SiC 47 — Tripping the Light Elastic (02:06:1986)
Reviewing DC Comics Presents 93 and Justice League of America 250, and responding to your feedback!
Feb 08, 2023•1 hr 9 min
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SiC 46 — Guess I’ll Go Eat Worms (01:30:1986
Reviewing Action Comics 578 and responding to your feedback!
Jan 30, 2023•1 hr 16 min
Super Gifts Holiday Special (12:25:2022)
With no Superman comics out this week in 1986, I’m talking about all the Superman-themed gifts that my Mindi has gotten for me for Christmas and over the last few months. With special 3-D Viewmaster story time at the end!
Jan 23, 2023•52 min
SiC 45 — The Quest for Peace (01:09:1986)
Reviewing Superman 418 and Superman’s Golden Age origin in Secret Origins 1, before briefly looking at Power Girl’s appearance in Infinity Inc. 25 and responding to your feedback!
Jan 16, 2023•1 hr 16 min
SiC 44 — Happy New Year! (01:02:1986)
Starting the new year with coverage of the first Superman comic of 1986, DC Comics Presents 92, and then responding to all your feedback!
Jan 02, 2023•1 hr 1 min
SiC 43 — Post-Crisis (12:26:1985)
Reviewing the final Superman adventure of 1985, from Action Comics 577, and then responding to your feedback!
Dec 26, 2022•48 min
SiC 42 — The Final Crisis (12:19:1985)
Reviewing Crisis on Infinite Earths 12, the grand finale! (of Crisis, not of the podcast)
Dec 19, 2022•55 min
SiC 41 — Independence Day (12:12:1985)
Reviewing Superman 417, plus a little something extra at the end!
Dec 19, 2022•34 min
SiC 40 — Fiveheads Are Eeeeevil! (12:05:1985)
Reviewing DC Comics Presents 91 and responding to your feedback!
Dec 19, 2022•52 min
SiC 39 — Jurassic Planet (11:28:1985)
Reviewing Action Comics 576 and giving brief mention to All-Star Squadron 54, then responding to your feedback!
Nov 28, 2022•55 min
SiC 38 — The Einstein Connection (11:14:1985)
Reviewing Superman 416 and Super Powers 6, and responding to your feedback!
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 9 min
SiC 37 — Up and Atom! (11:07:1985)
Reviewing DC Comics Presents 90 and responding to your feedback!
Nov 10, 2022•49 min
SiC 36 — E Pluribus Oh No! (10:31:1985)
Reviewing Crisis on Infinite Earths 11 and a very minor cameo in Legionnaires Three 1, and responding to your feedback!
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 14 min
SiC 35 — World’s Final Comics (10:24:1985)
Reviewing Action Comics 575, World’s Finest Comics 323 (the final issue of that series), and some minor Super involvement in All-Star Squadron 53! And also responding to your feedback!
Oct 24, 2022•1 hr 28 min
SiC 34 — Who Needs Agency Anyway? (10:10:1985)
Reviewing Superman 415, a cameo appearance in Super Powers 5, and related material in Legion of Super-Heroes 18, as well as responding to your feedback!
Oct 10, 2022•39 min
SiC 33 — With Our Powers Combined…! (10:03:1985)
Reviewing Crisis on Infinite Earths 10 and DC Comics Presents 89 despite the scant Superman material in both, and then responding to your feedback!
Oct 03, 2022•57 min
SiC 32 — What’s One More Victory? (09:26:1985)
Reviewing Action Comics 574 and World’s Finest Comics 322, and responding to your feedback!
Sep 28, 2022•52 min
SiC 31 — An Old Klingon Proverb (09:12:1985)
Reviewing Superman 414 and Super Powers 4 and responding to your feedback! No episode next week!
Sep 12, 2022•1 hr 18 min
SiC 30 — Creeper Gonna Creep (09:05:1985)
Reviewing DC Comics Presents 88 and some small cameos in Infinity Inc. Annual 1!
Sep 05, 2022•20 min
SiC 29 — Bring On the Bad Guys (08:29:1985)
Reviewing Crisis on Infinite Earths 9 and Action Comics 573! And then your feedback!!
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 30 min
SiC 28 — Shaped by Trauma (08:22:1985)
Reviewing the one Superman comic book published on August 22, 1985: World’s Finest Comics 321! And responding to your feedback!
Aug 22, 2022•37 min
SiC Feedback Special 3
Reading and replying to your feedback over episodes 26 and 27, and generally relaxing and chatting with you along the way about anything that comes to mind Episode art created by Flyingmouse365
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr 31 min
SiC 27 — Why We Love Clark Kent (08:08:1985)
Reviewing Superman 413 with brief discussions of Super-related material from Justice League of America Annual 3, Legion of Super-Heroes 16, and Super Powers 3! Your feedback returns next week!
Aug 08, 2022•36 min
SiC 26 — We’re Gonna Need Another Superboy! (08:01:1985)
Reviewing the Super-less Crisis on Infinite Earths 8 (1:24) and DC Comics Presents 87 (27:33), and then responding of course to all of your feedback (56:57)!
Aug 01, 2022•1 hr 29 min
SiC 25 — Bad Superman! You Broke Your Parents! (07:25:1985)
Reviewing Action Comics 572 (1:23) and World’s Finest Comics 320 (33:34) from July 25, 1985, and then responding to your feedback (48:53)!
Jul 25, 2022•1 hr 23 min
SiC 24 — Look, It’s Superwoman! (07:18:1985)
This episode, I’m reviewing DC Comics Presents Annual 4 (1:37) and a Superman cameo in The New Teen Titans 13 (29:44) before responding to your feedback (33:40)! Also, check out Gene Hendrick’s blog post about the Superman Triangle Numbering era and its possible effect on more modern comics here: http://www.thehammerstrikes.com/2016/05/is-superman-responsible-for-state-of.html
Jul 18, 2022•59 min
SiC 23 — No One Asked for You (07:11:1985)
Superman 412 is the topic today, featuring the return of my least-loved Superman character, and I respond to your feedback, (starting at 27:37)!
Jul 11, 2022•1 hr 21 min
SiC 22 — We Will Miss You, Kara (07:04:1985)
Reviewing DC Comics Presents 86 (3:26) and the double-sized Crisis on Infinite Earths 7 (26:46)! Your feedback returns next week!
Jul 04, 2022•1 hr 12 min
SiC 21 — A Nightmare on Clinton Street (06:27:1985)
Reviewing Action Comics 571 (1:21) and World’s Finest Comics 319 (20:25) as well as responding to your feedback (37:48)!
Jun 28, 2022•1 hr 14 min
SiC 20 — What to Get … (06:20:1985)
Reviewing the classic Superman Annual 11 (1:23) and responding to your feedback (42:50)! In the feedback section, the article mentioned by Dave McElvenney can be found here.
Jun 20, 2022•1 hr 12 min
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