Superman: The Man of Steel (TV Series)

Superman: The Man of Steel is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. It based on the DC Comics superhero, Superman. This series is the fifth animated Superman series since Superman: The Animated Series and will be exclusive on Netflix.

Plot
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Main Characters

 * Superman/Kal-El (Matt Bomer): The title character of the series. The son of Jor-El and Lara Van-El who was sent to earth prior to the destruction of his home planet. Now disguised a mild-mannered journalist at the Daily Planet, Clark Kent. Raised with high moral ideals, he uses his incredible strength, speed, flight and various other superpowers to fight evil and protect the innocent for truth, justice and the American way. Superman's appearance is based on Jose Garcia-Lopez' design and from the 1988 cartoon. Superman's cape has an all-yellow version of the logo.
 * Lois Lane (Stana Katic): The award-winning reporter at the Daily Planet and Superman's love interest. Lois was the first reporter to interview him and call him by the name. Lois is a strong-willed and brave woman with a strong sense of journalistic ethics. When she finds a story, she has every intention in publishing it. However, Lois's bravery often leads to moments of foolhardy boldness, persistence, which get her into trouble, always playing the damsel in distress requiring Superman to rescue her. She's also sarcastic, . She has long black hair and violet eyes. She wears a violet blazer with a white t-shirt underneath(revealing her cleavage) and a black mini pencil skirt. She has also worn evening dresses on special occasions as well. Her appearance is loosely based on her Unbound version. Laura voices in Dana's tone.
 * Jimmy Olsen (Josh Keaton): The 16 yr old Photographer at the Daily Planet. Jimmy was one of the first people to earn Superman’s trust, which granted him a signal-watch for emergencies. . He also has a crush on Superman's cousin, Supergirl upon first meeting her.
 * Supergirl/Kara Zor-El (Molly Quinn): Superman's teenaged cousin from Argo City, the daughter of Zor-El and Alura In-Ze who was sent to Earth in suspended animation. When Clark found her in the pod, he took her back to Smallville and introduced her to his adoptive parents. Kara has great affection for Jimmy Olsen as her love interest. As Supergirl, she wears the traditional blue top and red miniskirt that resembles Kara Zor-El's post-Crisis costume. In her civilian disguise, Karen Danvers, she wears a brunette wig to conceal her blonde hair and glasses.
 * Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey): The President & CEO of LexCorp and one of the primary antagonists. Luthor is corrupt billionaire industrialist who resents the Man of Steel as he can’t stand that a muscle-bound alien garners more attention and adulation than a man of his stature. . When his nephew Rafe came to Metropolis, Lex took a sudden liking to the boy after he gave his uncle a chunk of Kryptonite before de dissolve his juvie parole. He wrote back to his sister that he promise to keep his son under his care. Lex's character is portrayed as a more comical character, reminiscent of Gene Hackman's portrayal.
 * Eve Teschmacher (Carrie Keranen): Eve is the Assistant/Henchlady of Lex Luthor as ell as his secretary. She often questions Lex's morals and has an obvious crush on Superman when developed hidden feelings for him. Her personality is based on Valerie Perrine's Portrayal.
 * Mercy Graves (Gwendoline Yeo): Lex Luthor's bodyguard, driver and second assistant
 * Rafe Luthor (David Faustino): An exclusive character to the series who is an archenemy to Supergirl. He is Lex Luthor's delinquent nephew who was sent by mother, Lena to live with his uncle in Metropolis. He's a rival to Jimmy Olsen as he likes to "accidently" break his camera after tripping him. He has combed up black hair w/h dark purple highlights and reddish brown eyes. He wears a purple sleeveless hoodie jacket with a black t-shirt underneath, black studded arm bands and he wears grey pants w/h red accents pants with black sneakers. He's cocky, laid-back, impulsive, rude, sadistic, intimidating, gullible, confident, decisive, smug and an egotistical jerk with bad boy reputation. Despite all that, Rafe shows great respect for his Uncle Lex as he gave his uncle a chunk of Kryptonite he found in the sewers of the Suicide Slums.
 * Ignatius (Dee Bradley Baker): Rafe's vicious and loyal pet 8-foot Perentie Monitor Lizard.
 * Imperiex (David Sobolov): An Intergalactic warlord bent on galactic domination and a benefactor to the Intergang.

