Live-action actors adopting this approach while playing Clark Kent / Superman include:

Brandon Routh himself stated, in an HBO First Look interview that he was playing three characters ; Clark Kent, the reporter / farm boy ; Superman, the protagonist and savior of Metropolis ; and Kal-El, the Last Son of Krypton.

George Reeves ' Kent / Superman is also established as a champion of justice for the oppressed in episodes like The Unknown People and The Birthday Letter.

The initial story arc of the Superman / Batman ongoing series depicts the fall of Luthor's reign as U. S. President.

In 2009, the story of Luthor's rise and fall as U. S. President was adapted as a direct-to-video animated film entitled Superman / Batman: Public Enemies.

He has also been voiced in animation by Jackson Beck in the 1960s series The New Adventures of Superman, Stan Jones in the 1970s / 1980s Super Friends franchise, Michael Bell in the 1988 Superman animated series, and by Clancy Brown in the 1990s / 2000s DC animated universe, as well as a 2007 episode of The Batman and the 2009 direct-to-DVD animated feature Superman / Batman: Public Enemies, among others.

* In January – February 1950, Superman journeys to Mars to help actor-director Orson Welles smash a plot by the Martian dictator Martler to " blitzkrieg the solar system " and conquer the Earth ( S No. 62 / 1: " Black Magic on Mars!

* Notably, this allowed Paramount to have some involvement in the Superman franchise for the first time since selling off the Fleischer / Famous cartoons.

Other common subjects of questions were Superman / Lois Lane, King Kong / Fay Wray, panelists on the show ( most commonly Brett Somers ), politicians, and Howard Cosell.

* Poison Ivy on the official Superman / Batman Adventures homepage

Following Crisis on Infinite Earths, which rebooted the history of the DC Universe and retro-actively eliminated the existence of the Golden and Silver Age versions of Krypton, writer / artist John Byrne was given the task of recreating the entire Superman mythos.

Burton has been cast as voice actor for Black Lightning in Superman / Batman: Public Enemies DVD.

Following the cancellation of the third Supergirl comic book series, starring the Linda Danvers version of the character, a modern version of Kara Zor-El was reintroduced into the DC Comics continuity in issue # 8 of the Superman / Batman comic book series titled " The Supergirl from Krypton " ( 2004 ).

Issue # 8 of the Superman / Batman series originally published in 2004 re-introduced Kara Zor-El into the DC continuity.

While she can fly and possesses super-strength ( like Superman ), she also has psychokinetic, shape shifting and cloaking / invisibility powers.

" Supergirls ", from Superman / Batman # 24.

DC Comics produces material featuring a large number of well-known characters, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Robin, Aquaman, Hawkman, Green Arrow, Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern and the Flash, along with superhero teams Justice Society, the Justice League, the Teen Titans, and the Doom Patrol as well as antagonists such as Lex Luthor, the Joker, the Riddler, Mr. Freeze, Catwoman, Sinestro, the Penguin, Poison Ivy, Two-Face, General Zod, Brainiac and Darkseid .< ref > Benton, Mike.

* DC Superheroes: The Filmation Adventures ( includes The New Adventures of Superman, Adventures of Aquaman, The Superman / Aquaman Hour of Adventure and The New Adventures of Batman )-August 12, 2008

Speedy's first animated appearance was in the Teen Titans segments in The Superman / Aquaman Hour of Adventure.

Super Friends first aired on ABC on September 8, 1973, featuring well-known DC characters Superman, Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman.

Superman, Batman and Robin and Aquaman had each previously appeared in their own animated series produced by Filmation, and voice talent from these prior programs was brought in to work on the new show.

The first half-hour of the program featured the established group of heroes: Superman, Batman and Robin, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, the Wonder Twins and Gleek.

Despite the Riddler showing a set of playing cards with ( from left to right ) Gleek, Zan, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Robin, Batman, and Superman he then burns to ashes in his introduction in " Wanted: The Super Friends ", the Wonder Twins and Gleek did not appear in Challenge.

When Captain America and Superman, who both sense the changes in the merged universe, attack each other, Aquaman is found by the Avenger Vision, and the two team up to discover what is wrong with the world.

* Hawkman's first animated appearance was in the 1967 Filmation animated series The Superman / Aquaman Hour of Adventure, in which Hawkman appeared in several shorts, either in solo adventures or as part of the Justice League.

* Artwork exists hinting of a possible unaired appearance on The Superman / Aquaman Hour of Adventure animated series.

* Kairo ( Superman / Aquaman Hour ), Green Lantern's sidekick in the 1967 cartoon

Additionally, in the modern version, Lori also had a mission to discover other cities of the continent of Atlantis, a quest completed when Superman later met Aquaman, who revealed he was a native of just such a city.

To start the line, Mego introduced Batman, Robin, Aquaman and Superman.

Aquaman, Batgirl, Batman, Catwoman, Green Arrow, Isis, Joker, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Penguin, Riddler, Robin, Captain Marvel ( for legal reasons labeled as Shazam ), Supergirl, Superman, Tarzan *, Teen Titans ( Speedy, Kid Flash, Aqualad, and Wonder Girl ) and Wonder Woman (* Tarzan was originally licensed to Mego by creator Edgar Rice Burroughs, DC later acquired rights ).

