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Legion of Super Heroes
#01 - Man of Tomorrow
Original Airdate - September 23rd, 2006
When fearsome villains the fatal five set their sights on the newly formed Legion of Super Heroes, three of the Legion's members go back in time to get help from the greatest hero of all time: Superman. Instead they find Clark Kent, aware of his powers but not yet of his grand destiny.

Written by Amy Wolfram
Directed by Ben Jones
Review by Stu
Media by The World's Finest

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Saturday morning's tradition of taking the summer's big movie and creating an animated spin off is practically as old as the blockbuster itself. It’s never something I've really had a problem with – a lot of my favourite cartoons have been created because of movies. As a very loose tie-in to Superman Returns - it's not really connected, it's just another Superman property to ride the waves of the recent big-screen blockbuster - here we get something somewhat similar to Teen Titans, but it feels a little more ... classic. And I mean that in a good way!

As they did with Teen Titans, they’ve taken one superhero who kids already know (Superman) and added a bunch of heroes they probably wouldn’t know if they fell over in the street. Comic fans will be familair with everyone here, but new watchers likely won't be. Here, the characters hit the beats you basically expect. I'm aware we’re only one episode in and that there is more than enough time for improvement, and I imagine each of these characters will get their own episode, but we get just the basics here.

As for Superman, they definitely do everything they can to make him Superboy without actually using the name. While one can think this Superman is young strictly because this is Kids'WB!, they should read up on their Legion history, especially the classic Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes comic series. Superman's supporting cast, his secret identity, his villains, his world and basically everything except his powers and costume, won't be what you expect, but this is in his early days so it's not a total surprise

A big plus for this series is how it looks, as the visuals are very pretty to the eye and the animation rarely faltered. The casting isn't too shabby at all, and they already sound comfortable in their roles. There is great potential here, and I imagine once the series starts to flesh-out these characters, we'll get to some real gold stuff.