Host Anthony Desiato and guest Zach Moore (Always Hold On To Smallville) dig into the character of Lex Luthor as portrayed by actor John Shea in Season 1 of LOIS & CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN, as well as impactful return appearances in the following seasons.

Anthony and Zach discuss the charisma and magnetism Shea imbued in his Lex; the character's Post-Crisis inspiration, worldview, and tactics; an unlikely, yet believable, romance with Lois; his unhinged but satisfying returns to the show, including as the mastermind of the notorious frog-eating clone arc; and the legacy of the character via his underlings and illegitimate children.

PLUS! In a special epilogue, Anthony welcomes first-time guest Stuart Mulrain (And Why Not? podcast) to shine a spotlight on Lois & Clark's standout pilot and its adaptation of the Post-Crisis Superman comics by John Byrne and more.

Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato, including the spinoff podcasts BEYOND METROPOLIS and DIGGING FOR JUSTICE!

Visit BCW Supplies and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies.

Get your DFK merch at the podcast's TeePublic storefront!

FACEBOOK GROUP: Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan Group

FACEBOOK PAGE: @diggingforkryptonitepod

INSTAGRAM: @diggingforkryptonitepod

TWITTER: @diggingforkrpod

BLUESKY: @diggingforkrpod.bsky.social

EMAIL: [email protected]

WEBSITE: FlatSquirrelProductions.com

Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Theme music by Dan Pritchard. Key art by Isaiah Simmons.

Mentioned in this episode:

Aw Yeah Comics

Fat Moose Comics

Single Bound Podcast

This Podcast Will Never Die

Hang On To Your Shorts Film Festival

Host Anthony Desiato and guest Matt Truex (Lois & Clark'd: The New Podcasts of Superman) dig into the romance between the titular characters — portrayed by Teri Hatcher & Dean Cain — across four seasons of LOIS & CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN.

As they chart the eras of the relationship and the series, Anthony and Matt discuss the charged banter and ineffable intimacy of Season 1; Season 2's dating roadblocks, from Clark's lame excuses to brief (but impactful) outside love interests; the frog-eating clone and New Krypton arcs that delayed the wedding in Season 3; and the new challenges the couple faced in Season 4 as they finally entered married life.

Plus, Anthony shares his big-picture observations after rewatching the entire series! This is the first installment of a 5-part "mixtape" event revisiting the classic 90s television series.

Matt Truex is a Warner Bros. Discovery employee. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato, including the spinoff podcasts BEYOND METROPOLIS and DIGGING FOR JUSTICE!

Visit BCW Supplies and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies.

Get your DFK merch at the podcast's TeePublic storefront!

FACEBOOK GROUP: Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan Group

FACEBOOK PAGE: @diggingforkryptonitepod

INSTAGRAM: @diggingforkryptonitepod

TWITTER: @diggingforkrpod

BLUESKY: @diggingforkrpod.bsky.social

EMAIL: [email protected]

WEBSITE: FlatSquirrelProductions.com

Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Theme music by Dan Pritchard. Key art by Isaiah Simmons.

Mentioned in this episode:

Single Bound Podcast

Fat Moose Comics

Aw Yeah Comics

Hang On To Your Shorts Film Festival

This Podcast Will Never Die

Always Hold On To Smallville

Host Anthony Desiato presents an epic roundup of the past year's Superman comics with a trio of guests!

In the main segment, Anthony and guest Jermaine "Lord Retail" Exum (Acme Comics) dig into ACTION COMICS #1087-1091 by Mark Waid & Skylar Patridge — aka the first arc featuring Clark as Superboy — as well as SUPERMAN UNLIMITED # 1-6 by Dan Slott & Raphael Albuquerque.

Then, in the interlude, Rich Roney tags in to compare notes on Waid's NEW HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE miniseries.

Finally, Scott Honig returns for a discussion of the miniseries KRYPTO: THE LAST DOG OF KRYPTON by Ryan North & Mike Norton, the SUPERMAN RED & BLUE 2025 SPECIAL, and the HERO FOR ALL treasury one-shot by Dan Jurgens & Bruno Redondo.

