It's Superman Day!

Yes, once again April 18th has rolled around and another Superman Day has come to pass and this year I was in a position to actually do something about it and that "thing" is something I've been planning for literally years and now I am finally getting it done.

Presenting...my Top 10 Bestest Superman Stories Ever!

Not the "best" Superman stories. Not my "favorite" Superman story. An amalgam of the two ideas mashed together to make for something that truly reflects what I love about Superman and his stories. After going through my thoughts on Top 10 lists in general, and talking about what criteria I used to come up with this list I get right into it. Some are obvious. Some less so. Some are tied to when I was a kid and some are very, very personal.

What are those Top 10 Bestest Stories? Well, I am not going to spoil that here. You'll have to listen to find out but it's totally worth it.

Feedback for It All Comes Back To Superman Series 2 can be sent to itallcomesbacktosuperman@gmail.com. At the end of this series I will be doing a feedback special going through all of the emails and comments that are left or sent!

You can subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or stream it through Spotify, iHeart Radio, and Audible.

The Fortress of Baileytude Podcasting Network is on Patreon. It’s mostly a tip jar as I have no time at the moment to produce exlcusive content, but if you like the content I do produce please consider contributing a dollar a month.

The opening and closing theme to the show is titled Journey and was composed by Pontus Rufelt. It is licensed from Shockwave-Sound.

Next Time: Moving Kryptonian Images continues with Andrew Leyland joining me to talk about Superman Returns!

Welcome to another exciting and can't miss installment of a podcasting maxi-series called Moving Kryptonian Images: The Live Action and Animated Adventures of Superman! The purpose of this series is to celebrate the release of the new Superman film, written and directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor!

This time out I am joined by Luke Bugg, the Geek of Steel, host of The Podcast of Steel and co-host of The Siegel and Shuster Society Podcast, to talk about the 2006 direct-to-home media movie Superman: Brainiac Attacks. This is the one movie I thought I would have the hardest time finding a co-host for because it is not well regarded by...just about everyone. But Luke actually requested this one and we had a good time talking about it and his Superman fandom and our excitement for the upcoming movie.

Seriously. It was such a good time.

Again, be sure to check out Luke on The Podcast of Steel and The Siegel and Shuster Society Podcast. He is one of the most genuinely positive voices in Superman fandom.

Feedback for It All Comes Back To Superman Series 2 can be sent to itallcomesbacktosuperman@gmail.com. At the end of this series I will be doing a feedback special going through all of the emails and comments that are left or sent!

You can subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or stream it through Spotify, iHeart Radio, and Audible.

The Fortress of Baileytude Podcasting Network is on Patreon. It’s mostly a tip jar as I have no time at the moment to produce exlcusive content, but if you like the content I do produce please consider contributing a dollar a month.

The opening and closing theme to the show is titled Journey and was composed by Pontus Rufelt. It is licensed from Shockwave-Sound.

Next Time: Moving Kryptonian Images continues with Andrew Leyland joining me to talk about Superman Returns!

Welcome to an installment of the podcasting maxi-series Moving Kryptonian Images: The Live Action and Animated Adventures of Superman that was not planned at all and came together quickly! The purpose of this series is to celebrate the release of the new Superman film, written and directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor!

In the previous episode Adam Mallinger and I talked about three scripts that were ultimately unproduced on the long, nineteen year road to what would become Superman Returns. One of those scripts was Superman Reborn, which Adam and I assumed was an earlier draft. What we didn't know at the time is that the first draft of what was originally called Superman: The New Movie had gotten a full blown reading at the Broadway Theater in Hollywood thanks to funding from the Kaplan-Loring Foundation. I mentioned this in post on the last episode and even included a link to the YouTube video in the show notes at the website.

The man who spearheaded this whole thing is named David Kocher and he was nice enough to sit down with me and talk about how this reading came about. We touch on David's origins as a fan of Superman, how he met Mark Jones (who had the first draft) finding a director, the casting, and everything that went into the reading. We also have a spirited discussion about Superman movies in general and David shares his thoughts on the film that is hitting theaters in July.

I can't thank David enough for agreeing to be part of this series. As I indicated earlier this reading came seemingly out of nowhere and talking to David and watching the reading fit right in to what I've been doing for the past few months. Be sure to check out David's YouTube channel, which can be found by clicking this link.

During the end tag I mentioned the JSApril event that I'll be a part of towards the end of the month. My good friend Shag of the Fire and Water Podcasting Network organized this and I'll be joining a bunch of other shows that are celebrating the 85th anniversary of the Justice Society of America. Until my shows come out check out the other great podcasts that are a part of this event by clicking on this link!

