Podcasting’s Michael Bailey
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Husband. Dad to 2 fur babies. Podcaster, but not the alpha bro kind. Superman fan who is constantly working on his Masters in Kryptonian studies.
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Joined July 2011
Tell me you didn’t get enough healthy physical affection from your dad without telling me you didn’t get enough healthy physical affection from your dad.
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This hits me hard. Because it’s so true.
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You might be happy, but you aren’t Grant Gustin suited up as The Flash standing between two Supermen happy.
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Fun Superman trivia. Panic in the Sky (the story from the comics, not the episode of the George Reeves series) ran in the Superman books from Triangle Numbers 8 to 15 in 1992. It was a great take on the alien invasion story. Instead of waiting for the invasion to come to…1/
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This is why moving away from secret identities and the supporting cast is hurting the long term appeal of characters. When super heroes are only friends with other super heroes things get boring really quick.
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Remember back around 2005 when DC introduced that ugly swish logo and they said it was because the Bullet logo wouldn’t (checks notes) look good on merchandise?. Remember when that felt like a lie?. Me too. Welcome back, old friend.
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@TessFowler That tracks with what he said here. It is sad that this is the type of person that gets successful. I joke with my wife that I could probably make a living at podcasting but I’d have to be vile and hateful and I don’t have that in me.
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Adventures of Superman #474 is often cited among Post Crisis fans as one of the best of Dan Jurgens’ run as writer and penciller on that title. And it’s easy to see why. It’s a tight, one and done issue that tells a tale of Clark’s past concerning one of the pivotal moments…1/
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One of the best things about Zero Hour was the crossovers. @JonBogdanove drew an all-time career best cover with Superman: TMOS 37. He also drew an amazing promo poster that flipped the script on the image. Did you try to spot all the Bat homages?. #ZeroHourAt30 #Superman
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For the record, as much as I am excited that Henry is back, it does not take away one atom of my love for Superman and Lois. I can like both. It’s allowed.
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30 years ago today the overlooked Crisis began. Zero Hour: Crisis in Time was part event/part attempt to fix some of the continuity blips since Crisis. The countdown began with issue 4!. Do you have any memories from when this came out or when you first read it?. #ZeroHourAt30
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It’s interesting to read people bag on Byrne’s Man of Steel (and his run in general) as if they are making arguments that people weren’t making 40 years ago while, at the same time, completely ignoring the state Superman comics were in the early 80s & how needed the reboot was.
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It’s a small thing, but one of the things I want in Superman Legacy is a shirt rip. A good one.
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No one. Absolutely no one. DC Studios at #SDCC2024 - Y’all want the iconic DC bullet logo back?. Everyone: …
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One of the best of the Zero Hour crossovers was Superboy #8. So much fun and some fantastic writing and art by @KarlKesel & Tom Grummett. Be sure to check out @diggingforkrpod for his coverage of all things Pre-Crisis Superboy!. #ZeroHourAt30 #Superboy
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Bad enough that I only get a birthday every four years, but I also have to share it with this guy. Who is slightly more popular than me. Oh well. There are worse crosses to bear. Happy birthday, Superman!
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Well…. First impression…I like it. The boots look good, I like the symbol, and trunks. It’s like a mix of the New 52 and the classic mixed with a Kingdom Come symbol. I also am fascinated by the thing in the background. I’m satisfied. #Superman
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I…have no fucking words right now. I’ve seen some bad takes. I’ve seen some ignorant takes. I’ve seen people talking completely out of their ass. This is the hat trick.
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With all of the fervor over how the WB wants to make Superman more relevant to today’s audience, I want to once again state that if you can’t wrap your head around a man with great power that uses it to selflessly help people then the problem is you, not Superman.
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According to Mike's Amazing World of Comics, July 10, 1986 is the day Man of Steel #1 was published. I cannot adequately express how important this series would become to me. #Superman #ManOfSteel
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Older comic book readers…. Remember back in 2005 when DC was gearing up for Infinite Crisis and some of us were like, “Wow, the original Crisis was 20 years ago! What a long time!”. Yeah. This year marks the 20th anniversaries of Identity Crisis, Disassemled, and the…1/.
