All Episodes of Superman: The Animated Series
Browse all episodes of Superman: The Animated Series
Season 1
8.3/10823 votesLoading...The Last Son of Krypton (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1996
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: Alan Burnett, Paul Dini
8.0/10758 votesLoading...The Last Son of Krypton (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/6/1996
Young Clark Kent discovers his true identity; and, as an adult, presents himself to Metropolis as Superman.
Director: Curt Geda, Scott Jeralds
Writer: Alan Burnett, Paul Dini
8.0/10734 votesLoading...The Last Son of Krypton (3)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/6/1996
Superman thwarts a plot by Lex Luthor to sell the LEXO-SKEL SUIT 5000 to Kaznian terrorists, via their agent John Corben.
Director: Bruce Timm, Dan Riba
Writer: Alan Burnett, Paul Dini
7.6/10663 votesLoading...Fun and Games
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/7/1996
Superman rescues Metropolis thug Bruno Mannheim - and Lois - from the vengeful Toyman.
Director: Kazuhide Tomonaga
Writer: Marty Isenberg, Robert N. Skir
7.6/10626 votesLoading...A Little Piece of Home
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/14/1996
Lex Luthor discovers Superman's vulnerability to Kryptonite, and attempts to exploit this weakness to rid himself once and for all of the Man of Steel.
Director: Toshihiko Masuda
Writer: Hilary Bader
7.6/10601 votesLoading...Feeding Time
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/21/1996
After toxic chemicals transform janitor Rudy Jones into the energy-draining Parasite, he imprisons Superman, intent on keeping the Man of Steel as his own personal power source.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Bob Goodman
8.1/10608 votesLoading...The Way of All Flesh
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/19/1996
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
8.2/10589 votesLoading...Stolen Memories
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1996
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
7.9/10590 votesLoading...The Main Man (1)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1996
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
7.7/10551 votesLoading...My Girl
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1996
Clark's childhood sweetheart Lana Lang comes to Metropolis, and puts her own life in danger by trying to spy on Lex Luthor for Superman.
Director: Yuichiro Yano
Writer: Hilary Bader
7.4/10522 votesLoading...Tools of the Trade
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/1/1997
Bruno Mannheim's Intergang terrorizes Metropolis with hi-tech weapons from Darkseid, while SCU Inspector Dan Turpin goes on a personal hunt for answers.
Director: Curt Geda
Writer: Mark Evanier
7.4/10523 votesLoading...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.
Director: Hiroyuki Aoyama
Writer: Stan Berkowitz
