Supermansplaining

Denis and David dive deep into the event of all events, X-Men: The Age of Apocalypse!

X-Men Alpha starts with Bishop wandering this strange, new world!

Amazing X-Men #1 sees a plan to save some humans with Sentinels!

Astonishing X-Men #1 sees Blink and Sunfire deliver bad news about Chicago! And nobody likes Gambit!

Factor X #1 shows the Summers Brothers being Apocalypse's right-hand men!

Gambit and the X-Ternals #1 has Gambit and his crew Robin Hooding around!

Generation Next #1 is a team where Shadowcat and Colossus train a group of young mutants by trying to kill them!

Weapon X #1 comprises of Logan and Jean going on a mission for the Human High Council!

X-Calibre #1 reveals Nightcrawler on a special mission from Magneto! (Not that he's the only one)

X-Man #1 debuts Nate Grey- the coolest guy ever!

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In Superman #7 Superman gets stepped on a lot by Rampage!

In Adventures of Superman #430 Clark Kent is missing deadlines because of his second job as Superman!

Action Comics #590 sees a giant Chemo version of Superman battle the Metal Men!

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Denis and David talk about the 50th anniversary facsimile treasury comic with the first crossover between Superman and Spider-Man!

Who is more powerful? Who has the best girlfriend? Who has the worst boss? Listen and find out!

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Action Comics Annual #7 Year One Superman goes to the moon and has space adventures!

Adventures of Superman Annual #7 Year One Superman fights Bruno Mannheim! But more importantly, Year One Turpin fights Kalibak!

Superman Annual #7 Year One Superman joins forces with Doctor Occult!

Superman The Man of Steel Annual #4 Year One Superman struggles with his identity! We also see the origin of the post-Crisis Justice League!

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Action Comics #710 sees Lois Lane get blown up!

Superman: The Man of Steel #45 Superman pulls a Spider-Man and destroys his costume! Saying "Superman, No More!"

Superman #101 it looks like Conduit is winning in his battle versus Clark Kent/Superman! Or is he?

Adventures of Superman #524 Superman hides out under a new identity as a lumberjack! Only to end up back in high school!

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Action Comics #710 has Superman fight Metallo! Lois gets exploded!

Superman Man of Steel #45 has Superman no more!

Superman #101 the Kents go into hiding under new names and identities!

Adventures of Superman #524 Clark comes out of hiding and ends up in high school!

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Superman #6 sees Superman defeat the Giant Robot Mummy!

Adventures of Superman #429 Superman fights a new baddie named Concussion! But the real battle is Cat Grant's divorce and estranged son!

Action Comics #589 Superman teams up with the Green Lanterns! And what's this? Has to deal with the repercussions of something he threw in space??? That can't be right!

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David talks at length about modern-day Superman comics, including DC's new event- DC K.O.!

Superman Man of Steel #44 Superman destroys Perry White's classic car! And apparently, Clark Kent and Brian Fies have the same editor! Read more about it here:

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Superman #100 Clark Kent is Dead! Don't tell Superman! This is a big issue for Kenny Braverman aka Conduit!

Adventures of Superman #523 Ma and Pa Kent are in danger! If only their son Clark weren't dead!

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No Superman this time around, for the spooky season Denis gets to talk about one of his favorite cartoonists- Richard Sala and the book, The Chuckling Whatsit!

Lots of strange characters and even stranger goings on in this tale involving murder, astrologists, and handcrafted dolls!

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Superman #5 sees the Mummy strike! Or is it a robot?

Adventures of Superman #428 sees the first appearance of characters like Bibbo Bibbowski and Jerry White! We also learn Perry White cares more about the truth than his family!

Superman and Hawkman in Action Comics #588 requires some diving into Hawkman comics- what's his deal? Also, sci-fi space battles!

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