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The following is an overview of enemies to appear in Superman: The Animated Series and the rest of the DC animated universe. Contents: Top · 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z The Joseph Martin version of the Atomic Skull appears in Justice League Unlimited voiced by Lex Lang. He first appears in "The Cat and the Canary" as Wildcat's main opponent at Roulette's Meta-Brawl until Green Arrow and Black Canary interrupted the match. In "I Am Legion," Atomic Skull later returns as a member of Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society. In the episodes "Alive" and "Destroyer," he sides with Luthor during the mutiny during the two-part series finale. He is found among the survivors of Darkseid's attack. He and Luthor insist that the surviving villains help the heroes during the defense of Earth against the forces of Apokolips. He fights alongside Hawkgirl and Commander Steel in Washington DC. He is last seen taking advantage of the "five-minute head start" the Justice League grants the surviving villains at the end of the final episode (notably he is the one who vocally opposes being arrested after helping save the world from Darkseid's forces). Bane appears in the Superman: The Animated Series episode "Knight Time". When Batman mysteriously disappears, Superman travels to Gotham to find the Dark Knight. The Man of Steel ends up donning a Batsuit to keep everyone from realizing that Bruce Wayne and Batman are the same person as their disappearances are reported around the same time. Superman investigate the city with Tim Drake, the newest Robin. Their investigation brings them into an encounter with the Riddler, Mad Hatter, and Bane, who were earlier conspiring to kill Batman. Bane gets into a fistfight with Superman, still dressed as Batman. With Riddler's help, Bane drops a massive statue on Superman, appearing to have finally killed Batman. As Bane gloats about how disappointed he is with their anti-climatic showdown, Superman suddenly lifts the statue off of himself and throws it at Bane. Superman then pummels Bane with his bare hands and finally knocks him out. An amused Robin notes to a baffled and horrified Riddler that 'Batman' had "been working out". Bizarro in Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000) was voiced by Tim Daly, while Bizzaro in Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006) was voiced by George Newbern. His origin is the same as the Post-Crisis Bizarro from the comics and his appearance, aside from the typical traits also bears resemblance to Frankenstein's monster, and homage is paid to his angular featured design in the first few seconds of his arrival. He is kindhearted and childlike, and although he has trouble distinguishing good, evil or harm, he wishes to protect innocents in the same way as Superman. In JLU, he is attracted to Giganta and fights Wonder Woman for her. Later on, Luthor somehow lobotomizes him (a scar is visible), gaining control of Bizarro; a side effect being that Bizarro starts to both speak and comprehend things backwards (a nod to the comic version) but remains mute for the most part. In the Superman: The Animated Series episode "Bizarro's World", Bizarro finds the Fortress of Solitude, where he interacts with Brainiac and discovers his "origin". Soon he creates his own Krypton on a section of Metropolis and uses a theater as the House of El. Later, Superman gives Bizarro his own world to protect, a moon with vegetation and a green sky showing a Saturn-like planet, and several other moons. The episode is based on the comic book Superman (vol. 2) #87. In a followup episode, "Little Big Head Man", Bizarro had populated his world with mannequins he made of boulders and twigs, and pretended to "protect" the populace. In his own "Fortress of Solitude", there are twig mannequins of his "mama" and "dada" holding a large cube-shaped boulder. Mr. Mxyzptlk appears and tricks him into returning to Earth and attacking Superman. Bizarro is eventually returned to his world with his new sidekick -- Mxyzptlk, who had been temporarily stripped of his powers. In the Justice League Unlimited animated series, Bloodsport (Robert DuBois) appears at Roulette's Meta-Brawl fighting Electrocutioner. He later appears as a member of the Secret Society, but is killed off-screen during JLU's series finale.[1] Corey Burton voices Brainiac in Superman: The Animated Series; Justice League; Justice League Unlimited; and Static Shock two-part episode "A League of Their Own". This animated version of the character was ranked 94th in Wizard magazine's list of 100 Greatest Villains of all time.[2] Burton reprised his role as Brainiac in the Legion of Super-Heroes series. Composite Superman made a cameo in Justice League Unlimited in an episode called "The Greatest Story Never Told". Unlike the comic, this "Composite Superman" is the product of a battle with the dark lord Mordru. It's actually a fusion of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman[citation needed] with the appearance of Composite Superman, but Wonder Woman's voice, resulting from some twisted spell used in the intense magical conflict. The spell was undone by the time Mordru was defeated. Kenny Braverman (voiced by Scott Menville) appeared in "New Kids In Town," an episode of Superman: The Animated Series. The episode, set in the early 1980s, featured Clark Kent as a teenager, first becoming aware of his superpowers in Smallville. The arrogant football athlete Kenny taunts Clark at a high school dance. Clark, in turn, inadvertently humiliates and physically injures Kenny by using his superpowers. Later, at a roadside diner, Kenny is accosted by Brainiac, who demands to know where Clark lives. He eventually tells the Kryptonian android what he wants to know, and is hurled through a neon sign for his troubles. Although Conduit was never featured in Superman: The Animated Series, the high-school rivalry between Kenny and Clark clearly referenced their comic-book conflict. Darkseid would appear in several animated series set in the DC Animated Universe, namely Superman: The Animated Series (1996), Justice League (2001) and Justice League Unlimited (2005) voiced by Michael Ironside. Many of the Elite members have appeared in episodes of Justice League and Superman: The Animated Series. The character appeared in the 1990s Superman animated series episode "Father's Day", voiced by Robert Morse of The Loved One. One of his robotic creations is destroyed by Superman. He later tricks Kalibak into disobeying Darkseid and going to Earth to fight Superman. Desaad also appears in Justice League, where Rene Auberjonois reprised the role from Super Friends, but portrayed it more seriously. In the Justice League episode "Twilight", Desaad's careless criticisms of Darkseid's most recent military action to gain the Anti-Life Equation, which Darkseid had already afforded him considerable leeway in voicing, earns Darkseid's wrath and a quick death from his Omega Beams. Doomsday appears in the Justice League animated series and the successor Justice League Unlimited portrayed by voice actor Spawn's Michael Jai White (who also had other villainous appearances in other DC Comics adaptations such as Static Shock and The Dark Knight). In this series, Doomsday is an imperfect clone of Superman (similar to Bizarro), genetically engineered by Project Cadmus and indoctrinated into hating Superman. In his first appearance, Doomsday fights the Justice Lords (a tyrannical version of the Justice League from a parallel universe), and is lobotomized by the alternate-universe Superman's heat vision. Doomsday's brain regenerates, and Dr. Achilles Milo, a Project Cadmus member, releases Doomsday to kill Amanda Waller, explaining that his hate of Superman was manufactured. However, Doomsday instead kills Milo and goes to fight Superman. Like his comics counterpart, his skull has adapted a heavy bone-plate to prevent the same trick from working twice (perhaps a subtle reference to how in the comics, Doomsday can't be killed twice using the same method). Doomsday is disabled when Superman throws him into an active volcano, encasing him in lava. The Justice League then sentences him to life imprisonment in the Phantom Zone since he's too dangerous to imprison anywhere else. Morgan Edge has appeared in an episode of Justice League voiced by an uncredited Brian George. When Gorilla Grodd and his Secret Society broke into his mansion to free Clayface from his prison. He attempted to flee on a boat while disguised as a chef, but Killer Frost froze the water and Morgan's alligator shoes gave away his identity to the Secret Society. Gorilla Grodd had him lead them to where Clayface was stored. As the other Secret Society members enter the room, Killer Frost entraps Morgan Edge in ice, presumably freezing him to death. Bernadeth, Lashina, Stompa and Mad Harriet are the core members of the group, with others appearing only occasionally. These Furies (sans Bernadeth) appeared in Superman: The Animated Series episode Little Girl Lost part 1, where Supergirl Kara In-Ze, in an attempt to prove herself to Superman by challenging Intergang with the help of Jimmy Olsen, unwittingly stumbles upon Granny Goodness' connections with Apokolips. After trashing Intergang, Kara so inspires the wrath of Granny Goodness that the latter summons the Furies to personally annihilate Supergirl. In