Host Anthony Desiato digs into dawn of the Superman titles' famed "Triangle Era" as "Crisis 'Til Death" continues! In Part V, Anthony and guest Scott Honig discuss the storylines "Dark Knight Over Metropolis," "Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite" (featuring the engagement of Lois & Clark), "Time and Time Again," and "Mark of the Krypton Man." This episode covers SUPERMAN #44-59, ACTION #653-669, ADVENTURES #466-482, and MAN OF STEEL #1-3, featuring the work of Jerry Ordway, Dan Jurgens, Roger Stern, Louise Simonson, Jon Bogdanove, and more. "Crisis 'Til Death" runs WEEKLY, so come back in 1 week for Part VI!

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Host Anthony Desiato digs into the post-Byrne era of the Superman titles as "Crisis 'Til Death" continues! In Part IV, Anthony and guest Scott Honig discuss the psychologically-tinged tales "Exile" and "Day of the Krypton Man." This episode covers SUPERMAN #23-43, ACTION #643-652 and Annual #2, and ADVENTURES #445-465, featuring the work of Jerry Ordway, Dan Jurgens, Roger Stern, and more. "Crisis 'Til Death" runs WEEKLY, so come back in 1 week for Part V!

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Host Anthony Desiato digs into 1988's short-lived Ruby-Spears Superman cartoon as "Crisis 'Til Death" continues! In Part III, Anthony and guest Jeremy Frutkin dive deep into one of the lesser-known entries in the Superman canon, a 13-episode animated series (simply titled SUPERMAN) that aired on CBS during the character's 50th anniversary year and featured a surprising amalgam of prior depictions. Also: a longtime action figure mystery is solved. "Crisis 'Til Death" runs WEEKLY, so come back in 1 week for Part IV!

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Host Anthony Desiato digs into the John Byrne-era ACTION COMICS and ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN as "Crisis 'Til Death" continues! In Part II, Anthony and guest Bernie Gerstmayr discuss Byrne's run on ACTION COMICS (#584-600), which functioned as a team-up series that introduced Superman and readers to the Post-Crisis DCU, as well as Marv Wolfman and Jerry Ordway's run on ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (#424-444), which developed supporting cast members such as Gangbuster, Prof. Emil Hamilton, and Cat Grant. "Crisis 'Til Death" runs WEEKLY, so come back in 1 week for Part III!

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Host Anthony Desiato begins an epic 8-part deep dive into the period of Superman history from 1986 to 1993, aka the post-CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS relaunch through the Death and Return of Superman! In Part I, Anthony and guest Dan Greenfield (13thDimension.com) dig into writer/artist John Byrne's run on the SUPERMAN title, which spanned issues #1-22 and pitted the Man of Steel against Metallo, the billionaire industrialist iteration of Lex Luthor, and a trio of pocket-universe Kryptonian villains (with fateful results). "Crisis 'Til Death" runs WEEKLY, so come back in 1 week for Part II!

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Host Anthony Desiato digs into the 2004-2005 Superman storyline "For Tomorrow" (by Brian Azzarello and Jim Lee) with real-life pastor Craig Higgins. Anthony and Craig also discuss the religious parallels generally between Superman certain biblical figures, namely, Moses and Jesus.

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Host Anthony Desiato shares a personal story about how Superman (specifically, a poignant moment from the pilot episode of the CW television series SUPERMAN & LOIS) inspired a recent career move. Featuring returning guest Jeremy Frutkin.

Host Anthony Desiato digs into the morality and ethical duty of Superman with guest Rich Wagner (Heroes Homebase Podcast). What are the ways Superman has inspired us? How can we reconcile his position as a paragon of virtue with his dishonesty toward Lois and execution of Zod? How far SHOULD the character go in the use of his powers? Specific stories discussed include SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE, SUPERMAN: PEACE ON EARTH, Zack Snyder's MAN OF STEEL, the 90s "King of the World" storyline, and more.

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Host Anthony Desiato digs into JUSTICE IS GRAY, the black-and-white edition of ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE, with guest Justin De Voe (@reallifelobo). A more immersive and intimate presentation, the B&W version of the film highlights key onscreen details and proves visually striking. Topics discussed include the emotional pieces of Clark's resurrection in the film, the powerful meaning of comics generally for Justin, and more. Warning: episode contains explicit language.

PLUS! Anthony and Justin discuss the 2020 animated movie SUPERMAN: MAN OF TOMORROW on the Patreon bonus show, available at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato.

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Host Anthony Desiato and guest Bernie Gerstmayr dig into the Bronze Age of Superman (1970-1985), which marked a pivot from the Silver Age into more grounded, introspective stories and featured Clark Kent as a TV news anchor. Stories discussed include Denny O'Neil's landmark "Kryptonite Nevermore," Elliot S! Maggin's "Must There Be a Superman?", and Alan Moore's "For the Man Who Has Everything." This is the final installment in a podcast trilogy diving into the Pre-Crisis Superman.