My Adventures with Superman debut trailer shows the Man of Steel

My Adventures With Superman looks like my kind of fun, entirely in faith with the ideals of America’s original superhero. Superman’s best narrative conflict has always been internal — Why even is he there? Why would someone so powerful be interested in our pathetic problems? — and the secret identity, manifested as a newspaper reporter, whose job requirements have always been public service and altruism, has resonated across generations of since 1938.

So here we have a new animated series from Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim and Max. My Adventures With Superman looks like an updated take on the classic, platonic Lois-and-Clark mystery, with Supes (Jack Quaid) as a himbo ringer playing straight man to Lois (Alice Lee), the steely-eyed investigative reporter who is still missing that one last source to nail Superman’s actual origins for the 1A exclusive. Jimmy Olsen is the ace lens and Perry White is the grumpy Editor-in-Chief.

It’s the college intern angle that seems particularly novel, though, at least as a way to help a younger generation relate to a very old story and character archetypes. And to encourage old fools such as myself to wax poetic. My first job was as a newspaper intern in college, 30+ years ago. I still remember those exciting times.

It looks as if Lois Lane will be working in the city rooms at Metropolis with Clark Kent this summer. The Daily Planet.

My Adventures With SupermanMax begins streaming July 7, and the premiere airs July 6, on Adult Swim.