Although they were all regular characters in Season One, this is the only episode in which Lex meets Jonathan and Martha.
Lex tells Superman to meet him on the corner of Kirby and Steranko, a reference to comic book writers/artists Jack Kirby and Jim Steranko.
This is the first episode of the series not to feature the Daily Planet offices.
The footage of the building explosion at the beginning of the episode is recycled footage from Lethal Weapon 3 (1992).