part 2, the Female Furies defeat Supergirl and then Superman, who attempts to save her. Bringing Superman to Apokolips for Darkseid, the Furies again battle Supergirl, in which they are eventually defeated one-by-one. They also appeared in the series finale, Legacy, where at least Lashina had a relationship with Superman when he was brainwashed by Darkseid. Notably, when Superman returned to Apokolips to exact revenge against Darkseid and Granny Goodness, he merely asked Lashina to get out of his way. The Female Furies preferred to fight, but he defeated them by crashing into a fiery pillar. The Furies appeared in Justice League Unlimited (this time with Bernadeth) serving Granny Goodness in her power struggle against Virman Vundabar and his lieutenants Kanto and Mantis. Shortly afterwards, a resurrected Darkseid (following his death at the end of the Justice League episode Twilight) returns and puts an end to the war. A different version of Glorious Godfrey appeared in the Justice League animated series. In the two part episode "Eclipsed" "Glorious" G. Gordon Godfrey (voiced by Enrico Colantoni) is the host of a sensationalist talk show which he uses to attack the Justice League's credibility. It is not revealed if he is connected with Darkseid or has his powers of persuasion; it appears that he is a normal human. After the Justice League successfully prevented the destruction of the sun, his sponsors dropped him and the network moved his show to four o'clock in the morning. At one point on his talk show, Godfrey holds up a book called The Innocent Seduced and refers to its author, Dr. Frederic. This is a reference to Seduction of the Innocent, an actual book written by Fredric Wertham which had great influence during the early 1950s and accused comic books of corrupting minors. This version of Godfrey had blonde hair, rather than the comic version's orange. Granny Goodness appears in a few episodes of the Superman: The Animated Series. She first appears in a cameo flashback in "Apokolips...Now!, Part 1," as part of Mother Box's records of the history between New Genesis and Apokolips. In her first full appearance ("Little Girl Lost"), where she was voiced by Edward Asner, she brainwashes street children and takes them in as members of Intergang. Jimmy Olsen and Supergirl attempt to infiltrate the revamped Intergang. Suspicious, Granny orders Intergang to take them down, and summons the Female Furies to take executive action when the débutante Supergirl proves too true to her Argosian roots to be defeated that easily. Later in "Legacy", at Darkseid's order, she later brainwashes Superman into being his loyal servant and attacking Earth. When Superman later regains his true memories and journeys to Apokolips, he names Granny as "first on my list." He ends up using her own machine against her – damaging her mind and making her an invalid. Edward Asner reprises his role of Granny Goodness in the Justice League Unlimited episode "The Ties That Bind." The damage to her mind somehow previously repaired, she resurfaces and secretly kidnaps Oberon before approaching Mister Miracle and Big Barda with an offer: Free Kalibak from Virman Vunderbarr in the X-Pits on Apokolips and she'll release Oberon. As Superman isn't around, Flash volunteers to help them. After Kalibak is released from the X-Pits, Flash frees Oberon after revealing the Kalibak with Mister Miracle is really Martian Manhunter in disguise (they pulled a switch) and Kalibak is imprisoned in jail on Earth. She is later seen in Alive!, about to lead the Female Furies against Vunderbarr and his lieutenants, Kanto and Mantis. The civil war brewing on Apokolips since Twilight is halted when Darkseid returns. Mercedes "Mercy" Graves is a DC Comics character. Like Harley Quinn, she was created in the DC animated universe and later crossed into the comics. Voiced by Lisa Edelstein, Mercy was created for the Superman: The Animated Series as a tough young woman with a checkered past. Mercy serves as Lex Luthor's personal bodyguard and chauffeur. Originally the leader of a gang of female thieves, Mercy once daringly swiped Luthor's briefcase from under the billionaire's nose. She did not get far before Luthor's men hunted her down. However, rather than take revenge, Luthor, impressed by her mixture of ruthlessness and street savvy, offered her a job. He took her in, cleaned her up, and made her his right-hand woman, entrusting her with his personal security and also to carry out his dirty work. Though she usually relies on cool and sardonic wit as her first form of defense, Mercy is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, using a rough, street-form of kickboxing as her preferred form of attack. She is also an expert with most forms of handheld weapons. Mercy is loyal and respectful to Luthor, but never servile. She claims to be "the only one in Luthor's entire company who can get away with calling him Lex". In the episode "Ghost in the Machine," Mercy teams up with Superman to find a missing Lex Luthor. Superman tries to convince Mercy that Luthor does not actually care for her; Mercy tries to prove him wrong. However, after a battle with Brainiac, Mercy is pinned under a pile of fallen machinery while the room caves in. Although Luthor could have saved her, he flees instead, leaving her to die. This is the only episode of Superman: The Animated Series to prominently feature the character. During the "World's Finest" crossover arc, Mercy develops an intense rivalry with Harley Quinn, the Joker's hench-girl and on/off girlfriend. During the arc's climactic episode, Harley duct-tapes Mercy's mouth shut and ties her to a killer android that attacks Batman and Superman. She is saved by the two, and is later seen watching television and laughing as Harley is publicly arrested. When Mercy reappears later in Justice League ("Tabula Rasa"), the nature of their relationship becomes more clear. Mercy has agreed to take over LexCorp while Luthor is in prison (which was apparently a promotion from bodyguard to executive), and is hesitant to return it to him because she feels their former relationship was not an equal one. She also states that while as the CEO of LexCorp she brought the stock up 38% and removed certain departments in the science division finding them useless or in order to save money. Luthor exacerbates the situation by verbally and physically abusing her. It is repeatedly implied that their relationship was not solely platonic. Mercy assists Luthor's escape from the Justice League. However, after his capture she hangs up on him during his single phone call when he requests help in obtaining a lawyer and doctors to treat his kryptonite cancer. Grundy has appeared in the 2000s animated series Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, first in the episode "Injustice for All". He was voiced by Mark Hamill. In this series, his origin was that of a mobster (also named Cyrus Gold) who eventually crossed the wrong people. He was killed, cursed, then dumped in a mystical swamp, rising again 25 years later as a soulless monster, forever seeking his lost soul without being aware of it. He is often paired with Copperhead to comedic timing in various episodes. Later, Grundy became a more sympathetic figure, even a hero of sorts, by helping Doctor Fate save the world from a monstrous, bloodthirsty, Thanagarian deity named Ichthultu (based on the H. P. Lovecraftian Cthulhu) that he calls "Snake-Face". He befriends Hawkgirl, calling her "Bird-Nose". Fate's team in the episode is a pastiche of Marvel's Defenders, with Grundy standing in for the Hulk, Aquaman standing in for Namor, Doctor Fate standing in for Doctor Strange, and Hawkgirl standing in for both Valkyrie and Nighthawk. "Bird-Nose" was Hulk's nickname for Nighthawk, and other heroes have referred to him as such. Grundy attacks Ichthultu on his own, under the impression that the soul-devouring monster is in possession of his own soul. He is poisoned in the attempt, but his efforts allow Hawkgirl to kill the monster. Even the normally staunch Hawkgirl weeps for him, and comforts him in his last moments, assuring him that his soul is waiting for him when he dies. His epitaph simply reads, "Solomon Grundy — Born on a Monday", a reference to the poem after which he was named. Grundy would later return in the series (voiced by Bruce Timm), resurrected by a dark spell cast by a group of young amateurs, with his memory of his past incarnation severely addled and lacking the ability to speak. Mindless and uncontrollable, he goes on a destructive rampage, his power augmented to levels far beyond his original self by the magic animating him. After a lengthy battle with the Justice League, he regains a small fraction of his memory when he beholds Hawkgirl, whom he has accepted as a friend, and he submits to Shayera, who sorrowfully kills him to put him out of his misery. In the Superman: The Animated Series episode "The Demon Reborn", Ra's al Ghul was dying as the Lazarus Pit became ineffective of prolonging his aging body, so he attempts to steal Superman's powers using an ancient Native American artifact to save himself. He almost succeeds, but is thwarted by Batman before the process is complete. However, the process has rejuvenated his body enough for him to resume his usage with the Lazarus Pit once more. He and Talia disappear at the battle's end. In Superman: The Animated Series, actress Olivia Hussey