Chuck Austen’s Action Comics last Summer, JMS’s Grounded this year . . . It’s not that I’m a glutton for punishment (as a listener asked recently 😂), but I find it fascinating to excavate these more notorious entries & examine what happened. 🎧 to our Grounded talk ICYMI!

Maybe you read it, maybe you didn’t. Maybe you disliked it like many seem to, or maybe you think it’s been treated unfairly. Maybe you’ve never read it & only know it by its reputation. No matter which category you belong to, @kryptonreport.bsky.social & I have you covered. 🎧 NOW!

TOMORROW. Tyler & I take you through “Grounded” — the notorious storyline by JMS featuring Superman’s walk across America — in the last DFK before our end-of-summer break. Don’t miss it.

🔥 HOT OFF THE PRESSES! Fat Moose Comics owner Shawn Hendricks & I indulge in some rare Marvel talk as we give our spoiler review of SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY. Available at the “DCU Tourist” tier & above. 🎧 NOW!

📰 EXTRA! EXTRA! 📰 Daniel Sanchez returns as we break down “The Gentle Monster” from Adventures of Superman, in which Prof. Pepperwinkle — yes, him again — shows off a Kryptonite-powered robot called Mr. McTavish just as criminals target the Daily Planet with a bomb. 🎧 NOW!

Any WONDER WOMAN by Greg Rucka fans out there? We cover his FIRST run from 2003-2006 on the latest Beyond Metropolis. Diana as ambassador, the intro of Veronica Cale, Diana’s blinding, & the aftermath of her killing of Maxwell Lord — @clarkkentearth2.bsky.social & I break it all down. 🎧 NOW!

💥 We started off this year with a four-episode spotlight on Brainiac across time & media. It’s only right, then, to bookend 2026 by giving another villain the same treatment. KNEEL: A General Zod Event arrives this November. Don’t miss it.

Fan discourse getting you down? No need to 🤯 like Prime here. Instead, be sure to 🎧 to this week’s special “therapy” edition as we tackle online negativity & many more topics — like how to find community, control the completist mentality, and pronounce pesky words like “Mxyzptlk.” Cue it up!

🚀 SPECIAL EPISODE! In this week’s audience-fueled edition, we tackle YOUR “therapy” submissions re: fan discourse — in a segment I call “We Need to Talk About (How We Talk About) DC Films” 😬 — collecting habits, finding community, & more. @clarkkentearth2.bsky.social joins me. 🎧 NOW!

🗞️ EXTRA! EXTRA! 🗞️ On this week’s Another Exciting Episode in the Adventures of Superman, Prof. Pepperwinkle is back — with an anti-memory vapor this time — and so is @fobpodcasts.bsky.social to help me break down “The Big Forget.” Should this episode have been the series finale? 🎧 NOW!

🚀 It’s the 20th anniversary — issue 0 released in July 2006 — of the post-Infinite Crisis run on JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA by @bradmeltzer.com & Ed Benes! @chrisclow.bsky.social of The Comic Binge joins me for a retrospective on these stories, including 🌪️ “The Tornado’s Path.” 🎧 NOW!

📰 EXTRA! EXTRA! 📰 Jack Larson couldn’t keep it together during “The Superman Silver Mine,” and neither could we on this week’s 🎙️ Another Exciting Episode in the Adventures of Superman! Zach Moore joins me for a very fun discussion of a funny episode — with a truly BONKERS ending. 🎧 NOW!

🦇 While H2SH — Part One, that is! — is the main thrust of this month’s Lighting the Bat-Signal, we ALSO devote substantial time to the wider “Hush Saga,” with the Paul Dini & Dustin Nguyen material being a highlight. For now, our Hush coverage is complete! Hope you 🎧 & enjoy.

🦇 H2SH TIME! @ralphpuma.bsky.social returns for the conclusion of our Hush coverage — AND he even makes a case for the delayed & panned H2SH Part One. (True story.) We ALSO talk re: earlier Hush returns in Gotham Knights, ’Tec, & Streets of Gotham. 🎧 to the latest Lighting the Bat-Signal NOW!

📀 BEHOLD (most of) the animated films featuring the Man of Steel! In this week’s two-part DFK extravaganza, we share OUR pitches for the movies we’d like to see added to that pile. And no, I did NOT simply insert Conduit into 10 existing stories. 😂 🎧 NOW to both parts!