Feedback for It All Comes Back To Superman Series 2 can be sent to itallcomesbacktosuperman@gmail.com. At the end of this series I will be doing a feedback special going through all of the emails and comments that are left or sent!

You can subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or stream it through Spotify, iHeart Radio, and Audible.

The Fortress of Baileytude Podcasting Network is on Patreon. It’s mostly a tip jar as I have no time at the moment to produce exlcusive content, but if you like the content I do produce please consider contributing a dollar a month.

The opening and closing theme to the show is titled Journey and was composed by Pontus Rufelt. It is licensed from Shockwave-Sound.

Next Time: Moving Kryptonian Images continues with Luke Bugg, the Geek of Steel joining me to talk about Superman: Brainiac Attacks! No fooling this time.

Welcome to an off-beat installment of the podcasting maxi-series Moving Kryptonian Images: The Live Action and Animated Adventures of Superman! The purpose of this series is to celebrate the release of the new Superman film, written and directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor!

This time out I am not covering a movie, either live action or animated. I am covering three scripts to Superman films that were never made. Joining me is Adam Mallinger, who not only worked as a script reader early in his career but was a staff writer on the CW series Superman and Lois. Adam and I go through drafts of Superman Reborn (which, if made, would have brought back Christopher Reeve as Superman, Superman Lives (written by Kevin Smith), and Superman: Flyby (written by J.J. Abrams). We discuss our overall feelings on these scripts, Kevin Smith, the role the internet plays in how movies get made, Ain't It Cool News, and more. We also dig into the differences between a script and the movie that is eventually made of that script.

Adam and I recorded this episode last year and in the time since our recording and this episode getting released there was a full cast reading of the first draft of Superman Reborn (which was originally called Superman: The New Movie) organized by David Kocher. Adam and I don't talk about it because it had not happened yet much less posted to YouTube. If you want to see that reading, the video is embedded below.

Feedback for It All Comes Back To Superman Series 2 can be sent to itallcomesbacktosuperman@gmail.com. At the end of this series I will be doing a feedback special going through all of the emails and comments that are left or sent!

You can subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or stream it through Spotify, iHeart Radio, and Audible.

The Fortress of Baileytude Podcasting Network is on Patreon. It’s mostly a tip jar as I have no time at the moment to produce exlcusive content, but if you like the content I do produce please consider contributing a dollar a month.

The opening and closing theme to the show is titled Journey and was composed by Pontus Rufelt. It is licensed from Shockwave-Sound.

Next Time: Moving Kryptonian Images continues with Luke Bugg, the Geek of Steel joining me to talk about Superman: Brainiac Attacks!

Welcome to the another bat-tastic installment of the podcasting maxi-series called Moving Kryptonian Images: The Live Action and Animated Adventures of Superman! The purpose of this series is to celebrate the release of the new Superman film, written and directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor!

This time out J David Weter (but you can call him Dave) of The Bat-Pod Podcast and Justice League Legacies joins me to talk about The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest. This is another example of Warner Brothers taking three episodes of Superman: The Animated Series and cutting them together as a direct-to-video movie, which means that I am once again calling it a movie and covering it. Dave and I talk about why despite years of being teammates on the various Super Friends show this first team up in the DC Animated Universe was such a big deal, romance (or the lack thereof) in Superman: The Animated Series, how this movie could have easily been a live action film, and more!

Be sure to check out Dave's show The Bat-Pod and Justice League Legacies. Dave has been a podcasting for well over a decade now and has had many shows and they are always of high quality and a lot of fun.

Feedback for It All Comes Back To Superman Series 2 can be sent to itallcomesbacktosuperman@gmail.com. At the end of this series I will be doing a feedback special going through all of the emails and comments that are left or sent!

You can subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or stream it through Spotify, iHeart Radio, and Audible.

The Fortress of Baileytude Podcasting Network is on Patreon. It’s mostly a tip jar as I have no time at the moment to produce exlcusive content, but if you like the content I do produce please consider contributing a dollar a month.

The opening and closing theme to the show is titled Journey and was composed by Pontus Rufelt. It is licensed from Shockwave-Sound.

Next Time: Moving Kryptonian Images continues with Adam Mallinger to talk about three of the unproduced Superman scripts that were written by 1987-2006.

Welcome to another animated installment of a podcasting maxi-series called Moving Kryptonian Images: The Live Action and Animated Adventures of Superman! The purpose of this series is to celebrate the release of the new Superman film, written and directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor!

Welcome to another animated installment of a podcasting maxi-series called Moving Kryptonian Images: The Live Action and Animated Adventures of Superman! The purpose of this series is to celebrate the release of the new Superman film, written and directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor!