voiced Talia, replacing Helen Slater from Batman: The Animated Series. In the episode, "The Demon Reborn," she and her father's minions arrived at Metropolis to steal a Native American mystical staff which possesses a power of healing. After she succeeded, she used it to drain Superman's powers in order to capture him. Ra's was dying as the Lazarus Pit have became ineffective to prolong his life, so the father and daughter planned to used to the staff to transfer Superman's strength to save Ra's life. Batman later arrived and interfered with the process. Despite of Batman arrived in time to save Superman's life, Ra's had enough of The Man of Steel's life force to resume his longevity with the Lazarus Pit once more. Ra's and Talia later fell to the bottom of a cave, but it is later confirmed that they've survived. The episode "Hawk and Dove" features a living suit of armor called the Annihilator that design-wise resembles Imperiex. It is Tom Sera (Ares) commissioned the creation of the Annihilator for the purpose of exacerbating the civil war in Kasnia. Offering it free-of-charge to Nardoc, the leader of the hard-pressed Northern tribes, Ares touted it as the perfect aid to their cause. Nardoc put it to good use early on, using it to spearhead a counterattack against the Southern forces that successfully drove them away. The Annihilator tore through several units of the Southern army, and even proved too strong for a Justice League team composed of Wonder Woman, Hawk and Dove. Recognizing Hephaestus’s mark on the machine’s breastplate, Wonder Woman confronted him. Hephaestus confessed that all of his creations contained a weakness, but he wouldn’t tell her what the Annihilator’s was. However, he gave her a hint that she figured out in the midst of the next battle between the Kaznians: the Annihilator was indestructible, but required aggression to power it. As it approached the Southerners’ camp, Dove convinced the guards to lower their weapons. Deprived of its fuel, the Annihilator shut down. The inert Annihilator was stored aboard the Watchtower until it was stolen by Task Force X on behalf of Cadmus. Tala experimented on the armor, trying to find a way to remove its weakness. When she was unsuccessful, her mentor, Felix Faust, then existing only as a disembodied soul, tricked her into speaking an incantation that released him from his confinement and allowed him to possess the Annihilator. It became Faust's new body, with which he immediately stormed into Tartarus, overcame Hades, and made himself master of the underworld. He was shortly confronted by Diana, Shayera Hol, and Lord Hades. Although Faust managed to remove the Annihilator's weakness, it was still vulnerable to Shayera's Nth metal mace, which disrupted magic. After Shayera struck the initial blow, Diana took up the mace and destroyed the armor, leaving a small portion of Faust's soul drifting loose, which Hades snatched up with the intention of torturing it. In Superman: The Animated Series, Intergang was run by Bruno Mannheim (voiced by Bruce Weitz, who coincidentally played the Church Sr.'s lawyer on Lois & Clark). Mannheim was often the target of the Toyman, a villain who used incredible—and lethal—toys to get revenge on him for framing the Toyman's father for embezzlement. He was later killed in the explosion of a nuclear power plant when helping Darkseid. In a later episode, Intergang was reorganized under the leadership of Granny Goodness. In Justice League, Morgan Edge was portrayed as living on an island with his own personal army and then is frozen by Killer Frost as the Secret Society (Gorilla Grodd, Parasite, Sinestro, Giganta, The Shade and Frost) freed Clayface, who was being held by Edge. Intergang received a brief mention in the Justice League Unlimited episode "This Little Piggy." During a stakeout, an impatient Wonder Woman asked Batman what the criminal organization would want with the Rosetta Stone. Batman replied with the remark, "Intergang moves in mysterious ways." Kalibak was featured on Superman: The Animated Series, where he was voiced by Michael Dorn. He appears in "Father's Day," the "Apokolis...Now" two-parter and "Legacy, Part 2." Like in the comics, he seeks to earn his father's approval. In Justice League, Michael Dorn reprised his role of Kalibak in the second season premiere, "Twilight". He later returned in "Hereafter" as a member of the Superman Revenge Squad in a plot to kill Superman. During a second attack, he ended up engaging Lobo in battle and lost when Lobo threw a pile of cars on him. In Justice League Unlimited, Granny Goodness appeared before Mister Miracle and Big Barda to free Kalibak from the X-Pits (where Virman Vundabar was holding him) in order for Granny Goodness to release Oberon from her clutches. With the help of the Flash, they freed Kalibak, only to trick Granny Goodness with Martian Manhunter, who had shape-shifted into a copy of Kalibak. Flash was able to free Oberon in time, Granny Goodness was defeated, and Kalibak was returned to a prison on Earth. Kanto appeared in an episode of Superman: The Animated Series portrayed by voice-actor Michael York, being that series' first glimpse of the New Gods. In that episode, he supplied Intergang with weapons from Apokolips they can use to kill Superman. After Intergang failed, Kanto retreated back to Apokolips, with Bruno Mannheim desperately following him. Kanto later appears in the Justice League Unlimited episode, "Alive!" along with Mantis as a lieutenant for Virman Vundabar in his power struggle with Granny Goodness when Darkseid, following his death at the end of the Justice League episode Twilight, returns, putting an end to the war. Despite speaking, no voice actor was credited for this appearance. It clearly was not York; best speculation, based on the cast list for the episode, would be top impressionist Corey Burton. Lashina appeared on Superman: The Animated Series in several episodes, and was voiced by Diane Michelle. Her first appearance was in the two-parter "Little Girl Lost," where she, along with Stompa and Mad Harriet, was summoned by Granny Goodness to battle Supergirl. Lashina was the leader of the Furies, and had the final battle with Supergirl at the end of the episode. She also appeared later during the series finale two-parter, Legacy, where she apparently had a romantic relationship with the brainwashed Superman, but attacked him when he turned on them. Lashina also appeared in Justice League Unlimited in the first part of the series finale, Alive. She was set to appear in Season 4 of Batman Beyond in which the events of Legacy begin to haunt Superman once again. It was revealed that they had a child and he became the new ruler of Apokolips. Their son invades Gotham City which gets the attention of Terry McGinnis and the Justice League. She helps them fight off his invasion. However, the series was cancelled. The writers said that they didn't want to use the idea in Justice League or Justice League Unlimited due to the fact they wanted to focus on new characters. Leslie Willis was once Metropolis' most controversial shock jock. No one was immune to her venomous words, not even Superman. She took great joy in bashing him, and Lex Luthor enjoyed listening to her every morning. One evening during a severe thunderstorm, Willis was hosting a rock concert in honor of her anniversary working at the radio station in Centennial Park in downtown Metropolis. Ignoring the public safety concerns by Metropolis authorities, and the changeable skies, Willis demanded the show to go on. It was about that time Superman showed up to help the police. Willis' fans showed support for her by throwing stuff at the Man of Steel, when suddenly, lightning struck the stage, setting it on fire. When Superman pushed Willis to safety, he got struck in the process. The lightning ran through a wire on stage which Willis then stepped on, shocking Willis and changing her appearance. When Willis woke up, she saw that her skin had turned ghostly white and her hair turned blue and stood on end. She blamed Superman for the injuries she had suffered from the accident she created. She was about to throw a clock-radio at the TV on which she had seen Superman talking to reporters about the accident when the radio suddenly turned on. It was not plugged into the wall, there were no batteries in it. She discovered she could manipulate electricity. Willis then escaped from the hospital by turning herself into an electric current. Confronting Superman, she had rearranged the electrons of the hospital gown she was wearing into a black leotard with a lightning bolt down the front and black boots. She then declared herself to now be Livewire, and took over the telephones, televisions, and billboards-effectively taking over all of media. However, Superman stopped her when he doused her with water. She had a short-lived alliance with Parasite and later had an alliance with Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy. Lori Petty voiced Livewire in Superman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures. Maria Canals Barrera voiced Livewire in Justice League. Her powers and appearance have striking similarities to the controversial "Superman Blue". In an episode of the Justice League animated series, Livewire teamed up with the Superman Revenge Squad to get revenge on Superman. When some of its members were defeated and Toyman's machine sent Superman into the