Monthly Archives: October 2011

Superman in the Bronze Age 34 — November 1972

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Made it to 34 episodes, and still going strong!  This episode, Charlie welcomes J David Weter from PADSMASH!, Green Lantern’s Light and Dave’s Amazing World of Superman, as the new, permanent co-host for the show.  And the guys waste no time getting into the thick of things, although tangents do slow them down a bit.  In this episode, a powerful enemy returns to take on Superman, Leo Dorfman says goodbye to Superman by telling a story that the guys take many issues with, and Metamorpho says goodbye after the Death of Simon Stagg?!?  Plus, ads and Elsewhere in the DC Multiverse.

you would be interested in guest co-hosting an episode of Superman in the Bronze Age, please send an email at superbronze1970@gmail.com, and we’ll discuss an episode for you to guest on.

Superman in the Bronze Age is a proud member of the Superman Podcast Network. You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. You can also download the episode directly here.

If you would like to comment on the show or contact us, you can to so in the following ways: you can leave a comment below or you can email us here. You also private message us or leave a comment at the posting on the Superman Homepage.

Make sure to come back in just 2 weeks for the next episode, featuring the return of Billy and his Lynx and a new backup feature in Action Comics.

027 Golden Age Superman — June 1940

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Episode 027 — June 1940

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 to stop it, and if you think she’ll need Superman’s help, you’re right.  And thus ensues one of the longest battles ever between Superman and a simple mortal!  Will the Man of Steel prevail against … MR. TWEED??!!  Find out in this latest episode!

If you wish to send feedback, you may do so in the comments below or via email.  You can also subscribe to the show through iTunes, and leave a review if you like to spread the word to others. And don’t forget to like the show’s Facebook page.   Thank you so much for listening!

The Thrilling Adventures of Superman, Episode 43

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The Thrilling Adventures of Superman

Welcome to episode 43 of The Thrilling Adventures of Superman. The show’s mission is to explore the history and development of the Superman in his formative years by chronicling the Man of Steel’s Golden Age adventures in comics, radio and film.

Giant vultures! Flame guns! Neanderthals! Ambiguous contraptions! Gas weapons! Bottomless pits! Bea Arthur*! These are the things Superman must face as Michael looks at the third storyline from the Sunday continuity of the Superman newspaper strip. It is a short four-strip story, but packed full of action! Also this episode, Michael dives into the mailbag for some listener feedback.

*Bea Arthur does not actually appear in this story. Sorry.

Click here to see the post at GreatKrypton.com, the site’s home base, for a handful of images related to the episode, additional notes and links.

Download the episode directly. Or, you can subscribe to the show via iTunes or the RSS feed! Questions or comments? Additions or corrections? Drop a line! Share your thoughts on the episode and the issue. You can connect with show on Facebook and Twitter, as well, to get updates!

The Thrilling Adventures of Superman is also a proud member of the Superman Podcast Network. And don’t forget to check out the Superman Homepage!

Superman in the Bronze Age Episode 33 — October 1972

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It’s a little again, but Episode 33 is here.  This time, Superman battles the War-Horn and the alien it’s attached to, fights a werewolf with the help of Vigilante and denies a truce with some of his worst enemies.  Also in the episode is an email, ads and Elsewhere in the DC Multiverse!

you would be interested in guest co-hosting an episode of Superman in the Bronze Age, please send me an email at superbronze1970@gmail.com, and we’ll discuss an episode for you to guest on.

Superman in the Bronze Age is a proud member of the Superman Podcast Network. You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.  You can also download the episode directly here.

If you would like to comment on the show or contact me, you can to so in the following ways:  you can leave a comment below or you can email me here.  You also private message me or leave a comment at the posting on the Superman Homepage.

Make sure to come back in less than 2 weeks for the next episode, featuring a guest co-host and another annoucement about the future of the show.

Superman Fan Podcast Episode #201: Superman Family Comic Book Cover Dated October 1956: Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #16!

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Episode #201: Superman Family Comic Book Cover Dated October 1956!

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #16!

SUPERMAN’S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 16, October 1956, was published around August 23, 1956. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of a dime. Mort Weisinger was the editor, and the cover was pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by Stan Kaye. All 3 stories were done by the same creative team, writer Otto Binder, penciller Curt Swan and inker Ray Burnley. They have been reprinted in SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERMAN FAMILY vol. I.

- THE THREE LIVES OF JIMMY OLSEN(8 pgs.).

- THE BOY OF STEEL (8 pgs.).

- THE SUPER LIAR OF METROPOLIS (6 pgs.)

Also covered in this episode are more details about DC Comics’ 5,000 Prize Slogan Contest.

Elsewhere in DC Comics, 35 titles carried the October or October/November 1956 cover date.

Next Episode: SUPERMAN COMIC BOOK COVER DATED DECEMBER 1959: ACTION COMICS 259!

