Darkseid (Michael Ironside) returns in the first episode of the week, Father’s Day. Airing on 3 October, 1997, the episode sees Darkseid’s son, Kalibak (Michael Dorn), eager to impress his father. The New God wants to travel to Earth and confront, and beat Superman (Tim Daly). Darkseid says no, but Desaad (Robert Morse) sends Kalibak…
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Superman: The Animated Series (1997) – Identity Crisis, Target and Mxyzpixilated
Clark Kent (Tim Daly) is seeing double in Identity Crisis, the first episode up this week. Originally airing on 15 September, 1997, this story introduced yet another DC character to the animated canon, that of Bizarro, a strange, flawed clone of Superman. There’s an amusing moment as Supes is patrolling Metropolis and he rescues a kid,…
Superman: The Animated Series (1996) – The Way of All Flesh, Stolen Memories and The Main Man: Part I
John Corben (Malcolm McDowell) returns as the cyborg Metallo to menace Superman (Tim Daly) in The Way of All Flesh, which had an original airdate of 28 September, 1996. Corben breaks out of a prison after an attack, while Supes easily handles the rest of the escapees, John eludes our hero. He meets up with Luthor (Clancy Brown),…
Superman: The Animated Series (1996) – Fun and Games, A Little Piece of Home and Feeding Time
Things get underway pretty quick for Clark (Tim Daly) this week, as the Toyman (Bud Cort) makes his first appearance in Fun and Games. This episode aired 7 September 1996. A gang leader, Bruno Manheim (Bruce Weitz) finds himself the target of the Toyman, the subject of an act of revenge. Lois (Dana Delaney) and…
Superman II (1980) – Richard Lester
The Sci-Fi Chronicles book just keeps paying off, I’m loving this incredibly large tome, and I can’t believe how quickly I’m working my way through it (admittedly I’ve seen, and reviewed a lot of the stuff before). Having previously reviewed Superman: The Movie, I moved forward to the next title, Superman II. Now, I…
The Mind Reels 