The House of El: A Superman, Smallville & DCU Podcast

This week it’s our big 125th episode with special guest and friend of the show Michael Bailey from the Views From the Longbox podcast and the Superman Homepage podcast, Crisis to Crisis. Steve and Michael talk Comic-Con, what came out and what’s to come, before delving into an amazing conversation spanning 70 years of the mythos of Superman.

Even though this one was done a few days before Comic-Con – we’ve still got the all the news that’s fit to…speak. Details on the first two episodes of Smallville season nine that airs September 25th on The CW, and a lot more headlines!

June 26, 2009 – This Week On SHoE – It’s the future of SHoE! Steve takes the reigns as the new host and the show is in good hands. – starting out with an all new interview from National Best Seller Kevin J. Anderson about his two Superman themed novels, as well as news on Comic Con and season nine.

May 14, 2009 – The second in our series of Doomsday interview is Cassidy Freeman. One of the newest starts on the show, Cassidy discusses how she got the role of Tess Mercer, what this season has meant for her and her character, the events of Doomsday, and some personal hopes on what’s to come.

May 14, 2009 – Here’s the first in our series of Doomsday interviews, with Jimmy Olsen himself, Aaron Ashmore. Find out about the character’s death & exactly how long it had been planned. *NOTE* Some major technical difficulties occurred during this one; it clears up.

May 14, 2009 – Rokk returns from the 31st Century and informs Clark that Doomsday will kill him, and gives him a new Legion ring to transport Doomsday to the future. Instead, Clark decides to use black kryptonite to split Davis from Doomsday, and bury the beast a mile underground. Tess confronts Lois about stealing the Kryptonian orb, but as the two fight, Lois finds the Legion ring and is transported to another time in history. When Davis starts to change, Chloe uses the black kryptonite to split him herself. Clark battles Doomsday in the streets of Metropolis and manages to bury Doomsday, as planned, using explosives to seal the tunnel. Davis stabs Jimmy when he realizes that Chloe still loves Jimmy, but before he dies Jimmy impales Davis on a metal rod. Clark tells Chloe that it is human-learned emotions that have caused him the most trouble, and vows that “Clark Kent is dead”; the orb returns to Tess and releases Zod. This Week On SHoE – The upside to waiting a month to get this one out is we have a lot to talk about with season nine, the downside is, you’ve forgotten everything that happened in the season finale, right? Well not to worry, Steve and Derek are here with all the showdowns, betrayals and twists.

May 7, 2009 – Tess gathers a team of meteor-infected individuals to track Doomsday so that she can give Clark his location, and hopefully convince him to kill Doomsday. One of Tess’ team members pretends to be Chloe in order to trick Clark into killing Doomsday. Instead, Tess learns that Clark plans to use black kryptonite to split Davis from his Doomsday persona, and send the beast into the Phantom Zone. As a result, Tess steals the crystal that opens the Phantom Zone and destroys it, all at the request from a disembodied voice claiming to be from Kandor that emanates from the Kryptonian orb she has. Tess informs Clark that now he has no choice but to kill Doomsday. Meanwhile, Oliver confesses to Clark that he killed Lex, which forces Clark to question who Oliver has become if he’s willing to take another man’s life. This Week On SHoE – Derek begins to wrap up season eight with the next to the last episode, “Injustice.” Not only that but there’s a lot of email to go over, our countdown to the finale and a huge spoiler filled guide to episode 8×22 with all the spoilers that have come out.

April 30, 2009 – Clark begins to suspect that Davis is alive, and when the Metropolis police issue a manhunt for Davis, whom they believe to be a local serial killer, Chloe decides it would be best if they both just left Smallville. Clark informs Chloe that he can send Davis to the Phantom Zone using the crystal from the Fortress of Solitude; hearing this, Chloe lies and tells Clark she thinks Davis could be in Alaska. Clark finds Davis in the process of killing Oliver, but he intervenes and takes Davis to the Fortress. Clark uses the crystal to open the Phantom Zone, but Chloe arrives, removes the crystal, and chastises Clark for giving up on Davis. Chloe and Davis leave the Fortress and Smallville, going off the grid so that Clark and Oliver can not track them. This Week On SHoE – Steve and Derek reunite to discuss Doomsday in detail, not only the season finale but the character himself. Not only that but we’ve got news and a trailer for the finale, plus our in-depth look at “Beast” and spoilers for “Injustice”! This is a packed episode you won’t want to miss.

April 23, 2009 – After saving Chloe from a carjacker, who turns out to be local mobster, Bruno Mannheim, Lois takes on the superhero persona of “Stiletto”, which she uses to get closer to the Red-Blue Blur and convince him to give an interview to “Lois Lane”. Jimmy is enlisted to take photos of Lois in her Stiletto costume, but his camera is taken by the mobster, who wants revenge on Stiletto. Clark goes looking for Stiletto, in an effort to track down Chloe’s laptop that contains files on Oliver and his team, and discovers that Lois is Stiletto. After lecturing her on faking a story, he tracks down the laptop but is incapacitated by kryptonite. Lois arrives just in time to save Clark. In the end, Lois receives a call from the Red-Blue Blur who informs her that she does not need to fake stories to be a good reporter, and when he is ready to come out to the world she will be the first to know. This Week On SHoE – Staring down the barrel at only four episodes left this season, “Stiletto” doesn’t disappoint at all! Check out our in-depth discussion, plus we talk about the season 8 DVD release read your emails. Fun for the whole family!

April 2, 2009 – After doing some research, Tess informs Davis that he crash landed to Earth in 1989, during the Smallville meteor shower, alongside another boy. She tells Davis that he and Clark Kent are destined to fight and kill each other, and that Clark cannot accept his role as Earth’s savior until he kills Davis. Davis remembers that he was hurt by kryptonite as a child, and has Chloe lock him in a tank and drown him in a kryptonite solution until he dies. Tess tries to convince Clark that she knows who he is, and her theory about his needing to kill Davis, but she fails. In the end, Davis returns to life and is now immune to kryptonite; he informs Chloe that her presence is the only thing that keeps Doomsday at bay. It is also revealed that Tess is in possession of the Kryptonian orb that took Clark’s powers. This Week On SHoE – Just wanted to give you all a little something before “Stiletto” airs, so here is our episode for “Eternal”. We’ve got news on the season 8 DVD, and a possible season 10!? Plus a full review of “Eternal”, your emails, spoilers, and more!