Supporting Characters

 * Daily Planet Staff:
 * Perry White (Wade Williams): The editor-in-chief of the Dailey Planet.
 * Catherine "Cat" Grant (Gina Gershon): A famous freelance gossip and fashion columnist at the Daily Planet with an eye for the amazing, her stories captivated the big minds up at the Daily Planet. She is also a shameless man-chaser and usually dressed in provocative attire.
 * Steve Lombard (Patrick Warburton): The Sports Editor for the Daily Planet.
 * Ron Troupe (Bumper Robinson): The Political reporter and journalist.
 * Angela Chen (Kim Mai Guest): A female news anchor that works for Metropolis News.
 * Bibbo Bibbowski (Brad Garrett): An unemployed sea captain and longshoreman who often works around the docks and the owner of Ace O' Club. He's a vocal admirer and supporter of Superman.
 * Franklin Berkowitz: The mayor of Metropolis
 * Kelex: A superman robot who assists Superman at the Fortress of Solitude as it's caretaker. Kelex has a very mechanical design, the only resemblance to Superman being the "S" logo on its chest. He is based off The Robot from Superman: Doomsday.
 * Jor-El and Lara (George Newbern and Andrea Baker): Kal-El's birth parents
 * Jonathan and Martha Kent (Michael Rooker and Reba MacEntire)
 * Strange Visitor/Sharon Vance:
 * Special Crimes Unit:
 * Maggie Sawyer (Constance Zimmerman)
 * Dan Turpin :
 * Inspector Henderson:
 * Steel/John Henry Irons (Phil LaMarr)
 * Gangbuster/Jose Delgado (James Horan)
 * General Sam Lane (J.K. Simmons):
 * Batman/Bruce Wayne (Roger Craig Smith)
 * Robin/Dick Grayson
 * Wonder Woman/Diana
 * Zor-El and Alura In-Ze (Corey Burton and Sirena Irwin): Kara Zor-El's birth parents. Zor-El, the younger brother of Jor-El,. Zor-El and Alura In-Ze survive the death of Argo City when, shortly before the radiation reached lethal levels, Zor-El projects them both into the immaterial Survival Zone, a separate dimension resembling the Phantom Zone; later they are released from the Zone and go to live in the bottle city of Kandor, which was imprisoned on Brainiac's Skull ship.

