"Superman: The Animated Series" isn't quite as revered as its predecessor, but it still commands significant respect. Most of that comes from the fact it did what all those great animated superhero shows of the 1990s did and treated kids like they could handle more mature storylines.

This begs the question, who the heck is Maxima, anyway, and what’s she doing appearing in a Superman movie? Created by comic legends Roger Stern and George Perez, Maxima was first introduced in Action Comics #645 in 1989.

It looks like Superman‘s adventures in the DC Universe won’t end with James Gunn‘s Man of Tomorrow. As production on Man of Tomorrow is slated to begin this month in Atlanta with Gunn directing from his own script,