Still Watching Cartoons

Spent much of the afternoon enjoying my just-arrived two-DVD set, Superman Animated Series Vol. 1. This is the WB series from 1996, starring the voices of Tim Daly and Dana Delany.

My favorite episode of the set is "My Girl", wherein Lana Lang (voiced by Joely Fisher) shows up in Metropolis as Lex Luthor's latest lady. Still smitten with Clark, she tries to help him dig up dirt on a rumored Luthor arms deal and lands herself in trouble.



I've always preferred Lana to Lois, maybe because Lana liked Clark for who he was before the whole Superman legend swirled around him.

In a later episode of the series, "The Late Mr. Kent," Clark is the victim of a bombing and must fake his death while Superman investigates the assassination attempt. Once the culprit is brought to justice, Clark reappears with the cover story that he suffered amnesia in the bombing, and the first thing he remembered was Lana's phone number.