future with them thinking that Superman is dead, Kalibak and Livewire later attacked the scene of the incident with Copperhead, Volcana, Star Sapphire, and Deadshot. When it came to Season 3 of Justice League Unlimited, Livewire later returned as a member of Grodd's Secret Society. In the Superman Adventures comics, based on the DCAU animated series, Livewire makes an appearance in issue #5, "Balance of Power", the two-part "War Games" (#22-23) and in the two-part finale (#65-66), "Power Play", the latter also featuring featuring Lex Luthor and Darkseid. She is portrayed more sympathetically in the comics, teaming up with Professor Hamilton and putting all of her energy into stopping Brainiac in "War Games", which puts her into a coma until she awakens in "Power Play". Lobo first appeared on the small screen in the DC Animated Universe series Superman: The Animated Series. In the episode "The Main Man", Lobo (voiced by Brad Garrett) has been hired by an alien named the "Preserver" to capture Superman and add him to the Preserver's collection of rare and endangered species. Lobo heads straight for Earth and starts firing his weapons in the middle of a police station until Superman arrives to confront him. The two battle all over downtown Metropolis. Unable to gain an advantage, Lobo leaves Earth to "take five." Superman follows Lobo into space, where Lobo lures Superman into a trap set by the Preserver. Superman is captured and placed in a specialized cage, so that the Preserver might preserve Superman as the last remnant of the Kryptonian race. However, the Preserver then decides to add Lobo to his collection as well, since Lobo was also technically the last of his own race, though due to his own actions of "fragging" his home planet as his science project rather than misfortune. Superman and Lobo eventually join forces to escape the Preserver and another group of bounty hunters, who had been pursuing Lobo to reclaim a prisoner. In return, Lobo promises to leave Earth alone. In the Spanish version, one line caused controversy; when Superman punches Lobo he screams: "Hijo de perra, Superman", the English translation of this phrase being "Son of a bitch, Superman." On modern releases and airings the line is muted but the VHS release left it intact.[citation needed] Lobo briefly appears in another Superman: The Animated Series episode in which Maxima falls in love with Superman. Lobo eventually returns to Earth in the Justice League episode "Hereafter". Believing that Superman has died, Lobo wants to join the Justice League, insisting that only he could take Superman's place. Lobo seems motivated more out of ego and a chance "to bust heads" than any actual desire to do good or help others. In spite of his obvious violent tendencies and his lack of any redeeming moral virtues, the League allow Lobo to help them for a short time while they deal with a large number of supervillains running amok in Metropolis in response to Superman's apparent death. Lobo battles and easily defeats the supervillain Kalibak, primarily by piling more and more cars on top of him until he says "Uncle." In the end, Superman returns to the ranks of the League, and Lobo, his membership rejected, is forced to leave. Lobo has not reappeared since the League rejected him. Brad Garrett reprises his voice role. As in the comics, Lobo possesses exceptional strength and durability, as well as his usual over-the-top arsenal of weapons. However, he never displays any of the healing powers or advanced senses that he possesses in the comics, although he also never sustains injuries as severe as he does in the comics, likely due to differences in television standards and practices. Lobo's gutting hook is used only twice in his appearances in Superman: The Animated Series episode "The Main Man," and it is not used for combative purposes. He mostly uses a crowbar for bludgeoning his opposition. Luminus (Edward Lytener) was a fictional character and villain who made several appearances throughout the DC animated universe. (Specifically Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League.) He was voiced by Robert Hays, the character is primarily an enemy of Superman. Edward Lytener is a master inventor, specialized in miniature electronics and manipulating light. Prior to becoming Luminus, Edward developed devices such as laser guns, remote-controls capable of overriding an automobile's functions, and a suit of powered armor that granted him enough strength to go toe-to-toe with Superman (for a while, at least). As Luminus, Lytener is armed with a laser pistol and a device capable of projecting duplicates of himself or making himself invisible. With proper preparation, he can create any variety of holographic projections, and is even capable of making light solid (was once explained that he makes it solid with just the right kind of laser field). As of the Justice League episode "Only a Dream," Luminus is now able to project hard light duplicates of himself at will. In the 1990s cartoon Superman: The Animated Series and the subsequent Justice League animated series Luthor was played by voice actor Clancy Brown of Highlander and Buckaroo Banzai fame (Brown originally auditioned for the role of Superman/Clark Kent, but that part ultimately went to Tim Daly). The Animated Series' Luthor is a corrupt businessman like his comic book counterpart, and again his jealously and hatred of Superman ultimately brings down his empire. The most distinguishing characteristic about this Luthor is that he is no longer the archenemy of Superman, that role having been taken by Darkseid. According to the DVD commentaries and interviews by the show's creators, the Animated Series Luthor was inspired by Telly Savalas' portrayal of James Bond villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.[3] It is revealed early in the series that Luthor is suffering from a rare blood cancer caused by long-term exposure to the Kryptonite Shard he carries. While in prison, he bribes the Ultra-Humanite to free him, and the two band together and ultimately form the Injustice Gang. Ultra-Humanite's technology allows Lex to wear an armored suit that will stop the spread of the cancer, as well as give him a fighting chance against Superman. However, Humanite betrays him when approached with an offer by Batman. After being exposed as a criminal and losing his business empire, Luthor's characterization turns more toward the original conception of a criminal genius obsessed with destroying Superman. He is eventually pardoned from his crimes after assisting the Justice League in defeating their alternate evil counterparts from a parallel universe, the Justice Lords. Afterwards, Luthor is interviewed by the press and implies that he is thinking of going into politics. In the first season of Justice League Unlimited, Luthor announces he is running for President of the United States; this is later revealed to be a ruse to enrage Superman. In reality, Luthor is financially backing Project Cadmus, a shadow government organization dedicated to eradicating the League if they ever turn on Earth's population. Luthor uses the project to gain access to the technology necessary to build a duplicate of A.M.A.Z.O., intending to transfer his mind into the android body and gain immortality. He is thwarted by Amanda Waller and the seven founding members of the Justice League. At this point, it is revealed that Brainiac has been hiding within Luthor ever since the events of the Superman: The Animated Series episode "Ghost in the Machine", the blast he hit Luthor with having delivered a nanotech payload with a copy of his program. The two escape the League, and Luthor convinces Brainiac to merge with him into a single being using alien nanotechnology. Brainiac is thus reborn with a new purpose: absorb all information in the universe and then remake it. The combined being is defeated by the Flash. In the following season, Luthor continually speaks to a hallucination of Brainiac, giving him a sort of multiple personality disorder; it is never made clear if the hallucination is actually Brainiac or merely a figment of Luthor's imagination. Luthor is obsessed with rebuilding Brainiac and regaining his lost "godhood". He joins the Secret Society, led by Gorilla Grodd, in order to obtain a piece of Brainiac in Grodd's possession. Later, using the failure of Gorilla Grodd's silly master plan to turn all humans into apes as pretext, Lex shoots and imprisons him, then assumes Grodd's place as leader. After taking over as leader of the Secret Society, Luthor returns to trying to resurrect Brainiac. Using the power of the Secret Society headquarters, Luthor spends countless hours trying to bring the fragment of Brainiac back online. Eventually, with the help of Tala, Luthor tracks down Brainiac's base (seen in the Justice League episode "Twilight") and reconfigures the Secret Society headquarters into a starship to reach it. During the journey, Tala frees Grodd, who mounts an insurrection against Luthor with his fellow Secret Society members. Luthor manages to turn Grodd's own telepathy against him, then forces Grodd to space himself. The Secret Society, back under Luthor's power, returns to their task of resurrecting Brainiac. Luthor hooks Tala up to a machine, reminiscent of Brainiac's machine used against Superman, to gather Brainiac's essence from the remains of his base. Before Luthor begins the process, Metron warns him