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Welcome to episode one of SUPERMAN & BATMAN, featuring your two favorite heroes in one podcast together!
The show’s premise is simple: Each episode, host Michael Bradley celebrates seven decades of the World’s Finest heroes by looking at stories featuring the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight, chosen at random mostly from the pages of World’s Finest Comics.
“The Mightiest Team in the World!”
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION: Superman #76 (cover date May-June 1952)
WHAT TO EXPECT: Superman and Batman team for the very first time in print!
ALSO FEATURING: Lois Lane and Robin the Boy Wonder!
PLUS: A brief history of the state of comics in 1952, a rundown of the book’s other features and a look at what else was on the stands!
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Hi Michael,
Great first episode…and a great idea for a podcast! I’m looking forward to journeying through the 100s of issues of WF along with you. So much good stuff, and some whacky stuff (Super Sons, anyone?).
That first story is a definite classic, and one I have read many times over the years, beginning with a copy of WF #179, purchased at a flea market when I was 4 or 5 years old, about 10 years after it’s publication! That comic cemented my love for Superman/Batman team-ups, and I have shared those stories with my children as well.
In that vein, I’d love to hear your take on WF#271, where Roy Thomas courageously tackles ALL the origins of the Superman/Batman team, and makes them all fit together (as best he could, anyway), while also telling an entertaining yarn, and bringing in my beloved Earth 2 heroes.
Speaking of which, someone at DC forgot Superman and Batman HAD met in a few issues of All-Star Comics beforehand! Of course we now know we were on Earth 1 in this tale, but that’s retroactive hindsight!
Again, good luck on the podcast, and I look forward to much more!
Chris Franklin, semi-regular co-host of the Power Records Podcast:
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Hey, Chris! Thanks for the feedback; glad you enjoyed the debut. Super-Sons definitely are on the horizon. Look an episode on the first story in early spring!