179: Joe's Comics Corner: Superman Birthright

Show Notes provided by Joe Peluso:

Spoken in disgust by Superman to Lex Luthor from the classic film Superman: The Movie."You diseased maniac." Yes, it's a great line. But as Keith points out in this new Mint episode, it's also a reverential line delivered by Supes to Lex in Mark Waid and Leinil Francis Yu's, "Superman: Birthright". The 2003 iteration of The Man of Steel's origin that pays homage to the past while propelling The Last Son of Krypton into the future.
Join your hosts Keith Tarnowski and Joe as they do a deep dive into the 12-issue maxi-series that would spark interest and controversy when it hit the local comic shops twenty years ago. Was this most recent retelling, of arguably the world's most famous fictional character fresh, or was it an Earl Scheib $99.95 auto paint job? (Got a feeling only Richie Garofalo and I know that reference?)
As the boys examine this work, pop-culture references both pertinent and paradoxical abound. Strap in folks for a lively hour of Superman lore--and if I may coin a new term--"explosive headcanon". This one has it all!