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(SeaPRwire) –   Hold on — is My Adventures with Superman a series we should all be tuning into?

This is a question many of us are likely asking right now, especially with confirmation that a new season is finally scheduled to premiere. If the show flew under your radar before, there is a good reason for that. A full two years have passed since the series released its latest batch of episodes, nearly hiding one of the DC Universe’s most underrated gems from wider audiences. But My Adventures with Superman did not end with Season 2: as showrunner Jake Wyatt recently told Entertainment Weekly, “The studio was always super supportive and ready to make [the show]. We just needed the stars and the bank accounts to align.”

Now that those pieces have fallen into place, DC’s alternate-universe animated series is arriving strong with a reworked take on an iconic comic book arc. The first two seasons of My Adventures with Superman followed a fresh original origin story for its titular hero, voiced by Jack Quaid, a fan favorite from The Boys and Lower Decks. Season 3 finds Kal-El fully established in both his identities as Clark Kent and Superman — but he will not be the only Superman operating around Metropolis. In a bold creative choice, My Adventures with Superman will adapt “Reign of the Supermen,” the ambitious 1993 comic storyline that pits the classic hero against a group of super-powered copycats.

Taking on the “Reign of the Supermen” arc at this point in Superman’s story is a fascinating creative call. In the original comics, this arc picks up immediately after the “Death of Superman” storyline, where Superman is killed in battle against the villain Doomsday, leaving Earth without its Kryptonian protector. A number of Superman lookalikes emerge in the aftermath of his death. These include the Eradicator, a sentient Kryptonian weapon; Superboy, a younger clone of Superman created by Lex Luthor; engineer John Henry Irons, also called Steel; and “Cyborg Superman,” the alias of Hank Henshaw, who was teased at the end of Season 2 and now appears on the first Season 3 poster.

Steel has also made appearances in earlier seasons of My Adventures with Superman, but he will only have a minor role in Season 3. Instead, the Eradicator, Superboy, and Cyborg Superman are the ones that will present the biggest challenges to Kal-El.

But what about the most obvious unaddressed question: Superman’s fate? Wyatt reassures fans that the Last Son of Krypton is alive and well when he faces off against this new trio of anti-heroes. “It’s not gonna be a retread of the comics,” Wyatt says of My Adventures with Superman Season 3. Though the writing team was required to read those original comics, they have made significant creative changes to the storyline.

“It’s less ‘Death [of Superman]’ and more about, ‘What’s a Superman?’” he continues. “The fun thing about ‘Reign of the Supermen’ is that it’s all these impostors who have the same power set but different values.”

You can find the official synopsis for the new season below:

Clark has fully embraced his identity as Superman and come to terms with his Kryptonian origins — he is ready to settle down! But Lois, who has finally become the Daily Planet’s star reporter, has no interest in slowing down. Jimmy has progressed from working as a freelance photographer to a well-known celebrity journalist — but he still feels flustered by the romantic attention from newly arrived Kara Zor-El, who is trying to find her place on Earth. In this latest season packed with action, comedy and romance, this chosen family will have to face powerful new enemies that challenge Superman, put their shared future at risk, and test the close bonds that hold them together. Can our heroes save the future they want — before it ruins their present?

We are eager to see how the series reimagines such a complex, sprawling arc — and luckily, the wait is almost over.

My Adventures with Superman returns as part of Adult Swim’s Toonami anime/action programming block. Episodes will air weekly at midnight ET/PT starting June 13, and will be available to stream on HBO Max the following day.