Golden Age Superman

Apologies for the delays, but Golden Age Superman is here once again, and this time I am joined by Superman blogger Stephen Lacey of the World of Superman blog. This week, Superman gets an abusive ca…

This week, on Golden Age Superman, I am joined by good friend Donovan Morgan Grant of Amazing Spider-Man Classics and Clone Saga Chronicles.  Together, we take a look at Action Comics 19, the first o…

Thank you for downloading and listening to Golden Age Superman.  This week, World War II officially gets underway in Europe, and in Action Comics 18, Superman is confronted with the vile evils of bla…

This week on Golden Age Superman, it’s bunches of Superman stories in the first episode to have both the monthly and quarterly books in full effect.  In Superman 2, reprinting several stories from th…

School’s been keeping me busy, but in the face of all homework and paper deadlines, I once again have for you an episode of Golden Age Superman!  This week, in Action Comics 16, it’s back to social j…

Just a few days later than usual on this one, but here is the episode of Golden Age Superman, covering the two issues of Action Comics that were released in June.  (Why were there two?  Listen and al…

This is it.  This is the big one.  The premiere of Superman issue #1.  And to commemorate the event, I have brought together some of the best in Superman podcasting today — Michael Bailey and Jeffrey…

Welcome to a new era in Golden Age Superman, as I say goodbye to the days where Superman was only ever published in one book.  This week, I’ll be taking a look at Action Comics 12, where Superman dec…

Come and listen to a story about a man named …. um, Superman.  Something something something that rhymes with ood, and up through the ground came a bubblin’ crude.  Oil, that is.  Black gold.  Texas …

How do you feel about chain gangs? Superman hates them. But he doesn’t mind using the pain of prisoners along the way to taking one down.  It’s Action Comics 10 on this episode of Golden Age Superman…

It’s happy new year time here at Golden Age Superman as we say good bye to 1938 and hello to 1939, the year that saw Superman’s popularity begin to explode.  In addition to the detective antics of Ac…

Golden Age Superman is back, to close out Superman’s inaugural year with one of the greatest tales of the early area.  Superman meets some slum kids and helps them out by taking on the slums themselv…

Thank you for downloading Golden Age Superman.  This episode, I am joined by a special guest.  Hooray!  Say hello to Jeffrey Taylor of From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast.  He and I take a look…

Welcome back everyone to Golden Age Superman.  This episode, we are taking a look at Action Comics 6, published in October 1938, which sees Superman face down his own … personal manager??  It’s a cor…

Hello, and welcome again to Golden Age Superman.  This week, we’re taking a look at Action Comics 5, which is probably my favorite issue we’ve done so far.  The Superman story is a little shorter, bu…

Welcome back to Golden Age Superman.  This episode, in Action Comics 4, Superman decides to play football.  Yes, the champion of the oppressed is stopping thugs while potentially ruining a man’s life…

Welcome again to Golden Age Superman.  This episode, I spend a little time with Action Comics 3, which features Superman in costume for all of one panel.  The story is a pretty simple morality tale, …

Welcome back to Golden Age Superman.  This episode, we take a look at Action Comics 2, resolving last week’s “Oh, no, falling!” cliffhanger.  It’s a more standard episode length until we get to multi…

Welcome and thank you for checking out this new podcast on the Golden Age Superman.  Here, we’ll be covering every appearance of the character from Action Comics 1 forward.

In this first episode, I t…