Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan Journey

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Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan Journey episodes

November 10 KNEEL BEFORE ZOD & KINGDOM OF ZOD (Plus: DC Studios Shocker!)
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Sweet-Sweet Bernie Gerstmayr (Aw Yeah Comics) dig into the 2024 miniseries KNEEL BEFORE ZOD by Joe Casey & Dan McDaid and the 2026 Super-titles event "Kingdom of Zod." Episode contains SPOILERS for both recent stories!
Anthony & Bernie discuss how quickly Zod's status quo — ruling New Kandor with Ursa & Lor-Zod and caring for the Kandorians in stasis — was cast aside for a more basic, warmongering take, as well as Zod's dubious plot against Earth & the Super-Family.
PLUS: Ralph Puma (Kill Me Kate) joins Anthony for a special prologue reacting to the shocking news of James Gunn & Peter Safran stepping down from DC Studios!
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
Rick Reason
This Podcast Will Never Die
The Pop Break
Fat Moose Comics
Long Live the Legion
1 hr 54 min
November 03 The ONE TRUE ZOD in the Modern Era — LAST SON & Beyond!
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Logan Crowley (Single Bound) dig into the "one, true Zod" reintroduced by Geoff Johns, Richard Donner, & Adam Kubert in ACTION COMICS following Infinite Crisis: the Kryptonian military leader who attempted a coup and was banished to the Phantom Zone with Ursa and Non.
Anthony & Logan discuss that 2006-2008 "Last Son" comic book arc — along with Zod's role in the New Krypton Saga, his New 52 origin, a Rebirth-era trilogy spanning SUICIDE SQUAD, ACTION COMICS, & HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS, and the Zod/El alliance forged during the Bendis run. They also address key multimedia adaptations during this era, including SMALLVILLE, Zack Snyder's MAN OF STEEL, and Syfy's KRYPTON.
NEXT WEEK: The podcast's Zod trilogy culminates with the 2024 miniseries KNEEL BEFORE ZOD and the just-concluded "Kingdom of Zod" event. Be there, or KNEEL!
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:
Long Live the Legion
The Pop Break
Aw Yeah Comics
This Podcast Will Never Die
Fat Moose Comics
Rick Reason
1 hr 41 min
October 29 Batman: THE LAST HALLOWEEN (Plus! Batman & Robin: YEAR ONE) - Lighting the Bat-Signal: A Batman Fan Journey
Host Anthony Desiato presents a special Halloween double-header! First, Anthony and guest Bill Maio shine a light on the conclusion of The Long Halloween Saga — BATMAN THE LONG HALLOWEEN: THE LAST HALLOWEEN — by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale, and a host of artists paying tribute to the late Sale.
Two-Face, Gilda Dent, and Mario Falcone are at the center of a new mystery that involves Gotham's "Freaks" getting shot & wounded on holidays . . . but does the story hold together here? Episode contains SPOILERS!
THEN! Anthony welcomes back guest Mike Sangregorio to break down another recent look at the budding Dynamic Duo: the 2024-2025 maxiseries BATMAN & ROBIN: YEAR ONE by Mark Waid & Chris Samnee. They discuss the excellent character work involving Bruce, Dick, & Alfred, compelling new villain The General, abrupt pivot to [spoiler], and more.
Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato!
Visit BCW Supplies and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies.
Join the conversation on the social media channels for parent podcast Digging for Kryptonite:
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
Lighting the Bat-Signal is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Isaiah Simmons. Theme music by Kill Me Kate.
Mentioned in this episode:
Rick Reason
ComicsCCstudio
Aw Yeah Comics
Fat Moose Comics
Always Hold On To Smallville
1 hr 44 min
October 27 ZOD in the Silver & Bronze Ages vs. POST-CRISIS "Zods"
Host Anthony Desiato presents a special Zod double-feature! First, Anthony and guest Martin Gray (Too Dangerous for a Girl) chart General Zod's evolution in the Pre-Crisis era — including his Silver Age debut in a Superboy tale, iconic depiction by Terence Stamp in SUPERMAN II, and starring turn in the late Bronze Age miniseries THE PHANTOM ZONE.
THEN! Anthony and guest Perry Constantine (Superhero Cinephiles) dig into the various Post-Crisis "interim" Zods — including John Byrne's pocket universe Zod, Lord Nor from LOIS & CLARK, Jax-Ur from SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, the Zod of Pokolistan from Joe Kelly's ACTION COMICS, and the Zod of "For Tomorrow" by Brian Azzarello & Jim Lee.
This is the first part of a Zod trilogy charting the character across time & media. NEXT WEEK: the "one, true Zod" of the modern era!
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
Long Live the Legion
Aw Yeah Comics
Rick Reason
The Pop Break
ComicsCCstudio
This Podcast Will Never Die
Single Bound Podcast
Fat Moose Comics
2 hr 21 min
October 20 LANA LANG — The Best of Smallville Across Time & Media
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Tim Bruns dig into the character of Lana Lang across time & media — including her Pre-Crisis comic book roots, Post-Crisis reinvention, formative on-screen depicitons in SUPERMAN III, SMALLVILLE, and SUPERMAN & LOIS, and current status as Superwoman and the wife of John Henry Irons.
