The Main Man Part I

Episode Summary & Review

Summary

Intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo is employed to capture the Man of Steel for the rare species-collecting Preserver, who is obsessed with keeping endangered species in captivity to protect them and prevent their extinction. Superman, the last Kryptonian, is the latest catch for his collection. Upon realizing that Lobo is the last Czarnian (having killed all the others himself), he betrays the bounty hunter and adds him to the collection as well.

Our Take

A fun change of pace that leans into Lobo’s crude, loud-mouthed energy, and the voice work sells the character completely. The Preserver plot is thin, mostly an excuse to set up the big fight, but the banter between the two last survivors of dead planets carries the episode. Worth watching for the action alone, just don’t expect much depth.