NOTE: Episode contains SPOILERS for the issues discussed.

Check out the debut album from Kill Me Kate — featuring DFK guest Ralph Puma — here!

Read comics reviews by DFK guest Martin Gray at the Too Dangerous... blog here!

Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato, including the spinoff podcasts BEYOND METROPOLIS and DIGGING FOR JUSTICE!

Visit BCW Supplies and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies.

Get your DFK merch at the podcast's TeePublic storefront!

FACEBOOK GROUP: Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan Group

FACEBOOK PAGE: @diggingforkryptonitepod

INSTAGRAM: @diggingforkryptonitepod

TWITTER: @diggingforkrpod

BLUESKY: @diggingforkrpod.bsky.social

EMAIL: [email protected]

WEBSITE: FlatSquirrelProductions.com

Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Theme music by Dan Pritchard. Key art by Isaiah Simmons.

Mentioned in this episode:

Always Hold On To Smallville

This Podcast Will Never Die

Hang On To Your Shorts Film Festival

Single Bound Podcast

Aw Yeah Comics

Fat Moose Comics

Host Anthony Desiato and guest Tim Bruns dig into the second half of John Byrne's 2-year run on the Super-titles — culminating in "The Supergirl Saga," which saw the introduction of Matrix and Superman's cold execution of General Zod & his allies.

But first, Anthony and Tim discuss Superman's team-ups with Batman, Booster Gold, and The Spectre; Lana & Smallville's baffling involvement in the "Millenium" crossover; romantic developments between Superman & Wonder Woman, Lois Lane & Jose Delgado, and Clark Kent & Lori Lemaris; a welcome, but ultimately unfulfilling, spotlight on the Krypton part of the story; and the Post-Crisis returns or debuts of Silver Banshee, Toyman, Prankster, and Brainiac.

This episode covers: SUPERMAN #12-22, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #436-444 (with Jerry Ordway on art), and ACTION COMICS #594-600.

The podcast's Byrne event has concluded! Thanks to all guests and audience members for coming along on this ride. Keep tuning in for new episodes every Tuesday!

Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato, including the spinoff podcasts BEYOND METROPOLIS and DIGGING FOR JUSTICE!

Visit BCW Supplies and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies.

Get your DFK merch at the podcast's TeePublic storefront!

FACEBOOK GROUP: Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan Group

FACEBOOK PAGE: @diggingforkryptonitepod

INSTAGRAM: @diggingforkryptonitepod

TWITTER: @diggingforkrpod

BLUESKY: @diggingforkrpod.bsky.social

EMAIL: [email protected]

WEBSITE: FlatSquirrelProductions.com

Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Theme music by Dan Pritchard. Key art by Isaiah Simmons.

Mentioned in this episode:

Single Bound Podcast

This Podcast Will Never Die

Always Hold On To Smallville

Fat Moose Comics

Aw Yeah Comics

Hang On To Your Shorts Film Festival

Host Anthony Desiato and guest Michael Bailey (Fortress of Baileytude) dig into the first half of John Byrne's 2-year run on the Super-titles, including:

• The flagship SUPERMAN series, written & drawn by Byrne, which saw the rebooted Man of Steel face off against Metallo, Bloodsport, Rampage, Joker, and Mister Mxyzptlk
• ACTION COMICS, also by Byrne, which depicted Superman's Post-Crisis DCU team-ups with Teen Titans, Phantom Stranger, Etrigan, the Green Lantern Corps, and Big Barda (in one of this era's most notorious outings)
• ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN by Marv Wolfman & Jerry Ordway, which took a more character-focused approach and introduced the likes of Cat Grant, Gangbuster, and Emil Hamilton

Anthony and Michael also compare notes on "The Greatest Hero of Them All," a crossover with Paul Levitz's Legion of Super-Heroes title that attempted to reconcile that team's connection to Superboy with the Post-Crisis continuity.

This episode covers: SUPERMAN #1-11, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #424-435, and ACTION COMICS #584-593.

Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato, including the spinoff podcasts BEYOND METROPOLIS and DIGGING FOR JUSTICE!

Visit BCW Supplies and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies.

Get your DFK merch at the podcast's TeePublic storefront!

FACEBOOK GROUP: Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan Group

FACEBOOK PAGE: @diggingforkryptonitepod

INSTAGRAM: @diggingforkryptonitepod

TWITTER: @diggingforkrpod

BLUESKY: @diggingforkrpod.bsky.social

EMAIL: [email protected]

WEBSITE: FlatSquirrelProductions.com

Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Theme music by Dan Pritchard. Key art by Isaiah Simmons.

Mentioned in this episode:

Single Bound Podcast

Men of Steel Podcast

This Podcast Will Never Die

Fat Moose Comics

Aw Yeah Comics

Always Hold On To Smallville

Hang On To Your Shorts Film Festival

Host Anthony Desiato and guest Duncan Bennett dig into a trilogy of miniseries written by John Byrne and released across 1988:

• WORLD OF KRYPTON with Mike Mignola, which detailed Krypton's clone wars;
• WORLD OF SMALLVILLE with Kurt Schaffenberger, which revealed Martha Kent's first marriage and Lana Lang's manipulation by the Manhunters; and
• WORLD OF METROPOLIS with Win Mortimer, which showed the early city days of Perry White, Lois Lane, Clark Kent, and Jimmy Olsen.

BUT FIRST! In the opening segment, Sweet-Sweet Bernie Gerstmayr (Aw Yeah Comics - Skokie) returns to shine a spotlight on 1986's SUPERMAN #1 by John Byrne, featuring the Post-Crisis debut of Metallo.

AND NEXT WEEK: Year One of Byrne's tenure on the main Super-titles!

Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato, including the spinoff podcasts BEYOND METROPOLIS and DIGGING FOR JUSTICE!

Visit BCW Supplies and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies.

Get your DFK merch at the podcast's TeePublic storefront!

FACEBOOK GROUP: Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan Group

FACEBOOK PAGE: @diggingforkryptonitepod

INSTAGRAM: @diggingforkryptonitepod

TWITTER: @diggingforkrpod

BLUESKY: @diggingforkrpod.bsky.social

EMAIL: [email protected]

WEBSITE: FlatSquirrelProductions.com

Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Theme music by Dan Pritchard. Key art by Isaiah Simmons.

Mentioned in this episode:

This Podcast Will Never Die

Men of Steel Podcast

Hang On To Your Shorts Film Festival

Always Hold On To Smallville

Fat Moose Comics

Single Bound Podcast

Host Anthony Desiato and guest Zach Moore (Always Hold On To Smallville) dig into Season 2 of James Gunn's PEACEMAKER television series starring John Cena — the next chapter in the DCU and precursor to 2027's MAN OF TOMORROW film. SPOILER WARNING!

Anthony and Zach discuss that revisionist Season 1 recap, Season 2's slower, more character-driven approach, the alternate-Earth reveal, whether the finale lived up to expectations, cameos, and more.

NOTE: The podcast's John Byrne comic book coverage resumes next week!

Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato, including the spinoff podcasts BEYOND METROPOLIS and DIGGING FOR JUSTICE!

Visit BCW Supplies and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies.

Get your DFK merch at the podcast's TeePublic storefront!

FACEBOOK GROUP: Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan Group

FACEBOOK PAGE: @diggingforkryptonitepod

INSTAGRAM: @diggingforkryptonitepod

TWITTER: @diggingforkrpod

BLUESKY: @diggingforkrpod.bsky.social

EMAIL: [email protected]

WEBSITE: FlatSquirrelProductions.com

Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Theme music by Dan Pritchard. Key art by Isaiah Simmons.

