Month: June 2016

GiantSup 06 Superman Annual 3 Part 1

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Post date June 29, 2016
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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 sixth giant episode, Jon and Bob begin a look at the first stories from giant Superman Annual 3, published on June 22, 1961. Stories discussed are as follows, with thanks to Mike’s Amazing World of Comics for publication information:

“The Super-Prisoner of Amazon Island” Otto Binder (Writer) Wayne Boring (Penciller) Stan Kaye (Inker) Reprinted From: Action Comics #235 (1957)
“Superman’s New Face” (12 pages) Edmond Hamilton (Writer) Wayne Boring (Penciller) Stan Kaye (Inker) Reprinted From: Action Comics #239 (1958)
“The Ugly Superman” (9 pages) Kurt Schaffenberger (Artist) Reprinted From: Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane #8 (1959)

Links mentioned in the episode:

Superman Forever Radio
The New 52 Adventures of Superman
Emailer Dave McElvenney has a blog! And here is his reasoning for using an online persona named after Superman’s “big brother” Halk-Kar
Supergirl Power Hour, the fun podcast from Cori McCreery and James Lewis about Silver Age Supergirl
The song at the end is “The Humans Are Dead,” owned by Flight of the Conchords

You can email us! But I’m not gonna hot link cuz spammers are evil. So feel free to send your real live missives to giant superman podcast at gmail dot com. Or just comment below, and your comment will appear next time I’m on the site to moderate those same evil spammers.

Look forward to the seventh episode, covering the rest of the third annual, on July 31!

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New 52 Emails

It’s the fifth Wednesday for the month, and DC Comics has not scheduled many books to come out today, including zero Superman books. But I won’t let that stop me from podcasting!

So today is all about your emails! Thank you very much for writing in, and future feedback can be sent to new52superman at gmail dot com

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New 52 Rebirth: Action Comics 958 and Justice League 52

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Post date June 22, 2016
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TWO SUPERMAN BOOKS!!! TWO of them are out this week! It’s great! And I get to geek out about them for your shell-like ears. So, of course, I’m talking about Action Comics 958 and Justice League 52 tonight, and I hope you enjoy!

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New 52 Solicitations September 2016 (and July and August too)

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Post date June 21, 2016
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Hey, everyone likes solicitations, right? Those previews of comics that are coming three months from now? Well, I do too! And I think I want to have monthly discussions about them when they hit. So here’s an initial go. Let me know what you think!

Solicitations for September 2016, with text and cover previews, can be found here, August here, and July here.

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New 52 Road to Rebirth 01: Forever Evil

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Post date June 19, 2016
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Today launches a biweekly series that I am calling Road to Rebirth. Here, I’ll be helped by Al Sedano in going through the various storylines that helped to lead directly into the events immediately preceding Rebirth. Truth, Darkseid War, and Final Days are part of that, but we have a few precursors to work through first.

So in this episode, we begin our coverage of Forever Evil. This is the first of three parts, and here we look at the first issue of the series as well as some of the Superman-centric issues from Villains Month: Metallo, Bizarro, Luthor, Brainiac, and Parasite. And in two weeks, we’ll continue with the bulk of the Forever Evil series.

Also, check out JonReadsComics.com, a central location for my various podcasts. This is the inaugural post there, but you’ll see all my various shows continue to get posted there as I create episodes over the summer.

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New52 Rebirth: Superman 1

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Post date June 16, 2016
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Here it is, folks! The first new issue of a new Superman series, and the Tomasi/Gleason team definitely delivers, without even a single super-villain showing up in all twenty pages. But come listen to hear my thoughts on the details and continuity implications galore!

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New 52 Rebirth: Action Comics 957

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Post date June 9, 2016
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The third week of Rebirth involves the relaunch of the comic that started it all with Action Comics 957, now with 100% more original numbering! So I discuss my thoughts on the events here and their implications, and I hope you enjoy it!

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GiantSup 05 Secret Origins

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Post date June 2, 2016
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In this fifth giant episode, Jon and Bob take a small detour from the Superman annuals to look at the giant Secret Origins, published on November 10, 1960, with thanks to Mike’s Amazing World of Comics for publication information: