Anthony Desiato, owner and founder of Flat Squirrel Productions, is a lifelong Superman fan, documentary filmmaker, and podcast host who has been chronicling the culture of comic shops for the past decade. Projects include the films My Comic Shop Documentary and My Comic Shop Country, as well as the podcast series My Comic Shop History and Digging For Kryptonite.
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Matt Truex (Lois & Clark’d: The New Podcasts of Superman, Always Hold On To Dc’s Legends of Tomorrow) dig into the four-episode New Krypton arc from “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.” This discussion covers “Through a Glass, Darkly,” “Big Girls Don’t Fly,” “Lord of the Flys,” and “Battleground Earth.”
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Rich Roney dig into a selection of classic Pre-Crisis stories featuring the Bottle City of Kandor, including: “The Super-Duel in Space” (“Action Comics” no.242), “Superman in Kandor” (“Superman” no.158), “The Feud Between Batman and Superman!” (“World’s Finest” no.143), “Let My People Grow” (“Superman” no.338), and many more.
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Tyler Patrick (Krypton Report) dig into the second and final season of Syfy’s short-lived KRYPTON television series, featuring the tale of Superman’s grandfather, Seg-El, on the doomed planet 200 years before its destruction.
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Zach Moore (Always Hold On To Smallville) dig into the first season of Syfy’s short-lived “Krypton” television series, featuring the tale of Superman’s grandfather, Seg-El, on the doomed planet 200 years before its destruction.
Host Anthony Desiato presents the series premiere of his new Patreon-exclusive spinoff podcast, Beyond Metropolis: Touring the DCU, for FREE for all audience members to sample!
Host Anthony Desiato digs into the origins and evolution of Superman Homepage, the web’s leading Superman resource, with editor-in-chief Steve Younis.
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Case Aiken (Men of Steel podcast) dig into DC Comics’ post-“Dark Crisis” publishing initiative, “Dawn of DC,” as it relates to the Superman family of titles: “Action Comics” by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Rafa Sandoval (“Speeding Bullets” from no.1051-1056), “Superman” by Joshua Williamson and Jamal Campbell (“Supercorp” from no.1-5), and the “Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent” miniseries by Tom Taylor and Clayton Henry.
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Jermaine Exum (aka “Lord Retail” of Acme Comics) dig into the most recent—but surely not last—Crisis event: “Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths” by Joshua Williamson and Daniel Sampere, featuring the return of Pariah and the restoration of the original Pre-Crisis multiverse.
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Chris Clow (The Comic Binge) dig into “Dark Nights: Death Metal” by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, as well as the concluding half of Snyder’s “Justice League of America” run (including the “Justice/Doom War” storyline).
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Tyler Patrick (Krypton Report) dig into “Doomsday Clock,” the 12-issue miniseries by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank that was published from 2017-2019 and saw the DC Universe collide with characters from “Watchmen.”
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Grant Richter (Truth, Justice, and Hope: A Superman Podcast) dig into “Dark Nights: Metal” by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, as well as the first 18 issues of Snyder’s “Justice League of America” series.
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Justin De Voe (@reallifelobo) dig into the original 2011 “Flashpoint” miniseries by Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert—which ended with the creation of the New 52 continuity—as well as the 2022 follow-up “Flashpoint Beyond.”
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Mike Sangregorio dig into Grant Morrison’s 2008 miniseries FINAL CRISIS (including “Superman Beyond”) with J.G. Jones, Carlos Pacheco, & Doug Mahnke. They also discuss Morrison’s 2000 original graphic novel “JLA: Earth 2” with Frank Quitely.
Host Anthony Desiato presents a special interlude to the ongoing “Red Skies” event as he and guest V Ken Marion (artist on “Deathshroud”) dig into the first season of the new animated series “My Adventures With Superman.”
Host Anthony Desiato discusses the theatrical film “Superman and the Mole Men”—aka “The Unknown People,” the two-part Season 1 finale of “Adventures of Superman”—with guest Ed Gross (author of the Superman oral history “Voices From Krypton,” available now wherever books are sold).
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Scott Honig dig into “52,” the weekly series from Grant Morrison, Mark Waid, Geoff Johns, Greg Rucka, and Keith Giffen that chronicled a missing year in the DC Universe following “Infinite Crisis.”