that he may unleash something that will affect all of time. Luthor ignores the warning and proceeds, and as a result ends up mistakenly resurrecting Darkseid, who immediately unleashes his wrath on on the Secret Society before heading to Earth. The Society survives thanks to a forcefield generated by Sinestro and Star Sapphire. As a result of the attempt, Luthor can no longer hear Brainiac's voice. The remnants of the Secret Society, under Luthor, go to the Justice League Watchtower to warn the superheroes of the threat and insist on a temporary alliance in the defense of the planet. With the aid of the New God Metron, Luthor manages to acquire the Anti-Life Equation long sought by Darkseid (notably, doing so requires a 12th level intellect, which Luthor does not possess but Brainiac does), and uses it on the lord of Apokolips, apparently sacrificing his own life in the process. Batman and the Flash, however, suspect that since villains have a tendency to return from the dead, Darkseid and Luthor will most likely meet them again, although by the time of Batman Beyond, they have not been seen or heard from, implying that they are indeed dead. Mad Harriet appeared on Superman: The Animated Series in several episodes, and was voiced by Andrea Martin. Her first appearance was in the two-parter "Little Girl Lost," where she, along with Lashina and Stompa, was summoned by Granny Goodness to battle Supergirl. She also appeared later during the series finale two-parter, "Legacy", where she and the others celebrated after Superman's success, and later attacked Superman when he betrayed them. Mad Harriet also appeared in Justice League Unlimited in the first part of the series finale, "Alive". Mad Hatter (voiced by Roddy McDowell) makes an appearance in the Superman: The Animated Series episode "Knight Time", as Bruce Wayne has been taken over by mind-controlling nanites, everyone assumes Tetch is responsible. Tetch is captured and uses his expertise in nanotechnology to show them that the nanites are not his, but of alien technology (actually Brainiac). A character named Mala appears in three episodes of Superman: The Animated Series. This character, however, is a female Kryptonian, and bears a strong resemblance to Ursa, one of the evil Kryptonians from the film Superman II. In her first appearance, in the two-part episode "Blasts From the Past", Mala is a Kryptonian criminal exiled to the Phantom Zone. She convinces Superman to release her from the Zone on the grounds that she has served her sentence, despite Superman's misgivings about releasing a former criminal on Earth, where she will gain superpowers. When she is first released, she trains with Superman and agrees to accompany him in fighting crime, but it quickly becomes apparent that she misunderstands Superman's role on Earth, believing him to be ruling over the people. She also becomes extremely jealous when she learns of Superman's feelings for Lois Lane. Because of her volatile personality and the excessive force she uses, Superman mentions to Professor Hamilton that he may have to send her back to the Phantom Zone. Mala overhears the conversation and, in a rage, steals the Phantom Zone projector and releases her criminal associate, Jax-Ur. The duo overpower the Man of Steel and send him to the Phantom Zone, then begin a reign of terror on Earth. Superman is freed by Lois Lane and Professor Hamilton, and with their help, sends Mala and Jax-Ur back to the Zone. Mala is voiced by Leslie Easterbrook. Mala returns in the 3rd season episode, "Absolute Power". Superman discovers that Mala and Jax-Ur have escaped from the Zone when a black hole opened a rift into the real universe. The two Kryptonians are saved by the natives of a nearby planet and nursed back to health. Mala and Jax-Ur, instead of being grateful, conquer the planet and rule it with an iron fist. Superman is at first reluctant to oppose Mala and Jax-Ur, as they point out they have created an orderly society. However, when a rebel leader reveals to Superman that the two Kryptonians are building an armada to conquer Earth, he changes his mind. The three superpowered Kryptonians fight; Superman is nearly defeated, but Mala and Jax-Ur are pulled into the black hole and are likely dead. For this appearance the voice of Mala is provided by Sarah Douglas, who had previously played Ursa in Superman II. Bruno Mannheim appeared in five episodes of Superman: The Animated Series portrayed by voice-actor Bruce Weitz. Much like (until recently) his comics counterpart, he runs Intergang, but is highly obnoxious. One of his enemies is the Toyman, whose father was a patsy for one Mannheim's embezzling schemes. Mantis appears in the Justice League Unlimited animated series in the episode "Question Authority" voiced by an uncredited J.K. Simmons[citation needed]. He battles Superman and Captain Atom before being returned to Apokolips. He later appears in a cameo in "Alive" taking part in the civil war on Apokolips and then bowing before the returned Darkseid. Maxima appeared in the episode "Warrior Queen", voiced by Sharon Lawrence. According to the official episode description[citation needed], "Maxima, Queen of Almerac, chases Superman as a potential mate. She takes the Man of Steel up to her planet, where, as she prepares to marry him, Superman educates Maxima that a mate isn't something to take, but a person who is won over and loved." Maxima is not impressed and literally drags Superman to her planet, only to find herself deposed, largely due to Almerac's inhabitants believing her to be self-absorbed and neglecting her leadership responsibilities. Superman also helps to keep Maxima's "because I can" attitude in check by teaching her consent of the governed in that as Queen of Almerac she exists to serve the people of Almerac, not vice versa. Superman helps Maxima regain her throne, and she allows him to return home. Fortunately, whatever disappointment she has is quickly dispelled by the sudden arrival of the destructively rambunctious bounty hunter, Lobo whom she judges with giddy delight as an adequate substitute to woo in her violent way. Some modification was made to the character in her animated interpretation. Her appearance keeps her original colors from the comics although her clothing seems reminiscent of Jack Kirby's character designs[citation needed]. Her personality seems more whimsical. Finally, of her myriad powers, only her strength and durability remained, and she was also seen to be capable of metal manipulation (seen when she turned a piece of metal into a sword) and opening teleportational portals with a high-tech bracelet. De'Cine (voiced by Miguel Ferrer) also changed from an alien cyborg to an Almeracian courtier. Metallo appeared in Superman: The Animated Series, and was portrayed by voice actor Malcolm McDowell. John Corben was an English criminal-for-hire, who was involved in a plot by Lex Luthor to sell the LEXO-SKEL SUIT 5000 to Kasnian terrorists (Luthor knew that the Pentagon would want him to design something bigger and better to combat the suit the terrorists had "stolen"). Corben was caught by Superman and jailed, but while in jail he contracted a rare and lethal disease. Luthor offered him a chance at new life, as a cyborg, by having his mind transplanted into a robotic body; a Dr. Vale assisted in the procedure. Corben's new body, made of a revolutionary new metal called Metallo, was powered by a kryptonite "heart", which Corben was eager to use against Superman in revenge for taking him in. Metallo is also almost as strong as Superman in the series. At first, Corben revelled in his new body, but when he learned it had no sense of touch, no way to sense even a simple kiss, the sensory deprivation drove him insane and he took to referring to himself as Metallo. When Superman later revealed to Corben that Luthor himself had arranged for Corben to get ill while in prison, Corben turned on Luthor, but in the battle he was thrown off of Lex's yacht, and his non-buoyant body sank. Metallo walked across the ocean floor, eventually reaching the shore of a small island that Superman was helping to evacuate due to an impending volcanic eruption. Initially, Metallo had no memory of who he or Superman were, and befriended two children on the island (the son and daughter of one of the seismologists studying the eruption). Metallo eventually did regain his memory and attacked Superman. However, he was caught in the lava flow. It cooled around him, leaving only part of his head and one arm exposed, the rest trapped in rock. Unable to free himself, he began to recite his name and history to himself, so he would not forget again. Metallo was eventually rescued and repaired by Intergang, who modified him with Kryptonite Vision, and he returned to plague Superman once more. In the course of this encounter, he had a battle against Steel (John Henry Irons), who had come to Superman's aid, and was defeated by him when Irons's hammer smashed his kryptonite heart. Metallo has also appeared in an episode of Justice League as a member of the Superman Revenge Squad but was defeated by Wonder Woman and the Flash. He was portrayed by voice actor Corey Burton. Malcom McDowell reprised his role as Metallo in Justice League Unlimited as a member of Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society. He, along with Silver Banshee, were sent on a mission to Skartaris (an area in the center of the Earth) to