Summer Special #1 - Saying Goodbye to Superman & Lois

Hey there and welcome to the first in a series of Summer Specials here on It All Comes Back to Superman. I don't know if you've heard but there's a new Superman movie coming out this summer and both DC Comics and DC Studios have declared this to be the Summer of Superman! I don't know if this is a legally binding type of thing, but I felt obligated to celebrate this with a series of specials because I can't do it in the main show because I'm in the midst of a huge mega-series called Moving Kryptonian Images. So, these specials will allow me to do some fun Superman content that doesn't have anything to do with the movies.

Notice I wrote, "...to do with the movies," because this first special is about a live action version of Superman. And Lois. Back in December of last year the final episode of Superman and Lois aired and it was very emotional for me. I loved that show. I loved the cast. I loved the writing, and it was very hard to watch the show end after four great seasons. I thought about doing a "saying goodbye" episode at the end of last year, but it didn't feel right. I wanted to let some time pass before I collected my thoughts and shared them with the world.

And that's what this episode is. Me, looking back on this, the most unlikely Superman show of all time, and talking about why I loved it so much. Joining me is my co-host over on The Overlooked Dark Knight (as well as the co-host of Hey Kids Comics with his son Micheal and the host of The Amazing Spider-Man from the Beginning) Andrew Leyland, who was also a fan of the show. We talk about the early days when Tyler was a guest star on the Supergirl television series, the crossovers, the Crisis, and then we get into the series proper. It's a fun, sometimes silly, sometimes poignant conversation where Andy and I tell you why this show was so special.

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Next Time: Come back on Monday for another installment of Moving Kryptonian Images. Doctor Anj and I talk about Superman/Batman Apocalypse. And then, in two weeks, another Summer Special where Rob and Alan of the All-Star Superfan podcast join me to talk about Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow.