Distinguished Comics Radio

Airing as though it were May 26, 1940, this episode of Distinguished Comics Radio follows Wesley Dodds through Adventure Comics #40–45 and New York World’s Fair Comics, with a deep dive into the eerie first Sandman tales and the strange mood they brought to early DC. Robert Reed returns to the microphone alongside George Wilson as the hosts explore Sandman’s gas mask, fedora, sleep gun, pulp-noir...

Simon Carver and George Wilson turn their attention to Slam Bradley, one of DC’s earliest two-fisted detectives, tracing his rough-and-tumble run through Detective Comics and the New York World’s Fair Comics special. This expanded episode keeps the April 27, 1940 radio framing while spending extra time on Detective Comics #26 and #28, Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson’s publishing legacy, Shorty’s comic r...

Broadcast from KDCR New York on March 28, 1940, Simon Carver returns to Distinguished Comics Radio with a brand‑new co‑host, fellow New Yorker George Wilson, for a longform look at the dawn of Batman. Against the backdrop of a world sliding toward wider war—Sumner Welles’ peace mission, the end of the Winter War in Finland, and Churchill warning of Nazi brutality—they introduce a different kind of...

In this episode of Distinguished Comics Radio, Simon Carver and Robert Reed take a spooky, conversational stroll back to the very beginnings of DC history, before the world had ever heard of Superman. They explore the eerie adventures of Doctor Occult, "the Ghost Detective," created by the same team that would later bring Superman to life: writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. From the exper...

A fully in-universe KDCR broadcast from January 10th, 1940. Hosts Simon Carver and Robert Reed tackle a jam-packed stack of Superman adventures: Action Comics #8–19, Superman #1–2, and the 1939 New York World’s Fair special. They react to Golden Age Superman’s battles with corrupt bosses, saboteurs, gamblers, cab racketeers, and the sinister Ultra-Humanite, then marvel at the launch of the solo Su...

An episode of Distinguished Comics Radio walking beat-by-beat through the Golden Age Superman stories from Action Comics #2-7, focusing on what actually happens in each adventure. Simon Carver and Robert Reed recap how this early version of Superman crashes a corrupt munitions magnate’s war, bullies a crooked college football star into doing the right thing, saves a town from a collapsing dam, get...

KDCR presents the debut of Distinguished Comics Radio, broadcasting live on January 10th, 1939. Hosts Simon Carver and Robert Reed welcome listeners to a new kind of program—one that treats the funny pages like front‑page news. Using the backdrop of late‑1938 America and early‑1939 headlines, they frame how hard times, looming war abroad, and new radio sensations have set the stage for a different...