Should Christians watch My Adventures with Superman? GodlyScore corrected its original score after a viewer reported documented LGBT content in Seasons 2 and 3. Here is the complete season-by-season assessment.
My Adventures with Superman (HBO Max/Adult Swim, 2023-present) is an animated superhero series produced by Warner Bros. Animation, executive produced by Jake Wyatt and Josie Campbell. It reimagines Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen as young adults in their early days at the Daily Planet — Clark still discovering his powers, Lois an ambitious junior reporter, Jimmy a conspiracy-obsessed photographer and social media personality. The animation style is vibrant and anime-influenced, the tone lighter and more romantic than most DC properties, and the first season won praise from critics for its character dynamics and emotional warmth.
Season 1 was largely clean — genuine friendship and loyalty, a wholesome romance between Clark and Lois developing naturally, no significant content concerns beyond animated action violence. Season 1 GodlyScore would have rated approximately 78-80/100 Spiritually Safe. However, GodlyScore received a factual correction report from a viewer documenting significant LGBT content introduced in Seasons 2 and 3 that was absent from Season 1.
The user-submitted correction report documented the following specific LGBT content in Seasons 2 and 3, which GodlyScore has verified is consistent with multiple viewer accounts:
Heat Wave and Livewire (Season 2): Two female villain characters — Heat Wave (Morcee/Rebecca) and Livewire (Leslie Willis) — are depicted in a romantic relationship with kissing scenes. Their relationship is integrated into their character arc rather than incidental.
Brain and Monsieur Mallah (Season 2): Brain (a disembodied brain in a container) and Monsieur Mallah (a gorilla) — voiced by male actors — are depicted as a married couple. This couple originates in DC Comics where they have long been depicted as romantically involved, but their animated depiction here represents LGBT-normalized content with a male/male framing.
Tazzala and Zazzala (Season 3, Episode 1): Two female characters are introduced and identify themselves as a couple.
These depictions are not incidental background content — they are integrated into the narrative and character development of Seasons 2 and 3. The show's showrunners have confirmed in interviews that these relationships were included intentionally as part of the show's diverse character representation. This represents institutional LGBT affirmation by the production.
The LGBT content in Seasons 2 and 3 requires a score correction and a frank biblical assessment. The relevant Scripture: Genesis 1:27 establishes that God created human beings male and female — the binary of sex is built into creation. Romans 1:26-27 specifically addresses same-sex sexual relationships as contrary to natural design. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 names homosexual practice among the behaviors that will not inherit the kingdom. These texts are not peripheral or disputed in orthodox Christianity — they represent the consistent teaching of the church across history.
The concern is not merely that LGBT characters appear in the show — characters who sin appear in many works of narrative fiction, and their presence can serve cautionary or humanizing purposes. The concern is specifically that the relationships are normalized — depicted as healthy, good, and worthy of celebration rather than as sin for which Christ died and offers forgiveness. When a show depicts a same-sex couple kissing and frames this as a positive romantic moment, it is functioning as formation — teaching viewers that this is a good and normal thing.
For Christian parents: Season 1 of My Adventures with Superman is appropriate for older children and teenagers — clean, wholesome, with strong friendship and virtue themes. Seasons 2 and 3 contain the LGBT content documented above and require parental awareness before allowing teenager or child access.
The score correction should not erase what Season 1 did well. The Clark/Lois romance is genuinely sweet — two young adults falling for each other with appropriate restraint, no sexual content, real emotional development. The Clark/Jimmy friendship models male friendship with warmth and loyalty. Clark's wrestling with his powers — the weight of responsibility, the question of what strength is for — reflects genuinely biblical virtues: humility, service, the refusal to use power for self-advancement. The show's first season is a reminder that animated superhero content can be done well. The regression in Seasons 2-3 is the specific concern, not the franchise as a whole.
See our guide on Should Christians Watch Batman: The Animated Series? for the classic DC animation comparison. See our Christian TV Reviews hub. Plugged In's review provides season-specific content detail. Common Sense Media provides age guidance by season.
Rate any movie, show, song, or channel for spiritual alignment.
Visit GodlyScore.com →