The Superman Super Show!

The Super Guys celebrate 100 episodes by talking about "Superman Comes to Earth", the story that takes up the first 12 of the Superman Daily Newspaper Strips from 1939, which expands on Superman's Golden Age Origin.

Oh, and they also play a game!

Big thanks to all the listeners for helping us get to 100 episodes!

The first 12 of the Superman Daily Newspaper Strips were published in newspapers across the country from January 16 to January 28 of 1939.

Just Another Fanboy Episode 317: Steeven and Ed Play a Game - Audio Only

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Promos Used:

Magazines and Monsters

Infinite Earths: A Guide to the DC Multiverse

Mike's Comic Shop Road Show

Coffee and Comics

Campus Comics Cast

Marvel Star Wars From Empire to Jedi

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The Superman Super Show is a production of Steeven Orr Else Media. For more nerdy goodness like this episode, visit somanypodcasts.com.

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Mike's Amazing World of Comics

A series of suicides plague Metropolis, but Clark Kent believes that something nefarious is afoot and goes all out to investigate.

Does Superman even make an appearance in this one?

Find out now as Ed and Steeven jump into "The Suicide Murders", the second of four stories to appear in Superman #12 by Jerry Siegel and Leo Nowak.

Superman #12 was published by DC Comics in July of 1941.

The pre-show banter in this episode includes thoughts on the weather (of course), Monty Python movies, information about Episode 100, the book The Superman Wars by William Bernhardt, a couple of biographies about Robert E. Howard, and finally, fanzines (including Comics the Magazine).

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Promos Used:

Culture Trappin'

Another G.I. Joe Podcast

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics

Edit Your Pod - Podcast Editing Services

Digging For Kryptonite

Hither Came Conan

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The Superman Super Show is a production of Steeven Orr Else Media. For more nerdy goodness like this episode, visit somanypodcasts.com.

Got questions or comments? Drop us a line at [email protected].

If you enjoyed today’s episode, please consider leaving a rating or review on your favorite podcast platform—it really helps us reach more fans! And don’t forget: if you’d like early, ad‑free access to all our podcasts, join our exclusive subscription program, Steeven Orr Else Beyond. Start your free trial today at beyond.steevenorrelse.com.

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Mike's Amazing World of Comics

Clark and Lois take a cruise and are soon involved in the deadly machinations of a witch doctor on the mysterious Pogo Island.

How will Superman save the day this time!?

That's today as Ed and Steeven dive into "Peril on Pogo Island", the first of four stories to appear in Superman #12 by Jerry Siegel and Leo Nowak.

Superman #12 was published by DC Comics in July of 1941.

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Promos Used:

Another G.I. Joe Podcast

Play Comics

Infinite Earths: A Guide to the DC Multiverse

Hither Came Conan

Opal City Confidential: A Starman Podcast

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The Superman Super Show is a production of Steeven Orr Else Media. For more nerdy goodness like this episode, visit somanypodcasts.com.

Got questions or comments? Drop us a line at [email protected].

If you enjoyed today’s episode, please consider leaving a rating or review on your favorite podcast platform—it really helps us reach more fans! And don’t forget: if you’d like early, ad‑free access to all our podcasts, join our exclusive subscription program, Steeven Orr Else Beyond. Start your free trial today at beyond.steevenorrelse.com.

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Mike's Amazing World of Comics

Superman helps the victims of a train crash, then discovers that the track was sabotaged. When a second wreck occurs, the Daily Planet prints a scathing article about the train company's safety precautions. Superman observes the train company and learns that detective Sparky Waters has been hired to find the source of the sabotage.

That's today as Ed and Steeven dive into The Case of the Death Express, the Superman story from World's Finest Comics #3 by Jerry Siegel and Leo Nowak.

World's Finest Comics #3 was published by DC Comics in August of 1941.

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Promos Used:

Another G.I. Joe Podcast

Play Comics

Infinite Earths: A Guide to the DC Multiverse

Edit Your Pod - Podcast Editing Services

Opal City Confidential: A Starman Podcast

Hither Came Conan

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The Superman Super Show is a production of Steeven Orr Else Media. For more nerdy goodness like this episode, visit somanypodcasts.com.

Got questions or comments? Drop us a line at [email protected].

If you enjoyed today’s episode, please consider leaving a rating or review on your favorite podcast platform—it really helps us reach more fans! And don’t forget: if you’d like early, ad‑free access to all our podcasts, join our exclusive subscription program, Steeven Orr Else Beyond. Start your free trial today at beyond.steevenorrelse.com.

