Sinopsis
From a Certain Point of View, Case Aiken and JMike Folson discuss Superman in all of his incarnations and homages. For people who love the Man of Steel and want to think critically about what the character represents.
Episodios
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Episode 110 - The Reign of the Supermen (Animated) with JD Martin
24/03/2023 Duración: 01h17minSuperman is dead! Yet four beings claiming to be Superman have risen to take his place! JD Martin is back to talk with Case and Jmike about the 2019 animated adaptation to the classic tale!
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Episode 109 - The Return of Superman with Zach Herring
27/01/2023 Duración: 02h06minEach of the pretenders left an impression, but none could truly live up to the real deal. Zach Herring joins us again to conclude the comic storyline of Superman’s journey back to the land of the living.
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Episode 108 - The Reign of the Supermen (Comic) with Zach Herring
13/01/2023 Duración: 02h37minSuperman defined the modern superhero, but his death and subsequent impersonation by 4 pretenders opened the doors for him to be reassessed through a lens of a redefined modernity. Zach Herring returns to discuss the uncertain time of the Reign of the Supermen!
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Episode 107 - World Without Superman with Keith Lehtinen
30/12/2022 Duración: 02h23minIt's easy to focus on big stories like the final stand of a great hero, but it's also important to tell the tale of those that are left behind to pick up the pieces! From the "We Have Issues" podcast (not to mention our new sibling show, "Jukebox Vertigo"!), we are joined by Keith Lehtinen to discuss the "Funeral For A Friend" arc that followed the "Death of Superman"!
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Episode 106 - The Death of Superman (Movie) with Duke
16/12/2022 Duración: 01h24minThere have been many attempts to bring the infamous battle between Superman and Doomsday to other formats, but the 2018 animated adaptation is the one to finally nail it! Duke joins us for a conversation about this brutal rendition.
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Episode 105 - The Death of Superman (Comic) with Kieran Bennett
02/12/2022 Duración: 01h56minFor half of a century, Superman was an implacable force for good who overcame every foe, but his confrontation with the force of destruction known as Doomsday ended with mutual destruction. From The Inks and Issues podcast, Kieran Bennett joins Case and Jmike for a look back on the battle that tempered the Man of Steel!
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Episode 104 - Squadron Supreme (1985) with Nic Woolfe
19/11/2022 Duración: 02h25minWhat happens when the powerful decide to stop upholding the status quo and try to make the world a better place? Nic Woolfe joins Case and Jmike for the 1985 epic featuring Marvel’s answer to the Justice League by Mark Gruenwald!
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Episode 103 - A Unified Theory of Superman's Powers with Ben Tippett and Ryan Haupt
04/11/2022 Duración: 01h21minBefore he was Squirrel Girl’s physics professor, Ben Tippett hypothesized an explanation for Superman’s powers and Case and Jmike want to to talk about it with him! Ben Tippett is on to talk about his paper and he has past guest and host of the “Science… Sort of… podcast”, Ryan Haupt, with him to translate!
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Episode 102 - Black Adam: A History Lesson with Hans Martin Jr. and Steven Angulo
21/10/2022 Duración: 01h15minWho is the ancient champion who wields the Power of Shazam? Case and Jmike are joined by Hans Martin Jr. and Steven Angulo to discuss the history of Black Adam. Check out next week’s episode of The Real Movie Critic Vs. The CineGuy, where Case and Jmike join Hans and Steven to review the new film, Black Adam.
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Episode 101 - All Star Superman (Part 3 - The Movie) with Duke and JD Martin
07/10/2022 Duración: 01h33minNo conversation about All Star Superman would be complete without the two guests who are tied for most number of appearances on this show! So, to round out the 100th episode spectacular, Case and Jmike are joined by Duke and JD Martin to talk about The Animated Adaptation of All Star Superman!
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Episode 100 - All Star Superman (Part 2 - Issues 7-12) with June Munford and Alan Kistler
24/09/2022 Duración: 02h02minIt’s the 100th episode, baby! So we’re covering All Star Superman, widely considered one of the best Superman stories of all time. Well, we want to do it right, so, for the second part of our three part retrospective, we're joined by June Munford and Alan Kistler for an in depth look at the back half of the series.
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Episode 99 - All Star Superman (Part 1 - Issues 1-6) with Alan Kistler and June Munford
09/09/2022 Duración: 02h08minIt's hard to believe that the podcast has been going for four years and we're only now getting to All Star Superman, widely considered one of the best Superman stories of all time. Well, we want to do it right, so for the first part we're joined by June Munford and Alan Kistler for an in depth look at the first six issues.
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Episode 98 - Superman: Doomsday with Ryan Luis Rodriguez
26/08/2022 Duración: 54minWe’re joined by Ryan Luis Rodriguez to talk about DC’s first attempt at adapting the Death of Superman into an animated feature, Superman: Doomsday.
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Episode 97 - The Music Inspired by Superman with Matt Storm
12/08/2022 Duración: 01h07minSuperman has been a cultural icon for almost as long as recorded music has been a thing, so it makes sense that lots of songs have been inspired by the Man of Steel! Matt Storm joins us again to talk about music inspired by Superman!
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Episode 96 - The Music of Superman
31/07/2022 Duración: 01h43minThe “Friend of All Pods”, Dan Purcell, and Matt Storm aka Stormageddon are here to talk about the musical themes of Superman. Check out the discussion!
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Episode 95 - Superman: Earth One with Keith Lehtinen & Josue Aguayo
15/07/2022 Duración: 01h34minTo talk about J. Michael Straczynski’s take on a realistic Superman origin… the optimistic one that is… Case and Jmike are joined by Keith and Josue from “We Have Issues”!
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Episode 94 - The Amalgam Age of Comics with Mitch Punpayuk (Part 2)
01/07/2022 Duración: 01h57minIf there’s one thing that the “Big 2” have in common, it’s that they both believe that one popular event deserves another! Mitch is back to talk with us about the second round of Amalgam Comics! Do these surpass their predecessors or was the well running dry already? Tune in to find out!
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Episode 93 - The Amalgam Age of Comics with Mitch Punpayuk
17/06/2022 Duración: 01h55minMitch Punpayuk is back to look at the 90s DC vs. Marvel (or is it Marvel vs. DC?) crossover and the ensuing Amalgam event where all of the characters of the big two were merged together!
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Episode 92 - Action Comics #1 with Adam from Talking Superman
03/06/2022 Duración: 59minBefore we look to more modern incarnations of the Man of Tomorrow, let’s stop and look at the story that started it all: Action Comics #1. For this chat, we’re joined by Adam from “Talking Superman”!
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Episode 91 - The Golden Age with Zach Herring
20/05/2022 Duración: 01h42minWe continue our brush with the formative years of super hero fiction, this time looking on the deconstructionist retrospective work from James Robinson and Paul Smith! Zach Herring joins Case and Jmike to look back at The Golden Age!