This month has been a little rocky for the schedule, but we are here for an e-mails only episode, as Dave and Jon spend an hour responding to your thought-provoking missives. Next episode will be back to regular form as we review the rest of the 6s, so we’ll see you then. In the meantime, […]
We’re back for another month of Superman adventures in DC Comics — The New 52! We’re starting with an issue that has possibly gotten the most mixed reviews yet of Morrison’s Action Comics. And since Action Comics 6 features the Legion of Super-Heroes, we have welcomed along for the ride Paul French of the Legion […]
That’s right. You get three episodes to wrap up this month’s New 52 Superawesomness, as Jon, Dave, and Mike (or is that Mike, Dave, and Jon?) tackle the final week of the month with: Superman 5 — “Menace!” — It looks like Superman done flipped his top now, don’t it? What havoc will the Man […]
For the second of three episodes this month, Jon, Dave, and Mike are going to be looking at the fifth issue of each Superteen title. Superboy 5 — “Breakout” — Before heading out to beat on Wonder Girl, Superboy wants to save Caitlin Fairchild. But why? What’s his motivation? Can we figure out what Lobdell […]
It begins — again! The New 52 Adventures gang is here to discuss the new origin of Superman as presented in Action Comics 5, and this time they bring a friend along in the person of Michael Bailey of From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast, Tales of the Justice Society of America, and Radio […]
Welcome back to the goldenest Superman podcast ever produced, Golden Age Superman. Here in episode 30B, I’ll discuss Action Comics 30 with the help of Charlie Niemeyer, as we see golden globes of doom being used to destroy people, leaving behind nothing but a shadow imprint on the ground. It’s creepy gruesome stuff, and it […]
Are you prepared for more New 52 Supergoodness? Here it is, with Jon, David, and Mike discussing the following stories: Superboy 4 — “Wise Men Need Not Apply” — Superboy burns down a Christmas tree! But that’s okay, because he realizes it was wrong. And that’s what’s really important, right? Supergirl 4 — “Escape” — […]
Month 4 is upon us. In December, we saw Action Comics ramp up the action with “Superman vs. the Men of Steel”, and Jon, Mike, and Dave tackle the story in all its awesomeness. And don’t forget that Action Comics 4 also had the first in a series of backup stories, “Hearts of Steel”. Also, […]
Back again to finish up our coverage of the third issue of each of the Superman titles. This time, Jon, Dave, and Mike tackle the latest developments in the following stories: “Free at Last, Free at Last” — Superboy finds his first taste of freedom and runs across a lava woman. Who is the third […]
Superman’s been held hostage and now the world knows he’s an alien. And what do we humans do to aliens? We hate ’em and drive ’em out of town of course! This week in The New 52 Adventures of Superman, Jon, Dave, and Mike contemplate this middle chapter in Grant Morrison’s opening epic. We also […]
Perry White joins the comic book cast in this episode’s coverage of Superman 7 which is full of Joe Shuster goodness! First, Superman has to save an innocent man from being framed for murder by three kingpins of crime. Then it’s off to Gay City for Clark to find out why men are exploding at […]
Rounding up the second month of Superman comics in The New 52: Supergirl 2 — “Reunion” — Kara’s shocked to see her little baby cousin all growed up, so she punches him. A lot. And we ask the pointed questions, like what exactly is that guy holding in the last panel? Superman 2 — “Flying […]
Welcome back for the third episode of The New 52 Adventures of Superman, where Jon, Mike, and Dave crack into the second month of Superman’s latest incarnation: Action Comics 2 — “Superman in Chains” — Superman has been captured by Lex Luthor and must escape. We learn a lot about his physiology and just how […]
After the tremendous response you gave to episode 1, how could we not return for more? In this second episode of The New 52 Adventures of Superman, we turn our attention to the rest of the Superman stable of books: Superboy 1, Supergirl 1, and Superman 1. The Superman universe in this New 52 universe […]
