Digging for Kryptonite Podcast

💥 KNEEL! Our General Zod trilogy kicks off today with a 🔥 double-header. First, @martgray.bsky.social joins me to discuss Zod’s humble Silver & Bronze Age start. Then, @percivalconstantine.com tags in to discuss all the Zod stand-ins Post-Crisis! Packed ep on the first four decades of Zod. 🎧 NOW!

TUESDAY. General Zod gets DFK’s signature “across time & media” treatment in the first part of a multi-episode run. Listen, or KNEEL!

You’ve heard our takes on how we think Lana should be utilized — right?! — so feel free to share yours! What role(s) should Lana fulfill in Clark’s adolescence and/or adulthood in your ideal scenario? Make sure you 🎧 to our big Lana spotlight episode if you haven’t done so already!

Justice for Conduit is coming . . .

It’s a LANA LANG celebration not to be missed as we explore her various depictions across time & media — including all the roles she’s served in Clark’s adolescence & adulthood. Dedicated to the memory of audience member Lorenzo Valdes. @kryptonreport.bsky.social & Tim Bruns join. 🎧 NOW!

This Tuesday, it’s a very special episode of DFK as we remember a fallen audience member by celebrating his favorite character: Lana Lang, “The Best of Smallville.” Please join us.

Me checking to see who hasn’t listened to our Dark Victory/When in Rome episode yet. Don’t miss any of our 🎃 coverage all month on Lighting the Bat-Signal!

🎃 THE LONG HALLOWEEN SAGA CONTINUES! This week on Lighting the Bat-Signal, @javitru.bsky.social joins me to compare notes on BATMAN: DARK VICTORY & CATWOMAN: WHEN IN ROME by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale. We talk Dick’s surprisingly small but impactful appearance, Selina’s side quest, & more. 🎧 NOW! 🦇

Supertober Day 13: Jimmy Olsen

Anthony Desiato and Zach Moore celebrate "Smallville's" 25th anniversary by proposing their animated series concepts. Listen to the latest from Digging for Kryptonite at dailyplanetdc.com/audio or wherever you get your podcasts!

☄️ SMALLVILLE 25th Anniversary celebration! Zach Moore from Always Hold On To Smallville joins me to pitch OUR versions of Smallville: The Animated Series, aka the project Rosenbaum & Welling have long teased. 🎧, enjoy, & tell us how many 🌹 or 💣 we get! Art by zakareer (DeviantArt).

🎃 Our Long Halloween Saga coverage continues in ONE WEEK with Dark Victory (& When in Rome)! Episode on Loeb & Sale’s first epic now available ICYMI.

For those who 🎧 to this week’s SUPER SONS retrospective, you heard my proposal for a new chapter in young Jon & Damian’s story — one that reveals a previously untold adventure during the years when Jon was supposedly trapped in the 🌋. Would you be down for a story like that?

💥 IT’S HERE! Our spoiler review of HBO’s LANTERNS has arrived. BJ Shea joins me to compare notes on the just-completed season. This episode is part of Beyond Metropolis: Touring the DCU, our patron-exclusive podcast feed. Join us & 🎧!

💥 All right, you Jon Kent fanatics! This week, Shawn Eastridge (Missing Frames) & I dig into the complete SUPER SONS works from writer Peter Tomasi. We really enjoyed the characters of Jon & Damian and their odd couple dynamic — but how did the actual STORIES hold up? 🎧 NOW as our “Reign” ends!

💥 I better see BIG numbers for tomorrow’s SUPER SONS episode — particularly from everyone always lamenting Jon’s aging up — or this is the last dedicated Jon ep you’ll get! 😆 I kid. More or less. And by “more or less,” I mean I’m really not kidding. Tomorrow!

TUESDAY. Shawn Eastridge & I had a very thoughtful, interesting discussion about this one. Don’t miss it!