obtain a large kryptonite rock, but were thwarted by the Justice League, when Supergirl removed his kryptonite power supply. He was coerced to give them information in exchange for his power source, but just before divulging the information, he was forcibly shut down by an outside source. He was taken to the Watchtower waiting so that his mind could be probed for information. In the Superman DVD sets, the producers noted that the character was difficult to write for since his kryptonite power source would logically enable him to kill Superman easily. As a result, plots had to be carefully contrived to give the superhero believable means to fight him. In the Justice League animated series, Mongul first appears in the episode "War World" voiced by Eric Roberts. He is the ruler of War World and sends Superman to the gladiator pits of his domain. However, he is defeated and disappears. In the Justice League Unlimited episode "For the Man Who Has Everything" (which is an adaptation of the comic story of the same name), Mongul tricked Superman by sending him an alien parasite (a Black Mercy Plant) disguised as a birthday present. The Black Mercy trapped Superman in a coma, while making him live an imaginary life in his mind, a life in which Krypton had never exploded, he had grown to adulthood there and was now leading a happy family life with his wife Loana (mixing elements of both Lois Lane and Lana Lang) and son Van-El. With help from Batman and Wonder Woman (who had also come to give him birthday presents), Superman escaped the trance, with the illusionary Krypton exploding, much as it did in the real world. Wonder Woman then trapped Mongul with his own parasite. The viewers never see the fantasy Mongul has when he is trapped, but we have a brief moment where we hear screams and sounds of war, while Mongul gives a small smirk of satisfaction. In the 1990s animated series, Superman: The Animated Series, Mr. Mxyzptlk was voiced by comedian Gilbert Gottfried and his design was closer to the Golden Age version. This version pronounced his name "mix-yes-spit-lick" and demonstrated this by turning into a mixer, an album cover of the group Yes, back into himself while spitting at Superman, and then a dog that licks him; he demonstrated the pronunciation after, in a nod to the old Super Friends cartoon, Clark read his name using the pronunciation from that series, "Mix-ul-plict". In a nod to Lois & Clark, Mxyzptlk at one point tells Superman that he is responsible for Earth legends about imps, genies, and leprechauns. In this incarnation he appears as a comical annoyance rather than a threatening villain, and at one point teams up with Bizarro. This series also featured Sandra Bernhard as his girlfriend Ms. Gsptlsnz. They only appeared in the episodes "Mxyzpixilated" and "Little Big Head Man". In the same scene where he gives his name pronunciation, Mxy turns himself into a comicstrip character. The strip is credited to Siegel and Shuster. According to the commentary for "Mxyzpixilated", there were plans for him to star in a Justice League episode, but neither writer Paul Dini (a huge fan of the character, who wrote "Mxyzpixilated") nor series creator Bruce Timm could figure out a story that would be suitable. He did make a "cameo" as a cardboard cutout used in a training exercise in the episode "Secret Society - Part 1", however. This incarnation resembles the original Mr. Mxyzptlk, rather than the two more modern versions. In Justice League Unlimited, Neutron appears as a member of the Secret Society. He later joins Grodd in his attempt to take back his position as leader within the Society and is killed off-screen following the destruction of the Secret Society's headquarters. Parademons have been seen in several episodes of Superman: The Animated Series, most notably in the "Apokolips...Now!" two-parter. They were last seen in the final episodes of Justice League Unlimited, following a resurrected Darkseid's attempt to take over Earth once more. They are non-speaking creatures and usually appear as invading armies. The Parasite later appeared in the 1990s television series Superman: The Animated Series, where he was vocally played by Brion James. The origin for the animated Parasite is fairly consistent with his modern origin. This version is able to duplicate the voices of whoever he drains. He first appears in the episode Feeding Time. Rudy Jones, janitor at S.T.A.R. Labs, is caught mid-robbery with a crook named Martin Lebeau (Robert Patrick) while they are trying to steal a chemical stored in barrels with unknown properties. When Lebeau and Rudy make their getaway in a pickup truck after narrowly evading the security, Lebeau's anger at Rudy leads him to make Rudy ride in the back with the ill-closed barrels. The barrels soon open, spilling their contents all over Rudy, transforming him into the Parasite; Rudy soon uses his new powers to go after Lebeau in revenge, almost killing him but for the timely intervention of Superman, from whom the Parasite is able to drain a substantial amount of energy during their first encounter, greatly weakening Superman. With Superman's powers, Parasite goes on a rampage and even finds Superman in his flat, draining him once again, learning his secret identity (Clark Kent), and trapping him inside a boiler room in S.T.A.R. Labs as a "daily recharge" for his crime sprees (hence the title, "Feeding Time"). While the Parasite is away, Jimmy Olsen stumbles across Superman in the boiler room and frees him just as the Parasite returns and almost kills him. Superman, having regained some of his strength, slips into his titanium-lead alloy Kryptonite armor and engages the Parasite in a ferocious battle which ends when the Parasite grabs a piece of kryptonite which drains him of all his Kryptonian powers to the point of unconsciousness and amnesia. He is subsequently incarcerated in a S.T.A.R. Labs holding cell. In Two's a Crowd, the Parasite becomes a supporting protagonist. Superman and Maggie Sawyer ask the Parasite's help to absorb information of an atomic bomb that has been hidden by rogue ex-S.T.A.R. Labs scientist Earl Garver (voiced by Brian Cox) since Earl has been knocked unconscious. In exchange for Cable TV in his cell, the Parasite agrees. Somehow, Earl's mind takes over the Parasite's body. After wrong locations revealed, Superman is forced to fight Garver/Parasite at the location of the bomb, while Rudy and Garver fight inside the Parasite's mind for control of the Parasite's body. Superman and Jones manage to defeat Garver and stop the bomb, and Rudy regains control of his body. With Earl Garver recovered and incarcerated, Parasite gets his end of the bargain. The Parasite makes his final appearance in the series in the episode Double Dose, where Livewire breaks him out of prison and forms an uneasy alliance with him to destroy Superman. However, the Parasite's greed gets the better of him when he constantly attempts every opportunity to take Livewire's powers for himself. Every attempt fails, until the two encounter Superman, protected against both the Parasite and Livewire by a layer of latex. Livewire shatters it, however, with liquid nitrogen, and the Parasite drains Superman of his powers, but then turns on Livewire and does the same to her, intending to keep both of them trapped and alive as a "daily recharge", as in Feeding Time. With both Superman's and Livewire's powers, the Parasite confronts Superman alone, but is quickly defeated when Superman tricks him into burning a mop and setting off an emergency shower which, reacting with Livewire's vulnerability to water, drains the Parasite of all his new powers and memories (including Superman's secret identity) to the point that he no longer remembers who he himself is. He is then arrested and returned to prison. Parasite later makes subsequent appearances in the 2000s series Justice League where he is now vocally portrayed by Brian George, owing to Brion James' passing. Gorilla Grodd recruits him into the Secret Society, along with Giganta, Killer Frost, Shade and Sinestro to resurrect Clayface and defeat the Justice League in the episode, Secret Society. Once again, he manages to drain significant energy from Superman, and also from the Flash and Wonder Woman. In the end, he is defeated by Wonder Woman, who swings him around a football stadium with her lasso until he is knocked out upon impact with a billboard. In Justice League Unlimited, he defeats and absorbs the powers of Elongated Man and Metamorpho, and briefly battles Batman before being taken down by Captain Marvel. He is later seen once again as a member of Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society. In the two-part final episode of Justice League Unlimited, Parasite, along with countless villains, teams up with Grodd in a mutiny against Lex Luthor aboard Grodd's spaceship, and absorbs Giganta's power in the process. In the end, he is killed when Killer Frost freezes him and the other mutineers and Darkseid blows the entire ship up. A future version of Parasite appears as one of the enemies of the JLU as a member of the Iniquity Collective on a Justice League Unlimited/Batman Beyond crossover episode Epilogue. During the battle, he is defeated and knocked out by Warhawk. It is not confirmed if it is Rudy Jones or a new Parasite, although the latter is more likely, owing to the more grotesque appearance and different voice actor. This Future Parasite