This episode, I am joined again by Charlie Niemeyer of Superman in the Bronze Age to look at Jack Burnley’s work in Action Comics 29. It’s a great little mystery that jams 13 pages more full of story than they often are. Feel free to laugh and mock as Jon stumbles all over the various […]
Here’s where it all begins, folks. The New 52 Adventures of Superman is a podcast dedicated to covering every adventure of Superman and his family of characters as they are currently being published as part of DC Comics — The New 52! This episode is the first half of the coverage for the September books. […]
Golden Age Superman is back again, this time with 100% more voices! This episode covers the second half of Superman’s adventures from July 1940, and I am joined by Charlie Niemeyer (of Superman in the Bronze Age and frequently of The Thrilling Adventures of Superman) to look at Action Comics 28, where Jack Burnley becomes […]
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Welcome back to Golden Age Superman. This is the first of two episodes that will examine the Superman adventures published during the month of July 1940, and this episode focuses on Superman 6. First, Lois Lane is accused of murder. Then Clark and Lois visit the small town of Gateston to help their newspaper expose […]
After last month’s monster four-hour episode, Golden Age Superman is back with a more manageable length to cover the stories of June 1940. In this episode, I take a look at Action Comics 27, which features Clark’s and Lois’s investigations of a rehabilitation home for wayward youths. There is abuse afoot, and Lois is determined […]
Welcome to a double-dipping of Spidey goodness. First, the gang heads over to Daredevil 27 to see the Hornhead and the Webhead team-up against the Masked Marauder, who has decreed, “Mike Murdock Must Die!” Next, Spider-Man falls prey to Blackie Drago who attacks him “On the Wings of the Vulture!” in Amazing Spider-Man 48. It’s […]
Welcome to Golden Age Superman. This episode, I spend a little while taking a look at Superman 5, New York World’s Fair Comics 1940, Action Comics 26, and all the usual monthly doses of Superman in other media. Highlights include Alex Evell’s campaign against the Planet (get it? evell = evil), Jack Burnley’s first work […]
The month of new #1s continues! But this time, it’s Peter Parker: Spider-Man and Webspinners that get the podcasting treatment from barely legal Jon, pubescent Bertone, and preteen Donovan! What new plot has Howard Mackie cooked up for the ex-webhead, and will the Gang ever survive the art of Michael Zulli??!! Due to the unique […]
The DC Relaunch has sent the Classics gang back in time to November 1998, the month of the Spider-Man reboot! Join 19-year-old Jon Wilson, 13-year-old Josh Bertone, and little 9-year-old Donovan Grant as they try to make heads or tails of the new John Byrne premiere series, The Amazing Spider-Man, volume TWO! Due to the […]
Welcome back to Amazing Spider-Man Classics for a truly classic issue of the Stan Lee/John Romita era. We have Gwen, we have Mary Jane, we have Flash, Harry, and the ESU gang, we have Betty and Ned even though we’re not sure why, and we have Kraven the Hunter, now with 100% more LASER NIPPLES!!! […]
April showers bring May flowers, and they also bring conniving female reporters who MUST KNOW SUPERMAN’S REAL IDENTITY! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this latest episode covers Action Comics 25, the first time Lois Lane ever sought to find out who Superman really is. It’s a bit of a romp with Superman being immobilized by hypnotism […]
You’ve waited. You’ve sweated. You’ve sued for creator rights and fought over first place in line to see the movie! Now, here it is, folks! The next episode of Amazing Spider-Man Classics, yaaaaaayyyy!!! Today, ladies and gentleman*, we are looking at one episode of Amazing Spider-Man. We had planned for two, but one took long […]
What do you do if your neglect and indulge your son, and he turns out to be a bit of a bum? Why, call in Superman to straighten him out, of course! That’s what old Rufus Carnahan does in Action Comics 24, the Superman adventure discussed in this episode of Golden Age Superman. But will […]