Villains

 * Brainiac (Liam O'Brien): An extraterrestrial techno-organic being with a twelfth-level intellect. He travels the universe steals the knowledge of various alien cultures, abducting and shrinking cities from each planet and adds them to his collection of bottled cities. He possess the knowledge and strength of 10,000 worlds.
 * Metallo/John Corben (Keith Ferguson): A mercenary-for-hire who Lex paid to steal the S.T.A.R. Labs' militarized Exo Mech for the regent of Pokolistan and rigged an explosive on the space shuttle as a diversion. During another run in with Superman, Corben was run over by a semi-trailer truck driven by one of his own men by accident, fatally injured, Corben was taken to the hospital and hooked up to life support. Only a robotic specialist Emmett Vale rescued Corben and took him to his lab, transplanting his mind and conscience into a robotic body, transforming him into a powerful cyborg possessing strength equal to Superman's, agility and a heart of kryptonite as his power source. Corben was impressed with their ingenuity, but decides that, as he is no longer human, he choked Emmett Vale and left him dead as he destroyed the lab. He has the same voice tone as Reaper from Overwatch. This version of Metallo has an articulated mouth with teeth, showing robotic facial expressions.
 * Livewire/Leslie Willis (Noël Wells): Leslie Willis was a popular and abrasive shock jock in Metropolis who made a habit of ridiculing and criticizing Superman, she became a Metahuman after being struck by lightning, developing electrical powers.
 * KGBeast (Nolan North):
 * Conduit/Kenneth Braverman (Trevor Devall): Kenny Braverman was a former childhood friend and rival of Clark Kent from Smallville. During an experiment, Kenny was bonded/merged with an armored battle suit that provides some protection from energy and physical attacks. His body armor allows him to fly. He has three extendable tendrils on each arm gauntlet which he can ensnare or attack an opponent. The armor is powered by Kryptonite radiation that grants him super strength, flight and project Kryptonite blasts. Since being exposed to the radiation as a baby, Kenny is a living Kryptonite battery. His helmet is lined with a means to conceal his identity from Superman's X-ray vision.
 * Hellgrammite/Roderick Rose (Patrick Seitz): A entomologist who associated with the Intergang. During an accident, he subjects himself to an untested mutagenic serum that transforms him into a grasshopper-like insectoid monster. Enraged and confused at his gruesome mutation, Roderick went on a rampage across Metropolis until he was defeated by Superman
 * Maxima (Kari Wahlgren): Queen of the Almeracian Empire with a heart filled desire to make Superman her mate. She has the same voice tone as Enchantress from Avengers: EMH.
 * The Intergang: This version of the Intergang supplied their weaponry and technology from their benefactor, Imperiex.
 * Bruno Mannheim (André Sogliuzzo): Leader of the Intergang and one of the notorious gangsters in Metropolis.
 * Whisper A'Daire (Tara Strong):
 * Blaine:
 * Thaddeus Killgrave: A mad scientist working for the Intergang.
 * Kyle Abbot:
 * Goons (various voices)
 * Bizarro (David Kaye): A defected clone of Superman created by Lex Luthor after retrieving Superman's DNA sample during his recent fight with Metallo.
 * Kryptonian Military Guild: A group of rogue Kryptonian s under the command of General Dru-Zod. In Krypton's finals before destruction, After a failed coup overthrow the ruling Council of Krypton, they were arrested and found guilty of treason. Jor-El requested that exile them to the Phantom Zone would be the humane solution at best. Zod and his forces survived the planet destruction. Their combat armor and skinsuits have a black, purple and silver color scheme.
 * General Zod (Neil Kaplan): A ruthless and powerful Kryptonian military general and a childhood friend of Jor-El. Once the Military Director of the Kryptonian Space Center, Following Jor-El's belief that Krypton was doomed and attempted to usurp the ruling council, Zod and his compatriots Faora, Nam-Ek, Ursa, Jax-Ur, Tor-An, Car-Vex, Nadira, Dev-Em II, Az-Rel and Thunkian were arrested and sentenced to the Phantom Zone for treason on Jor-El's request. From that moment on, Zod harbored a deep hatred for Jor-El and swore vengeance on his house and family, a vendetta that was passed on to Jor-El's son, Kal-El. With Krypton gone, Zod He is serves as the main antagonist of season 3.
 * Faora-Ul (Grey Griffin): Zod's right-hand woman, lover and second-in-command of KMG and lover who planned with him to takeover the planet Krypton before the planet's destruction. Therefore, during the Kryptonian Civil War, Faora was known and feared throughout Krypton as the infamous "Tigress of Zod". Both a warrior and a leader, Faora is a fierce and ruthless psychopathic combatant, being extremely skilled in a vast array of Kryptonian martial arts. Faora wears a
 * Nam-Ek (N/A): General Zod's mute Elite Soldier.
 * Ursa (Rachael MacFarlane):
 * Jax-Ur (Daniel Ross): General Zod's Chief Scientist of the Kryptonian Military Guild.
 * Thunkian (Imari Williams): A character exclusive to the series. He is a large weaponized Kryptonian robot that was constructed by Zod's ancestors 300 hundred years ago to serve the House of Zod as it's guardian. Even as a robot, Thunkian possesses superhuman abilities derived from the yellow solar radiation of the sun of Earth's solar system. He is immune to the effects of Kryptonite.
 * Tor-An (Chris Jai Alex):
 * Car-Vex (Gwendoline Yeo):
 * Az-Rel: (Robin Atkin Downes)
 * Nadira Va-Dim :
 * Dev-Em II : A young Kryptonian soldier
 * Quex-Ul:
 * Kryptonian Warbots: Militarized Kryptonian Robots
 * Master Jailer/Carl Draper (Kirk Thornton):
 * Atomic Skull/Joseph Martin (Dee Bradley Baker): Years ago,
 * Riot/Frederick Von Frankenstein:
 * Toy Man/Hiro Okamura:
 * Lobo (John DiMaggio): A intergalactic bounty hunter refers to himself The Main Man.
 * Volcana/Claire Selton (Peri Gilpin): A female villainess who has pyrokinetic powers that allows her to manipulate fire and she has a strong affection for the Man of Steel.
 * Mr. Mxyzptlk (Jeff Bennett): An imp from the fifth dimension
 * Brimstone: A creature of immense strength summoned by Imperiex to destroy Superman but was stopped by the sudden appearance of Supergirl.
 * Host Robot
 * Nuclear Man: A perfected clone created from a strand of hair containing Superman's DNA. Unlike his template, Nuclear man is immune to Kryptonite. He was eventually destroyed
 * Arclight/Noah Pastenetti :
 * Dark Supergirl: An evil counterpart of Supergirl created by Black Kryptonite when Rafe used it on Kara. This version of Dark Supergirl has crimson eye color.
 * Morgan Edge
 * S.R.S: A group of villains, brought together by Morgan Edge with the intention of taking down the Man of Steel. The team consists of Metallo, Atomic Skull, Livewire, Conduit, Volcana and Hellgrammite.
 * The Joker (Troy Baker): The Clown Prince of Crime and the Batman's arch nemesis.
 * Harley Quinn (Tara Strong):
 * Bane (J.B. Blanc): A super-powered assassin from Gotham and a dangerous foe of Batman. Bane is merciless, cold and brutal assassin who relies on brute strength, and a super-steroid known as Venom. He was convinced by Joker to arrive in Metropolis rendezvous him and Harley to take down Superman as he knew Batman would follow him. If Batman does show up to intervene, he's capable of killing two birds with on stone. Bane wears black cargo pants and a sleeveless black muscle shirt that is tucked in his pants. His belt has a fairly large buckle. He wears black gloves and black boots. Bane's Power Infusion Module (The equipment that delivers his Venom) is a system of tubes which stretch around his body, activated by a dial on his hands. He wears a Black/White gimp mask with visible red eyes similar to his Lucha Libre mask. He also has metal protection on his arms and legs. When using Venom, Bane's physical strength was increased to superhuman levels, granting him Super strength, Durability, Increased size and enhanced Stamina. Beside using Venom, Bane is a extremely tough fighter with powerful brawling, self improvised boxing and wrestling fighting techniques. Bane's fighting ability combined with his peak strength and endurance make him a highly formidable and dangerous opponent for any non-meta and many Metahuman foes, even the mighty Superman.
 * Firefly/Garfield Lynns (Jason Marsden): An arsonist and pyromaniac hotshot who is also another villain from Gotham recruited by the Joker: Firefly's weapons and paraphernalia included a heat ray on both arms, thermite grenades, a high-tech flamethrower, a battle suit, and a jetpack (which sounded like a fly when it was used.) His battle suit is based on "The Batman" version, but his jetpack is equipped with cyber insect-like wings that flap rapidly and they deploys small firefly-like sentries that shot thermite lasers.
 * Killer Croc/Waylon Jones (John DiMaggio) A deformed criminal with the appearance of a humanoid crocodile and another enemy of Batman. He followed Joker to Metropolis after he escaped from Blackgate and wanted to have his of taking on the Man of Steel. He has low intelligence but great strength, thick hide and. This version is more reptilian and crocodile-like than past versions, depicts a dinosaur-like head, three toed feet, a tail and a reptilian snout to boot. Plus he has yellow eyes with slit pupils.

