Today I conclude the awkwardly named Previews of the Death of Superman series with the solicitations for the final two issues of the Doomsday arc and the first two chapters of Funeral for a Friend that ran in Previews. These made for an odd read. As I mentioned in the first part of this coverage I am very familiar with the Previews of 2003 and onward so I have seen how DC and Marvel and other companies have hyped their bigger stories. This one was a little different. Until Jeffrey and I started covering the Death and Return of Superman I never thought about the business aspect of selling the story to the comic reading audience of 1992. I was afraid that the more I would see of “the man behind the curtain” the more I would become numb to the story. Oddly, surprisingly and happily this hasn’t been the case. If anything seeing stuff like this has added to my enjoyment of the story and event.
Welcome to the one hundred and twenty-second episode of From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast! This podcast has a simple premise; examine just about every Superman comic published between Man of Steel #1 in 1986 to Adventures of Superman #649 in 2006 in an informative and hopefully entertaining format.
Part index. Part commentary. Part history lesson. All podcast.
This is it.
The big one.
The one a lot of you have been waiting for.
DOOMSDAY IS HERE!
This week Mike and Jeff present the final two chapters of the Doomsday storyline and to say that these were two very special issues of Superman is an understatement. Before they dive into the comics themselves the boys tear apart a conspiracy theory that was posted back in December on a site called Bleeding Cool regarding the Sand Superman from Superman Special #1. After that they dive right into Superman: The Man of Steel #19 where Doomsday finally reaches Metropolis and the true carnage begins. Finally, in Superman #75 Superman holds the line in front of the Daily Planet building and sacrifices himself to save his friends, his fiance and his city. This episode is longer than most, especially for only covering two comics, but Mike and Jeff thought that these books, Superman #75 in particular, deserved the attention.
Mike even opens up a sealed copy of Superman #75 “live” on the air. What did it contain? Listen and find out.
Or look below the cover gallery.
Below is a gallery showing off the various covers for Superman #75.
Superman 75 Bagged Front
Superman 75 Bagged Back
Superman 75 Inside Bag Front
Superman 75 Inside Bag Back
Superman 75 Platinum Edition
Superman #75 Newsstand
Superman #75 2nd Printing
Superman #75 2nd Printing Back
Superman #75 3rd Printing
Superman #75 3rd Printing Back
Superman #75 4th Printing
Superman #75 4th Printing Back
And here are scans of what was inside the bagged edition of Superman #75.
Superman 75 Poster
Superman 75 Stamps
Superman 75 Armband
Superman 75 Obit
Superman 75 Card Front
Superman 75 Card Back
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Next time: Mike and Jeff have a roundtable discussion about the impact of Superman #75 with their fellow Superman Homepage contributors and members of the Superman Podcast Network.