In 2 Weeks: SUPERMAN FAMILY COMIC BOOK COVER DATED NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1956: WORLD’S FINEST COMICS 85!

The SLIPSTREAM web comic book, written by FROM CRISIS TO CRISIS podcast co-host Jeffrey Taylor and drawn by yours truly, will premiere in November 2011 at http://clockworkcomicsslipstream.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-post.html. Thanks to SUPERMAN HOMEPAGE .com contributor Adam Deschanel for putting the website together.

Also, if you know the original publication information for a Superman story involving his alien zoo at his Fortress of Solitude, reprinted in the 1970 SUPERMAN BUMPER BOOK, a UK Superman hardcover anthology, post it in comments or through the contact information below.

You can join the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST and MY PULL LIST groups or pages on facebook, and follow both the podcast and blog on twitter @supermanpodcast. Thanks to Eric Manix, Steve Rogers, J. David Weder and Michael Bradley for joining the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST facebook group!

SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is a proud member of thefollowing:
- The LEAGUE OF COMIC BOOK PODCASTERS at http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league ,
The COMICS PODCAST NETWORK! – http://www.comicspodcasts.com/,
- The SUPERMAN WEBRING of websites, and
- The SUPERMAN PODCAST NETWORK at http://fortressofbaileytude.com/supermanpodcastnetwork !

SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is at http://supermanfanpodcast.mypodcast.com/ . Send e-mail about this podcast to supermanfanpodcast@gmail.com.

The theme of this podcast is PLANS IN MOTION, composed by Kevin MacLeod, and part of the royalty free music library at http://incompetech.com.

MY PULL LIST is my spoiler free comic book review blog of the titles I read every week. It can be found at http://mypulllist.blogspot.com/. Send e-mail about this blog to mypulllist@gmail.com.

Superman and all related characters are trademark and copyright DC Comics. Any art shown on this podcast is for entertainment purposes only, and not for profit.

Thanks for listening to the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST and, as always, thanks to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

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The Thrilling Adventures of Superman, Episode 42

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The Thrilling Adventures of Superman

Welcome to episode 42 of The Thrilling Adventures of Superman. The show’s mission is to explore the history and development of the Superman in his formative years by chronicling the Man of Steel’s Golden Age adventures in comics, radio and film.

Can Superman end a war and squelch the tide of anger that has raised against the nations of Rutland and Blitzen? Find out as Michael wraps up the “Superman at War” trilogy with a look at the twelfth storyline from the Superman daily newspaper strip. Also this episode, Michael presents a Spotlight on radio’s first Lois Lane, Rolly Bester.

Click here to see the post at GreatKrypton.com, the site’s home base, for a handful of images related to the episode, additional notes and links.

Download the episode directly. Or, you can subscribe to the show via iTunes or the RSS feed! Questions or comments? Additions or corrections? Drop a line! Share your thoughts on the episode and the issue. You can connect with show on Facebook and Twitter, as well, to get updates!

The Thrilling Adventures of Superman is also a proud member of the Superman Podcast Network. And don’t forget to check out the Superman Homepage!

FROM CRISIS TO CRISIS EPISODE 111: ECLIPSO: THE DARKNESS WITHIN PART 1

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Episode 111: Eclipso: The Darkness Within Part 1

Welcome to the one hundred and eleventh 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.

After an unintended week off From Crisis to Crisis is back with a special guest and a special event!

That’s right, folks, Eclipso: The Darkness Within descends upon the show and Jeff and Mike couldn’t do it alone. Well, they could but what is the fun in that? So former guest of the show Scott H. Gardner (co-host of Two True Freaks and Tales of the Justice Society of America) stops by the luxurious From Crisis to Crisis Studios and helps the boys out in discussing Eclipso: The Darkness Within #1 and Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #1.

Mike and Jeff would to thank Scott for coming out to play for this episode and look forward to discussing the rest of this event with him over the next two weeks.  Be sure to catch Scott’s Superman themed podcast I’ve Got Something to Say About Superman right here at the Superman Podcast Network.

You can subscribe to the show in two ways. First there is the RSS Feed and there is also the iTunes link.

If you want to comment on the show or contact the hosts you can always private message Mike and Jeff, at the Superman Homepage, leave comments here or at the Homepage or here or email them by clicking this link.  All questions, concerns, fears, trepidations and cheap shots are welcome.

Next time: Superman Annual #4, Justice League America Annual #5 and Action Comics Annual #3 as Eclipso: The Darkness Within continues!

FROM CRISIS TO CRISIS EPISODE 110: SEPTEMBER 1992 PART 2

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Episode 110: September 1992 Part 2

Welcome to the one hundred and tenth 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.

