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Superman: The Animated Series: Season 2

28 episodes Premiered Sep 8, 1997
Previously on Superman: The Animated Series

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Superman: The Animated Series Season 1.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S2·E1 Mytharc

Blasts from the Past (1)

Sep 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

S2·E2 Core

Blasts from the Past (2)

Sep 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 des

S2·E3 Core

The Prometheon

Sep 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 i

S2·E4 Core

Speed Demons

Sep 13, 1997

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.

S2·E5 Core

Livewire

Sep 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.

S2·E6 Core

Identity Crisis

Sep 15, 1997

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

S2·E7 Core

Target

Sep 19, 1997

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

S2·E8 Core

Mxyzpixilated

Sep 20, 1997

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

S2·E9 Core

Action Figures

Sep 20, 1997

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

S2·E10 Core

Double Dose

Sep 22, 1997

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

S2·E11 Core

Solar Power

Sep 26, 1997

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 fi

S2·E12 Core

Brave New Metropolis

Sep 27, 1997

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

S2·E13 Core

Monkey Fun

Sep 27, 1997

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

S2·E14 Core

Ghost in the Machine

Sep 29, 1997

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

S2·E15 Core

Father's Day

Oct 3, 1997

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

S2·E16 Core

World's Finest (1)

Oct 4, 1997

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

S2·E17 Core

World's Finest (2)

Oct 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.

S2·E18 Core

World's Finest (3)

Oct 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

S2·E19 Core

The Hand of Fate

Oct 6, 1997

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

S2·E20 Core

Bizarro's World

Oct 10, 1997

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

S2·E21 Core

Prototype

Oct 11, 1997

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

S2·E22 Core

The Late Mr. Kent

Nov 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.

S2·E23 Core

Heavy Metal

Nov 8, 1997

Superman teams up with Steel to deal with Metallo.

S2·E24 Core

Warrior Queen

Nov 22, 1997

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

S2·E25 Core

Apokolips... Now! (1)

Feb 7, 1998

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

S2·E26 Core

Apokolips... Now! (2)

Feb 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

S2·E27 Mytharc

Little Girl Lost (1)

May 2, 1998

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

S2·E28 Mytharc

Little Girl Lost (2)

May 2, 1998

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