Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan Journey

Host Anthony Desiato and guest Chris Clow (THE COMIC BINGE, DISCOVERY DEBRIEF) dig into the "World Against Superman" and "Last Stand of New Krypton" chapters of the sprawling 2008-2018 NEW KRYPTON saga.

Featuring a Q&A with former Superman editor Matt Idelson at the top of the episode!

This second and final installment on New Krypton covers:

• SUPERMAN #691-700 by James Robinson & Bernard Chang;
• ACTION COMICS #880-889 by Greg Rucka, Eric Trautmann, & Pere Pérez;
• SUPERGIRL #44-52 by Sterling Gates & Jamal Igle;
• SUPERMAN: WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #6-12 by Rucka, Robinson, & Pete Woods;
• ADVENTURE COMICS #8-11 by various;
• SUPERMAN: LAST STAND OF NEW KRYPTON #1-3 by Robinson, Gates, & Woods; and
• WAR OF THE SUPERMEN #0-5 by Robinson, Gates, & Eddy Barrows

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Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Gregg Schigiel and theme music by Basic Printer.

Host Anthony Desiato closes the final gap in his modern-era Superman reading with a two-part discussion of the "New Krypton" saga, which played out across more than 100 issues from 2008-2010.

In Part 1, Anthony and guest Tyler Patrick (KRYPTON REPORT) dig into the initial "New Krypton" and "World Without Superman" chapters of the sweeping saga:

• SUPERMAN #681-690 by James Robinson & Renato Guedes;
• ACTION COMICS #871-879 by Geoff Johns & Pete Woods, followed by Greg Rucka;
• SUPERGIRL #35-43 by Sterling Gates & Jamal Igle; and
• SUPERMAN: WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON by Rucka, Robinson, & Woods

This episode also considers the "Last Son" (Johns & Adam Kubert) and "Braniac" (Johns & Gary Frank) arcs that paved the way for "New Krypton."

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Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Gregg Schigiel and theme music by Basic Printer.

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."

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Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Gregg Schigiel and theme music by Basic Printer.

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 #242), "Superman in Kandor" (SUPERMAN #158), "The Feud Between Batman and Superman!" (WORLD'S FINEST #143), "Let My People Grow" (SUPERMAN #338), and many more.

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Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Gregg Schigiel and theme music by Basic Printer.

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.

Season 2 pits General Zod's military might—which comes to include DOOMSDAY—against Val-El's rebels on the moon Wegthor. Meanwhile, Seg returns from the Phantom Zone, encounters intergalactic bounty hunter LOBO, frees himself from BRAINIAC's influence, meets his son (JOR-EL), and asks his father if he'd care to step outside.

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Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Gregg Schigiel and theme music by Basic Printer.

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.

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Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Gregg Schigiel and theme music by Basic Printer.

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!

In the pilot, Anthony and guest guest Bernie Gerstmayr (Aw Yeah Comics) stop in Coast City to unpack Hal Jordan's wild, decade-long journey from Green Lantern to Parallax to Spectre and back again. Stories discussed include "Emerald Twilight," ZERO HOUR, "Parallax View," FINAL NIGHT, DAY OF JUDGMENT, and GL: REBIRTH. Subscribe at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato to hear subsequent episodes!

But first! Anthony and Bernie dig into THE RETURN OF SUPERMAN 30th Anniversary Special reuniting the original Triangle Era creators with their "Reign of the Supermen" characters: Steel, Eradicator, Superboy, and Cyborg Superman.

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Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Gregg Schigiel and theme music by Basic Printer.

Host Anthony Desiato digs into the origins and evolution of Superman Homepage, the web's leading Superman resource, with editor-in-chief Steve Younis.

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Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Gregg Schigiel and theme music by Basic Printer.

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 & Rafa Sandoval ("Speeding Bullets" from #1051-1056), SUPERMAN by Joshua Williamson & Jamal Campbell ("Supercorp" from #1-5), and the ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN: JON KENT miniseries by Tom Taylor & Clayton Henry.

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Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Gregg Schigiel and theme music by Basic Printer.

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.

This is the FINALE of "Red Skies," a 13-part podcast epic mining DC Comics' Crisis-level, status quo-altering events.

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FACEBOOK GROUP: The Flat Squirrel Podcast Network

FACEBOOK PAGE: @diggingforkryptonitepod

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WEBSITE: FlatSquirrelProductions.com

Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Gregg Schigiel and theme music by Basic Printer.