Episode #375: Superman 2017: The Year In Review!

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In the latest installment of our annual Year In Review episode we look at the Superman stories, published during the year 2017, that I read last year. I did not read every title in the Superman family of comic books, so this episode will not be an overview of all of them.

= (5:43) ACTION COMICS

 - 971 & 972 MEN OF STEEL Parts 5 & 6

- 972 & 973 MILD MANNERED

- SUPERMAN REBORN: part 1: SUPERMAN 18, part 2: ACTION COMICS 975, part 3: SUPERMAN 19, part 4: ACTION COMICS 976

- 977 & 978 THE NEW WORLD

- 979 - 984 REVENGE

- 985 & 986 ONLY HUMAN

- 987 - 991 OZ EFFECT, 993 OZ EFFECT AFTERMATH

- 983 began the BOOSTER SHOT storyline that continued into this year.

= (24:56) SUPERMAN

- 14 - 16 MULTIPLICITY

- 17 DARK HARVEST

- 18 & 19 parts 1 & 3 respectively of SUPERMAN REBORN (discussed in the ACTION COMICS segment)

- 20 - 25 BLACK DAWN

- 26 BRAINS VS BRAWN

- 27 & 28 DECLARATION

- 29 & 30 A MINUTE LONGER

- 31 & 32 BREAKING POINT

- 33 - 35 IMPERIOUS LEX

= (47:13) SUPERWOMAN

- 5 IMPRESSIVE INSTANT

- 6 & 7 parts 6 & 7 of WHO KILLED SUPERWOMAN?

- 8 BY A THREAD: SUPERWOMAN REBORN?

= (54:00) SUPER SONS 1 WHEN I GROW UP part 1

= (58:40) Superman 2018: What I'm looking forward to this year in the Superman titles, especially with Brian Michael Bendis leaving Marvel for DC to write the Man Of Steel.

Next episode we return to our regularly scheduled silver age Superman family comic books with: SUPERMAN FAMILY COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED NOVEMBER 1964: PART I: WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 145, PART II: SUPERMAN 173, PART III: ACTION COMICS 318 & PART IV: SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 53!

The home for THE SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is http://thesupermanfanpodcast.blogspot.com. Send e-mail to supermanfanpodcast@gmail.com.

You can join the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST Group or Page on facebook, and follow the podcast on twitter @supermanpodcast. You can also keep track of the podcast on Tumblr, Medium, Flipboard, the Internet Archive and Stitcher.

SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is a proud member of:

- The LEAGUE OF COMIC BOOK PODCASTERS and

- The COMICS PODCAST NETWORK.

The theme of this podcast is PLANS IN MOTION, composed by Kevin MacLeod, and part of the royalty free music library at http://incompetech.com. "Plans in Motion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Superman and all related characters are trademark and copyright DC Comics. Any art shown on this podcast is for entertainment purposes only, and not for profit. I make no claims of ownership of these images, nor do I earn any money from this podcast.

If you are interested in my artwork, go to wayfarerercomics.wordpress.com. I am available for commissions, so click on the Art Commissions tab for more information. If interested, send an e-mail to wayfarercomics@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening to the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST and, as always, thanks to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, creators of Superman!

And don't forget to take care of each other out there!

Episode #374 Part IV: Superman Family Comic Book Cover Dated October 1964: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #80!

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 80, October 1964!

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SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 80, October 1964, was published around August 27, 1964 (which was my parents' 5th wedding anniversary). It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 12¢. Mort Weisinger was the editor, and the cover was pencilled by Curt Swan, inked by Sheldon Moldoff and inked by Ira Schnapp. It featured the issue's first of two stories.

- (3:17) JIMMY OLSEN, THE BIZARRO BOY (16 pgs., Part I was 7 pgs. long), was written by Jerry Siegel (NOTE: I mistakenly said that the writer was unknown according to Mike's Amazing World Of DC Comics. Siegel is listed as the writer there. The Grand Comic Book Database places a question mark after his name.) This story was his 81st Superman Family story in the silver age, and his 128th overall for the era. It was pencilled by John Forte and inked by George Klein. The story was also reprinted in: SUPERMAN: THE AMAZING TRANSFORMATIONS OF JIMMY OLSEN.

- (11:07) PART II: JIMMY OLSEN, THE BIZARRO BOY (8 pgs.) (NOTE: I mistakenly said the title was JIMMY OLSEN'S DOUBLE TROUBLE, which was the title of the second and final story in this issue.)

- (28:13) JIMMY OLSEN'S PEN PALS letter column.

- (33:21) JIMMY OLSEN'S DOUBLE-TROUBLE (8 pgs.), written by Jerry Siegel and drawn by George Papp. This was Siegel's 82nd silver age Superman Family story, and his 129th overall for the era.

- (48:32) Elsewhere in DC Comics, 33 titles carried the October or October/November 1964 cover date, according to Mike's Amazing World Of DC Comics.

Next Episode: SUPERMAN 2017: YEAR IN REVIEW!

Then we will return to our regularly scheduled Silver Age Superman stories with: SUPERMAN FAMILY COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED NOVEMBER 1964: PART I: WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 145, PART II: SUPERMAN 173, PART III: ACTION COMICS 318 & PART IV: SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 53!

The home for THE SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is http://thesupermanfanpodcast.blogspot.com. Send e-mail to supermanfanpodcast@gmail.com.

You can join the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST Group or Page on facebook, and follow the podcast on twitter @supermanpodcast. You can also keep track of the podcast on Tumblr, Medium, Flipboard, the Internet Archive and Stitcher.

SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is a proud member of:

- The LEAGUE OF COMIC BOOK PODCASTERS and

- The COMICS PODCAST NETWORK.

The theme of this podcast is PLANS IN MOTION, composed by Kevin MacLeod, and part of the royalty free music library at http://incompetech.com. "Plans in Motion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Superman and all related characters are trademark and copyright DC Comics. Any art shown on this podcast is for entertainment purposes only, and not for profit. I make no claims of ownership of these images, nor do I earn any money from this podcast.

If you are interested in my artwork, go to wayfarerercomics.wordpress.com. I am available for commissions, so click on the Art Commissions tab for more information. If interested, send an e-mail to wayfarercomics@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening to the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST and, as always, thanks to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, creators of Superman!

And don't forget to take care of each other out there!

Episode #374 Part III: Superman Comic Book Cover Dated October 1964: Action Comics #317!

Action Comics 317, October 1964!

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ACTION COMICS 317, October 1964, was published around August 27, 1964 (which was my parents' fifth anniversary). It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 12¢. The editor was Mort Weisinger, and the cover was pencilled by Curt Swan, inked by George Klein and lettered by Ira Schnapp. It featured the Superman story in this issue.

- (14:32) SUPERMAN'S RAINBOW FACE (11 pgs.), written by Otto Binder and drawn by Al Plastino.

- (33:26) METROPOLIS MAILBAG letter column.

- (41:43) THE GREAT SUPERGIRL DOUBLE-CROSS (12 pgs.), written by Leo Dorfman, drawn by Jim Mooney and lettered by Joe Letterese. This story was reprinted in SUPERMAN FAMILY 166, August/September 1974, published on May 28, 1974. It contained 100 pages for the cover price of 60¢. This story was also reprinted in SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERGIRL vol.. II.

Also highlighted in this episode are the issue's ads and other features. The episode begins with the MY PULL LIST segment, featuring the comic books cover dated February 2018, which were released during the month of November 2017. I received them from Discount Comic Book Service.

Next Episode:SUPERMAN FAMILY COMIC BOOK COVER DATED OCTOBER 1964 PART IV: SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 80! At the end of this episode the ELSEWHERE IN DC COMICS segment will explore the other DC titles which carried the October or October/November 1964 cover date.

In the following episode: SUPERMAN 2017: THE YEAR IN REVIEW!

Then we will return to our regularly scheduled silver age comic book schedule with: SUPERMAN FAMILY COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED NOVEMBER 1964: PART I: WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 145, PART II: SUPERMAN 173 & PART IV: SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 53!

The home for THE SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is http://thesupermanfanpodcast.blogspot.com. Send e-mail to supermanfanpodcast@gmail.com.

You can join the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST Group or Page on facebook, and follow the podcast on twitter @supermanpodcast. You can also keep track of the podcast on Tumblr, Medium, Flipboard, the Internet Archive and Stitcher.

SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is a proud member of:

- The LEAGUE OF COMIC BOOK PODCASTERS and

- The COMICS PODCAST NETWORK.

The theme of this podcast is PLANS IN MOTION, composed by Kevin MacLeod, and part of the royalty free music library at http://incompetech.com. "Plans in Motion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Superman and all related characters are trademark and copyright DC Comics. Any art shown on this podcast is for entertainment purposes only, and not for profit. I make no claims of ownership of these images, nor do I earn any money from this podcast.

If you are interested in my artwork, go to wayfarerercomics.wordpress.com. I am available for commissions, so click on the Art Commissions tab for more information. If interested, send an e-mail to wayfarercomics@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening to the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST and, as always, thanks to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, creators of Superman!

And don't forget to take care of each other out there!

Episode #374 Part II: Superman Family Comic Book Cover Dated October 1964: Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #52!

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane 52, October 1964!

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SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 52, October 1964, was published around August 13, 1964. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 12¢. The editor was Mort Weisinger, and the cover was drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger and lettered by Ira Schnapp. It featured the issue's third and final story. Schaffenberger was also the artist for all three eight page stories in this issue, writer(s) unknown.

- (15:23) LOIS LANE'S PEN-PAL ROMANCE

- (35:52) LOIS LANE'S LOVE TRAP

- (45:39) THE LOIS LANE - LANA LANG TRUCE

Also highlighted in this episode are the issue's ads and other features, including the LETTERS TO LOIS column. The episode begins with the MY PULL LIST segment. This time I review the comic books I received from Discount Comic Book Service, which carried the January 2018 cover date, and were published during the month of November 2017. 

The home for THE SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is http://thesupermanfanpodcast.blogspot.com. Send e-mail to supermanfanpodcast@gmail.com.

You can join the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST Group or Page on facebook, and follow the podcast on twitter @supermanpodcast. You can also keep track of the podcast on Tumblr, Medium, Flipboard, the Internet Archive and Stitcher.

SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is a proud member of:

- The LEAGUE OF COMIC BOOK PODCASTERS and

- The COMICS PODCAST NETWORK.

The theme of this podcast is PLANS IN MOTION, composed by Kevin MacLeod, and part of the royalty free music library at http://incompetech.com. "Plans in Motion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Superman and all related characters are trademark and copyright DC Comics. Any art shown on this podcast is for entertainment purposes only, and not for profit. I make no claims of ownership of these images, nor do I earn any money from this podcast.

If you are interested in my artwork, go to wayfarerercomics.wordpress.com. I am available for commissions, so click on the Art Commissions tab for more information. If interested, send an e-mail to wayfarercomics@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening to the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST and, as always, thanks to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, creators of Superman!

And don't forget to take care of each other out there!