Supermansplaining

The first 20 minutes are Denis and David talking about Backrooms and Obsession (Spoilers!). Denis and David talk about the new Supergirl movie and their thoughts on it. David talks about the differences with the book Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.

It's our 100th episode! Denis and David interview Chris Duffy! Chris Duffy has worked as Comics Editor for Nickelodeon Magazine, was Editor for SpongeBob Comics, but most importantly for our podcast- started his comics career as Assistant Editor on the Superman comics in the 90s! Check out comics by Denis: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Action Comics #711 is the end of Jackson Guice's run on art, and it's the end for Kenny Braverman aka Conduit! Superman: The Man of Steel #46 deals with the fallout of Kenny's demise, and it appears Pipeline continues without him! Superman #102 sees Superman battle Captain Marvel, or is Cyborg Superman battling Black Adam? Adventures of Superman #525 Lois and Clark finally get some tim...

It's the conclusion to the Age of Apocalypse! Blink takes on Holocaust in Astonishing X-Men #4 ! Cyclops and Havok face off, brother against brother, in Factor X #4 ! There's a betrayal in Gambit and the X-Ternals #4 ! Not everyone makes it out alive in Generation Next #4 ! Logan leads the blimp invasion in Weapon X #4 ! Shadow King pops up in X-Calibre #4 ! Nate fights Sinister in X-Man #...

It's time for issue 3 of the Age of Apocalypse event! Abyss returns ... somehow, in Amazing X-Men #3 ! Morph is silly during dark times in Astonishing X-Men #3 ! Jean gets captured and then frees herself and Cyclops in Factor X #3 ! The entire Multiverse depends on Gambit in Gambit and the X-Ternals #3 ! Sugar Man causes trouble for the kids in Generation Next #3 ! Logan teams up with Gateway...

Where Denis and David cover all the issue 2s from the event, Age of Apocalypse! Quicksilver faces off against The Abyss in Amazing X-Men #2 ! Sabretooth has a showdown with Holocaust in Astonishing X-Men #2 ! Havok is suspicious of Cyclops in Factor X #2 ! Gambit and the X-Ternals have some space adventures in Gambit and the X-Ternals #2 ! The Generation Next team goes on an Ocean's 11-style h...

Denis and David dive deep into the event of all events, X-Men: The Age of Apocalypse! X-Men Alpha starts with Bishop wandering this strange, new world! Amazing X-Men #1 sees a plan to save some humans with Sentinels! Astonishing X-Men #1 sees Blink and Sunfire deliver bad news about Chicago! And nobody likes Gambit! Factor X #1 shows the Summers Brothers being Apocalypse's right-hand men! Gamb...

In Superman #7 Superman gets stepped on a lot by Rampage! In Adventures of Superman #430 Clark Kent is missing deadlines because of his second job as Superman! Action Comics #590 sees a giant Chemo version of Superman battle the Metal Men! Check out comics by Denis: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Denis and David talk about the 50th anniversary facsimile treasury comic with the first crossover between Superman and Spider-Man! Who is more powerful? Who has the best girlfriend? Who has the worst boss? Listen and find out! Check out comics by Denis: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Action Comics Annual #7 Year One Superman goes to the moon and has space adventures! Adventures of Superman Annual #7 Year One Superman fights Bruno Mannheim! But more importantly, Year One Turpin fights Kalibak! Superman Annual #7 Year One Superman joins forces with Doctor Occult! Superman The Man of Steel Annual #4 Year One Superman struggles with his identity! We also see the origin of the post...

Action Comics #710 sees Lois Lane get blown up! Superman: The Man of Steel #45 Superman pulls a Spider-Man and destroys his costume! Saying "Superman, No More!" Superman #101 it looks like Conduit is winning in his battle versus Clark Kent/Superman! Or is he? Adventures of Superman #524 Superman hides out under a new identity as a lumberjack! Only to end up back in high school! Check out...

Superman #6 sees Superman defeat the Giant Robot Mummy! Adventures of Superman #429 Superman fights a new baddie named Concussion! But the real battle is Cat Grant's divorce and estranged son! Action Comics #589 Superman teams up with the Green Lanterns! And what's this? Has to deal with the repercussions of something he threw in space??? That can't be right! Check out comics by Denis:...

