Crisis of Infinite Episodes - Man of Steel: The Animated Series

Yes, as a rule a I agree that Superman should not go around killing people, but I was a bit surprised by the outrage at the end of Man of Steel when he reluctantly killed Zod. Much more blatant was Superman's killing of Zod in their last live action encounter in Superman II. Still, this Man of Steel parody incorporating the animated series designs got a chuckle out of me.

Crisis of Infinite Episodes - SuperRabbit

Super Rabbit returned in the fun and reverent 2013 series finale of The Looney Tunes Show. Warners has continued its fine tradition with this superb tale including Braniac, Lex Luthor, and Zod.

Crisis of Infinite Episodes - Bad Days: Justice League

Its a bad day when the Justice League gets shown up by the Teen Titans.

Crisis of Infinite Episodes - Till Doom Do Us Part

In 2005, Duck Dodgers returned to the world of DC (after the brilliant Green Loontern in 2003), this time paying homage to the Legion of Doom. Dodgers himself dreamed of himself donning a Superman-esque costume reminiscent of that worn years decades earlier in the Looney Tunes episode Stupor Duck - only the 'S' had been upgraded to a 'D.' 

Crisis of Infinite Episodes - Histeria!

I gotta give major props to the WB animation wiki for this entry as I had never even heard of the 1998 animated series Histeria! I guess the show's mission was to educate kids about history while entertaining them and so episodes featured historical figures from Teddy Roosevelt to Billy the Kid to Leonardo da Vinci. But tucked away in several episodes were DC comics Easter eggs. The first such egg occurred in the episode featuring inventors. After Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone booth, Superman, er, Fuperman wasted no time using the compartment to change into costume.

Crisis of Infinite Episodes - DC's World's Funnest: #9

I'm almost at a loss for words. A new low for DC Nation? So glad there is only 1 more of these stinkers to go.

Crisis of Infinite Episodes - Tales of Metropolis: Jimmy

Tales of Metropolis may not become one of the "classic" series of shorts, but I am really enjoying their overall tone. This was a pretty comical look at the relationship between Superman and his #1 pal, Jimmy - even if it was at the Man of Steel's expense. It was also fun getting a glimpse at "Not Bizarro," the star of the first Tale of Metropolis.

Crisis of Infinite Episodes - Superman 75th Anniversary

Best short ever? Hard to argue against it. The brilliant tribute to the Man of Steel captures 75 years worth of Superman's biggest moments, not only onscreen but in pop culture, in under 2 minutes. Yes, even at break neck speed so many moments were left out, but the spirit of Superman was captured. This little piece of animation is really something special. Rather than me trying to explain why, just watch it. 

Crisis of Infinite Episodes - Tokimeki Tonight

I confess, I know very little about this anime. It ran in 1984. Sometimes one of the characters daydreamed being Superman. One of the other characters was the daughter of a vampire and werewolf. If it came out today in the US, it would probably be huge...

Crisis of Infinite Episodes - Superman Recap

Overall, the 1988  Superman series is awfully forgettable. It seems to have made some of the same mistakes that Superman Returns made years later. In being so respectful of the live action Superman: The Movie, this series seemed almost afraid to step out of the shadow of the Superman film series. There were plenty of homages from similar scenes to musical cues, but the series lacked much identity of its own and while not really bad was quite bland. Strangely, even though there were just 13 episodes, it sort of felt like they were already out of ideas, or that they were almost out of ideas when they started.

Crisis of Infinite Episodes - It's Superman

Somehow Clark scooped Lois by taking a picture of himself in action Peter Parker style. This was a but unusual for a family album since it was really the introduction of Superman to Metropolis. But either way, it was pretty lame.

Crisis of Infinite Episodes - The Last Time I Saw Earth

With such an epic title I was expecting  something special - and it kinda was. I feel like they may have been wanting to use Darkseid, but instead an orange alien named Starlock kidnapped Lois and Jimmy who just happened to be riding on the space shuttle.

Crisis of Infinite Episodes - Night of the Living Shadows

Superman took on the first onscreen incarnation of the Shadow Thief who was actually a couple of people including a rat faced burglar and Lex Luthor. As the episode progressed, the Shadow Thief became the Shadow Gang (including an undercover Lois), but even armed with Kryptonite powered tanks, they were no match for the Last Son of Krypton. This episode was actually fairly decent with an angered Superman threatening to throw the bad guys into the sun.

Crisis of Infinite Episodes - Wildsharkk

 I am pretty sure I saw this plot in a James Bond movie - The Spy Who Loved Me, I think? In fact, this was a total rip off of that movie with Lois playing the role of James Bond.  A large tanker captained by Wildsharkk captured other ships. Unfortunately the captain was just a fairly boring guy. I was hoping for a mutated man-shark to fight Superman. This was much more boring having Superman vs a water spout. 

Crisis of Infinite Episodes - The Beast Beneath These Streets

 

Apparently there was a city buried beneath the streets of Metropolis.  As it turns out a web-slinging Man-Bat wannabe named Morpheus terrorized the city and so the citizens just paved over the whole city.Wouldn't you know that 100 years later old Morphy was still lurking? For some reason Bat-Brain really hated Superman.

Crisis of Infinite Episodes - Bonechill

"What a nutburger" Jimmy Olson gets the line of the day! So, the villain Bonechill kinda had a bit of a Solomon Grundy thing going for him coupled with the ability to reanimate mummies. Its been a while since a good mummy fight and so that was a nice perk. In fact, in addition to his fun design, Bonechill had the ability to bring imagination (with a penchant for Poe) to life resulting in some interesting baddies including an easily defeatable grasshopper-man. With just a few episodes of this series to go, this seems to be about the best I can reasonably hope for.

Crisis of Infinite Episodes - Superman and Wonder Woman vs. The Sorceress of Time

Count this as a very rare guest appearance by Wonder Woman and for what it was, this was a halfway decent episode - though only halfway. Wonder Woman actually got a pretty good spotlight here as the evil Sirena wrecked havoc on the Island of Themyscira, turning the Amazons into imps and unleashing cyclops, a minotaur and her own special breed of imp to help release "evil power."

Crisis of Infinite Episodes - The Hunter

 Despite numerous appearances by look-alikes and other Phantom Zoners, this was the first true animated appearance of General Zod. Although clean shaven, Zod's heart was still impure as he sent an armored hunter to destroy the son of Jor-El. And believe it or not, he succeeded and Superman died. The Hunter became nearly invulnerable after absorbing the properties of diamonds and kryptonite proving too much of a match for the Man of Steel... or did he?

Super History of Superman: Justice League: War (2014)

Not so much leading the charge as just being a part of it, Superman next landed in Justice League: War, the adaptation of the Justice League: Origins tale which launched DC's "new 52" print reboot.

Crisis of Infinite Episodes - Triple-Play

I think the Penguin has a rival for lamest (semi) mainstream villain in the Prankster. I mean, look at the guy. His scheme had something to do with "stealing the World Series" for his own private entertainment. Give him credit though, he had a monkey operated scoreboard!