He was widely considered to be one of earths most brilliant minds and one of superman s greatest enemies. The animated series, and was also the first in the dcau to feature multiple superhero guest stars batman, aquaman, doctor fate, flash and green lantern. Clark hears a mysterious noise with his super hearing and investigates as superman. The animated series, as well as both tim daly and dana delany reprising their voice roles as superman and lois lane, respectively. In the present, the daily planet is having a staff meeting attended by perry white, lois lane, clark kent, jimmy olsen, and ron troupe. With the aid of his natural genius and his general lack of conscience, luthor assembled a vast fortune and founded lexcorp. The animated series ran from 1996 to 2000 on kids wb. Volume 1, then youll adore and love superman, the animated series. The animated series, and based on the popular superman comics created by jerry siegel and joe shuster, the cartoon series focused on the adventures of superman, an incredibly powerful crime fighter from the planet krypton, who superman was an animated series that. Superman was an animated series that premiered on september 6, 1996. The series is part of what has become known as the dc animated universe and was the first after the acclaimed batman. In the end, he discovers that batmans disappearance has something to do with an.
He served as the main antagonist of first and second seasons of superman. In flashback, brainiac is shown stealing the city of kandor. Livewire, lex luthor, parasite, metallo, mala, lobo, braniac, and others. Darkseid was the absolute ruler of apokolips, wouldbe conqueror of the universe and the greatest enemy of superman and, by extension, the justice league itself. The animated series is an american animated television series based on the dc comics flagship character, superman. Brainiac attacks was released in 2006, although it is not considered to be part of dcau continuity, despite featuring the same character designs as superman. The animated series, and the eighth of the overall series. The film features superman battling the forces of lex luthor and brainiac, while also focuses on the relationship between superman and lois lane.
In the 14th episode from the second season, brainiac returns after his defeat by superman in a previous fight. The series is sometimes fun and bold, with stories about robots and aliens, and sometimes darker, with episodes that deal with the concepts of good versus evil. Brainiac, once kryptons allknowing planetary computer, comes to earth as part of his informationgathering trek across the galaxy. Lex luthor was a powerful businessman and criminal mastermind. The origins of darkseid and his rise to power are lost to time, but as long as. Animation and its creators, i do not own any rights of superman. Superman is fighting alongside the eponymous group of superheroes. Brainiac attacks is a 2006 directtovideo animated film with production designs based on superman. May 06, 2020 a guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series superman. Superman is a 1988 american animated saturday morning television series produced by rubyspears enterprises for warner bros. Brainiac is a major antagonist of the dc animated universe.
With tim daly, dana delany, clancy brown, christopher mcdonald. The animated series is an american television series based on the dc comics superhero superman, which was produced by warner bros. In this series, brainiac was from the planet mega whose entire population had perished in a series of atomic wars with the exception of one survivor, professor hecla. These are actually the first 18 episodes of the superman. Brainiac was also seen in episodes of the filmation animated series the new adventures of superman. Superman has a lot of enemies, but two of his biggest have to be lex luthor and brainiac. This was the greenskinned robot version as well, who was first seen using his shrinking ray to create a sort of cosmic noahs ark, by shrinking a male and female of each earth species to take back to his dying homeworld. Brainiac dc animated universe villains wiki fandom.
The animated series is an animated series that ran from 1996 to 2000. Three members of the legion of superheroes from the 30th century travel back in time to stop brainiac from killing clark kent in his youth. At first, superman considers going with him into space, but soon learns brainiac s true intentions. Animation and originally aired on the wb from 1996 to 2000. This brainiac was a more computerized version of the character. Brainiac made his first television appearance in six episodes of the filmation animated series the new adventures of superman, voiced by cliff owens. Knight time is the second episode of the third season of superman. Animation and originally aired on kids wb from september 6, 1996 to february 12, 2000. He psychically fed on the despair and misery of others. Little is known about lex luthors origins, but he was an admirably selfmade man. Superman the animated series full episodes youtube.
A lone truck drives down a winding road out in the middle of the desert. Stolen memories is the eighth episode of the first season of superman. After learning that batman is missing, superman goes to gotham and disguises himself to be batman in order to prevent crime from rising. Afterwards, brainiac traveled the galaxy in pursuit of knowledge and destroyed the sources of the knowledge to increase its value and sought to apply this to the entire universe to complete what it perceived as its function and purpose, making it a nemesis of superman. Viewers first get introduced to one of superman s most trickiest enemies mr. The animated series, and the 43rd of the overall series. He began as a gigantic, kryptonian computer, built by the kryptonians to assist in their daily lives and in their scientific measurements. Joker steals a statue made of solid kryptonite and makes a deal with luthor to kill superman. It debuted on september 23, 2006, and centers on a young superman s adventures in the 31st century. Volume 2 because the best episodes of the 1997 animated series are here. Aug 22, 20 superman travels to the phantom zone to save lois.
Jorel, unable to convince the kryptonian government of the pending destruction of the planet, plans to save his son while brainiac makes him a fugitive. The animated series television series on 2 great disks. Legion of super heroes is an american animated television series produced by warner bros. Airing ten years after the 1986 reboot of the superman comic book character, the animated series paid tribute to both the classic. Animation, released on june 20, 2006 and aired a part of the toonami block on june 17, 2006. The animated series is cartoon based on the adventures of superman, the dc comics superhero. Darkseid has conquered and subjugated an unspecified number of planets throughout the universe. Meanwhile, brainiac wreaks destruction on metropolis as lex luthor unleashes the new man of steel. His new origin was told in the first episode of superman. The animated series, and was equally praised for its thematic complexity. The series was the first of several spinoffs of the acclaimed batman.
Also present are cat grant and steve lombard, who have recently returned to the staff. Animation, adapted from the dc comics series of the same name. The animated series, the main antagonist of the justice league episode. But, as superman discovers, brainiac s intent after gathering the worlds knowledge is to destroy the earth. With christopher mcdonald, finola hughes, corey burton, tony jay. But jokers plan is jeopardized when batman arrives to warn superman that his life is in danger. Brainiac was the planetarywide supercomputer of krypton until it left shortly before the planets destruction. Television that aired on cbs featuring the dc comics superhero of the same name coinciding with the characters 50th anniversary, along with the liveaction superboy tv series that year. Joker kidnaps lois in order to lure superman to his death. He is the central computer system of krypton and one of supermans greatest enemies.
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