was played by Marc Worden. The Puzzler has made background appearances as a member of Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society in Justice League Unlimited. John Glover reprised his role as the Riddler (from Batman: The Animated Series) in the Superman: The Animated Series episode "Knight Time," where he is in league with Bane and the Mad Hatter. Sinestro appears multiple times in the DCAU. His origins, while not explicitly developed, follow the same dramatic line of his comics origin. Sinestro was a Green Lantern whom the Guardians determined was unfit to wield the power of the ring. His yellow ring is of unexplained origin, and since the animated Green Lanterns have no weakness to yellow, the color is essentially just a small tribute to the comics. His constructs tend to be very imaginative in comparison with John Stewart, the main Green Lantern in the series, and he often creates mythical beasts to engage his opponents. He is also right-handed, while he is left-handed in the comics, and is bulkier than his lanky comic book counterpart. This version of Sinestro was voiced by Ted Levine. Sinestro first appears in the Superman: The Animated Series episode "In Brightest Day...", where he battles against the newly-recruited Green Lantern Kyle Rayner. Sinestro later appears in the Justice League series as part of Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society, as well as in a crossover with Static Shock. Since John Stewart is the Green Lantern featured in both stories, it is made clear that Sinestro has a grudge against the Green Lantern Corps in general, as opposed to a specific vendetta against Rayner. He is also a member of the new Secret Society on the final season of Justice League Unlimited, featured as a powerful and competent member of a train heist in the episode "The Great Brain Robbery", as well as saving the lives of several members of the Secret Society from Darkseid in "Alive!" with the help of Star Sapphire. In Justice League Unlimited, Silver Banshee accompanied Metallo to Skartaris to retrieve a large chunk of Kryptonite in the episode "Chaos At Earth's Core". She is captured by Green Lantern after he uses his power ring to gag her. She escaped soon after being captured. Kim Mai Guest is credited for voicing Silver Banshee even though she has no identifiable dialogue. Silver Banshee is shown to be a member of the Secret Society shown on Justice League Unlimited finale, "Alive". Steppenwolf was seen in the Superman: The Animated Series episode Apokolips Now voiced by Sherman Howard. He led a horde of Parademons against the city of Metropolis in his search for Superman. Steppenwolf's aircraft was then shot down by Dan Turpin (piloting an Army chopper) and fell into the ocean. Steppenwolf reappeared briefly in Part I of the Justice League episode Twilight voiced by Corey Burton. Retreating from an aborted invasion of New Genesis, Steppenwolf's ship was crippled and teleported, via Boom Tube, right into Darkseid's stronghold. Steppenwolf was presumably killed beforehand by the noble but otherwise merciless Orion. Stompa appeared in several episodes in Superman: The Animated Series voiced by Diane Delano. Her first appearance was in the two-parter "Little Girl Lost", where she, along with Lashina and Mad Harriet, was summoned by Granny Goodness to battle Supergirl. Stompa was seen as the strongest of the Furies, though still no match for Superman. She also appeared later during the series finale two-parter, "Legacy", where she and the others celebrated after Superman's success, and later attacked Superman when he betrayed them. Stompa also appeared in Justice League Unlimited in the first part of the series finale, "Alive". A version of the Superman Revenge Squad appears in "Hereafter," an episode of the Justice League animated series. While the members are largely different, their goal remains the same. During the battle, Toyman blasts Superman with an enormous energy cannon, apparently killing him. It is later discovered that Toyman's energy cannon had actually sent Superman 30,000 years into the future. Superman wandered the post-apocalyptic future Earth, until he returned home with help from immortal villain Vandal Savage, who was repentant for causing Earth's destruction. Members of the animated Revenge Squad include: Although not referred to as Terra-Man, Tobias Manning appears in the Justice League Unlimited episode "The Once and Future Thing" voiced by Ed O'Ross. He steals Chronos' time-traveling gear to use for ruling a western town. Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern (John Stewart), who were pursuing Chronos, team up with Bat Lash, Jonah Hex, El Diablo, and Sheriff Ohiyesa Smith to defeat him and take back the town. A different version of Titano, conceptually very similar to the original Titano from the Silver Age, appeared in the Superman: The Animated Series episode "Monkey Fun" with Titano's vocal effects done by Frank Welker. This Titano was a chimp astronaut that was kept in the home of Lt. Colonel Sam Lane. The chimp formed a bond with Lane's 8-year-old daughter Lois. Titano's ship (the Titan 0, from which he got his name) got lost in space and was eventually found twenty years later in a meteor shower by Superman. Gases contained in the meteor caused him to grow to enormous proportions. The now-gigantic Titano wreaked havoc on Metropolis. Sam Lane, now a flag officer, rushes to Metropolis to aid Lois by giving her the one thing could calm Titano: a toy monkey named Beppo that played Pop Goes the Weasel when squeezed. Superman then relocated Titano to a remote island to live a normal life-span, leaving Beppo for him as a memento of Lois. S.T.A.R. Labs is able put an end to Titano's growth spurts. Titano would later make a cameo appearance in the comic based on the series saying that he nearly returned to Metropolis after an environmental terrorist group released Titano from his new island, considering his relocation an animal rights abuse, but he was subdued and returned home before he made it to Metropolis. A much more disturbing and creepy Toyman appears in the 1990s series Superman: The Animated Series voiced by Bud Cort. He is an insane man who wears an eversmiling mask similar to a doll's head, which he is never seen without. His arsenal of weapons includes a giant superball that can smash concrete and an "inescapable" bubble-blower. In this version, Winslow Schott, Jr. is the son of a kindly toymaker, who spent all day in his father's shop watching him make toys. Winslow Schott, Sr. dreamed of building a toy factory, but lack of capital prevented it. Infamous Metropolis mobster Bruno Mannheim offered to bankroll Schott to build the toy factory, but unbeknownst to Schott, Mannheim used it as a front for a numbers racket. When the police uncovered the scheme, the gangsters fled, leaving the elder Schott to be framed for running the operation and falsely imprisoned for embezzlement. Schott eventually died in prison, and Winslow was left on his own and spent several years in abusive and neglectful foster homes. By the time he reached adulthood, Winslow was mentally ill. Making use of his natural aptitude for mechanics, he decided to make up for his ruined childhood by terrorizing the world and stealing money to amass his own personal fortune. Toyman appears in two episodes: "Fun and Games" and "Obsession." His plans revolve around Darcy, a lifelike android created to be his companion, but he also seeks revenge against Bruno Mannheim, the criminal who wronged his father, and against Superman for foiling his schemes. This Toyman also appears in Static Shock, again voiced by Bud Cort. In the episode "Toys in the Hood," Toyman (who is revealed to have survived the events of "Obsession" after his helicopter is destroyed) orders Darcy to capture Static's friend Daisy so she can serve as a model for Darcy's nanite-constructed new body. After Superman and Static confront Toyman, Darcy betrays Toyman and tries to escape, only to discover that Toyman had implanted a fail-safe device programmed to have the nanites destroy her if she turns on him. Darcy's body melts, and Toyman is taken to jail. In the Justice League episode "Hereafter," Toyman (voiced by Corey Burton) is a member of the Superman Revenge Squad. During their attack on the city of Metropolis, he uses an experimental machine (which resembles a giant toy robot) that can fire blasts of energy from its "chest". Toyman first targets innocent bystanders before trying to blast Superman. Toyman then fires a blast at Batman and the injured Wonder Woman. To save his friends, Superman flies straight into the blast and is sent 30,000 years into the future. Everyone, including Toyman himself, believes that Superman had been vaporized. Batman was the only one not to believe Superman was dead as he deduced that there would be remains. It was later revealed that Superman had been sent to the future but came back thanks to a time machine invented by Vandal Savage (who reformed in the future). In Justice League Unlimited, Toyman is a member of Grodd's new Secret Society. He is prominently featured in the episode "Alive!", in which he becomes the pilot of the Secret Society's spaceship. When a riot erupts and divides the villains into two factions, he holds his own and defeats Killer Frost with a headbutt, cracking his mask on the side, and a few tricks with a heavily rigged yo-yo. In the following Justice