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GASup 023 February 1940 B

Luthor is back, for the first time! In this second half of Golden Age Superman’s coverage of Superman’s adventures in February 1940, Superman 4 takes us on two very different adventures with Luthor. First we see him challenge Superman to a series of superfeats, and then our jaws hit the floor as he lures Superman […]

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GASup 022 February 1940 A

Golden Age Superman is proud to present its first two-part episode! The second month of 1940 saw more Superman content being published than in any month previous, with Superman 4 (for the first time presenting four all-new stories) and Action Comics 23 both featuring the first adventures of none other than Luthor himself. Then there […]

GASup 021 January 1940

Golden Age Superman is starting out a new year and a new decade. I’m back going solo this week to look at Action Comics 22, where Superman heads off to the war in Europe and runs into beautiful spies, intrigue, and massacre. Then in the newspaper strips, the stories take a different approach on the […]

ASMC 031 – Amazing Spider-Man 44 and 45

The Classics gang is heading into the summer with the weightiest question of all Spider-Man history. Did Gwen and Flash date? The answer may surprise you, Marvelites! Join Jon, Josh, and Don as they take a look at Amazing Spider-Man 44 and 45, which also, by random happenstance, also feature the return of Dr. Curt […]

GASup 020 December 1939

Golden Age Superman is back again to finish out not just the year, but the 1930s decade! AND to complete its celebration of the Ultra Humanite’s farewell to Superman’s comic stories with Action Comics 23. For this final installment, I have J David Weter of Superman Forever Radio with me, and we talk about Ultra […]

GASup 019 — November 1939

Apologies for the delays, but Golden Age Superman is here once again, and this time I am joined by Superman blogger Stephen Lacey of the World of Superman blog. This week, Superman gets an abusive caregiver arrested for arson and stops some jewel smugglers with the help of Lois Lane in Superman 3. Then it’s […]

GASup 018 — October 1939

This week, on Golden Age Superman, I am joined by good friend Donovan Morgan Grant of Amazing Spider-Man Classics and Clone Saga Chronicles. Together, we take a look at Action Comics 19, the first of the final three stories to feature the Ultra-Humanite. The people of Metropolis are dying from the Purple Plague, and only […]