🔥 THE EPIC CONCLUSION! One episode simply wasn’t enough to contain our Superman animated film pitches, so here’s Part 2. Shawn Eastridge & I bring it home with the unrealized (yet!) movies we feel most passionately about. Any final predictions for our No. 1 picks? 🎧 NOW! Art by Isaiah Simmons.

💥 WE’RE BACK! Shawn Eastridge joins me to pitch our SUPERMAN ANIMATED MOVIE WISHLISTS — aka the Top 10 films we most want to see made. Adaptations, sequels to existing projects, & original ideas are all on the table. 🎧 to Part 1 NOW, then come back for Part 2 TOMORROW! Art by Isaiah Simmons.

☢️ EXTRA! EXTRA! Our Adventures of Superman Season 6 coverage resumes with “The Atomic Captive,” in which foreign agents target a radioactive ⚛️ scientist. Lou Koza joins me to discuss the of-the-moment subject matter, a truly super feat, & the continuing ineptitude of Lois & Jimmy. 🎧 NOW!

Later this month on DFK: 7/14 & 7/15: Superman animated movie wishlist TWO-PARTER with Shawn Eastridge! 7/21: Justice League of America by Meltzer & Benes at 20 with @chrisclow.bsky.social! 7/28: Superman fan & collector “therapy” with @clarkkentearth2.bsky.social!

“We have a destiny together, Clark. Only on different sides.” So . . . listen to any podcast post-credit scenes lately? 😉

🎙️ For our Supergirl coverage finale, Mike & I tackle LISTENER REACTIONS to the film! Fun fact: Mike was not smiling AFTER the movie, which made for an interesting — and ultimately worthwhile — discussion as we heard each other out & even found some common ground. 🎧 NOW & hear what themes emerged!

💥 SURPRISE EXTRA EDITION! Amidst a sea of Supergirl takes, why would I do a SECOND spoiler review? Because THIS one is with my wife, Stephanie, in her DFK debut! What did a non-comics reader who only knew Supergirl from the TV series think? And how did my views evolve with a second watch? 🎧 NOW!

💥 SPINOFF ALERT! On this month’s Beyond Metropolis, Scott Honig joins me to discuss “The Lords of Luck,” aka the first arc of the 2007 revival of THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD by Mark Waid & George Pérez. Featuring a Supergirl/Lobo team-up! 🎧 NOW! For our “DCU Tourist” tier & above.

📰 EXTRA! EXTRA! 📰 In our latest George Reeves breakdown, Rich Roney & I take you through Season 6’s “The Mysterious Cube” — in which Superman turns to Prof. Lucerne once again as he pushes his powers to new limits in order to penetrate a seemingly indestructible cube. 🎧 NOW!

Our Supergirl movie coverage is NOT over yet. There’s still more to come in the days ahead — including my wife’s DFK debut! In the meantime, have you listened to our initial SPOILER REVIEW yet?

🚨 Our official SPOILER REVIEW of SUPERGIRL is out now everywhere! Lobo cosplayer Justin De Voe 🦾 joins me to share our initial reactions to the film, with a specific focus its adaptive approach to the Woman of Tomorrow comic book. We break it all down. 🎧 NOW!

🍿 It’s our official PREGAME SHOW for the SUPERGIRL movie starring Milly Alcock! Shawn Eastridge returns as we share our final hopes, predictions, & concerns before the movie hits. We ALSO look back at Seasons 1 & 2 of the recently returned MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN with fresh eyes! 🎧 NOW!

📰 EXTRA! EXTRA! 📰 On this week’s 🎙️ Another Exciting Episode in the Adventures of Superman, Rich joins me for Season 6’s “Divide & Conquer” — in which Superman must literally be in two places at once to respect another country’s laws while preventing a political coup. 🎧 NOW!

🦇 HUSH REVISITED! Man, this hit me at such a formative time in my early Batman fandom back in 2002-2003. Now, @ralphpuma.bsky.social joins me to examine the story’s ultimate value & legacy, evaluate the effectiveness of its final reveals, & compare notes on the 2019 animated film adaptation. 🎧 NOW!

TOMORROW on Lighting the Bat-Signal. 🤫