Johnny H. Superman: The Animated Series filled the void left by Superman IV: The Quest For Peace and gave what fans of Batman: The Animated Series wanted: a show focusing on The Man of Steel done in the same manner as that of The Dark Knight's masterful series. The 90s may have been a dark age for Superman in the cinema, but in television he was soaring into the stratosphere of awesome. This series launched the wider DC Animated Universe, while Batman: The Animated Series planted the aesthetic foundations for the later shows following its continuity, like Batman Beyond and Justice League.Superman has never looked better than he does here; the sharp Bruce Timm aesthetic is still eye-poppingly gorgeous to look at, and it's great seeing characters like Green Lantern, Batman, The Flash and Aquaman make appearances. The show is superhero TV done with finesse just like its predecessor Batman. Need I say more? It's also probably THE BEST Superman adaptation to hit screen anywhere and everywhere.

DangerAwesome This is a good but not great incarnation of Superman. The biggest issue with it being that Superman has been taken down many, many, pegs, so that he is much less 'super' than we have come to know him. Everyone seems to challenge him physically. On the other hand, the handful of episodes where Superman has no physical challenge are some of the best and most faithful adaptations you will find in animation or film.Too many of the villains challenge Superman physically. It seems like every member of Intergang has a laser that can hurt him, every villain, even at one point a wind up boxing kangaroo (Toyman) can challenge Superman physically. It's way too much. Of the 54 episodes in this series, I'd say a good 40+ of them involve Superman going toe for toe with the villain. It's redundant.One of the ways this series succeeds is Lois Lane. This is the strongest, best female role model, and most interesting version of the character I can name. She seems like someone that anyone would be attracted to. She's a version that seems like a good reporter and not someone who Superman is attracted to for no reason.Watching this series I would rank the top villains as Lex Luthor, Darkseid, Metallo, Mxyzptlk, and Bizarro as the top 5, in that order. The rest being fairly boring because they are somewhat redundant. They have different powers for sure but most of them overlap in that they are a physical challenge for Superman and that is something the show does over and over again.On that note, this incarnation of Brainiac was disappointing. He's depicted as a robot from Krypton who seeks to know and then destroy the universe. He seems to have an unexplained grudge against Superman, because in this show they are both from Krypton. He's too much of a brute and less of a brain in this show. This is a show that has too many brutes and not enough brains. Brainiac should have been one of the most intelligent, but he isn't shown as one.Top episodes are: - Mxyzpixilated (S2E08) - Bizarro's World (S2E20) - The Late Mr. Kent (S2E22) - Apokolips... Now! (S2E25-26) - Knight Time (S3E02) - Little Big Head Man (S3E05)All the Batman crossover episodes are good highlights as well.

Aaron1375 So far for the most part any movie featuring the man of steel have missed the mark. If one were to gather their knowledge of Superman from these movies they will deduce that Superman's main villains were Lex Luther, Zod, Nuclear Man and Richard Pryor. One also gets the sense that he is kind of a dweeb and the type of guy who when he gets a female pregnant he bolts the planet. Well this animated series was great as it featured a vast assortment of villains, great voice work by Tim Daly, and had interesting stories. I enjoyed watching this incarnation of Superman as he was actually Superman without being indestructible unbeatable man like he has been portrayed at times. So what you are not going to see in this film is a lot of time spent back in Smallville growing up, a crusade to stop nuclear missiles, strange comedy, and yet another scheme by Lex involving real estate. No here you will see him lose a good friend to the cold Darkseid, help the Green Lantern take on the villainous Sinistro, and battle schemes by Lex involving him creating a cyborg man with kryptonite in his chest named Metallo. So suffice to say this series was a lot of fun and a lot better than nearly everything in the movies. The best thing the movies did was introducing Zod.

kenobi7 This series was, and still is amazing. The most surprising thing about this show is its own inventive and original take on the Superman mythos. I think that even the most die-hard comic book fan who has never seen this show would be astounded about the detail the show goes into. Of particular interest and excitement is the introduction of Mr. Mxyzptlk in "MXYZPIXILATED" (released on DVD in Volume 2), Darkseid in "TOOLS OF THE TRADE" (Volume 1) and the Joker (usually a Batman villain) to the series in "WORLD'S FINEST" (Volume 2). This series still, even though it has long since been cancelled off the air (except for syndication), proves to be a great homage to the Superman universe, and to comic books in general. It is an excellent example of outstanding ideas, insight, animation, action, a bit of romance, and suspense.THIS REVIEW IS DEDICATED TO ANYONE, LIVING OR DEAD, INVOLVED IN THE PAST, PRESENT, OR FUTURE "SUPERMAN" UNIVERSE.