Wait, Superman: The Animated Series?
Yup. When Batman originally went on hiatus during it’s run on Fox, the crew jumped ship over to the fledgling WB network and created an animated series based on the Man Of Steel. The first season lasted for 13 episodes and was critically acclaimed, although the ratings weren’t exactly super. The animated Superman series premiered as a movie on a Friday night in September of 1996, then kicked off the next day on Saturday morning. The series opened with a three part origin story of Superman. The season then ended with Superman confronting Brainiac, a super-computer that escaped from Krypton. Then season two began when Batman joined Kids’WB!. Kids’WB! joined the two shows and renamed them ‘The New Batman/Superman Adventures’. Batman joining Superman helped Superman’s ratings and helped the show acquire a cult following. Season two consisted of 24 episodes. Three of those episodes was a story arc involving Batman and Superman meeting for the first time while tracking down The Joker and Lex