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Mike's Amazing World of Comics

Superman is hired by a billionaire to stop his out-of-control daughter from being out there on the town, spending all his money, drinking, gambling, fighting, and just generally making him look bad.

The billionaire is Morgan Thorgenson, his daughter is Nancy Thorgenson, and Superman will stop at nothing to accomplish his task... even kidnapping!

That's today as Ed and Steeven dive into "The Billionaire's Daughter", the Superman story from Action Comics #40 by Jerry Siegel and John Sikela.

Action Comics #40 was published by DC Comics in July of 1941.

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Promos Used:

Edit Your Pod

Infinite Earths: A Guide to the DC Multiverse

Another G.I. Joe Podcast

Pop Culture Basement

Play Comics

Hither Came Conan

Opal City Confidential: A Starman Podcast

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The Superman Super Show is a production of Steeven Orr Else Media. For more nerdy goodness like this episode, visit somanypodcasts.com.

Got questions or comments? Drop us a line at [email protected].

If you enjoyed today’s episode, please consider leaving a rating or review on your favorite podcast platform—it really helps us reach more fans! And don’t forget: if you’d like early, ad‑free access to all our podcasts, join our exclusive subscription program, Steeven Orr Else Beyond. Start your free trial today at beyond.steevenorrelse.com.

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Mike's Amazing World of Comics

We're doing something a little bit different today, folks.

All the information is in the episode:

After more reboots than popsicle sticks in the Potomac, Steeven Orr Else is back for one more try with an odd amalgamation of comic book critiques, movie musings, and pop culture ponderings that were recorded at various points for various shows over the last 20 years.

In this episode you will be baffled and more than a little amazed to be listening to the following segments:

A Look at John Byrne's first Fantastic Four issue #232 published by Marvel Comics in April, 1981. (Originally published in the second incarnation of the Steeven Orr Else podcast Episode 1 from July 22, 2019)

A fake ad for The Comics Value Team. (Originally published in the third incarnation of the Steeven Orr Else podcast Episode 2 from April 29, 2025)

Real Bacon or Turkey Bacon? (Originally published in the first incarnation of the Steeven Orr Else podcast Episode 4 from September 24, 2018)

The Annual Binge-Watching Championship. (Originally published in the second incarnation of the Steeven Orr Else podcast Episode 2 from September 13, 2018)

A Look at Bug! The Adventures of Forager published by DC Comics in May, 2018. (Originally published in the first incarnation of the Steeven Orr Else podcast Episode 1 from September 6, 2018)

I Learn Something New Everyday: Conan Was a King First! (Originally published in the second incarnation of the Steeven Orr Else podcast Episode 1 from July 22, 2019)

My Honda Street Racer. (Originally published in the first incarnation of the Steeven Orr Else podcast Episode 4 from September 24, 2018)

Audio Clips Used:

IT Crowd | Series Four, Episode 5: Bad Boys (July 23, 2010)

Scrubs | Season 2, Episode 2: My Nightingale (October 3, 2002)

The Theme Song to Facts of Life Season 2 (1980–81)

Drinkin'stein by Sylvester Stallone from the movie Rhinestone (1984)

Promos Used:

Hither Came Conan

V for Vendetta on Magazines and Monsters

Mike's Comic Shop Roadshow

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Today on The Superman Super Show, your intrepid hosts Ed and Steeven crack open Action Comics #39 and race headlong into a tale of science gone sour, secrets that burn, and a mystery that chills the blood with The Radioactive Man!

From the shadowed halls of Chalmers Laboratories to the graveyard’s moonlit stones, a devasting experiment leaves a scientist presumed dead — only to return as a hooded, bullet-proof terror whose very touch spells doom.

When a night watchman is found dead with radium burns and Sergeant Casey points an accusing finger at Superman, Clark Kent must don the cape and clear the name of the city’s greatest hope. But nothing's as it seems. 

Will Superman unmask the glowing fiend before Metropolis is plunged into panic?

I mean, probably.

Action Comics #39 was published by DC Comics in June of 1941.

The Superman Super Show is a production of Steeven Orr Else Media. For more nerdy goodness like this episode, visit somanypodcasts.com.

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Mike's Amazing World of Comics

Ladies and gentlemen, gather round your radio because tonight's broadcast crackles with danger, deception, and the thunderous flap of a cape as Ed and Steeven take a look at The Plot of Count Begac, the fourth and final Superman tale from Superman #11!

