Superman: The Animated Series: Season 2
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.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
Target
Sep 19, 1997
Lois is the "target" of explosive revenge from a one-time Lexcorp inventor, named Edward Lytener.
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.
Action Figures
Sep 20, 1997
On an island with an active volcano that is about to erupt, Metallo appears with temporary amnesia.
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.
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
Brave New Metropolis
Sep 27, 1997
Lois stumbles into a parallel world where Superman and Lex Luthor work together as dictators of Metropolis.
Monkey Fun
Sep 27, 1997
A monkey returned to earth from space begins to grow incredibly large and threatens Metropolis.
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.
Father's Day
Oct 3, 1997
Kalibak, the son of Darkseid, comes to Metropolis to kill Superman, and prove himself to his father.
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.
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.
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
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.
Bizarro's World
Oct 10, 1997
Bizarro learns of the destruction of Krypton and attempts to recreate the destruction in Metropolis.
Prototype
Oct 11, 1997
A suit of power armor is given to police officer who unfortunately is corrupted by the power it gives him.
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.
Warrior Queen
Nov 22, 1997
Maxima, Queen of Almerac, kidnaps Superman with the intent of making him her husband.
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.
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
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.
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.