Episode #150: Superman: War Of The Worlds!

Superman: War Of The Worlds, 1998!

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For the third Halloween episode of the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST, the featured story is the Elseworlds story, SUPERMAN, WAR OF THE WORLDS. It was published on October 14, 1998. It was written by Roy Thomas, drawn by Michael Lark, lettered by Willie Schubert and colored by Noelle Giddings.

This episode takes a brief look at the original WAR OF THE WORLDS story and highlights some of the major radio and movie adaptions. Also featured are some of the comic book "Easter eggs" in the Elseworlds stories which come from the earliest Superman comic book stories.

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Episode #149: Superboy's New Fun Adventures!

More Fun Comics 101 (January/February 1945) where Superboy first appeared in the issue's 3rd story, Adventure Comics 103 (April 1946), Superboy's first appearance in that title & Superboy 1 (March/April 1949) the first issue of his solo title!

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This episode features Superboy's earliest comic book appearances: NEW FUN COMICS 101 (Jan./Feb. 1945) - 107 (Jan./Feb. 1946) and ADVENTURE COMICS 103, April 1946. Also featured is the first issue of SUPERBOY, March/April 1949, published on January 8, 1949.

The first Superboy story can be read online at http://superman.nu/tales3/birthOfSuperboy/?page=1.

The earliest Superboy stories have been reprinted in ADVENTURES OF SUPERBOY, published on August 17, 2010. It contains the Superboy stories originally printed in NEW FUN COMICS 101 - 107 and ADVENTURE COMICS 103 - 121.

SUPERBOY #1 was reprinted in MILLENNIUM EDITION (62): SUPERBOY #1.

Next Episode: SUPERMAN: WAR OF THE WORLDS!

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Episode #148: A Superman Fan Review: Superman: Secret Origin & Last Family Of Krypton!

Superman: Secret Origin 1, November 2009 & Superman: Last Family Of Krypton 1, October 2010!

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Recent episodes of this podcast have focused on older aspects of Superman history. So this week I thought it would be a good time to take a look at two recent mini-series, with the recent publication of the third and final issue of SUPERMAN: THE LAST FAMILY OF KRYPTON. This episode first looks at the six issue mini-series SUPERMAN: SECRET ORIGIN. The first issue was published during the last week of September, 2009. With various delays with the final three issues, the series did not conclude until the final issue was released during the last week of August of this year. THE LAST FAMILY OF KRYPTON had a more regular publication schedule, being released from August to the first week of October this year. It was the first ELSEWORLDS story published in about a decade.

While avoiding spoilers, I review both series and discuss how SECRET ORIGIN changes details of the Superman origin as depicted in THE MAN OF STEEL mini-series of 1986, and whether I think it's a good thing or not.

Next episode: SUPERBOY'S NEW FUN ADVENTURES!

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Episode #147: How Clark Kent Met Lois Lane!

Adventure Comics 128, May 1948 & Superman & Batman Generations 4, April 1999!

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As we continue to celebrate DC Comics' 75th Anniversary, this episode features two stories, published about 50 years apart, which show how Clark Kent and Lois Lane met for the first time.

- ADVENTURE COMICS 128, May 1948, published around March 26, 1948. The editor was Jack Schiff, and the cover was drawn by J. Winslow Mortimer. The ten page story HOW CLARK KENT MET LOIS LANE was written by Bill Finger and drawn by George Roussos. It was reprinted in SUPERMAN FROM THE THIRTIES TO THE SEVENTIES.

- SUPERMAN & BATMAN: GENERATIONS issue 4 (of 4), 1999, was published on February 10, 1999. It was published under DC's Elseworlds imprint. The editor was Joey Cavalieri, and the cover, story and art was done by John Byrne. The story featured in this episode was part of the issue's second story, 2919.

Next Episode: A SUPERMAN FAN REVIEW: SUPERMAN: SECRET ORIGIN & SUPERMAN: LAST FAMILY OF KRYPTON!

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Superman and all related characters are trademark and copyright DC Comics.

Thanks for listening to the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST and, as always, thanks to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.