‘My Adventures with Superman’ Season 3 Opens With a Flawless Score on Rotten Tomatoes, Completing a Historic Perfect Trilogy
Few animated series have managed to generate the kind of consistent critical enthusiasm that Adult Swim’s ‘My Adventures with Superman’ has earned since its debut. The anime-inspired reimagining of Clark Kent’s early days brought a refreshing warmth and visual energy to a character who had grown familiar under far darker interpretations, and it quickly carved out its own devoted corner of DC fandom. Now, with the third season finally arriving, that goodwill has only compounded.
The series premiered its third season on Adult Swim’s Toonami block on June 13, 2026, with episodes becoming available to stream on HBO Max the following day. The return comes after nearly two years without new episodes, a gap that tested the patience of a fanbase that had been vocal about its appetite for more. The new season is adapting the classic comic arc ‘Reign of the Supermen’, which centers on impostors and challengers who force the question of what it truly means to be Superman.
As critics began publishing their early assessments ahead of the premiere, the numbers told an extraordinary story. The season debuted with a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, with every published review coming back positive. Critics praised the series for its animation, storytelling, action sequences, and fresh approach to Superman mythology. It is worth noting, as ScreenRant reported, that the score is subject to change as more reviews continue to be registered, meaning the rating could shift in the coming days.
What makes that figure particularly striking is the company it keeps. Both season one and season two currently hold perfect 100% Fresh ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, a distinction that is genuinely rare for any long-running series. Sustaining that kind of consensus across three full seasons, as the reviewer pool grows and expectations rise, places ‘My Adventures with Superman’ in exceptionally rare territory among superhero properties. One early critic gave the season a 9.5 out of 10, calling it “a formidable display of artistry and strong, incentivized writing that both levels the playing field while building on all that the show has assembled thus far.”
The new season brings familiar faces back alongside fresh additions to the universe. ‘Glee’ star Darren Criss joins the cast as Superboy, seen trading questions with Superman and Lois Lane in the trailer, while the formidable Cyborg Superman emerges as the season’s central villain threat. Meanwhile, Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen described the new season as something that “goes harder, looks bigger, and packs the emotional punch that makes this series such a standout.”
Voice lead Jack Quaid has been equally enthusiastic. Speaking with Collider, the actor called the season “maybe my favourite” of the entire run, describing it as the show’s funniest yet while emphasizing that the stakes for his character are significantly higher this time around. The sentiment is one shared by the creative team, who appear to have used the long production window to deliver something more ambitious than what came before.
ScreenRant critic Felipe Rangel noted in his season three review that the show continues to demonstrate a rare skill for mixing popular DC characters with obscure picks, treating all of them with respect and modernizing their motivations and designs — and teased that a major development fundamentally changes the series before the season is done. For a show that has never once fumbled its landing with critics, season three appears to be another confident step forward for a series that is quietly building one of animation’s most unblemished reputations.
Whether you have been along since Clark Kent’s first stumbling flights over Metropolis or are discovering the series now, this seems like the ideal moment to weigh in: does ‘My Adventures with Superman’ deserve its place among the all-time great DC animated projects, and can it hold that 100% through the full season run?
