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The New 52 Adventures of Superman continue this week with Supergirl 7 and Superman 7!  Plus, the new modern-day Steve Trevor series starts up in a book called Justice League 7, with an appearance from Superman.  And the not-so-amazing opening arc of Batman: The Dark Knight wraps with issue 7, also including a minor Superman appearance.  But here are the main stories of the episode:

Supergirl 7 — “Graduation Day” — The opening arc of the Maid of Might comes to an action-packed finish as Supergirl faces off with the four World-Killers with the fate of Manhattan resting squarely on her teenage shoulders!

Superman 7 — “To Hel and Back” — The Daemonite saga running throughout various corners of the DCU comes to Superman as he is captured by Helspont in this first issue from the new creative team of Jurgens and Giffen.

Thanks so much for listening. We do hope you enjoy the show, “we” being Jon M. Wilson from Golden Age Superman and J. David Weter of PADSmash!: An Incredible Hulk Podcast and Green Lantern’s Light.  If you have thoughts on the books we cover or on our comments regarding them, please share them by writing an email or comment below.

Next episode due August 8

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This week on The New 52 Adventures of Superman, Jon and Dave are joined by Rennie Cowan of the Superboy Theater website.  Superboy 7 and Teen Titans 7 bring the N.O.W.H.E.R.E. storyline to a head before diving into The Culling, so we give both books an in-depth analysis and do a little bit of a look back at the road that has brought us here.

Superboy 7 — “Untamed Rose!” — Superboy brings the fight to N.O.W.H.E.R.E., and Rose is there at the door to fend him off.  Who will win? Who will lose? And who, exactly, is Harvest?

Teen Titans 7 — “Assault on Project 13” — Not sure exactly what a Project 13 is, but Superboy is the goal of the Titans’ rescue mission.  Only things don’t exactly go well.

The episode is admittedly a tad off-format, but the point we’ve reached in this story merited a concerted look at both titles, and as a Superboy fan, we want to thank Rennie for bringing a lot of great insight.  So come check out the episode!

Next episode due August 1

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It’s another weekly episode of The New 52 Adventures of Superman for you, this week covering Action Comics 7, which includes “Superman’s Doomsday Decision” and “Meanwhile.”  Superman goes after the Collector of Worlds on his satellite in space and is forced to make a decision between saving the bottled city of Metropolis or Kandor.  We also have a guest appearance in O.M.A.C. 7 and a weird cameo in Resurrection Man 7. Jon and Dave break it all down for you as well as answer your latest emails.  Come give it a listen!

Thanks so much for listening. We do hope you enjoy the show, “we” being Jon M. Wilson from Golden Age Superman, J. David Weter of PADSmash!: An Incredible Hulk Podcast and Green Lantern’s Light, as well as Michael Kaiser from the newly revived Legends of the Batman.  If you have thoughts on the books we cover or on our comments regarding them, please share them by writing an email or comment below.

Next episode due July 22

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Welcome back to another fantastic episode of New 52 Superadventures!  In this episode, Dave and Jon wrap their coverage of the 6s with the following books:

Superboy 6 — “Not So Super” — It’s a classic case of Boy meets Girl, Girl doesn’t speak English, Girl finds out Boy is a clone, Girl punches boy into space.  Your traditional not-so-love story, in other words.  Looks like they’re laying seeds for the big Superman books crossover we were promised for this summer.  Wait, isn’t summer here?  WHERE’S OUR CROSSOVER??

Supergirl 6 — “The End of the Beginning” — Supergirl’s opening origin arc is nearing a close as she meets ghosts of her parents and follows Reign back to Earth to stop her from … well, reigning it.  All the pieces are in place for next month’s knock down, drag out brawl.  So long as Reign shuts up long enough for the fight to happen.

Superman 6 — “The Measure of a Superman” — It’s the final chapter of George Pérez’s run on the title as we find out just what’s been going on all this time, leaving us secure in the knowldege of … wait, what HAS been happening all this time?

Heckling aside, there was some good stuff this month.  Mostly.  And we also take some time to look at the end of “Origin” in Justice League 6 and the Superman guest spot in Batman: The Dark Knight 6.  All right here, all just for you!

Thanks so much for listening. We do hope you enjoy the show, “we” being Jon M. Wilson from Golden Age Superman, J. David Weter of PADSmash!: An Incredible Hulk Podcast and Green Lantern’s Light, as well as Michael Kaiser from the newly revived Legends of the Batman.  If you have thoughts on the books we cover or on our comments regarding them, please share them by writing an email or comment below.

Next episode due July 15

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This month has been a little rocky for the schedule, but we are here for an e-mails only episode, as Dave and Jon spend an hour responding to your thought-provoking missives.  Next episode will be back to regular form as we review the rest of the 6s, so we’ll see you then.  In the meantime, we hope that you enjoy the conversation!

