Superman: Beacon of Hope

***Superman: Beacon of Hope*** is an American animated action-adventure-science fiction superhero television series based on *Superman* by DC Comics, being developed by TBD. The series is produced by DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation and it airs on Cartoon Network from March TBD, 2006 to TBD 2010.

## Synopsis

A year after becoming the superhero know as Superman, Clark Kent using his powers to trying representing himself as a beacon/champion of hope to the city of Metropolis while dealing with various threats which threaten Metropolis.

## Cast & Characters

### Main

* **Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman** (voiced by Brian Bloom) - an alien survivor from the doomed planet Krypton who was raised by human farmers and using his superhuman abilities to become a superhero out of representing himself as a champion/beacon of hope while working as a journalist reporter at the Daily Planet.

### Recurring

* **Lois Lane** (voiced by Vanessa Marshall) - a truth-obsession but well-meaning reporter who became fascinating with Superman while also finding Clark to be somewhat incompetent but does mean well.
* **James "Jimmy" Olsen** (voiced by Scott Menville) - a friendly but slightly clumsy cub reporter and photographer at the Daily Planet who's usually works with Clark and Lois and begin viewing himself as "Superman's Pal" which he attempt of proving himself to him.
* **Perry "Chief" White** (voiced by Corey Burton) - the anger-prone but caring head editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet who TBD
* **Catherine "Cat" Grant** (voiced by Wendie Malick) - a flirtatious gossip columnist at the Daily Planet who enjoys spreading gossips TBD
* **Steven "Steve" Lombard** (voiced by Rino Romano) - a cocky sports reporter at the Daily Planet who treats his younger employee like siblings and often teasing Clark but often claim that he is his best friend.
* **Ronald "Ron" Troupe** (voiced by Khary Payton) - a highly intellectual reporter at the Daily Planet who's known for his TBD
* **Jonathan and Martha Kent** (voiced by Clancy Brown and Susanne Blakeslee, respectively) - Clark's foster parents who adopt and raised him where they help teaching him of how to use his powers to help peoples, serving as a inspiration of why Clark first became Superman in the first place.

#### Guest stars

* **Bruce Wayne/Batman** (voiced by Steven Blum) - a billionaire who moonlights as a masked crime fighting vigilante out of protecting Gotham City from crime and corruption where he formed a friendship with Superman following their first encounter with each others.
* **Princess Diana/Diana Prince/Wonder Woman** (voiced by Jennifer Hale) - an Amazonian princess from the island of Themyscira who arrives in "Men's World" to be their ambassador TBD
* **J'onn J'onzz/John Jones/Martian Manhunter** (voiced by Ron Perlman) - a wise yet cautious Green Martian who, after the death of his peoples, travel to Earth to make a live for himself as a human detective where he soon take up the moniker of a superhero and became a ally/mentor to Superman, due to them being the last of their respected species.
* **William "Billy" Batson/Captain Marvel** (voiced by Max Burkerholder as Billy Batson, James Arnold Taylor as Captain Marvel) - a kind-heart young boy who can transform into a adult variant of himself by saying the word "Shazam!".

### Antagonists

* **Alexander "Lex" Luthor** (voiced by Lex Lang) - the charismatic but corrupt CEO of LexCorp who believes Superman to be a potential threat to humanity as he begin developing various ways of killing Superman.
	+ **Mercedes "Mercy" Graves** (voiced by Kath Soucie) - Lex's loyal yet emotionless secretary who always listen to her boss no matters what where it is reveal that she is a android design by Lex to follow him.
* **Vril Dox/Brainiac** (voiced by Peter Jessop) - an highly intelligent android and the self-proclaim "Collector of Worlds" who is responsible for Krypton's destruction and putting the Kryptonian city of Argo City onto a bottle as he attempt of adding Earth as part of his collection.
* **Gen. Dru-Zod** (voiced by Simon Templeman) - a rogue Kryptonian general who was imprison in the Phantom Zone for attempting of "improving" Krypton where he now attempting of turning Earth into a new Krypton.
* **Gerald Shugel/Ultra-Humanite** (voiced by George Newbern) - a calm yet eccentric former military scientist-turned-terrorist who believes that the world should be reborn in his "image" as he soon ending ups transferring both his mind and conscious onto a albino gorilla in order of archiving his goal as he soon also uncovering Superman's secret identity.
* **John Corben/Metallo** (voiced by Jeff Bennett) - a former military soldier who was discharged and end ups transferring both his mind and conscious onto a android body armed with a Kryptonite as a heart.
* **Raymond Jensen/Parasite** (voiced by Jess Harnell) - a down-on-his-luck and mild-mannered former LexCorp janitor who end ups transform into a energy-draining monster as he begin draining everyone's energies in order to both make himself stronger and keeping himself alive.
* **Winslow Schott/Toyman** (voiced by Tom Kenny) - a highly flamboyant yet childish terrorist who using toy-like gimmicks to commit crimes as he attempt of proving his intellectual superiority and ruling the world.

## Episodes

*See List of Superman: Beacon of Hope episodes*.

## Notes/Trivia

* The series were originally going to be in the same universe as *The Batman* animated series. But however, due to unknown reasons, that plan was scrapped and the series was instead set in its own continuity.
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