The Best Episodes of Superman: The Animated Series

Superman breaks free of Darkseid's control and goes to Apokolips to try to stop Darkseid once and for all.

Director: Dan Riba

Writer: Paul Dini, Rich Fogel

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

Director: Toshihiko Masuda

Writer: Paul Dini, Alan Burnett, Rich Fogel

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.

Director: Dan Riba

Writer: Rich Fogel

After Bruce Wayne is kidnapped, Superman must go undercover as Batman to find him.

Director: Curt Geda

Writer: Bob Goodman

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

Director: Toshihiko Masuda

Writer: Steve Gerber

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.

Director: Toshihiko Masuda

Writer: Stan Berkowitz

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.

Director: Kenji Hachizaki

Writer: Stan Berkowitz

Superman is stripped of his memory and is adopted by Darkseid in an effort to take over Earth.

Director: Curt Geda

Writer: Rich Fogel

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

Director: Curt Geda

Writer: Stan Berkowitz

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

Director: Dan Riba

Writer: Rich Fogel

Jor-El, a Kryptonian scientist and Council Member, rescues his son Kal-El from the dying planet by launching the baby to Earth.

Director: Dan Riba

Writer: Paul Dini, Alan Burnett

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

Director: Dan Riba

Writer: Paul Dini

Superman and Batman team up against an aging Ra's Al Ghul who sees Superman as the key to his continued immortality.

Director: Dan Riba

Writer: Rich Fogel

Brainiac, once Krypton's all-knowing planetary computer, comes to Earth as part of his information-gathering trek across the galaxy. But, as Superman discovers, Brainiac's intent after gathering the world's knowledge is to destroy the Earth.

Director: Curt Geda

Writer: Rich Fogel

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

Director: Curt Geda

Writer: Bob Goodman

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

Director: Hiroyuki Aoyama

Writer: Rich Fogel

Superman teams up with Kyle Rayner the new Green Lantern in order to stop Sinestro.

Director: Butch Lukic

Writer: Hilary Bader

Thanks to the orchestrations of Lex Luthor, terrorist John Corben becomes Metallo, a skin-covered cyborg with a Krytonite heart. Luthor then sets the supervillain on a quest to kill Superman.

Director: Kenji Hachizaki

Writer: Stan Berkowitz

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.

Director: Toshihiko Masuda

Writer: Rich Fogel

When Superman is captured by Granny Goodness and her Female Furies, Supergirl follows them to the planet Apokolips to rescue him.

Director: Curt Geda

Writer: Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer

Young Clark Kent discovers his true identity; and, as an adult, presents himself to Metropolis as Superman.

Director: Curt Geda, Scott Jeralds

Writer: Paul Dini, Alan Burnett

Superman thwarts a plot by Lex Luthor to sell the LEXO-SKEL SUIT 5000 to Kaznian terrorists, via their agent John Corben.

Director: Dan Riba, Bruce Timm

Writer: Paul Dini, Alan Burnett

Superman rescues and brings home the sole survivor of the lost Kryptonian colony of Argos, the rambunctious Kara aka Supergirl.

Director: Curt Geda

Writer: Paul Dini, Alan Burnett, Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer

Intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo is employed to capture the Man of Steel, but thanks to a double-cross by the rare-species-collecting Preserver, both Superman and Lobo end up trapped in the Preserver's personal zoo.

Director: Dan Riba

Writer: Paul Dini

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.

Director: Dan Riba

Writer: Bob Goodman