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My amazing wife picked this up for me and then helped put it on the wall today and I love it. Still…it’s a weird image. 1/
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Despite this image being from the latter part of the 90s, I’m sharing it because I realized that 30 years ago right around this time I went from reading the Superman books & the odd issue here & there to diving head first into the DCU. 1/
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My interest in studying the history of Superman can be traced to the introduction in Superman From the 30s to the 70s and the article in this issue of Time. I’d like to think that I’ve gotten my Bachelors degree and am in a never ending battle for my masters.
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What is the most powerful image from a TV show finale that’s always stuck with you?
What is the most powerful image from a TV show finale that's always stuck with you?
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Last night proved to me that my assertion that Brandon Routh was never the problem with Superman Returns was correct.
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If you read Zero Hour as it came out here’s your reminder to take that ibuprofen for your back soon or you’ll end up feeling like crap by the end of the day.
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If the last twenty or so years has proven anything to me on a deep and personal level it’s that people trying to make Superman “relevant for today” are making a Superman that I will have very little interest in. The ideals Superman stands for are always relevant. When…1/.
DC Comics revealed new concept art for ‘ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN’. Writer Jason Aaron wanted to make Superman relevant to the world today. (Via @AIPTcomics)
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During the early days of the Post Crisis era Action Comics was the team up book. Some were good. Some were not as good. And some were insane. Action #597 was one of the insane ones. 1/
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Y’all…this thing is amazing. The extras are great and even include the introduction from the Eradication & Time and Time Again trades. There is one @thedanjurgens unused cover that I wish they had gone with. Worth the money. Looking forward to future volumes. #Superman
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So far. Crisis is better than Endgame. This is my hill. I’ve bought houses and hotels.
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Eric Johnson and Kristen Kruek are both amazingly nice people. This was a highlight of my #DragonCon career.
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This is one of the nicest things anyone has ever given me. What you’re looking at is the production art for the cover to Action Comics #644. It’s in my Top 3 Favorite Post Crisis Covers and a good friend gave this to me along with some other great Superman gifts. 1/
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Superman: The Man of Steel #1 came out 30 years ago today. I cannot express how huge this was for 15 year old me. Thanks, as always, to Mike Carlin, @LouiseSimonson2, & @JonBogdanove for being such an important part of my Superman fandom. #Superman
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Some people might say it is a coincidence that Superman and I share a birthday. I say it was fate. Happy birthday, big guy.
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It is staggering to me that @cwsupermanlois has not in any way slowed down and dropped the ball. This show leaves everything on the table with every episode. And it is absolutely impossible to guess where the show is going to go next.
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Superman and Lois is better for not being part of the CWverse proper. It allows the show to stand on its own and be its own thing.
What’s your most controversial take on Superman? (It can be anything, not just characterization). Art by Alex Ross
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It is #SupermanDay!. Whether you like the Golden Age or Silver Age or whether you are Post Crisis or New 52. It doesn’t matter if you like Reeve or Reeves or Welling or Routh or Alyn or Cain or Cavill. It doesn’t matter if you are an S:TAS or Filmation fan. It’s all Superman. 1/
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He’s not hard to write and he’s not boring. You just can’t wrap your mind around someone with all of that power and uses it to help people.
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About 10 years ago I had access to a large format scanner at work & I took advantage of that to scan a bunch of things that were too large to do so at home. This Time and Time Again ad was one of them. What an amazing ad. #Superman
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@TessFowler I can’t even imagine. This is the first time I’ve run across him at all and I am already done.
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It’s not flashy. It’s not colorful. It doesn’t contain a thousand characters all with different body types and faces. But this is, hands down, my favorite George Perez cover ever. 13 year old me stared at this for what felt like hours.