Mentioned in this episode:

Men of Steel Podcast

Hang On To Your Shorts Film Festival

This Podcast Will Never Die

Single Bound Podcast

Fat Moose Comics

Aw Yeah Comics

Host Anthony Desiato and guest Shawn Eastridge (Missing Frames podcast) dig into John Byrne's seminal 1986 miniseries THE MAN OF STEEL, which rebooted Superman for the Post-Crisis era. Anthony and Shawn break down all six issues and the changes they brought to Superman's origin, mythology, characterization, and supporting cast. On the verge of its 40th anniversary, how does THE MAN OF STEEL hold up today?

Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato, including the spinoff podcasts BEYOND METROPOLIS and DIGGING FOR JUSTICE!

Visit BCW Supplies and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies.

Get your DFK merch at the podcast's TeePublic storefront!

FACEBOOK GROUP: Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan Group

FACEBOOK PAGE: @diggingforkryptonitepod

INSTAGRAM: @diggingforkryptonitepod

TWITTER: @diggingforkrpod

BLUESKY: @diggingforkrpod.bsky.social

EMAIL: [email protected]

WEBSITE: FlatSquirrelProductions.com

Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Theme music by Dan Pritchard. Key art by Isaiah Simmons.

Mentioned in this episode:

Fat Moose Comics

Aw Yeah Comics

Always Hold On To Smallville

Hang On To Your Shorts Film Festival

Single Bound Podcast

This Podcast Will Never Die

Host Anthony Desiato begins digging into John Byrne's 1986-1988 tenure on the Superman titles — which redefined the character for the Post-Crisis era — by interviewing one of the people who was there: longtime DC Comics editor and returning podcast guest MIKE CARLIN.

But FIRST! In the prologue, Anthony welcomes back Sweet-Sweet Bernie Gerstmayr (Aw Yeah Comics - Skokie) to discuss the road to Byrne's seminal MAN OF STEEL miniseries.

PLUS: Anthony presents a pair of epilogue segments with veteran Pre-Crisis Superman fans — Rich Roney and Martin Gray (Too Dangerous... Review Blog) — who each received the reboot differently in 1986.

This is the first installment of a multi-episode event revisiting the entire Byrne era on Superman. Next week: The MAN OF STEEL miniseries!

Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato, including the spinoff podcasts BEYOND METROPOLIS and DIGGING FOR JUSTICE!

Visit BCW Supplies and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies.

Get your DFK merch at the podcast's TeePublic storefront!

FACEBOOK GROUP: Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan Group

FACEBOOK PAGE: @diggingforkryptonitepod

INSTAGRAM: @diggingforkryptonitepod

TWITTER: @diggingforkrpod

BLUESKY: @diggingforkrpod.bsky.social

EMAIL: [email protected]

WEBSITE: FlatSquirrelProductions.com

Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Theme music by Dan Pritchard. Key art by Isaiah Simmons.

Mentioned in this episode:

Hang On To Your Shorts Film Festival

This Podcast Will Never Die

Fat Moose Comics

Single Bound Podcast

Always Hold On To Smallville

Host Anthony Desiato presents a special interview with writer JOSHUA WILLIAMSON all about his current run on the ongoing SUPERMAN title, which has rebuilt the Metropolis supporting cast and explored new — potentially redemptive — avenues for Lex Luthor, Parasite, Silver Banshee, Doomsday, and Superboy Prime. Joshua discusses his Triangle Era influences, balancing continuity and story, and much more!

Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato, including the spinoff podcasts BEYOND METROPOLIS and DIGGING FOR JUSTICE!

Visit BCW Supplies and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies.

Get your DFK merch at the podcast's TeePublic storefront!

FACEBOOK GROUP: Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan Group

FACEBOOK PAGE: @diggingforkryptonitepod

INSTAGRAM: @diggingforkryptonitepod

TWITTER: @diggingforkrpod

BLUESKY: @diggingforkrpod.bsky.social

EMAIL: [email protected]

WEBSITE: FlatSquirrelProductions.com

Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Theme music by Dan Pritchard. Key art by Isaiah Simmons.

Mentioned in this episode:

Aw Yeah Comics

Fat Moose Comics

This Podcast Will Never Die

Single Bound Podcast

Hang On To Your Shorts Film Festival

Always Hold On To Smallville