When mild-mannered Clark Kent rescues department-store heiress Patricia Randall, he stumbles into a web of fraud, false brides, and a Count with a smile like a razor. Hearts race, pearls vanish, a speeding roadster tumbles off a cliff, and only one man can save the day.

Superman! 

What can you expect from this episode?

How about leaping narration, breathless asides, and more cliffhangers than a skyscraper skyline?

You want more?

Well, we also got a staged engagement that hands corporate control to a crook, a chandelier-perched hero nicking the evidence, and a daring mid-air rescue from a scheming gang’s “sky vessel.”

But wait, there's more!

Perry White gruffs and rips up copy, Clark fights for justice (and maybe a little recognition), and the truth (like lightning) strikes the conspirators down. 

The Plot of Count Bergac is equal parts pulpy romance, high-flying action, and golden-age melodrama, all served with the Ed and Steeven's affectionate, witty commentary.

If you like your heroes square-jawed, your plots twisty, and your endings theatrical, Episode 94 is pure, crackling radio gold.

Superman #11 was published by DC Comics in May of 1941.

The Superman Super Show is a production of Steeven Orr Else Media. For more nerdy goodness like this episode, visit somanypodcasts.com.

Got questions or comments? Drop us a line at [email protected].

If you enjoyed today’s episode, please consider leaving a rating or review on your favorite podcast platform—it really helps us reach more fans! And don’t forget: if you’d like early, ad‑free access to all our podcasts, join our exclusive subscription program, Steeven Orr Else Beyond. Start your free trial today at beyond.steevenorrelse.com.

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Mike's Amazing World of Comics

This episode is a holiday blockbuster: plane crashes, jungle islands, and nine mysterious dwarfs collide with wartime sacrifice as Lois & Clark tumble into a plot that forces Superman to turn wrecked warplanes into toys to save Christmas.

Expect edge-of-your-seat heroics, pulp-era propaganda, and a bittersweet, snow-streaked finale where Santa, Superman, and a commandeered freighter race time itself to deliver hope to a world at war.

Tune in for a loud, heartfelt two-handed punch of nostalgia and wartime grit — this is Christmas, Golden-Age style, dialed up to eleven.

Superman's Christmas Adventure #2 was published by DC Comics in December of 1944.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

The Superman Super Show is a production of Steeven Orr Else Media. For more nerdy goodness like this episode, visit somanypodcasts.com.

Got questions or comments? Drop us a line at [email protected].

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Mike's Amazing World of Comics

In this episode of The Superman Super Show, Ed and Steeven dive into one of Metropolis’s darkest criminal conspiracies — a case so bizarre, so sprawling, and so brutal that it stretches from hospital wards in the city to the cliffside tribes of South America. It begins like any nightmare: victims collapsing within minutes, skin turning yellow, their minds slipping into panic before death closes in. A 100% fatality rate — and no clues. Or so it seems. 

When a dying man gasps a single word — Chirroba — the investigation cracks open. Suddenly Clark and Lois find themselves drawn into a deadly web involving a cult of witch doctors, starved wolves, sabotage, and gangsters hiding behind tribal power. Even the police are forced into violence as the plague drives ordinary people to attack with axes, leaving officers no choice but to “put them down.” 

As Steeven and Ed dig through the evidence, they uncover the shocking truth: the outbreak wasn’t natural at all. 

From violent outbreaks to dynamite murders, from deception to a desperate chase for the cure, this is a case file unlike anything Metropolis has ever seen. And only one man can bring the criminals to justice — even if he has to drill through the Earth, fling wolves about by the tail, or retrieve a kidnapped prince chained in a cave full of snakes to do it. 

This is The Yellow Plague from Superman #11: conspiracy, murder, and mystery at Golden Age speed. Tune in… if you think you can handle the truth.

Superman #11 was published by DC Comics in May of 1941.

The Superman Super Show is a production of Steeven Orr Else Media. For more nerdy goodness like this episode, visit somanypodcasts.com.

Got questions or comments? Drop us a line at [email protected].

If you enjoyed today’s episode, please consider leaving a rating or review on your favorite podcast platform—it really helps us reach more fans! And don’t forget: if you’d like early, ad‑free access to all our podcasts, join our exclusive subscription program, Steeven Orr Else Beyond. Start your free trial today at beyond.steevenorrelse.com.

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Mike's Amazing World of Comics