TV-Y7Season 1
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Superman: The Animated Series (1996), Season 1 is the superhero action cartoon you can watch online on iFILM — thirteen episodes that launch the Man of Steel into the DC animated universe.
It opens on a three-part origin: Krypton dies, a pod carries baby Kal-El to Earth, and Clark Kent grows into the reporter who first rises over Metropolis. From there the season builds its rogues' gallery one threat at a time. Lex Luthor learns that Kryptonite can wound a god, the Toyman turns play into menace, the Parasite drains power by touch, and mercenary John Corben is rebuilt as Metallo with a glowing green heart. Brainiac arrives, and the closing episodes let Darkseid's shadow reach in through Intergang.
Created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini after their landmark Batman series, with Tim Daly voicing Superman and Dana Delany as Lois Lane, this run set the deco-noir look that anchored the whole DCAU. Stream Superman: The Animated Series Season 1 online on iFILM.
13 episodes
S1·E1The Last Son of Krypton (1)
Jor-El, a Kryptonian scientist and Council Member, rescues his son Kal-El from the dying planet by launching the baby to Earth.
S1·E2The Last Son of Krypton (2)
Young Clark Kent discovers his true identity; and, as an adult, presents himself to Metropolis as Superman.
S1·E3The Last Son of Krypton (3)
Superman thwarts a plot by Lex Luthor to sell the LEXO-SKEL SUIT 5000 to Kaznian terrorists, via their agent John Corben.
S1·E4Fun and Games
Superman rescues Metropolis thug Bruno Mannheim - and Lois - from the vengeful Toyman.
S1·E5A Little Piece of Home
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.
S1·E6Feeding Time
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.
S1·E7The Way of All Flesh
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.
S1·E8Stolen Memories
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.
S1·E9The Main Man (1)
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.
S1·E10The Main Man (2)
Superman and Lobo team up to escape the Preserver and a vile band of competing bounty hunters with their own vendetta against the "Main Man".
S1·E11My Girl
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.
S1·E12Tools of the Trade
Bruno Mannheim's Intergang terrorizes Metropolis with hi-tech weapons from Darkseid, while SCU Inspector Dan Turpin goes on a personal hunt for answers.
S1·E13Two's a Crowd
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.
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