Other Characters, minors and Cameos

 * Lena Luthor: Lex's younger sister and Rafe's mother who sent her son to live with her brother in Metropolis. She thought it would be best for son to be with his uncle rather than being sent to Juvenile detention again.
 * Nasthalia "Natalie" Luthor (Meagan Smith): Lena's daughter, Lex's niece and Rafe's younger sister. Unlike her brother, Natalie is a well mannered, kind, mature and caring person. She happens to be a fan of Supergirl.
 * Emmett Vale: A former S.T.A.R. Labs who was pioneer in robotics and a colleague of Emile Hamilton. When Professor Vale came upon a fatally wounded John Corben. Corben's body had been virtually destroyed in an auto accident, but Vale took the near lifeless man to his laboratory before the ambulance arrived. Vale managed to save his life by transferring his mind and consciousness into a robotic body made from an indestructible alloy he dubbed "metallocium", powered by a chunk of Kryptonite he found years ago when Superman's rocket came to earth.
 * Mercs: A team of Mercenaries led by John Corban.
 * Finn (Ian James Corlett)
 * Bradford (Rick D. Wasserman)
 * K.C. (Troy Baker)
 * Butch (Jeff Bennett)
 * Hector (Daniel Riordan)
 * Razer (Dave Wittenberg):
 * Hans (J.B. Blanc):
 * Jonesy (Khary Payton):

Locations

 * Fortress of Solitude: Superman's occasional citadel
 * The Black Aethyr: A retrofitted Kryptonian Star ship under the command of General Zod. It originally designed by scientist Jor-El as a prison barge, top transport criminals into the Phantom Zone. When Krypton exploded due to its unstable core, and the Phantom Zone Projector was affected by the explosion, the Black Zero was subsequently released from the Zone along with General Zod and his loyalists, who, with the help of scientist Jax-Ur and a few Kryptonian service robots, retrofitted the ship into a weaponized warship as their new flagship.

