The Giant Superman Podcast is where Jon M Wilson and Bob Fisher
take a look back at the Silver Age of Superman via the giant annual
collections published by DC. Giant Superman episodes are
published monthly.
In this fourth giant episode, Jon and Bob finish up
their look at the stories from giant Superman
Annual 2, published on November 10, 1960, with thanks to
Mike’s Amazing World of Comics for publication information:
“The Boy of Steel Versus the Thing of Steel”
Chap 1. : “The Amazing Bizarro”
Chap 2. : “The Runaway Super-Creature”
Chap 3. : “The Battle with Bizarro”
Otto Binder (Writer)
George Papp (Artist)
Reprinted From:
Superboy #68 (1958)
“The Super-Duel in Space”
Otto Binder (Writer)
Al Plastino (Artist)
Reprinted From:
Action Comics #242 (1958)
Here are some links mentioned in the episode:
- Superbaby’s trip to Earth is illustrated in
this map - Koko the Gorilla expresses her opinions on climate change in
this video from the Daily Mail - The Green Goblin’s initial plot was discussed by me and friends
way back on
Amazing Spider-Man Classics episode 10
Look forward to the fifth episode, covering Secret
Origins, on May 31!
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