Tag Archives: Superman

Episode 208: Return of The Dark Knight Returns Part 2

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Kevin Moreau

Content warning (death by suicide) Our reexamination of Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns continues! How good IS this story, really? Will things go differently than they did in our fourth episode way back in 2016, allowing this universally … Continue reading →

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Episode 200: Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man

Posted on December 6, 2023 by Kevin Moreau

It’s our bicentennial episode, and we celebrate by going back to 1976 for a momentous match-up between comics’ two most popular characters: Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man, by Gerry Conway and Ross Andru, published by DC and Marvel Comics! This … Continue reading →

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Episode 150 – Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Kevin Moreau

In 1986, after decades of sneering supervillains, mad scientists and interplanetary despots, the Man of Steel was finally confronted with a foe even he couldn’t defeat—an editorially mandated reboot! But before he could fly off into the post-Crisis on Infinite … Continue reading →

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Episode 144 – All-Star Superman

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Kevin Moreau

Because YOU (well, one of you, at least) asked for it, we finally get around to discussing All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely and Jamie Grant, published by DC Comics! Superman is dying, his cells flooded with solar radiation … Continue reading →

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Episode 127 – Superman Smashes the Klan

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Kevin Moreau

(Note: Due to some sound issues, we were forced to re-record a couple of spots in the first few minutes of the podcast.) In this episode, we kick off 2021 with one of the best-reviewed books of 2020: Superman Smashes … Continue reading →

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Episode 107 – Superman and Batman: World’s Funnest

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Kevin Moreau

It’s April Fools’ Day, and while most of us aren’t in the mood for pranks given the current state of affairs, we could all use something a little light and fun. And what’s more fun than … Mister Mxyzptlk and … Continue reading →

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Episode 100 – Action Comics #1, Superman #1, and the Comics Canon All-Stars!

Posted on December 24, 2019 by Kevin Moreau

We all know the story: Rocket escapes exploding planet. Elderly couple adopts alien baby. Baby grows up to become the most powerful superhero of all time. But today’s Man of Steel is very different from the one we get in … Continue reading →

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Episode 99 – Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 2: Issues 7-12

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Kevin Moreau

Listen here, Anti-Monitor! Wiping out countless realities and snuffing out untold billions of lives is one thing. But when you step to the Maid of Steel … well, now you’ve gone and made it personal! In what may be our … Continue reading →

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Episode 98 – Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 1: Issues 1-6

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Kevin Moreau

Like the animator’s giant eraser in Chuck Jones’ classic Merrie Melodies short “Duck Amuck,” a wave of anti-matter sweeps across countless realities, obliterating everything in its path until only a handful of universes are left in the epic 12-issue event … Continue reading →

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Episode 65 – The Death of Superman

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Kevin Moreau

In this episode, Curt and Kevin turn their attention to one of the most famous Superman stories of all time?the headline-grabbing, multi-part event storyline The Death of Superman, written and drawn by a rotating cast of creators and published by … Continue reading →

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