Golden Age Superman

Merry Christmas and happy holidays, everyone! I am back for this Christmas season to look at a Superman promo comic that was released around this time in 1940. Joining me all the way from England is Andrew Leyland of Hey Kids Comics and Fantasticast podcasting fame! So join us for some talk about Superman, Christmas […]

I’m following my new format this episode, separating off discussion of real world and contemporary comics, as well as all Other Media adventures of Superman into their own episode here. In the daily strips, a new adventure begins as Superman sets out to help change the life of the meekest man in the world. The […]

After another of my now regular hiatuses, I am back to discuss Action Comics 33 with my good friend Charlie Niemeyer. We’ll be looking at Jack Burnley’s penultimate story of his fabled run on the book, featuring a will, a lumber mill, a muscled and mustachioed Frenchman, and Lois dying in a whirlpool! (spoilers) In […]

The first episode of a brand-new podcast has arrived! In Justice Society Origins, JON WILSON (of Golden Age Superman, this show’s parent podcast) and MICHAEL BAILEY (of several other podcasts, not the least of which are From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast and Tales of the Justice Society of America) begin at the beginning […]

And I have returned to continue with my coverage of the Superman adventures that were published in November 1940.  First, Charlie Niemeyer helps me take a look at Action Comics 32.  And in other media, I finish my look at the daily newspaper story where Lois has become a pawn of a mysterious master villain. […]

After an extended gap, the show is back for the first of three episodes to cover the adventures of Superman that were published in November of 1940.  Actually, the first two of those episodes will be Superman, the third will be a recently announced Justice Society of America special.  (Hooray!) The issue at hand today […]

It’s been a while, hasn’t it?  Did you miss me?  Well, summer is here, school’s out, and that means time for more podcasts!  In this episode, I am joined by Charlie Niemeyer once again to look at Action Comics 31.  Someone has put the town of Brentville to sleep, and it’s up to Superman to […]

Welcome back to the goldenest Superman podcast ever produced, Golden Age Superman.  Here in episode 30B, I’ll discuss Action Comics 30 with the help of Charlie Niemeyer, as we see golden globes of doom being used to destroy people, leaving behind nothing but a shadow imprint on the ground.  It’s creepy gruesome stuff, and it […]

Perry White joins the comic book cast in this episode’s coverage of Superman 7 which is full of Joe Shuster goodness!  First, Superman has to save an innocent man from being framed for murder by three kingpins of crime.  Then it’s off to Gay City for Clark to find out why men are exploding at […]

This episode, I am joined again by Charlie Niemeyer of Superman in the Bronze Age to look at Jack Burnley’s work in Action Comics 29.  It’s a great little mystery that jams 13 pages more full of story than they often are.  Feel free to laugh and mock as Jon stumbles all over the various […]

Golden Age Superman is back again, this time with 100% more voices!  This episode covers the second half of Superman’s adventures from July 1940, and I am joined by Charlie Niemeyer (of Superman in the Bronze Age and frequently of The Thrilling Adventures of Superman) to look at Action Comics 28, where Jack Burnley becomes […]

Welcome back to Golden Age Superman.  This is the first of two episodes that will examine the Superman adventures published during the month of July 1940, and this episode focuses on Superman 6.  First, Lois Lane is accused of murder.  Then Clark and Lois visit the small town of Gateston to help their newspaper expose […]

After last month’s monster four-hour episode, Golden Age Superman is back with a more manageable length to cover the stories of June 1940.  In this episode, I take a look at Action Comics 27, which features Clark’s and Lois’s investigations of a rehabilitation home for wayward youths.  There is abuse afoot, and Lois is determined […]

Welcome to Golden Age Superman.  This episode, I spend a little while taking a look at Superman 5, New York World’s Fair Comics 1940, Action Comics 26, and all the usual monthly doses of Superman in other media.  Highlights include Alex Evell’s campaign against the Planet (get it?  evell = evil), Jack Burnley’s first work […]

