Superman: The Animated Series
Episode 26
Brave New Metropolis
It’s a Lois Lane centric episode and a good one. Lois gets sucked though a portal to another dimension where that Lois died and resulted in Superman teaming up with Lex Luthor to rule over Metropolis as a dictator. The appearance of Lois Lane throws the entire world into chaos. Eventually Lois comes across Superman and convinces him to become a good guy again. They join forces and defeat alternate dimension Lex Luthor who is exactly like the real Lex Luthor.
The “what if” scenario is a great episode, the world Lois ends up in is never explored again or really mentioned but the entire concept is recycled in Justice League with the Justice Lords. Then Justice Lords is heavily referenced in Justice League Unlimited and drives the entire Cadmus plot.
These alternate versions are always fun, especially when the traditional version is firmly established. Not to drift into other Superman media but the problem with Zach Snyder’s DC film world was he embraced the “what if” scenarios too much instead of giving audiences a more traditional approach. Snyder’s DC was too fanboy. StAS (which appeared before Snyder’s work) makes revisions to Superman but it all fits with the narrative. They kept the classic lore intact. Outside of the comic, Max Fleischer’s Superman set many of the standards for Superman lore. Christopher Reeves’ Superman did not alter those hard coded rules but told its own story. StAS can have a “what if” episode but they can’t devote an entire series about Superman going bad. This concept will be explored more in the review of the series finale.
Written by
Joseph Ammendolea
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