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So I blocked out the name because I want to talk about the sentiment rather than the person. We had three actors playing Batman in the same franchise from 1989-1997. James Rhodes was recast after the first Iron Man. The mass population doesn’t care. They just want to…1/
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Flat out one of the best Superman books I hav read in years. @TomTaylorMade has Lex’s voice down and I loved both the flashback and the chess game at the end. 1/
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Anyway, the epilogue was in Adv of Superman #489, and it had a gorgeous Grummett cover. It has the heroes returning in the first half and jumped into a storyline that tied back to Adv of Superman 443 because that’s how the Superman books rolled in the Triangle era. 4/
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…Earth, Superman gathers up a team of heroes to take the fight to the aliens, this time led by Brainiac. It was awesome. A fun, action packed tale that reintroduced the Matrix character as Supergirl, brought Maxima back, and, if I’m remembering correctly, set up the…2/
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Coming soon…a new era begins on a new feed!. More info to follow!
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The debate I would prefer to see tonight.
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Really enjoyed watching @hasanthehun debate Charlie Kirk. Hasan stuck with ideas while Charlie was nothing more than a talking conservative doll. Pull the tab & here come the talking points. Hasan was the exact opposite. Well done.
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…new version of the Justice League with Superman in the American branch. (They also brought in Deathstroke and I loved the way Dan Jurgens drew the character. There’s an issue a few months after Panic in the Sky ended that had Slade in it and I remember loving that story.) 3/
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Also Tom Cotton: Send in the troops to deal with protestors here at home. I guess it’s all about where the protesting is done.
30 years ago today, the Chinese Communist Party's tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square, killing thousands of peaceful protestors seeking freedom. We'll never forget the bravery and sacrifice of those Chinese students.
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Dear @DCComics ,. Hey. I saw that you solicited Superman: The Man of Steel Col 2 HC for a January release. Among other issues it reprints Superman 8 & Action 591. Those were the stories that made me start collecting the Superman books, which I did for over 30 years. 1/.
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An accurate representation of Superman fandom.
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I cannot even start to express how wrong this take is. Also…”read more comics” is not a flex. Ever.
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Y’all…@JonBogdanove’s variant cover to the Zero Hour 30th Anniversary Special is so good. Reminiscent of his Superman surrounded by Batmen cover from the original. Check out the level of detail he put into making the various Hal’s look like they were drawn by other artists.
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The first issue of Crisis on Infinite Earths that I read was issue 5. I had only been reading comics as a going concern for about a year and apparently I was fearless. Or crazy. Or both. I’m not sure. Anyway, I dug it even though I barely knew who any of these…1/
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Re-reading Power Of Shazam by @JerryOrdway I’m sure that the new film will be great but ever since I first read this I thought it would make an amazing movie. Love this book.
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Finally put this poster up today. It’s massive. Massively awesome.
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Designed by Dave Stevens. It was awesome.
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More #ZeroHourAt30 fun stuff…the cover to the issue of Previews where it was solicited. This is the probably the oddest shot of Extant. #Superman #GreenLantern #Hawkman #KyleRayner
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You might be cool but you'll never be Miguel Ferrer hanging out with Jerry Siegel, Jack Kirby, Bob Kane, Bill Mumy & Mark Hamill cool. RIP
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Calling it now…the first 12 issues of this run are going to end up being Superman’s version of Batman: Hush. It will be a run you can hand anyone that isn’t familiar with Superman in the comics and give them an overview of his characters and world.
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So. @DCComics. When are we getting an animated version of Superman Smashes The Klan?. I would pay good money for it.
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Man…the discourse around this picture, like everything else from the last few days, is exhausting. However…. At least we’re not Star Wars fandom right now.
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The Post Crisis Superman gets his Fortress of Solitude in Adv. of Superman #461. This was a big deal for me when it happened. It felt like Superman’s world was growing and I was there for it while it was happening. And while it was big on its own it was also set up for…1/
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Jeff and I are going to be looking at Superman: The Animated Series because we’ve been looking, sometimes in depth and sometimes not so much, at the various television adaptations of the Man of Steel as we follow the Post Crisis comic book era. We’ve missed a few. It…1/
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Once again, my wife got me something while I was at work and it’s just amazing.