April showers bring May flowers, and they also bring conniving female reporters who MUST KNOW SUPERMAN’S REAL IDENTITY!  Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this latest episode covers Action Comics 25, the first time Lois Lane ever sought to find out who Superman really is.  It’s a bit of a romp with Superman being immobilized by hypnotism […]

What do you do if your neglect and indulge your son, and he turns out to be a bit of a bum?  Why, call in Superman to straighten him out, of course!  That’s what old Rufus Carnahan does in Action Comics 24, the Superman adventure discussed in this episode of Golden Age Superman.  But will […]

Luthor is back, for the first time!  In this second half of Golden Age Superman’s coverage of Superman’s adventures in February 1940, Superman 4 takes us on two very different adventures with Luthor.  First we see him challenge Superman to a series of superfeats, and then our jaws hit the floor as he lures Superman […]

Golden Age Superman is proud to present its first two-part episode!  The second month of 1940 saw more Superman content being published than in any month previous, with Superman 4 (for the first time presenting four all-new stories) and Action Comics 23 both featuring the first adventures of none other than Luthor himself.  Then there […]

Golden Age Superman is starting out a new year and a new decade. I’m back going solo this week to look at Action Comics 22, where Superman heads off to the war in Europe and runs into beautiful spies, intrigue, and massacre.  Then in the newspaper strips, the stories take a different approach on the […]

Golden Age Superman is back again to finish out not just the year, but the 1930s decade!  AND to complete its celebration of the Ultra Humanite’s farewell to Superman’s comic stories with Action Comics 23.  For this final installment, I have J David Weter of Superman Forever Radio with me, and we talk about Ultra […]

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 caregiver arrested for arson and stops some jewel smugglers with the help of Lois Lane in Superman 3.  Then it’s […]

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 of the final three stories to feature the Ultra-Humanite.  The people of Metropolis are dying from the Purple Plague, and only […]

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 blackmail.  He has to help a senator avoid some nefarious schemes so that he can get re-elected, which you’d hope would turn […]

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 the newspapers, the Man of Tomorrow helps a depressed ex boxing champ, “Superman Champions Universal Peace” and kills a WHOLE buncha people […]

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 justice basics for the Man of Steel, as Superman decides to do something about gambling and the numbers racket […]

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 all shall be made known!)  First, in Action Comics 14, Superman is lured into a trap by the […]

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 Taylor of From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast, Charlie Niemeyer from Superman in the Bronze Age, and Kaman […]

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 declares war on reckless drivers, but is a bit reckless himself in the process.  Then it’s a […]

Here is a promo I put together for the show.  If you like it, I would be ever so grateful if you used it in your own corner of the Internet to promote this show.  If you do so, and you let me know via email, I will be glad to give your show a […]

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 tea.  This week on Golden Age Superman, the champion of the helpless and oppressed faces off with some crooked stock […]

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, and Superman decides to expose the corruptions within the prison labor system.  Problem is, he chooses one of […]

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 Action Comics 9, this episode also covers Superman’s premiere in a daily newspaper strip that will run for […]

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 themselves and forcing the government to provide better housing.  It’s one of the most iconic moments of this era, and […]

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 at Action Comics 7, where Superman … wait for it … JOINS THE CIRCUS!!  We had a great time together, […]

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 cornball story with lots of good bits, especially with the evils of Lois Lane.  Also, my thoughts and feelings on the […]

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, but it’s a rather good action-packed adventure with Superman saving a town from a ruptured dam.  Also, the Superman/Clark/Lois triangle […]

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 in the process.  But by chance, it all manages to work out in the end. I’m so glad you’re checking out the show. […]

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, so the episode goes quickly. I appreciate you downloading the show.  Golden Age Superman is a proud member of the Superman […]

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 multiple books per episode. I hope you enjoy the ride.  Golden Age Superman is a proud member of the Superman Podcast Network.  If […]

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 take some time to introduce myself and the purpose of the show, but then we get down to business examining the […]