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The most well know and recognized comic book in the history of comics was first published on April 18, 1938 (cover dated June 1938). Inside its pages the world was introduced to Superman, his alter ego Clark Kent as well as Lois Lane. They actually go on a date. It doesn’t go well. At all. Now, when I decided to do a post about the first appearance of Superman I suddenly realized I had never actually read Action Comics #1. I mean, I basically knew what happens in the Superman story in it. Because everyone who is even remotely a Superman fan talks about it.Read More →

Lois Lane

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At least that’s what it seems like lately. Did you know that there is a new Superman cartoon out on Max called My Adventures with Superman (TV Series 2023– )? It is adorable and very much centered around Lois Lane because it’s her adventures with Superman that are referred to in the title. The first season isn’t finished so I really don’t want to get into it yet other than to say if you can, check it out. Honestly, though, Superman fans are raving about it. What’s fascinating to me is that since it started I’ve run across several really good articles directly related toRead More →

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I make no secret about my love for Lois & Clark. I saved this one for Valentines Day because it makes me smile. So curl up with your super bestie. Or a good book. Both work.Read More →

Zack Synder Justice League

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My son and I watched it last weekend and I’m still processing just how good this was. So much so that while I want to do a post breaking down all my thoughts about it, it will probably be a long one. Possibly more than one post. And seriously filled with spoilers. So while that’s developing in my head and notes I did want to say something right away. This movie is absolutely fantastic. Does it have faults? Sure. It’s 4 hours long. How could it not have some slip in? However, the time flies because of how good it is so, really, not aRead More →

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I started out the week with several posts in the works. Then life took over. As a result, I haven’t had much time to work on anything much at all. So I decided to simply do an update post on what’s in the works. More or less. Godzilla, Godzilla, Godzilla For Mother’s Day my kids got me a two volume set of Godzilla movies from the 1990s/2000s. Since then my son and I have been working our way through them in chronological order, a couple at a time. It’s both fun and mind boggling. You wouldn’t think there would be a lot of variety in themRead More →

Superman

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I’ve been meaning to comment on this find for a long time and it keeps slipping through the cracks. Several years ago I ran across an article or link or something that led me to a site called the Fortress of Solitude Super Network. Bet ya can’t guess what it is all about about.  Anyway, one specific feature there blew… my… mind. I mean seriously blew me away. Apparently there is a lost comic from very early in the careers of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman. The Powers That Be would not let them publish it. Wonder why?   Well, theyRead More →

Superman

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I recently re-watched these two animated features back to back. I realized I like them both. Which got me to thinking. a little background Both are inspired by the DC Comics crossover trilogy of story arcs from the 1990s: “The Death of Superman” is divided into a trilogy of story arcs; the first is known as “Doomsday!”, which leads to Superman’s death at the hands of Doomsday. The second story arc, “Funeral for a Friend”, which focuses on the immediate aftermath of Superman’s death, began with The Adventures of Superman #498 (January 1993). The final story arc, “Reign of the Supermen!”,  began with a prologue in The Adventures of Superman #500 andRead More →

Superman

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Quick WOT update first. I finished Book 3 The Shadow Rising and started on Book 4 The Fires of Heaven after a weekend break. I’m working on a WOT related post where I interview my son about being a die-hard fan of the series but that’s on hold until I can pin him down to talk about it. Now on to one of my personal fan obsessions. (Although not as obsessed as he is about WOT.) I love this print and want it for Christmas! When I first ran across it I didn’t see the Dean Cain Superman so I passed over it. Then IRead More →

Superman

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Especially the ones from around the 1960s. Because ya just never know what you’ll find. Don’t get me wrong, there are truly great and also truly bad covers from all eras. He and his support cast have been around for going on 80 years now. But there’s just something about the truly wacky covers from the late 1950s through the early 1970s that seem to outdo all the others, especially when it comes to his relationship with Lois. For example: I mean, seriously, that’s just so cute and so whacky at the same time.Read More →

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When I see images like the following, I realize just how weird it was that the “comic book powers that be” thought it was OK to pair Superman with Wonder Woman for more than some kind of alternate reality. And how far he (Superman) has come. Thankfully. Will there probably be missteps in the future? Sure. But this, this is perfection.Read More →

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Okay, just for the record this post will probably contain some slight spoilers but, seriously, anyone who doesn’t have some idea of the major beats of this story has been living in a cave for the last three decades.  Anyway, my children got me these two videos for Mother’s Day. Boy, do they know their mother.  My son and I ended up watching it together on Mother’s Day and the only thing that really threw us was starting out with basically the New 52 Superman in The Death of Superman… who was hooked on and apparently dating Lois Lane. Not that we had any quibbleRead More →

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The family aspect of DC’s Superman is more prominent than ever thanks to “Rebirth” and the success of Super Sons, and it was almost going to be the premise of a Warner Bros. animated series. Long-time animation artist/director Vinton Heuck has shared artwork from Superman Family, an animated series he was pitching to Warner Bros. Animation. Heuck, who recently worked on Young Justice and is now working on DC Universe’s Harley Quinn, wanted to bring the Kent family to cartoons with a heaping helping of “crazy Silver Age stories” inspired by comic books of the past. Inside the SUPERMAN FAMILY Animated Series That Almost Was On the oneRead More →

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I make no secret of the fact that I love Lois & Clark/Superman. I also love a lot of different versions of the characters. But I have to say that these New Frontier retro versions of them are really special. I have the Justice League animated video of The New Frontier and I love that it’s so different so much that I don’t even care that Lois is only in it for a couple of scenes. So good. So when I saw these panels, I literally squeeged. Am I imagining it or would these make excellent Halloween costumes/cos-play? Read More →