Host Anthony Desiato and guest Bernie Gerstmayr (Aw Yeah Comics – Skokie) dig into “The Kingdom” — Mark Waid’s follow-up to “Kingdom Come” that introduced the concept of Hypertime and recently celebrated its 25th anniversary — as well as the just-completed “Return to Kingdom Come” arc from “World’s Finest” by Waid and artist Dan Mora, featuring the origin of Magog.
PLUS, in a special bonus segment, Anthony welcomes Superman Homepage contributor Marc Lax to discuss the Pre-Crisis comic book “deaths” of Superman, including “Superman” no.149, “Action Comics” no.363-366, and “World’s Finest” no.207.



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Mentioned in this episode:
- Hang On To Your Shorts Film Festival
- Acme Comics
- Fat Moose Comics
- Always Hold On To Smallville
- Aw Yeah Comics
- Paragons of Earth
- Sam Lim
- The Pop Break