This episode is dedicated to the memory of audience member Lorenzo Valdes. In a special prologue, Anthony and guest Tyler Patrick (Krypton Report) remember Lorenzo's engagement and enthusiasm over the years. "Clana forever and always."
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:
The Pop Break
Rick Reason
Aw Yeah Comics
Fat Moose Comics
Single Bound Podcast
Long Live the Legion
Always Hold On To Smallville
This Podcast Will Never Die
ComicsCCstudio
1 hr 55 min
October 15 Batman: DARK VICTORY & Catwoman: WHEN IN ROME - Lighting the Bat-Signal: A Batman Fan Journey
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Javi Trujillo (The Comic Binge) shine a light on the middle chapters of The Long Halloween Saga — BATMAN: DARK VICTORY and CATWOMAN: WHEN IN ROME — by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale.
They discuss new holiday serial killer The Hangman, Dick Grayson's surprisingly minimal but impactful presence, Selina's true parentage & side quest in Rome, Riddler's evolution, and more.
Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato!
Visit BCW Supplies and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies.
Join the conversation on the social media channels for parent podcast Digging for Kryptonite:
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
Lighting the Bat-Signal is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Isaiah Simmons. Theme music by Kill Me Kate.
Mentioned in this episode:
Fat Moose Comics
Rick Reason
Aw Yeah Comics
Always Hold On To Smallville
ComicsCCstudio
1 hr 18 min
October 13 Pitching SMALLVILLE: THE ANIMATED SERIES (25 Years of Smallville!)
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Zach Moore (Always Hold On To Smallville) celebrate the 25-year anniversary of SMALLVILLE — which premiered on The WB on 10/16/01 — by pitching THEIR versions of an animated series!
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
This Podcast Will Never Die
ComicsCCstudio
Rick Reason
Single Bound Podcast
The Pop Break
Long Live the Legion
2 hr 13 min
October 06 The Complete SUPER SONS by Peter Tomasi
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Shawn Eastridge (Missing Frames) dig into the complete SUPER SONS run from writer Peter Tomasi.
They discuss the initial SUPER SONS ongoing with art by Jorge Jiménez — featuring Kid Amazo and the "Super Sons of Tomorrow" crossover — subsequent maxiseries ADVENTURES OF THE SUPER SONS with art by Carlo Barberi, and digital-first miniseries CHALLENGE OF THE SUPER SONS with art by Max Raynor.
Anthony & Shawn celebrate the characters of Jon Kent/Superboy & Damian Wayne/Robin and the odd couple dynamic they share — but how did the stories themselves hold up? And how does this run fit into the aging-up-Jon debate? As always, it's a journey!
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:
Rick Reason
The Pop Break
Always Hold On To Smallville
ComicsCCstudio
Long Live the Legion
Aw Yeah Comics
Fat Moose Comics
Single Bound Podcast
This Podcast Will Never Die
1 hr 29 min
October 01 Batman: THE LONG HALLOWEEN in Comics & Animation - Lighting the Bat-Signal: A Batman Fan Journey
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Ryan Lower (The Batman Book Club) shine a light on Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale's original Gotham City epic — BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, now in its 30th anniversary year — along with the two-part animated film adaptation.
They discuss the story's role in their personal Bat fandoms, its ties to BATMAN: YEAR ONE, whether the mystery payoff satisfies, the effectiveness of the art and the holiday setting, how the series inspired THE DARK KNIGHT, and more.
Don't miss the podcast's coverage of BATMAN: DARK VICTORY (along with CATWOMAN: WHEN IN ROME) in just two weeks!
Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato!
Visit BCW Supplies and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies.
Join the conversation on the social media channels for parent podcast Digging for Kryptonite:
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
Lighting the Bat-Signal is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Isaiah Simmons. Theme music by Kill Me Kate.
Mentioned in this episode:
Rick Reason
Fat Moose Comics
ComicsCCstudio
Always Hold On To Smallville
Aw Yeah Comics
1 hr 23 min
September 29 SUPERBOY-PRIME 101 — Origin, Infinite Crisis Heel Turn, & Redemption Arc
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Ralph Puma (Kill Me Kate) dig into the decades-long saga of Superboy-Prime — the "real-world" Clark Kent with the powers of Superman – across his CRISIS-era introduction, villainous reinvention during INFINITE CRISIS, time as an event-hopping DCU antagonist, and current redemption tour under the pen of writer Joshua Williamson.
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:
ComicsCCstudio
The Pop Break
Rick Reason
This Podcast Will Never Die
Fat Moose Comics
Aw Yeah Comics
Always Hold On To Smallville
Single Bound Podcast
Long Live the Legion
1 hr 54 min

About Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan Journey

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Host Anthony Desiato (My Comic Shop History) takes flight with an ongoing podcast series exploring Superman! Digging for Kryptonite is an examination of Krypton's Last Son across time and media, with…