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Golden Age Superman
by Jon M. Wilson
Coverage of all classic adventures of Superman from the World War II era
Episodes
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GASup Christmas 1940 SPECIAL!
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...
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GASup 033B December 1940
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...
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GASup 033A Action Comics 33
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...
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01 Justice Society Origins — How It All Began
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...
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GASup 032B November 1940
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...
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GASup 032A November 1940
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...
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GASup 031 October 1940
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 […]
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GASup 030B September 1940
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...
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GASup 030A September 1940
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 […]
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GASup 029 August 1940
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 […]
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GASup 028B July 1940
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,...
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GASup 028A July 1940
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…
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GASup 027 June 1940
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…
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GASup 026 May 1940
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)…
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GASup 025 April 1940
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…
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GASup 024 March 1940
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 […]
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GASup 023 February 1940 B
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…
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GASup 022 February 1940 A
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...
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GASup 021 January 1940
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…
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GASup 020 December 1939
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...
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GASup 019 — November 1939
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…
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GASup 018 — October 1939
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…
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GASup 017 — September 1939
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...
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GASup 016 — August 1939
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...
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GASup 015 — July 1939
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...
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GASup 014 — June 1939
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 […]
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GASup 013 — May 1939
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…
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GASup 012 — April 1939
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 […]
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GASup Promo
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 […]
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GASup 011 — March 1939
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...
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GASup 010 — February 1939
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...
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GASup 009 — January 1939
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…
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GASup 008 — December 1938
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…
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GASup 007 — November 1938
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, […]
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GASup 006 — October 1938
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...
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GASup 005 — September 1938
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,...
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GASup 004 — August 1938
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…
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GASup 003 — July 1938
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...
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GASup 002 — June 1938
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...
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Golden Age Superman 001 — May 1938
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...
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Coverage of all classic adventures of Superman from the World War II era
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