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Its the little things that get me through. Like this poster.
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2006 - Superman in shadow and muted colors looking down and a bit fore lorn. 2013 - Superman in shadow and muted colors looking down and a bit fore lorn. 2025 - Superman looking up…smiling…amid bright colors. If the poster sets the tone, then I’m hopeful. #Superman
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Just finished the finale. I’m okay. Mostly. That was beautiful. #SupermanAndLois #SupermanAndLoisfinale
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Still wrapping my head around getting to moderate a panel with Tom Welling, Laura Vandervort, and Sam Witwer. And the fact that I get to do that again tomorrow and Sunday is even more amazing. For the record, three of the nicest people ever.
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It is important to zoom in on the names at the bottom of this ad. And appreciate the seventies disaster movie vibe this masterpiece is. #Superman #ActionComics #HouseAds
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These are the images James Gunn recently shared when asked about his inspirations for the now in production Superman film. I realize that if you get five Superman fans in a room together that you are going to get five different opinions on what makes the character…1/
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@straczynski I started feeling like crap the day I got the second shot and the next day was the worst I have felt in a long time. I’d do it again tomorrow.
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I got a holy grail in the mail today. I like promo posters & I especially like Superman promo posters. There was one from the Reign of the Supermen that I’ve been after for some time. It looks like this. 1/
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Ordway. Jurgens. Bogdanove. Grummett. The GOATs.
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If they pull off getting Dean Cain I think I can officially retire as a fan because it would never get that big again.
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I think one of the main reasons I defend SUPERMAN IV is this cover. I know that Swan drew the interiors (which were good) but every time I see this cover I see the movie this could have been. Byrne & @JerryOrdway making Nuclear Man look cool Glad he's coming to the comics.
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…but the next four Superman books after that, making it a beefier read. This is the one you will find on Comixology, which is a good deal if you wait for one of the sales. I have both editions in physical form. Because of course I do. 11/11
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Favorite Exapnded Universe Novel. Again…I haven’t read a lot. I have only dipped my toe into that pool, but holy crap did I love Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter. The audio version read by @SamWitwer was so much fun. I also dug the original Zahn trilogy and Labyrinth of Evil. 3/
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While it is definitely #SupermanDay (Greek Orthodox) let’s not forget that it is also the birthday of #LoisLane as well! She & Superman both first appeared in Action Comics #1 and Lois is essential to the Superman legend. @DanaDelany @BitsieTulloch
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Just wrapped up a fantastic interview with @ronmarz about Kyle Rayner and the upcoming Zero Hour special. That will drop on the 28th as an episode of Views From The Longbox (you’re welcome, @Hermann22). 1/
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Someone posted their Superman media collection, so I thought I would do the same. In chronological order. Someone suggested it and I made it work. Yes, I count Super Friends and Justice League/Unlimited.
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I like it. I’m not ecstatic over it, but I like it. It’s slick and has the whole Kingdom Come meets My Adventures With Superman vibe. And it’s neat that another S will enter the live action landscape.
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The older I get & the more the world turns to crap the more I look back on things & think, “It wasn’t perfect but it was fun.”. Batman Forever is one of those things. I don’t normally push for extended versions, but this one might be fun. #ReleasetheSchumacherCut
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An extremely flawed movie with some really good casting choices. It was not the movie that we needed at the time, but it has some great set pieces and an amazing score. And Routh got robbed.
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Brooke from Mezza Tattoos did the best job on this. So happy with how it turned out.
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I don’t know where to begin with how wrong this statement is. It’s like a Swiss Army knife of bad takes all in one sentence.
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Once again I’m reminded that the most outlandish and unbelievable part of the comic book version of Marvel’s Civil War is that a bunch of kids were killed and Congress did something about it.
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But in that trade I mentioned a deleted scene was added. An extra page that explained where that ship came from and served as a smoother transition to the scene with Professor Hamilton. This was promoted in the house ad for the trade, which I thought I had but don’t, sadly. 8/
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