The Superman Super Show!
The Superman Super Show is your gateway to the thrilling, action-packed world of Golden Age Superman! Join hosts Ed and Steeven—two regular guys separated by half the United States but united by their love of comics—as they embark on a mission to read and discuss every Superman story from the very beginning. Starting with Action Comics #1, they’re working through every Golden Age adventure, one story at a time.
From battling mad scientists and mobsters to unraveling wild pulp-fiction plots, each episode dives deep into these early Superman tales—breaking down the action, the artwork, and the sheer over-the-top fun of the era. Whether you're a longtime fan or discovering these stories for the first time, The Superman Super Show is here to bring you laughs, nostalgia, and plenty of superheroic excitement. So, put on your cape, tune in, and join the adventure!
Beginning April 7, 2025 - Golden Age Superman AND Post Crisis Superman episodes!
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 94
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Action Comics #12 (1939) | Superman Declares War on Reckless Drivers | 13
Superman breaks into a radio station, wrecks all the cars in a used car lot, destroys an automobile manufacturing facility, and kidnaps the mayor.
All this and so much more as Ed and Steeven talk abou…
Action Comics #11 (1938) | Superman and the 'Black Gold' Swindle | 12
A pair of unscrupulous businessmen try to swindle a group of regular folk who hold stock in an oil well.
That is until Superman has something to say about it.
Settle in as Ed and Steeven talk about Sup…
Action Comics #10 (1939) | Superman Goes to Prison | 11
Clark Kent gives up a source so that Superman can get himself arrested and make a few super questionable decisions in order to bring about prison reform.
All that and more as Ed and Steeven talk about…
Action Comics #9 (1938) | Wanted: Superman | 10
A super cop from out of town and a wily small-time crook team up to hunt down the most wanted man in the country: Superman!
All that and more (so much more) as Ed and Steeven talk about Wanted: Superm…
The Feedback Episode | 9
On this week's episode, Ed and Steeven face one of their most challenging tasks yet . . . responding to listener feedback!
Enjoy!
The Superman Super Show is a production of Steeven Orr Else Media. For …
Action Comics #8 (1938) | Superman in the Slums | 8
Superman helps a group of juvenile delinquents before destroying a community with his bare hands as the National Guard shoots at him, and the Air Force drop bombs atop him.
How did the story go from o…
Action Comics #7 (1938) | Superman Joins the Circus | 7
In order to keep a failing circus from falling into the hands of an unscrupulous businessman, Superman does what any super powered being would do.
He joins the circus!
But can he stop the big bad man f…
Action Comics #6 (1938) | Superman's Phoney Manager | 6
A man claiming to be Superman's manager has a deal for the Daily Star, Lois slips Clark a micky, and an actor in a Superman suit breaks his hand on Superman's jaw.
How does all this come to be?
Find ou…
Action Comics #5 (1938) | Superman and the Dam | 5
Lois tricks Clark so that she can get the scoop on a dam collapse before him, which gets Clark fired.
Can Superman save the town of Valleyho from certain disaster and save Clark's job at the same time…
Action Comics #4 (1938) | Superman Plays Football | 4
Superman kidnaps a college football player, keeps him bound and sedated, and then steals the man's identity.
All this and more as Ed and Steeven talk about the Superman story that appeared in Action C…
Action Comics #3 (1938) | Superman Battles Death Underground | 3
Superman teaches a wealthy mine owner a lesson by trapping him, and all of his rich friends, in his own mine.
All this and more as Ed and Steeven talk about the Superman story that appeared in Action …
Action Comics #2 (1938) | The War in San Monte | 2
Superman finds himself in the middle of a foreign war where he saves Lois from a firing squad and throws a soldier like a human javelin.
That's today as Ed and Steeven talk about the Superman story th…
Action Comics #1 (1938) | Champion of the Oppressed | 1
Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1, which was published by DC Comics on April 18, 1938.
84 years later comes The Superman Super Show!
In this double-sized first episode, your hosts, Steeven an…
Introducing: The Superman Super Show!
Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1, which was published by DC Comics on April 18, 1938.
84 years later comes The Superman Super Show!
Enjoy!
The Superman Super Show is a production of Steeven O…