Superman (1978)

Superman: The Animated Series comes to DVD!
Bruce Timm created a magnificent television series about the iconic "Man of Steel". He also created Batman: The Animated Series, but that is another story. This great television show premiered in 1996, and ran for three seasons, even though it should have lasted longer. It starred the wonderful voice talents of Tim Daly and Dana Delaney as the main cast, Clancy Brown, Brad Garrett, Lori Petty, Corey Burton and many others as the frequent guest stars. Since there are other reviewers that have episode descriptions in their reviews, I did not write episode descriptions in mine. In this volume one DVD set of "Superman: The Animated Series", there is not one episode that is better than another. I did think that there were some that were great and some that were good, but after watching all the episodes again, I have realized that this was a great show, and all the episodes were awesome. While some of the episodes do not have as good of a storyline, cast of characters, or a sequence of high-flying action like the other episodes, this does not matter, because when viewed as a whole series, from beginning to end, and considering the scope and imagination of the entire series' three season run, there is not one episode that is better than any other. Below is a list of episodes contained in this two-disc DVD set.

DISC ONE
1. THE LAST SON OF KRYPTON (Part I) (Original Airdate: 9/6/96)
Directed by Dan Riba
Jason Marsden as Teenage Clark Kent
Corey Burton as Brainiac

2. THE LAST SON OF KRYPTON (Part II) (Original Airdate: 9/6/96)
Directed by Curt Geda and Scott Jeralds
Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor
Jason Marsden as Teenage Clark Kent
Malcolm McDowell as John Corben

3. THE LAST SON OF KRYPTON (Part III) (Original Airdate: 9/6/96)
Directed by Dan Riba and Bruce W. Timm
Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor
Corey Burton as Brainiac
Malcolm McDowell as John Corben

4. FUN AND GAMES (Original Airdate: 9/7/96)
Directed by Kazuhide Tomonaga
Bud Cort as Winslow Schott/The Toyman
Bruce Weitz as Bruno Mannheim

5. A LITTLE PIECE OF HOME (Original Airdate: 9/14/96)
Directed by Toshihiko Masuda
Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor
Brad Garrett as Bibbo/"Neato" Coralli
Victor Brandt as Professor Emil Hamilton

6. FEEDING TIME (Original Airdate: 9/21/96)
Directed by Curt Geda
Brion James as Rudy Jones/The Parasite
Victor Brandt as Professor Emil Hamilton

DISC TWO, SIDE A
7. THE WAY OF ALL FLESH (Original Airdate: 9/28/96)
Directed by Kenji Hachizaki
Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor
Malcolm McDowell as John Corben/Metallo

8. STOLEN MEMORIES (Original Airdate: 10/2/96)
Directed by Curt Geda
Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor
Corey Burton as Brainiac
Victor Brandt as Professor Emil Hamilton

9. THE MAIN MAN (Part I) (Original Airdate: 10/9/96)
Directed by Dan Riba
Brad Garrett as Lobo
Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor
Victor Brandt as Professor Emil Hamilton

10. THE MAIN MAN (Part II) (Original Airdate: 10/16/96)
Directed by Dan Riba
Brad Garrett as Lobo
Frank Welker as Serpent

11. MY GIRL (Original Airdate: 10/23/96)
Directed by Yuichiro Yano
Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor
Joely Fisher as Lana Lang

12. TOOLS OF THE TRADE (Original Airdate: 2/1/97)
Directed by Curt Geda
Joseph Bologna as SCU Lt. Daniel "Dan" Turpin
Joanna Cassidy as Maggie Sawyer
Michael Ironside as Darkseid
Bruce Weitz as Bruno Mannheim
Michael York as Kanto

13. TWO'S A CROWD (Original Airdate: 2/15/97)
Directed by Hiroyuki Aoyama
Joseph Bologna as SCU Lt. Daniel "Dan" Turpin
Victor Brandt as Professor Emil Hamilton
Joanna Cassidy as Maggie Sawyer
Brian Cox as Dr. Earl Garver
Brion James as Rudy Jones/The Parasite

14. THE PROMETHEON (Original Airdate: 10/12/97)
Directed by Nobuo Tomizawa
Victor Brandt as Professor Emil Hamilton
Frank Welker as Creature

DISC TWO, SIDE B
15. BLASTS FROM THE PAST (Part I) (Original Airdate: 10/8/97)
Directed by Dan Riba
Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor
Victor Brandt as Emil Hamilton
Corey Burton as Brainiac
Jim Cummings as Unnamed Phantom Zone Resident
Leslie Easterbrook as Mala
Ron Perlman as Jax-Ur

16. BLASTS FROM THE PAST (Part II) (Original Airdate: 10/9/97)
Directed by Dan Riba
Victor Brandt as Professor Emil Hamilton
Corey Burton as Brainiac
Leslie Easterbrook as Mala
Ron Perlman as Jax-Ur

17. LIVEWIRE (Original Airdate: 10/13/97)
Directed by Curt Geda
Lori Petty as Livewire

18. SPEED DEMONS (Original Airdate: 10/13/97)
Directed by Toshihiko Masuda
Lorin Dreyfuss as Ben Mardon
Miguel Ferrer as Mark Mardon/The Weather Wizard
Carl Lumbly as The Mayor
Charlie Schlatter as The Flash

SPECIAL FEATURES
Commentaries
The Last Son of Krypton (Part I)
Stolen Memories
The Main Man (Part II)
Tools of the Trade
Selectable Pop-Up Trivia Track on episode #5, "A Little Piece of Home"
Superman: Learning to Fly
Building The Mythology: Superman's Supporting Cast


What a great show! Can't wait to purchase the second and third volumes!



THIS REVIEW IS DEDICATED TO ANYONE, LIVING OR DEAD, INVOLVED IN THE PAST, PRESENT, OR FUTURE "SUPERMAN" UNIVERSE.

superman animated dvd box set double sided dvd & cds suck
i give this dvd box sets 1 out 4 I Hate double sided dvds i rather pay an extra 10 dollars Not to have a double sided dvd other than that terrible option through out the set its great if you superman series fan if it was not for the double sided dvd crap i would have gave the rating a 5 or more.

i like looking at the art on the dvd or cd not flip ove the dvd and clean both sides of the coin if it has dust on it and it wont play because of it.

Great Show, Poor Package
The show itself gets 5 stars; however, beware of the dvd packaging. One of the disks is one of those double sided disks that companies include to save money on a third disk. They are very annoying because both sides contain a data and can easily get scratched.