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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 third giant episode, Jon and Bob begin a look at the stories from giant Superman Annual 2, published on November 10, 1960, but they only make it halfway through like last time, and that may just be the standard format. Stories discussed are as follows, with thanks to Mike’s Amazing World of Comics for publication information:

• “The Invulnerable Enemy” Otto Binder (Writer) Wayne Boring (Penciller) Stan Kaye (Inker) Reprinted From: Action Comics #226 (1957)
• “The Menace of Metallo”Robert Bernstein (Writer) Al Plastino (Artist) Reprinted From: Action Comics #252 (1959)
• “Titano the Super-Ape”Otto Binder (Writer) Wayne Boring (Penciller) Stan Kaye (Inker) Reprinted From: Superman #127 (1959)
• “The Thing from 40,000 A.D.”Bill Finger (Writer) Wayne Boring (Penciller) Stan Kaye (Inker) Reprinted From: Superman #87 (1954)

Links mentioned in the episode:

• Superman Forever Radio
• Trentus Magnus Punches Reality, featuring a 13-part BvS megaseries talking about Batman and Superman comic, including a 3-part retrospective on Man of Steel
• Long Play
• The New 52 Adventures of Superman, with a soon new episode featuring discussion of the first hardcover of the Truth storyline
• Captain America project with Michael Bailey still forthcoming, so stay tuned, but it will be a part of Views from the Longbox

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Look forward to a special episode on April 15, where Jon and Bob are joined by some friends to share thoughts on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice!

And THEN the fourth episode, covering the rest of the second annual, on April 30!

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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 second giant episode, Jon and Bob finish up their look at the stories from giant Superman Annual 1, published on June 23, 1960, cuz they only made it halfway through last time. Stories discussed are as follows, with thanks to Mike’s Amazing World of Comics for publication information:

• “The Execution of Krypto”Otto Binder (Writer) George Papp (Artist) Reprinted From: Superboy #67 (1958)
• “The Fattest Girl in Metropolis”Otto Binder (Writer) Kurt Schaffenberger (Artist) Reprinted From: Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane #5 (1958)
• “The Super-Brain of Jimmy Olsen”Otto Binder (Writer) Curt Swan (Penciller) Ray Burnley (Inker) Reprinted From: Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #22 (1957)
• “The Super-Key to Fort Superman”Jerry Coleman (Writer) Wayne Boring (Penciller) Stan Kaye (Inker) Reprinted From: Action Comics #241 (1958)

Look forward to the third episode, covering the first half of the second annual, on March 31!

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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 first giant episode, Jon and Bob set out to take a look at the stories from giant Superman Annual 1, published on June 23, 1960, but they only make it halfway through. Stories discussed are as follows, with thanks to Mike’s Amazing World of Comics for publication information:

• “Superman’s First Exploit”Edmond Hamilton (Writer) Wayne Boring (Penciller) Stan Kaye (Inker) Reprinted From: Superman #106 (1956)
• “The Witch of Metropolis”Otto Binder (Writer) Kurt Schaffenberger (Artist) Reprinted From: Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane #1 (1958)
• “The Supergirl from Krypton”Otto Binder (Writer) Al Plastino (Artist) Reprinted From: Action Comics #252 (1959)
• “A Visit from Superman’s Pal” Otto Binder (Writer) Curt Swan (Penciller) Ray Burnley (Inker) Reprinted From: Superboy #55 (1957)
• “The Girl in Superman’s Past”Bill Finger (Writer) Wayne Boring (Penciller) Stan Kaye (Inker) Reprinted From: Superman #129 (1959)

Look forward to the second episode, covering the rest of the annual, on February 29!

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