Host Anthony Desiato and guest Case Aiken (Men of Steel) dig into “Many Happy Returns” — the famed final arc of the Peter David-written “Supergirl” series featuring art by Ed Benes — in which Linda Danvers encounters the Pre-Crisis Kara Zor-El and attempts to take her place in the multiverse to save Kara from her fate in “Crisis.”
They discuss the arc’s loving send-up of Silver Age sensibilities, the winning big sister/little sister dynamic between Linda & Kara, Linda’s sacrifice & heartbreaking ending, and PAD’s unrealized plans for a “Blonde Justice” continuation.
Anthony & Case also address Supergirl analogue CIR-EL — aka the “Daughter of Tomorrow” — who made her debut in the pages of “Superman” while “Many Happy Returns” was unfolding.
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- Fat Moose Comics
- Aw Yeah Comics
- Always Hold On To Smallville
- This Podcast Will Never Die
- Single Bound Podcast
- Drunken Avenger
