Superman: The Birthday Party

"The Birthday Party" is the second vignette from the eighth episode of the Superman animated television series. It is the thirteenth minisode in the series overall. The episode was directed by the team of Cosmo Anzilotti, Bill Hutten, Tony Love and Charles A. Nichols. The teleplay was written by Chris Weber and Karen Willson. The episode first aired on CBS on Saturday morning at 8:30. In this episode, Superman faces off against his old Kryptonian foe General Zod, who creates a being that can absorb the properties of anything it touches known as the Hunter.