Things get a little wacky this week as Jeff and Mike finish out cover month September 1992. In Adventures of Superman #494 Superman has a run in with Kismet and goes through several of the key moments in the Man of Steel’s life and how they could have gone differently. The mood is more light-hearted in Action Comics #681 as Kitty Faulkner returns to the Superman titles with Rampage not far behind. Finally in Justice League America #66 Guy Gardner returns as does a former member of the League and boy does that vertically challenged hero act like a jerk. Mike and Jeff also look at the ads and discuss what was going on Elsewhere in the DCU!

You can subscribe to the show in two ways. First there is the RSS Feed and there is also the iTunes link.

If you want to comment on the show or contact the hosts you can always private message Mike and Jeff, at the Superman Homepage, leave comments here or at the Homepage or here or email them by clicking this link.  All questions, concerns, fears, trepidations and cheap shots are welcome.

Next time: Eclipso: The Darkness Within begins with a special guest!

Superman Fan Podcast Episode #200: Superman Comic Books Cover Dated November 1959: Superman #133 & Action Comics #258!

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Episode #200: Superman Comics Cover Dated November 1959!

Superman #133 & Action Comics 258!

SUPERMAN 133, November 1959, was published around September 17, 1959. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 10¢. Mort Weisinger was the editor, and the cover was pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by Stan Kaye. All three 9 page stories were reprinted in SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERMAN vol. I, and were the final stories of that reprint edition.

- THE SUPER LUCK OF BADGE 77: written by Otto Binder and drawn by Al Plastino.

- HOW PERRY WHITE HIRED CLARK KENT (AN UNTOLD TALE OF SUPERMAN, the sixth Superman story so labeles): written by Jerry Siegel (his first silver age Superman story and his return to the character he co-created) and drawn by Al Plastino.

- SUPERMAN JOINS THE ARMY: written by jerry Siegel, pencilled by Wayne Boring and inked by Stan Kaye.

ACTION COMICS 258, November 1959, was published around September 29, 1959. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of a dime. The editor was Mort Weisinger, and the cover was pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by Stan Kaye, featuring Supergirl in only her second cover appearance, after ACTION 252.

THE MENACE OF COSMIC MAN was written by Bill Finger, pencilled by Wayne Boring and inked by Stan Kaye. It was reprinted in SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERMAN vol. II, and was the first story of that reprint edition.

Congo Bill made his 9th appearance as Congorilla in the 6 page story CONGORILLA GOES TO WAR, written by Robert Bernstein and drawn by Howard Sherman.

Supergirl’s cover featured story was titled, SUPERGIRL’S FAREWELL TO EARTH. This 8 page story was written by Otto Binder and drawn by Jim Mooney. It was reprinted in SUPERGIRL ARCHIVES vol. I and SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERGIRL vol. I.

Elsewhere in DC Comics, 30 titles carried the November or November/December 1959 cover date.

Next Episode: SUPERMAN FAMILY COMIC BOOK COVER DATED OCOTBER 1956: SUPERMAN’S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 16! (With another update about DC’s 5,000 prize Slogan Contest.)

In 2 Weeks: SUPERMAN COMIC BOOK COVER DATED DECEMBER 1959: ACTION COMICS 259!

The SLIPSTREAM web comic book, written by FROM CRISIS TO CRISIS podcast co-host Jeffrey Taylor and drawn by yours truly, will premiere in November 2011 at http://clockworkcomicsslipstream.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-post.html. Thanks to SUPERMAN HOMEPAGE .com contributor Adam Deschanel for putting the website together.

Also, if you know the original publication information for a Superman story involving his alien zoo at his Fortress of Solitude, reprinted in the 1970 SUPERMAN BUMPER BOOK, a UK Superman hardcover anthology, post it in comments or through the contact information below.

You can join the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST and MY PULL LIST groups or pages on facebook, and follow both the podcast and blog on twitter @supermanpodcast. Thanks to Eric Manix, Steve Rogers, J. David Weder and Michael Bradley for joining the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST facebook group!

SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is a proud member of thefollowing:
- The LEAGUE OF COMIC BOOK PODCASTERS at http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league ,
The COMICS PODCAST NETWORK! – http://www.comicspodcasts.com/,
- The SUPERMAN WEBRING of websites, and
- The SUPERMAN PODCAST NETWORK at http://fortressofbaileytude.com/supermanpodcastnetwork !

SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is at http://supermanfanpodcast.mypodcast.com/ . Send e-mail about this podcast to supermanfanpodcast@gmail.com.

The theme of this podcast is PLANS IN MOTION, composed by Kevin MacLeod, and part of the royalty free music library at http://incompetech.com.

MY PULL LIST is my spoiler free comic book review blog of the titles I read every week. It can be found at http://mypulllist.blogspot.com/. Send e-mail about this blog to mypulllist@gmail.com.

Superman and all related characters are trademark and copyright DC Comics. Any art shown on this podcast is for entertainment purposes only, and not for profit.

Thanks for listening to the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST and, as always, thanks to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

http://www.mypodcast.com/fsaudio/supermanfanpodcast_20111012_1434-760642.mp3