60
232 votes

#16 - 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.

Directors: Dan Riba
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Ghost in the Machine
star
7.58
215 votes

#17 - Ghost in the Machine

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/29/1997

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

Directors: Hiroyuki Aoyama
Writer: Rich Fogel
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The Late Mr. Kent
star
7.56
205 votes

#18 - The Late Mr. Kent

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/1/1997

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.

Directors: Kenji Hachizaki
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The Prometheon
star
7.55
245 votes

#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.

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Speed Demons
star
7.51
215 votes

#20 - Speed Demons

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/13/1997

Superman and the Flash stage a charity race to find out "Who is the Fastest Man Alive." But the villainous Weather Wizard plans to use the hero's power to his own advantage in order to become rich, even if it means the destruction of Metropolis

Directors: Toshihiko Masuda
Writer: Rich Fogel
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Blasts from the Past (1)
star
7.50
272 votes

#21 - Blasts from the Past (1)

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1997

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.

Directors: Dan Riba
Writer: Bob Goodman
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Livewire
star
7.41
215 votes

#22 - Livewire

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/13/1997

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.

Directors: Curt Geda
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Warrior Queen
star
7.26
200 votes

#23 - Warrior Queen

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 11/22/1997

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

Directors: Curt Geda
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Heavy Metal
star
7.02
173 votes

#24 - Heavy Metal

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 11/8/1997

Superman teams up with Steel to deal with Metallo.

Directors: Curt Geda
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Bizarro's World
star
7.01
204 votes

#25 - Bizarro's World

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/10/1997

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

Directors: Hiroyuki Aoyama
Writer: Bob Goodman
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