Superman: The Animated Series

September 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 with the Phantom Zone Projector and releases Krypton's most notorious traitor, Jax-Ur.

September 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 destroy the Projector. As their decimating attacks begin, it's up to Lois and Professor Hamilton to rescue the Man of Steel in time.

September 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 it back into outer space.

September 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.

September 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.

September 15, 1997

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

September 19, 1997

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

September 20, 1997

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

September 20, 1997

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

September 22, 1997

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

September 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 filter through from the sun.

September 27, 1997

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

September 27, 1997

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

September 29, 1997

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

October 3, 1997

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

October 4, 1997

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

October 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.

October 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 steals a powerful aircraft to attack Metropolis.

October 6, 1997

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

October 10, 1997

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

October 11, 1997

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

November 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.

November 8, 1997

Superman teams up with Steel to deal with Metallo.

November 22, 1997

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

February 7, 1998

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

February 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 not without losses.

May 2, 1998

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

May 2, 1998

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