League Unlimited episode "Destroyer", the series finale, Toyman is briefly shown firing what appear to resemble Nerf darts at Darkseid's parademons. What makes these darts deadly is that they cause the Parademons to explode shortly after impact. He is one of a handful of Secret Society villains to survive the series finale. Bud Cort reprises him here. The Ultra-Humanite appears in his gorilla body form in three episodes of the Justice League animated series voiced by Ian Buchanan. In this version, he is depicted as a cultured intellectual criminal with a deep love for classical music and violent hatred for most modern forms of art. The animated series version is shown to be somewhat more benevolent than his comic counterpart, as he, in one way or another, always helps the primary protagonist in the episodes he appears in, albeit for his own reasons. The Ultra-Humanite's appreciation of music becomes a major component of the denouement of the episode "Injustice For All", when Batman persuades him to turn over Lex Luthor to the authorities by offering to donate double of Lex's offer to public broadcasting. In "Comfort and Joy", Ultra-Humanite attacks a museum of modern art, damaging a toy which the Flash had traveled the world looking for as a gift for some orphans. Upon learning of the intended recipients, he repairs the toy and agrees to turn himself in. He reprograms the normally obnoxious talking toy to recite The Nutcracker Suite to the children. In return, the Flash has an aluminum Christmas tree placed in Ultra-Humanite's cell, who is moved by the act of kindness and hints that such trees were common in his youth. The Ultra-Humanite's origin in the animated series is unknown since this world did not include an explicit JSA for him to fight, but a passing reference while talking to the Flash during the Christmas episode "Comfort and Joy" suggests he once had a more normal appearance. Jax-Ur appeared in Superman: The Animated Series, where he was voiced by Ron Perlman. He was portrayed as similar to General Zod; a military genius who had attempted to overthrow the Science Council. His co-conspirator, and possible lover, is a beautiful Kryptonian female with long white hair named Mala (based on Ursa and Faora). His proper title is General Jax-Ur. During Jax-Ur and Mala's last appearance on Superman: The Animated Series, General Jax-Ur reveals to Superman that a rift into the Phantom Zone had been torn open, releasing them into space. They were saved by nearby voyagers and soon took control over their planet. Upon seizing control of the planet, they had the inhabitants rebuild everything so that it was very reminiscent of Krypton, even going so far as to make the inhabitants wear clothes similar to that of Kryptonians. After meeting with a rebel, Superman found out that Jax-Ur and Mala intended to invade Earth. After Superman battled in space with the pair, Jax-Ur and Mala were sucked into a black hole and are likely dead. However since they did not die on-screen that remains unconfirmed and debatable. Jax-Ur and Mala were featured in a two part story from Superman Adventures #7-8, where they initially had been shrunken down as a new type of imprisonment. However, Jax-Ur managed to steal Hamilton's device and turn himself into a giant and shrink Superman, but in the end they were both shrunken down and captured again. In Superman Adventures #21, he and Mala joined the Argosian criminal General Zod, giving Jax-Ur the position as the 'strongman' of the trio, much like Non and Quex-Ul. Jax-Ur and Mala also appeared in the Justice League Unlimited comic book spin-off, in issue #34 as parts of General Zod's army of Phantom Zone criminals placed in the Phantom Zone for insurrection against the Kryptonian council, although neither of the two had any dialogue. Ursa has only appeared in the Superman movies, comics, and a cameo with General Zod in Legion of Super-Heroes. Although a very similar character named Mala appeared in three episodes of Superman: The Animated Series. Seemingly based on both Ursa and Faora, she was played initially by Leslie Easterbrook and more notably, by Sarah Douglas herself in her second and final appearance on the series. Volcana is a supervillain in Superman: The Animated Series. Voiced by Peri Gilpin, she made her first appearance in the episode "Where There's Smoke". Volcana was once called Claire Selton. As a teenager, Claire showed an aptitude for pyrokinesis -- the ability to start fires with one's mind. Her parents sent her to Metropolis's Center for Paranormal Studies so that she could learn to control and develop her power, but she was soon spirited away by government agents who had big plans for her. According to the director of the Center, the agents "stripped away her past, code-named her Volcana, and tried their hardest to turn her into a living weapon." But Volcana wouldn't go along with the plan. She escaped from the agents, became a hunted fugitive and survived the only way she could: by stealing. Superman stopped her and she was put on a deserted island where Superman delivered her food in exchange that she stayed on the island and didn't harm anyone. Volcana later made appearances in the episodes "Only a Dream" and "Hereafter" of Justice League, voiced again by Peri Gilpin. In the episode Only a Dream Volcana is incarcerated at a Metropolis jail and takes advantage of a prison riot to escape with fellow villain Firefly. Exactly why she left the island is unknown, but knowing her personality, it was likely due to boredom and wanting to live a life of excitement again. She shows a willingness to kill using her powers in this episode, which brings the character to a more sinister level than before. It was established in the "Fearful Symmetry" episode of Justice League Unlimited that the government project that created her was a government program that was a precursor or early version of Project Cadmus. It would not be strictly the Cadmus we see in Unlimited, as Amanda Waller claims that it was formed in the wake of the Justice Lords event; however, early versions of Cadmus must exist, as some form of Cadmus created the creature Doomsday that fought said Justice Lords (and it has also been established that Project Cadmus began following Darkseid's brainwashing of Superman at the end of Superman: The Animated Series). Vundabar has appeared in the Justice League Unlimited episode "The Ties That Bind" voiced by Arte Johnson, who uttered a variation on his signature "Very interesting... but stupid" catch phrase from Laugh-in. In that episode, he was in control of Apokolips when Darkseid disappeared and held Kalibak as a prisoner. He also makes a cameo appearance in the Justice League Unlimited episode "Alive", where he tried to take over Apokolips from Granny Goodness and the Female Furies. Weather Wizard was introduced in Superman: The Animated Series episode titled "Speed Demons" voiced by Miguel Ferrer (and resembles him). He is a former extortionist from Central City who tracks Superman and the Flash's coordinates as they competed for the title of 'fastest man alive'. Also in that episode, Mark's brother (here called Ben) wasn't dead and Mark siphoned the energy off Superman and Flash through the monitoring arm bands, which he gave to them with the intention of using their race to generate the necessary energy to work his weather-manipulating machinery. With Ben's help, Superman and The Flash defeated him. Weather Wizard appeared Justice League played by voice-actor Corey Burton. Weather Wizard was a member of the Superman Revenge Squad and was defeated. Corey Burton reprised his role as Weather Wizard in Justice League Unlimited. Weather Wizard appears as a member of Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society. He was also seen as a background character and a display in the episode "Flash and Substance". Later on, Weather Wizard sides with Grodd in the mutiny against Luthor. He is frozen by a turncoat Killer Frost and indirectly killed by Darkseid who blows up the Secret Societies station. Zod doesn't appear in the DC Animated Universe, but a character that appears on Superman: The Animated Series, called Jax-Ur, resembles the Zod character. Along with his companion Mala, who resembles and acts similar to Faora, try to take over the world, like Zod. The characters were restructured versions of established characters. General Zod, however, did appear in the comic book based on the series, stating that he was native to the planet Argo, the homeworld of Supergirl, and that unlike Jax-Ur, he did succeed at overthrowing the Argoan government and creating a junta which subjugated the people of Argo. Zod was creating a navy with the intent of invading Krypton, but was foiled by his own colonels, who believed Zod had become too power mad, and banished him to the Phantom Zone. The colonels then reinstated the Argoan republic, serving as its leaders until the people could assume power once again, and Zod's name was used in Argoan folk legend to inspire fear in the children of Argo, saying he would come for children who did not obey their parents. Though neither Zod nor Jax-Ur appear in Justice League or Justice League Unlimited, on the episode of Justice League Unlimited entitled "For The Man Who Has Everything", within Superman's dream world, Superman's Kryptonian wife Loana mentions another Kryptonian named Little Zod. |
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