Smallville

 * Kent Farm:

Metropolis

 * The Daily Planet: It is a popular broadsheet newspaper business located in the heart of Metropolis and it's the oldest building in the city. It is were Clark works at with Lois, Jimmy, Steve, Cat and Ron.
 * Lois Lane's Penthouse Apartment: Lois Lane's home and he place where she got her first exclusive interview with Superman.
 * LexCorp Tower: Located in Downtown
 * Metropolis General Hospital:
 * Metropolis International Airport: A public airport where Superman made his public debut while saving the saving the space-plane Constitution.
 * Centennial Park:
 * S.T.A.R. Labs
 * Metropolis Police Department
 * Stryker's Island Penitentiary: The largest maximum security prison facility off the coast of Metropolis
 * Suicide Slums: a neighborhood two miles from the daily planet
 * Ace o' Clubs:

Season 1 (26)

 * 1) Son of Krypton, Pt. 1:
 * 2) *Summery: On the distant planet of Krypton, Jor-El conducts research on the recent earthquakes that have been occurring around the planet. Later, he goes over the data and it only supports his theory that Krypton is on the verge of destruction not after his wife, Lara has given birth to their newborn son, Kal-El. Shortly after that, Jor-El began preparations to send his son away to a planet to ensure his survival and Jor-El inform Lara that their son will be safe and place the Crystal of Knowledge next to him. Jor-El arrive to Kryptonopolis and stood before the Council, giving his evidence and telling them that Krypton's core was about to collapse. The Council did not acknowledge Jor-El's findings until the session was violently interrupted as Kryptonian General Zod and his small forces stormed in the chamber and announces that this council is disbanded. High Eminence Lor-Em sentenced all of them to 300 cycles of somatic reconditioning inside the Phantom Zone, on board the prison starship Black Zero. Outrage, Zod threatens his former friend that he will have vengeance on not him, but his son shouting "I will find him!!". Jor-El and Lara bid their son farewell as before his spaceship departed Krypton to the planet earth and were left to the Planet's Destruction. The explosion transforms planetary debris and crystals into kryptonite. Meanwhile Kal-El's spaceship arrived Earth's solar system, and makes touchdown in Smallville, Kansas. Passing motorist, Martha and Johnathan Kent discovered the pod bearing the infant Kal-El inside. the kindly couple decided they would adopt and raise him as the named the baby Clark
 * 3) Son of Krypton, Pt. 2:
 * 4) *Summery: Several years later, Clark Kent is now a teenager attending Smallville High. After learning his purpose from his father, he emerges garbed in a red cape and blue body suit with the El family symbol on the chest and flies off. Several more years later,
 * 5) Son of Krypton, Pt. 3:
 * 6) Son of Krypton, Pt. 4:
 * 7) Metamorphosis:
 * 8) A Little Piece of Home:
 * 9) Tools of the Trade:
 * 10) Toys are Us:
 * 11) Enter Metallo:
 * 12) Smallville Festival:
 * 13) Tunnel Vision
 * 14) Deus Ex Machina:
 * 15) Going Viral:
 * 16) Shock n' Awe:
 * 17) Inside Scoop:
 * 18) Ron Troup's Gambit:
 * 19) Doppelgänger:
 * 20) The Main Man, Pt. 1: Imperiex hires
 * 21) The Main Man:
 * 22) Target: Steve Lombard:
 * 23) Eye of the Storm
 * 24) Wrath of Imperiex Pt. 1: Imperiex
 * 25) Wrath of Imperiex Pt. 2:
 * 26) *Summery:
 * 27) *Trivia: Superman and Lois become a couple in secret
 * 1) Wrath of Imperiex Pt. 2:
 * 2) *Summery:
 * 3) *Trivia: Superman and Lois become a couple in secret

Season 2 (26)

 * 1) Maid of Might, Part 1:
 * 2) Maid of Might, Part 2:
 * 3) Balance of Power:
 * 4) Bad Boy: Lex's nephew, Rafe comes to Metropolis
 * 5) Lobo's Big Score:
 * 6) Bizarro Returns
 * 7) Sleight Out of Hand:
 * 8) First Dates:
 * 9) T.M.I.:
 * 10) World's Finest, Pt. 1:
 * 11) World's Finest, Pt. 2:
 * 12) World's Finest, Pt. 3:
 * 13) Ghost in the Machine:
 * 14) Mind over Muscle
 * 15) Split Decisions
 * 16) Hard Rock
 * 17) Girl's Night Out:
 * 18) Vendetta, Part 1:
 * 19) Vendetta, Part 2:
 * 20) Superman's Pal:
 * 21) Where There's Smoke...:
 * 22) Grudge Match
 * 23) Message in a Bottle
 * 24) Siege of Brainiac, Pt. 1
 * 25) Siege of Brainiac, Pt. 2
 * 1) Siege of Brainiac, Pt. 2

Season 3 (26)

 * 1) Blast from the Past.
 * 2) The Reign of Zod, Pt. 1
 * 1) The Reign of Zod, Pt. 1
 * 1) The Reign of Zod, Pt. 1
 * 1) The Reign of Zod, Pt. 1

Trivia

 * This is not affiliated with the New 52!
 * a combination of the 90's animated series with the ruby-spears storyline.