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Interesting assortment of eps this week. Batwoman is clearly ramping up to a big, mid-season showdown between Team Bat, New Big Bad Safiyah, and Whatever The Hell Side Alice Is On. Black Lightning moved its stories forward in bits and … Continue reading Let’s Talk Arrowverse – Wells Wells Wells. Wells Wells. Wells Wells Wells.
Batwoman was off this week, but we still had Black Lightning, The Flash, and Superman & Lois, and, boy, was there some bonkers technobabble this week. I thought Black Lightning’s talk about shifting energy states, reconstituting particles, and 3D printing … Continue reading Let’s Talk Arrowverse – Black Lightning Can Breathe in Space
We had a full plate this week in the Arrowverse. The Flash had its Season 7 premiere, joining Batwoman, Black Lightning, and Superman & Lois for a quartet of superhero goodness. On Batwoman, Ryan proves herself to be the sort … Continue reading Let’s Talk Arrowverse – To Wells Or Not To Wells
The Arrowverse is coming back in full force now. This week Batwoman and Black Lightning were joined by newcomer Superman & Lois, and in just a couple days The Flash will return as well! We got a lot to cover, … Continue reading Let’s Talk Arrowverse – It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Spinoff!
I titled this feature “Superman vs. Bigots” with the intent of just covering stories in which Superman, surprisingly enough, fights bigots. But I’ve strayed into a more general realm of discussing race issues as found in Superman stories and nobody … Continue reading 28 Black Superman Characters
James Bartholomew Olsen. We haven’t seen much of Superman’s Pal since the radio show, but rest assured that he’s been headlining his own comic. The kid sure hated bigotry in the stories we’ve looked at before, I wonder what he’s … Continue reading Jimmy Olsen in “Jimmy’s D-Day Adventure”
Welcome to Public Domain Theater, your home for the wonderful world of films that have (in the United States, at least) fallen into the public domain, and are free for everyone to see! Our film this go around stars Basil … Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (& “The Eleventh Hour”)
Superboy: The Adventures Of Superman When He Was A Boy. Turns out, when Clark was a boy, he was still fighting bigots in his way. “The Weakling From Earth” / “The Revolt of the Weaklings” SUMMARY The story begins with … Continue reading Superman in “The Revolt of the Weaklings”
This isn’t a good one. It’s not a good Superman vs. Bigots story. Today I am once again diverting from my planned trajectory to examine something that isn’t what this series of articles was supposed to be about, but which … Continue reading Superman in “Superman, Indian Chief”
The Superman television show starring George Reeves was surely one of the most-enduring interpretations of the character. It ran from 1951 to 1958, but lived on in syndication for much longer and introduced generations of children to Clark Kent and … Continue reading Superman Visits The Malco Theatre
Nearing the end of its run, the Adventures of Superman radio show switched from long serials made up of ten-minute-long chapters to half-hour standalone episodes. The anti-racist message wasn’t as prominent in this era, but it didn’t die out completely, … Continue reading Superman in “The Story of Marina Baum”
Writer and Artist – Dan Jurgens Finishes by Josef Rubinsten “Earth Run” Alien kingpin Chadda summons Massacre and his sidekick, Skimmer, to Chadda’s World. Chadda requests Massacre to retrieve an item of great importance from the planet Earth. At the … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Superman #92 (August 1994)
As of 1950, Superman’s comics have not yet been as explicitly anti-racist as his radio show. Still, Superman fought plenty of Nazis back during World War Two, which counts to an extent, right? But the War is over now. Can … Continue reading Superman in “Black Magic on Mars”
Did you know that there were black people in the 1940s? Well, if you’d been listening to the Adventures of Superman radio show up to this point you may not have realized it. But by the time you’ve had four … Continue reading Superman in “The Skin Game”
Today I have returned to what was the original mission of this column, detailing Superman vs Bigot story arcs from the Adventures of Superman radio show. Today’s entry aired after both “The Hate-Mongers Organization” and “Clan of the Fiery Cross” … Continue reading Superman in “Knights of the White Carnation”
For this entry into my ongoing Superman versus Bigots series I continue dealing with Nazis, and while it is in the medium comics, it isn’t a story from either of the comics in which Superman was regularly appearing at this … Continue reading Superman in “How Superman Would End The War”
This is the second write-up in this series and I am already abandoning my intended plan. I was to go through the episodes of the Adventures of Superman radio show and explore the stories that deal explicitly with Superman facing … Continue reading Superman in “Conquest of a City”
Last year I had a dream come true as far as my comics-reading career. I’d said for years that I wanted a remake of the “Clan of the Fiery Cross” story arc from the Adventures of Superman radio show. So … Continue reading Superman in “The Hate Mongers Organization”
In this look at Superman’s FIRST big-budget cinematic revival, find out if the Man of Steel can overcome his greatest foe to date: existential angst! Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: SUPERMAN RETURNS (2006)
There’s a lot to like about the animation style of the Bruce Timm & Eric Radomski DC Animated Universe. The simple lines of Toth and Filmation with the atmosphere and fluidity of Raw, Vortex and Fleischer Superman. I grew up … Continue reading From the Longbox: How to Draw Batman & The DC Comics Superheroes
For years I’ve wanted a remake or retelling of the “Clan of the Fiery Cross” serial from the Adventures of Superman radio show. In several ways I consider it a kind of ideal Superman story, so seeing it redone as … Continue reading Superman: The Clan of the Fiery Cross