Thanks so much for listening. We do hope you enjoy the show, “we” being Jon M. Wilson from Golden Age Superman, J. David Weter of PADSmash!: An Incredible Hulk Podcast and Green Lantern’s Light, as well as Michael Kaiser from the newly revived Legends of the Batman.  If you have thoughts on the books we cover or on our comments regarding them, please share them by writing an email or comment below.

Next episode due July 8

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We’re back for another month of Superman adventures in DC Comics — The New 52!  We’re starting with an issue that has possibly gotten the most mixed reviews yet of Morrison’s Action Comics.  And since Action Comics 6 features the Legion of Super-Heroes, we have welcomed along for the ride Paul French of the Legion of Substitute Podcasters!  He sheds some light on the Legion aspects of the issue and helps us dissect the five-dimensional epic.  So come check it out!

Thanks so much for listening. We do hope you enjoy the show, “we” being Jon M. Wilson from Golden Age Superman, J. David Weter of PADSmash!: An Incredible Hulk Podcast and Green Lantern’s Light, as well as Michael Kaiser from the newly revived Legends of the Batman.  If you have thoughts on the books we cover or on our comments regarding them, please share them by writing an email or comment below.

Next episode due June 15

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That’s right.  You get three episodes to wrap up this month’s New 52 Superawesomness, as Jon, Dave, and Mike (or is that Mike, Dave, and Jon?) tackle the final week of the month with:

Superman 5 — “Menace!” — It looks like Superman done flipped his top now, don’t it?  What havoc will the Man of Steel wreak before he can be stopped?  And more importantly, can sound travel in space?!

We also take a look at the penultimate chapter of the new Justice Leage origin and the grand showdown between Superboy and the Teen Titans.  Oh, yeah, and Superman also kills Batman in Batman: The Dark Knight.  All the 5s get wrapped up on this episode, so come check it out!

Thanks so much for listening. We do hope you enjoy the show, “we” being Jon M. Wilson from Golden Age Superman, J. David Weter of PADSmash!: An Incredible Hulk Podcast and Green Lantern’s Light, as well as Michael Kaiser from the newly revived Legends of the Batman.  If you have thoughts on the books we cover or on our comments regarding them, please share them by writing an email or comment below.

Next episode due June 1

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For the second of three episodes this month, Jon, Dave, and Mike are going to be looking at the fifth issue of each Superteen title.

Superboy 5 — “Breakout” — Before heading out to beat on Wonder Girl, Superboy wants to save Caitlin Fairchild.  But why?  What’s his motivation?  Can we figure out what Lobdell is trying to say?

Supergirl 5 — “Homecoming” — Kara goes home and finds nothing but death and destruction.  And a big ugly who beats on her.  What happened to them?  What does it all mean?  And who shot Zor-El?

The length of the discussion for the non-Action titles this month was lengthy enough that Jon felt a cut was in order.  The episodes are left a touch on the short side compared to usual, but that’s better than super-long for some people, so here it is.  Look for the rest in a week.

Thanks so much for listening. We do hope you enjoy the show, “we” being Jon M. Wilson from Golden Age Superman, J. David Weter of PADSmash!: An Incredible Hulk Podcast and Green Lantern’s Light, as well as Michael Kaiser from the newly revived Legends of the Batman.  If you have thoughts on the books we cover or on our comments regarding them, please share them by writing an email or comment below.

Next episode due May 24

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It begins — again!  The New 52 Adventures gang is here to discuss the new origin of Superman as presented in Action Comics 5, and this time they bring a friend along in the person of Michael Bailey of From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast, Tales of the Justice Society of America, and Radio KAL Live!, as well as staff writer at the Superman Homepage!

“Rocket Song” — It may be the seventeenth origin that Superman has gotten in the last year and a half (or something like that), but we loved it anyway.  The question is, why did it have to happen smack in the middle of another story?  We have the hash and dash on all that as well as some comparisons with previous versions of the.

“Baby Steps” — Wow, did this story catch us all by surprise, and it gives a chance for four men to share their feelings.  But don’t let that frighten you!

You’ll also get Michael Bailey’s opinions on the New 52 relaunch as a whole and the other Superman books in particular, with some solid appreciation of Serinda Swan mixed in for good measure.  Come give it a listen!

Thanks so much for listening. We do hope you enjoy the show, “we” being Jon M. Wilson from Golden Age Superman, J. David Weter of PADSmash!: An Incredible Hulk Podcast and Green Lantern’s Light, as well as Michael Kaiser from the newly revived Legends of the Batman.  If you have thoughts on the books we cover or on our comments regarding them, please share them by writing an email or comment below.

Next episode due May 15

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