Superman's story according to Super Friends

1

Beginning on Krypton

In the episode "Planet Splitter", Marvin explains why Superman is against the destruction of other planets through Superman's origin story. Superman was born as Kal-El on the planet Krypton to astrophysicists Jor-El and Lara.

2

Destruction of Krypton

Krypton begins experiencing severe groundquakes. Jor-El tries to convince the Science Council that they need to build space arks to save everyone on Krypton from the impending planetary explosion. The Science Council reject his idea, kick him off the Science Council, and order him to cease all scientific research - but it's too late, the final ground quakes have begun and Krypton is doomed.

3

Leaving Krypton

As Krypton literally falls apart, Baby Superman is placed into a rocket by his parents. Jor-El tells Lara that she can fit in the rocket too, but Lara stays behind because, according to her calculations, she would weigh down the rocket and prevent it from reaching Earth. They sacrifice themselves and send off Baby Superman. As the rocket flies away, Jor-El remarks that a Kryptonian would have great strength on Earth because of its lighter gravity and energy from the Sun, which explains some of Superman's powers.

4

Discovered by the Kents

Baby Superman crash-lands on Earth as Martha and Johnathan Kent are driving by. They pull over, pull the baby out of the rocket, decide to adopt him, and go to the local orphanage to adopt him legally.

5

Orphanage

The Kents try to adopt Baby Superman immediately, but the orphanage insists on a proper investigation and examination of the baby. The medical examination goes poorly; the doctor's needles keep breaking because the baby's skin is "like steel". Baby Superman keeps flying around the room and throwing the doctor around like a ragdoll.

6

Home with the Kents

After all the hubbub, the orphanage is keen to get rid of Baby Superman, so they call up the Kents and tell them they can have the baby sooner than they thought. Mr. and Mrs. Kent decide to name the baby Clark, after Mrs. Kent's side of the family.

7

Super Brat

"Secret Origins of the Super Friends" tells an annotated version of the Superman origin story in "Planet Splitter", but after that we don't see Superman as a baby or child. Instead, Mr. Mxyzptlk uses red Kryptonite to turn Superman into a child in "Uncle Mxyzptlk". The only catch is that the red Kryptonite also turned him into a huge brat, and his screaming tantrums shake the whole city.

8

Growing up in Smallville

In "Return of the Phantoms", we see a teenage Clark Kent, going by Super Boy, save a falling farm worker. Superboy is then kidnapped by villains from the Phantom Zone and is saved by a time-traveling Superman and Green Lantern.

9

Reporter at the Daily Planet

Superman grows up and, as Clark Kent, becomes a newspaper reporter. Working there he meets Lois Lane. Lois only appears a few times in Super Friends, and her role is not as clear as it is in other Superman stories. Clark and Lois do not have a defined relationship outside of being friends and coworkers, but it's heavily hinted she has a crush on him.

10

Superman and Lois

Another gray area for Lois in Super Friends is that it's unclear if she knows that Clark is Superman. She has a close relationship with Superman, Lex Luthor kidnaps her to get to Superman several times. But, she acts genuinely confused and even annoyed when there's an emergency and Clark leaves to "make a phone call". Other Superman retellings have Lois either explicitly know about the secret identity, or not at all. But in Super Friends, Lois appears to not know or, be acting like she doesn't know to hide Superman's identity.

11

Member of the Justice League

After establishing himself as a hero, Superman cofounded the Justice League with Batman, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman. Super Friends does not show the origins of the Justice League, but rather shows them as an already established team that has begun training new heroes like Marvin, Wendy, and the Wonder Twins.