He also co-created such features as Aquaman, Green Arrow, and Johnny Quick, served as story editor for the Adventures of Superman television series, and compiled the often-revised paperback 1001 Valuable Things You Can Get Free.

Superman, Batman & Robin, Wonder Woman and Aquaman, Green Arrow, Plastic Man, and several other heroes were no longer extant at that point in history, and were thus never Squadron members.

The principal characters featured in Young All Stars were considered spiritual and contextual analogs for the missing characters: Iron Munro for Superman, Fury for Wonder Woman, Flying Fox for Batman, Dan the Dyna-Mite for Robin, and Neptune Perkins for Aquaman.

This misunderstanding caused the Hayoth to become embroiled in a four way conflict with the Justice League ( Superman, Batman, and Aquaman ) who were there searching for Ray Palmer ( the Atom ) as well as the Suicide Squad, and the Jihad.

and Turok via House of Mystery to " Batman and Robin were being harassed by big weird things, as were Superman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman.

He helps the woman, but is somehow transported or teleported to where Batman, Green Lantern, Superman, Flash, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman are fighting the Parademons.

Superman and Martian Manhunter ( aliens ) as well as Wonder Woman ( a near-goddess ) and Aquaman ( an Atlantean ) are referred to in many instances as " metahumans.

* The Batman / Superman Hour ( 1968 – 1969 CBS )

Thus a particular cartoon series may appear in a number of formats or time block, such as The Batman / Superman Hour.

The Bat-Cave was first seen in animation in various episodes of The Batman / Superman Hour, Super Friends, and The New Adventures of Batman.

* The Scarecrow appears in the 1968 The Batman / Superman Hour episode " The Great Scarecrow Scare " voiced by Ted Knight.

* The Riddler made his first appearance in animated form in the Filmation Batman installments first seen on CBS Saturday Morning in 1968 as part of The Batman / Superman Hour with Ted Knight providing his voice.

The later eight cartoons in the series dealt more with World War II propaganda stories, such as in Eleventh Hour, which finds Superman going to Japan to commit acts of sabotage in order to reduce the morale of the enemy ; meanwhile, an angered Adolf Hitler had a cameo role at the end of Jungle Drums after Superman foiled another Nazi plot.

In this series, Prin Vnok, an underling of Brainiac uses his technology to travel to the End of Time to retrieve Doomsday in order to combine the beast's massive power with Brainiac's formidable intellect after his original body was badly injured in his last fight with Superman ( this was later revealed to have taken place due to the timeline's reconstruction following the events of ' Zero Hour '; the reconstruction of time meant that Brainiac was able to change the events of Doomsday's defeat ).

He has voiced characters in numerous TV and film animations including The Batman / Superman Hour, The Pink Panther Show, Groovie Goolies, The Inspector, The Brady Kids, Cool Cat, Koko the Clown, Treasure Island, Return from Oz, Scooby Doo, Tennessee Tuxedo, and many more.

* Actor Ted Knight provided the voice of James Gordon in The Batman / Superman Hour.

* Speedy's first animated appearance was in the Teen Titans segments in 1967's The Superman / Aquaman Hour of Adventure voiced by Pat Harrington, Jr.

There was an episode of The Superman / Aquaman Hour of Adventure entitled " The Brain, the Brave and the Bold ," in which Aquaman battles an evil supervillain named the " Brain.

According to Norm Prescott, six episodes of a series starring Metamorpho were completed and ready to air in 1960s, but the entire series was shelved when CBS chose to rush The Batman / Superman Hour on its schedule.

As Batgirl, Barbara Gordon plays a supporting role in a string of animated series, voiced by Jane Webb in The Batman / Superman Hour ( 1968 ), Melendy Britt in The New Adventures of Batman ( 1977 ), Melissa Gilbert in Batman: The Animated Series ( 1992 ), Tara Strong in The New Batman Adventures ( 1997 ), Danielle Judovits in The Batman ( 2004 ), and Mae Whitman in Batman: The Brave and the Bold ( 2008 ).

As Batgirl, Barbara Gordon plays a supporting role in a string of animated series, voiced by Jane Webb in The Batman / Superman Hour ( 1968 ), Melendy Britt in The New Adventures of Batman ( 1977 ), Melissa Gilbert in Batman: The Animated Series ( 1992 ), Tara Strong in The New Batman Adventures ( 1997 ), Danielle Judovits in The Batman ( 2004 ), Mae Whitman in Batman: The Brave and the Bold ( 2008 ) and Alyson Stoner in Young Justice ( 2011 ).

The first animated appearance of Donna Troy as Wonder Girl was in the Teen Titans segments of 1967's The Superman / Aquaman Hour of Adventure, voiced by Julie Bennett.

* The Mad Hatter also made an appearance in a 1968 episode of The Batman / Superman Hour titled " A Mad, Mad Tea Party " voiced by Ted Knight.

In September 1968, before The New Adventures of Batman Filmation Associates had created and aired an animated Batman series ( pre-Bat-Mite ), named The Batman / Superman Hour, for CBS.