This time out I am joined by Stuart Mulrain of the And Why Not Podcast and the Countdown... to Superman podcast to talk about Superman: The Last Son of Krypton. Which is essentially the first three episodes of Superman: The Animated Series cut together as a short film. The reason it counts for this series is that Warner Bros. sold this as a direct-to-home video and so I'm including it in this series.

My show. My rules.

Anyway, Stuart and I talk about how he watched it as someone that is from the UK, the "wacky" way the WB premiered it here in the states, the cast, the story, the music and the animated series in general.

Be sure to check out Stuart's shows And Why Not and Countdown... to Superman. Both are great shows and I'm not just saying that because Stuart has had me on both.

Feedback for It All Comes Back To Superman Series 2 can be sent to itallcomesbacktosuperman@gmail.com. At the end of this series I will be doing a feedback special going through all of the emails and comments that are left or sent!

You can subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or stream it through Spotify, iHeart Radio, and Audible.

The Fortress of Baileytude Podcasting Network is on Patreon. It’s mostly a tip jar as I have no time at the moment to produce exlcusive content, but if you like the content I do produce please consider contributing a dollar a month.

The opening and closing theme to the show is titled Journey and was composed by Pontus Rufelt. It is licensed from Shockwave-Sound.

Next Time: Moving Kryptonian Images continues with J David Weter joining me to talk about The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest!

Welcome to another amazingly nineties-tastic installment of a podcasting maxi-series called Moving Kryptonian Images: The Live Action and Animated Adventures of Superman! The purpose of this series is to celebrate the release of the new Superman film, written and directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor!

This time out I head back to 1993 and talk about the pilot film for Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Joining me is the co-host of The MovieFilm Podcast, the host of Nostalgia Theater, and film critic for The San Francisco Chronicle Zaki. Zaki and I have a lot in common when it comes to Superman in general and this show specifically and that becomes apparent very quickly during our conversation. We go over how we first heard about the show, the ads that aired on ABC, watching it the night it premiered, the movie itself, and a little bit about the series in general. We also talk about the theme by Jay Gruska, which sounds a lot like the theme to another show, The Colbys.

Be sure to check out Zaki on The MovieFilm Podcast and Nostalgia Theater. He, along with his co-host Brian Hall, have done commentaries for every Christopher Reeve Superman film as well as Man of Steel and the Lois and Clark pilot!

Feedback for It All Comes Back To Superman Series 2 can be sent to itallcomesbacktosuperman@gmail.com. At the end of this series I will be doing a feedback special going through all of the emails and comments that are left or sent!

You can subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or stream it through Spotify, iHeart Radio, and Audible.

The Fortress of Baileytude Podcasting Network is on Patreon. It’s mostly a tip jar as I have no time at the moment to produce exlcusive content, but if you like the content I do produce please consider contributing a dollar a month.

The opening and closing theme to the show is titled Journey and was composed by Pontus Rufelt. It is licensed from Shockwave-Sound.

Next Time: Moving Kryptonian Images continues with Stuart Mulrain joining me to talk about Superman: The Last Son of Krypton!

Welcome to another exciting installment of a podcasting maxi-series called Moving Kryptonian Images: The Live Action and Animated Adventures of Superman! The purpose of this series is to celebrate the release of the new Superman film, written and directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor!

This time out Zach Moore from Always Hold on to Smallville joins me to talk about one of the more controversial entries in this series. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace has a reputation for being cheap looking at best and the low point for Superman on film at its worst. Zach and I have a conversation that tends to focus on the more negative parts of the film, but in my defense I have done two commentaries, so I promise that I actually like this movie. So, look at this as a more critical look coming from two people that have positive feelings towards it, but are talking about the movie as presented and not the movie we could have gotten if things turned out differently.

As I previously mentioned, Zach is the host of Always Hold on to Smallville, which by this point is either close to or actually finished with looking at the entirety of that series. It's a great show and you should definitely check it out.

Feedback for It All Comes Back To Superman Series 2 can be sent to itallcomesbacktosuperman@gmail.com. At the end of this series I will be doing a feedback special going through all of the emails and comments that are left or sent!

You can subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or stream it through Spotify, iHeart Radio, and Audible.

The Fortress of Baileytude Podcasting Network is on Patreon. It’s mostly a tip jar as I have no time at the moment to produce exlcusive content, but if you like the content I do produce please consider contributing a dollar a month.

The opening and closing theme to the show is titled Journey and was composed by Pontus Rufelt. It is licensed from Shockwave-Sound.

Next Time: Moving Kryptonian Images continues with Zaki Hasan, who joins me to talk about the pilot film for Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman!