Supermansplaining

Superman’s still freaking dead! Superman The Man of Steel #39 Superman isn’t the only one dead, in this issue Keith’s mom returns only to die! Don’t worry, he gets adopted by the Whites. Turns out alive Superman is the fake and dead Superman is the real deal! Superman assumes this is the work of Luthor, but he’s a vegetable! Superman #95 this must be the work of Brainiac then! Except … he’s also a vegetable! Atom hijacks along for an adventure because he’s a teen now, causing trouble! The Adventures of Superman #518 if not Luthor or Brainiac, then it must be Cyborg Superman! Maybe Darkseid knows where he is … which he does, but he’s not telling! Superman in Action Comics #705 Superman goes really crazy assuming it’s Mxyzptlk behind the supercorpse! Except he’s wrong! It turns out it was the second guy, Brainiac? Maybe???

Superman The Man of Steel #38 there's a dead Superman and an alive Superman- which one is real? Superman #94 Superman fights Conduit! Kenny Braverman (Conduit) wants to kill Clark Kent (Superman)! The Adventures of Superman #517 we get introduced to Carl Draper, the master jailer! Superman in Action Comics #704 Superman goes after Eradicator assuming he's behind the fake dead Superman! Also, we cover Outsiders #13, Steel #9, Superboy #9, Aquaman #3, Metropolis SCU #1, AND Guardians of Metropolis #1! And also Ads!! How do we do it??

In this episode, we wrap up listening to and rating all Superman-adjacent songs. Who will end up on top? Who will be on the bottom? Listen and find out! Check out comics by Denis:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out Ryland's soundcloud and internet radio show: ⁠https://soundcloud.com/panther_fancy⁠ ⁠https://fsr.live/shows/music-be-the-food

Denis, David, and special guest Ryland Ianelli listen to and rate all the songs of Superman (mostly those with Superman in the title). This episode covers the first half, and the crew rates them on Song Goodness, Understanding of Superman, and whether Jimmy Olsen would wear the group as a shirt. Check out comics by Denis:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out Ryland's soundcloud and internet radio show: https://soundcloud.com/panther_fancy https://fsr.live/shows/music-be-the-food

Zero Hour is over, but all DC Comics for this month are numbered #0! Superman The Man of Steel #0 introduces us to the villain Conduit and Clark's childhood friend, Kenny Braverman! Superman #0 Clark Kent gets a journalism award, then gets blown up! The Adventures of Superman #0 we learn about the early reporting days of Clark Kent in France! Also, Conduit has Kryptonite blasts? Look out, Superman! Superman in Action Comics #0 is almost as valuable as Action Comics #1! Conduit is defeated? And we discover in the Superman's tomb ... Superman?!?? Steel #0 gets some added backstory and Superboy #0 sees a visit from Emil Hamilton!

It's the conclusion to Zero Hour! From The Adventures of Alpha Centurion #518, Superman in Action Comics #703, Zero Hour: Crisis In Time #2-0, and THE REST! The rest being: Legion '94 #70, Team Titans #24, Green Arrow #90, Guy Gardner Warrior #24, Legion of Superheroes #61, Justice League America #92, Justice League Task Force #16, Justice League International #68, Robin #10, Catwoman #14, Anima #7, Showcase '94 #10, and Damage #6! All covered in under 2 hours!

Another month, another event! Zero Hour: Crisis In Time begins and we cover the first half of the Zero Hour mini-series, half of the Superman comics for September 1994, and half of all other Zero Hour tie-in comics published by DC! Come to learn who Extant is, and stay for the multiple Hawkmans!

We wrap up the Milestone Worlds Collide event with parts 10 thru 14! Including Superman the Man of Steel #36, Icon #11, Steel #7, Blood Syndicate #13, and Static #14! What will be the fate of mailman Fred Benson, AKA Rift? Listen to find out! Also, the rest of August 1994 Superman comics: Superman #92 Massacre returns! The Adventures of Superman #515 Massacre wants to murderlize Superman! And Superman in Action Comics #702 we have to deal with everyone’s least favorite villain- the racist Bloodsport! Check out comics by Denis:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

It's the Milestone DC event, Worlds Collide! (or at least Parts 2 thru 9) Issues covered include Hardware #17, Superboy #6, Icon #15, Steel #6, Blood Syndicate #16, Worlds Collide #1, Superboy #7, and Hardware #18. Read along if you dare! Check out comics by Denis:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Denis got 50 more points, and this time he's talking about Jimmy Olsen Superman comics written and drawn by Jack Kirby! They've got all the Kirby goodness: tiny Jimmy Olsen clones, giant green Jimmy Olsen clones, hippies, photo collages, four-armed monsters, and Superman's redrawn face! Check out comics by Denis:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Superman The Man Of Steel #35 has Superman fighting a big robot! Also, Wonder Woman is there for some reason! Oh, and Static from Milestone Comics! Superman #91 has Superman fighting more robots! The Adventures Of Superman #514 sees Lex release a fear toxin! What is Professor Hamilton's greatest fear? Superman In Action Comics #701 Superman fights a giant robot! It's his Kryptonian War Battle Suit being controlled by Lex Luthor! Check out comics by Denis:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Superman Annual #6 imagines Superman if he were Mowgli or Tarzan! Plus, Lex has Kryptonite! Superman The Man of Steel Annual #3 is a dystopian world where Kryptonians rule! Can Superman set things right? Also, we cover the rest of the Elseworlds Annuals! Including Steel Annual #1 which tries to tackle slavery, find out if it was successful! Listen to the end for David and Denis giving their own Elseworlds pitches! Check out comics by Denis:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

It’s time for the 1994 Annuals! The theme this go-around is Elseworlds! Where things are different and maybe shouldn’t be this way! Action Comics Annual #6 has Superman’s great-great-grandfather coming to Earth and ruling as a British Sovereign! By John Byrne! Adventures of Superman Annual #6 is the first part of our only two-parter, The Super Seven! Aliens invade and are successful! Who will stand up to them? Plus a dozen other annuals! Everything from Pirate Batman to Cowboy Lobo! What if… there was an Elseworlds Part Two? Come back next time! Check out comics by Denis:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Superman The Man of Steel #34 It’s The Lex Men Versus The Dubbilex Men! But no X-Men! Superman #90 Metropolis is getting blowned up! Also, we finally get rid of Westfield! Adventures of Superman #513 Is The Guardian the cure to the clones' sickness? He is! Also, Cadmus gets blowned up! Action Comics #700 The Daily Planet and most of the rest of Metropolis gets blowned up! Lex gets hauled off to Iron Lung Jail! Check out comics by Denis:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Superman The Man of Steel #33 Superman is growing too big for his britches! Superman #89 Big Words takes Big Boy Superman into space to try and solve his problems! Adventures of Superman #512 Lois loses her apartment- to an explosion! After already losing her job! Superman fights Parasite, gets less big! Action Comics #699 the Battle for Metropolis starts here and turns into a full-out war! Who will win? Team Luthor? SCU? The Underworlders? Project Cadmus? Check out comics by Denis:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Or should I say Return of the SuperMEN? In this episode, Denis and David take turns talking about the commemorative comic celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Return of Superman. With flashback stories by the original 90s creative teams! Check out comics by Denis:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Denis miraculously got enough points last time to read a Superman comic of his choosing! He chose Superman: Kryptonite written by Darwyn Cooke with art by Tim Sale. Find out: What is young Superman like? Who Lois is dating? How many people the mob boss Gallo has killed? What style of clothes does Jimmy wear? What type of videos does Lex watch? And, who is the mysterious figure in a large chunk of Kryptonite??? Check out comics by Denis:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Superman The Man of Steel #32 Superman and Bizarro fight some more! Bizarro gives a ring to Lois! Superman #88 Bizarro's story concludes with Bizarro dead and Lex on the verge of death! Superman gets big! Adventures of Superman #511 Superman almost levels a building by accident- not on purpose! Superman's powers are out of whack! Action Comics #698 Superman's powers are going even more haywire! Also, he's eight feet tall now! Check out comics by Denis:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Superman The Man of Steel #31 Underworlder Clones are dying and Lex 2 is losing hair! Superman #87 Lex recreates Bizarro, Bizarro am back! Adventures of Superman #510 Bizarro builds a version of Metropolis in a warehouse! All for Lois! Action Comics #697 Bizarro means well, but keeps doing bad! Check out comics by Denis:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Denis on Patreon:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/denisstjohn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can also hear Denis (and occasionally David) on The Buffy Virgin Podcast:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠http://www.buffyvirgin.net/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Supermulletsplaining Logo Drawing by David Yoder

Superman The Man of Steel #30 Superman and Lobo Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Superman #86 Superman is Lost in Spaaace! Dan Jurgens wraps up some old comic of his, the Sun Devils! Adventures of Superman #509 Auron is no more-on! Superman is still lost in space! Action Comics #696 finds a deserted planet, fights a champion, and makes his way un-lost in space! Check out comics by Denis:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.deniscomix.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Denis on Patreon:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/denisstjohn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can also hear Denis (and occasionally David) on The Buffy Virgin Podcast:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠http://www.buffyvirgin.net/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Supermulletsplaining Logo Drawing by David Yoder