David talks at length about modern-day Superman comics, including DC's new event- DC K.O.! Superman Man of Steel #44 Superman destroys Perry White's classic car! And apparently, Clark Kent and Brian Fies have the same editor! Read more about it here: https://brianfies.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-perils-of-charlie.html Superman #100 Clark Kent is Dead! Don't tell Superman! This is a big is...

No Superman this time around, for the spooky season Denis gets to talk about one of his favorite cartoonists- Richard Sala and the book, The Chuckling Whatsit! Lots of strange characters and even stranger goings on in this tale involving murder, astrologists, and handcrafted dolls! You can purchase The Chuckling Whatsit from Fantagraphics here: https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/the-chuckling-...

Superman #5 sees the Mummy strike! Or is it a robot? Adventures of Superman #428 sees the first appearance of characters like Bibbo Bibbowski and Jerry White! We also learn Perry White cares more about the truth than his family! Superman and Hawkman in Action Comics #588 requires some diving into Hawkman comics- what's his deal? Also, sci-fi space battles! Check out comics by Denis: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

In Superman The Man Of Steel #43, Superman and Mister Miracle go down the Boom Tubes! And they deal with a volcano and Deathtrap! Big Barda shows up too! Superman #99 sees the return of Agent Liberty! Is he a good guy? Is he a bad guy? He's just this guy, you know? In Adventures of Superman #522 we finally find out how Metropolis was rebuilt after being destroyed by Lex Luthor! All thanks to P...

Superman #4 sees the debut of Bloodsport! And Maggie Sawyer, too! Adventures of Superman #427 has Superman getting involved with conflicts in the Middle East, but has some lighter fun too- like fighting Godzilla! Action Comics #587 Superman teams up with the Demon, Etrigan! They have to stop people from being turned into crystal towers! Check out comics by Denis: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠...

Denis and David discuss the Midwest road trip they took to visit some comic-related museums. First was the Super Museum in Metropolis, Illinois: https://supermuseum.com/ Then the Popey Museum and statues in Chester, Illinois: http://popeyethesailor.com/ And last stop The Fiberglass Freaks' Batman Museum in Logansport, Indiana: https://fiberglassfreaksmuseum.com/ And because David is insane, he...

Legends is the DC Crossover event from 1987, we cover the mini-series but first the related Superman comics: Superman #3 sees Superman go to Apokolips! Adventures of Superman #426 sees Superman leading a war, with many casualties! Superman in Action Comics #586 has Superman confused and thinking he is the son of Darkseid! Check out comics by Denis: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.denis...

Denis and David talk about James Gunn's new film, Superman! And they probably don't talk about anything else. Spoilers abound! Check out comics by Denis: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Denis and David talk Modern Superman Comics and all Superman comics from February 1995 in this episode. Superman: The Man of Steel #41 sees the return of Babe Tanaka in full Dracula-mode! Superman #97 introduces new character, Shadow Dragon! Adventures of Superman #520 sees the introduction of new Superman artist, Stuart Immonen! Superman battles a lot of d-list villains on Christmas! Action Comic...

Superman #2 features a lot of Lex Luthor and a brutal treatment of Lana Lang! Adventures of Superman #425 sees Professor Emil "Hammy" Hamilton at his lowest! Superman in Action Comics #585 has some fun as the Phantom Stranger and Superman battle a tornado of evil dead bodies! Check out comics by Denis: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Superman The Man of Steel #40 sees some brain aliens that come out of walnut shells! And we also get the Rolling Stones! ... kinda Superman #96 is maybe the most fun of the Dead Again—thanks to Brainiac, we get Superman having hallucinations! It's worth it for a mini-Reign of Supermen Reunion and Ma Kent befriending Doomsday! The Adventures of Superman #519 is just a battle between Brainiac an...

Dan Jurgens is back again with another anniversary issue, this time it's Zero Hour's 30th Anniversary! As someone who recently read the original Zero Hour, this was still tough to decipher... So, of course, Denis had to read this as well to do the recap! Over 70 pages of story are broken up into roughly seven 10-page chunks, with different artists achieving varying success! Does Validus fr...

Superman #1 features the beginning of a new ongoing Superman title by John Byrne! Superman faces off against Metallo! The Adventures of Superman #424 picks up the numbering of the previous Superman title with a new name! Written by Marv Wolfman and drawn by Jerry Ordway! Superman fights giant robot terrorists! Superman in Action Comics #584 is also by John Byrne! Superman has gone evil and is figh...