Host Anthony Desiato begins digging into John Byrne’s 1986-1988 tenure on the Superman titles — which redefined the character for the Post-Crisis era — by interviewing one of the people who was there: longtime DC Comics editor and returning podcast guest Mike Carlin.
But FIRST! In the prologue, Anthony welcomes back Sweet-Sweet Bernie Gerstmayr (Aw Yeah Comics – Skokie) to discuss the road to Byrne’s seminal Man of Steel miniseries.
PLUS: Anthony presents a pair of epilogue segments with veteran Pre-Crisis Superman fans — Rich Roney and Martin Gray (Too Dangerous… Review Blog) — who each received the reboot differently in 1986.
This is the first installment of a multi-episode event revisiting the entire Byrne era on Superman. Next week: The Man of Steel miniseries!
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- This Podcast Will Never Die
- Fat Moose Comics
- Single Bound Podcast
- Always Hold On To Smallville
