Golden Age Superman

Jon M. Wilson

Coverage of all classic adventures of Superman from the World War II era

40 Episodes

GASup Christmas 1940 SPECIAL!
12/25/2013
1:32:38
Merry Christmas and happy holidays, everyone! I am back for this Christmas season to look at a Superman promo comic that was released around this time in 1940. Joining me all the way from England is Andrew Leyland of Hey Kids Comics and Fantasticast podcasting fame! So join us for some talk about Superman, Christmas […]
GASup 033B December 1940
10/26/2013
1:54:10
I’m following my new format this episode, separating off discussion of real world and contemporary comics, as well as all Other Media adventures of Superman into their own episode here. In the daily strips, a new adventure begins as Superman sets out to help change the life of the meekest man in the world. The […]
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GASup 033A Action Comics 33
10/19/2013
After another of my now regular hiatuses, I am back to discuss Action Comics 33 with my good friend Charlie Niemeyer. We’ll be looking at Jack Burnley’s penultimate story of his fabled run on the book, featuring a will, a lumber mill, a muscled and mustachioed Frenchman, and Lois dying in a whirlpool! (spoilers) In […]
01 Justice Society Origins — How It All Began
6/22/2013
1:59:59
The first episode of a brand-new podcast has arrived! In Justice Society Origins, JON WILSON (of Golden Age Superman, this show’s parent podcast) and MICHAEL BAILEY (of several other podcasts, not the least of which are From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast and Tales of the Justice Society of America) begin at the beginning […]
GASup 032B November 1940
12/5/2012
3:22:06
And I have returned to continue with my coverage of the Superman adventures that were published in November 1940. First, Charlie Niemeyer helps me take a look at Action Comics 32. And in other media, I finish my look at the daily newspaper story where Lois has become a pawn of a mysterious master villain. […]
GASup 032A November 1940
9/23/2012
2:09:51
After an extended gap, the show is back for the first of three episodes to cover the adventures of Superman that were published in November of 1940. Actually, the first two of those episodes will be Superman, the third will be a recently announced Justice Society of America special. (Hooray!) The issue at hand today […]
GASup 031 October 1940
7/11/2012
2:51:19
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Did you miss me? Well, summer is here, school’s out, and that means time for more podcasts! In this episode, I am joined by Charlie Niemeyer once again to look at Action Comics 31. Someone has put the town of Brentville to sleep, and it’s up to Superman to […]
GASup 030B September 1940
4/15/2012
2:28:19
Welcome back to the goldenest Superman podcast ever produced, Golden Age Superman. Here in episode 30B, I’ll discuss Action Comics 30 with the help of Charlie Niemeyer, as we see golden globes of doom being used to destroy people, leaving behind nothing but a shadow imprint on the ground. It’s creepy gruesome stuff, and it […]
GASup 030A September 1940
2/25/2012
1:58:12
Perry White joins the comic book cast in this episode’s coverage of Superman 7 which is full of Joe Shuster goodness! First, Superman has to save an innocent man from being framed for murder by three kingpins of crime. Then it’s off to Gay City for Clark to find out why men are exploding at […]
GASup 029 August 1940
1/14/2012
2:32:49
This episode, I am joined again by Charlie Niemeyer of Superman in the Bronze Age to look at Jack Burnley’s work in Action Comics 29. It’s a great little mystery that jams 13 pages more full of story than they often are. Feel free to laugh and mock as Jon stumbles all over the various […]

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Golden Age Superman

Jon M. Wilson

40 Episodes

GASup Christmas 1940 SPECIAL!

GASup 033B December 1940

GASup 033A Action Comics 33

01 Justice Society Origins — How It All Began

GASup 032B November 1940

GASup 032A November 1940

GASup 031 October 1940

GASup 030B September 1940

GASup 030A September 1940

GASup 029 August 1940