Podcaster Anthony Desiato and guest Ryan Lower (The Batman Book Club) shine a light on Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale's original Gotham City epic — “Batman: The Long Halloween,” now in its 30th anniversary year — along with the two-part animated film adaptation. Listen at dailyplanetdc.com/audio or wherever…

This week, we discussed what I see as Superboy-Prime’s four major incarnations to date. Have you 🎧 yet? And which version of Prime resonates with you the most? It’s Prime 101, baby! Don’t let the week end without diving into our latest.

🎃 IT BEGINS HERE! Lighting the Bat-Signal kicks off a multi-part look at The Long Halloween Saga with guest Ryan Lower (The Batman Book Club) as we celebrate Loeb & Sale’s original epic in its 30th anniversary year. Ryan & I talk impact on our fandoms, mystery payoff, legacy, & more. 🎧 NOW!

TOMORROW. October One. 🎃 season is upon us, and with it, our coverage of THE LONG HALLOWEEN SAGA begins. Tune in as I team up with fellow Bat-podcaster Ryan Lower (The Batman Book Club) to revisit Loeb & Sale’s original epic. 🦇 Don’t miss Lighting the Bat-Signal!

Host Anthony Desiato and guest Ralph Puma explore Superboy-Prime's evolution from villain to potential hero, digging into his significant arcs during key DC storylines and current portrayal by Joshua Williamson. Listing to Digging for Kryptonite’s latest episode at dailyplanetdc.com/audio

You know what to do. 🎧 & enjoy, you beautiful nerds!

💥 PRIME PUNCH! @ralphpuma.bsky.social & I shatter reality as we dive into SUPERBOY-PRIME’s wild ride from hero to villain & back again. Join us as we revisit his debut, heel turn in Infinite Crisis & subsequent DCU villain era, and current redemptive arc. 🎧 NOW! Art by @isimmonsart.bsky.social.

MIDNIGHT EST. It’s the “Superboy-Prime 101” episode you’ve been waiting for. Ralph & I had a great time discussing the character . . . AND I might have taken a page out of Prime’s book with some fourth wall breaking added in post. Gotta listen ALL the way through on this one!

Even though it technically took place just before “Reign of the Superboys” — aka the main thrust of this week’s episode — we HAD to carve out a minute or two to salute this stellar issue of ACTION COMICS, which gave Good Ol’ Pete Ross (his official title, btw) a long-overdue spotlight!

Host Anthony Desiato shines a light on "All-Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder" by Frank Miller & Jim Lee with comic book creator Brandon Montclare — aka the Assistant Editor on the original series! Listen at dailyplanetdc.com/audio or wherever you get your podcasts!

🦇 Don’t be a little snot like that brat Dick Grayson! Cue up the latest Lighting the Bat-Signal as I revisit ALL-STAR BATMAN & ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER by Frank Miller & Jim Lee with Brandon Montclare (aka the Assistant Editor on the series)! It’s a rare inside look not to be missed. 🎧 NOW!

🦇 I hope our DARK KNIGHT SAGA coverage has grabbed you by the collar & pulled you in! Tomorrow, it all wraps up with a special interview ft. Brandon Montclare, Assistant Editor on ALL-STAR BATMAN & ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER. Don’t miss this RARE inside look at that wild series!

Thanks to everyone who’s already 🎧 to our latest! If you’re not current on the books — or you’re not a comics reader generally — but you want to see what “Reign of the Superboys” was all about, let us guide you through it! It’s another fun conversation with Sweet-Sweet.

💥 IT’S A REIGN! Sweet-Sweet Bernie joins me to break down the recent “Reign of the Superboys” publishing initiative across the Super-titles. We talk Prime in SUPERMAN, Conner in SUPERGIRL, the return of young Jon (or is it?) in SUPERMAN UNLIMITED, & past Clark with the JLU in ACTION COMICS. 🎧 NOW!

Along with guest sleuth @diggingforkrpod.bsky.social, we discovered that BATMAN v SUPERMAN could have been something quite different! Tune in to hear more: Apple: tinyurl.com/3bt9aye8 Spotify: tinyurl.com/BvSSpotify YouTube: tinyurl.com/BvSYouTB #BatmanvSuperman #MovieReview

TOMORROW. Sweet-Sweet & I dig into “Reign of the Superboys.” Be there!

Had a great, thoughtful discussion about a movie that has inspired some very strong reactions over the past decade. Thanks to Luke & Matt for having me on!

🦇 Happy Batman Day! In a special double-header, Mike & I find understanding — and redemption? — for Frank Miller’s notorious sequel THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN. Then, @percivalconstantine.com tags in as we discuss DK III: THE MASTER RACE, THE LAST CRUSADE, & THE GOLDEN CHILD. 🎧NOW!

📰 SERIES FINALE! 📰 Another Exciting Episode in the Adventures of Superman signs off with “All That Glitters,” in which Jimmy dreams that he & Lois have powers. PLUS, Rich & I reflect on the show’s legacy, the rewatch experience, & our favorite running gags on the podcast! 🎧 NOW!

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50th episode comes out Friday! Thank you to everyone who has been a part of this journey! @lastcomicshoppodcast.com @shortboxsummary.bsky.social @ironageofcomics.bsky.social @diggingforkrpod.bsky.social @usenickunleashed.bsky.social @joeyesposito.bsky.social @eriklarsen.bsky.social

If I could Prime Punch my way through all of your devices and tell you to play our latest — a special audience Q&A with Superman (Metropolis) Group Editor Paul Kaminski — believe me, I would! 🤣 Thanks to everyone who already listened, and if you haven’t, cue it up!

💥 Superman Group Editor @paulkaminski.bsky.social returns — this time to answer YOUR questions about the new Legion, being a steward of the character, breaking into the industry, Jon Kent’s status, the decision to bring back Prime, and MORE! Huge thanks to Paul for this opportunity. 🎧 NOW!

Are YOU ready for the return of Superman (aka Metropolis) Group Editor PAUL KAMINSKI to answer audience questions? Do NOT miss tomorrow’s episode! Tons of great insight & teases of what’s to come.

💥 NEW Beyond Metropolis! On this month’s spinoff show, guest Adam Lifshitz & I tackle HUMAN TARGET by Tom King & Greg Smallwood. Christopher Chance has been poisoned while posing as Lex Luthor — leaving him with only 12 days to live — and the members of JLI are all suspects. 🎧 NOW!

🗞️ EXTRA! EXTRA! 🗞️ In “The Perils of Superman” — the penultimate episode of ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN starring (& directed by) George Reeves — the Man of Steel must save his friends from a series of cliffhanger-style death traps. Rich Roney returns for this standout. 🎧 NOW!

Thanks to everyone who’s already jumped on our SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES 30-year retrospective! Were you surprised by any episodes that did or did not make it onto either of our Top 10 lists?

🚀 STAS at 30! Sweet-Sweet Bernie rockets in to compare notes on SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES — including its place in the wider Superman mythology, the role it served in our personal fandoms, its strengths & limitations, AND our TOP 10 EPISODES of the entire series. 🎧 NOW!

Me if I find out you haven’t listened to our latest, which includes an examination of the 🔥 excellent two-part animated adaptation of THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS. It was so good that even *I* didn’t mind it — TOO much, that is 😉 — that the film ditched the inner monologue. 🎧 to Lighting the Bat-Signal!

🔥 Another MAWS-inspired rendition by @isimmonsart.bsky.social! Ken & I spent a lot of time discussing the two Superboys we met during Season 3 of My Adventures with Superman. If you’ve finished the season but haven’t listened to our breakdown, you know what to do over this long weekend!

Nothing like rereading one of the densest works in the smallest possible format — am I right, Shawn? 😂 I kid! The guy still pulled it off. If you haven’t heard our latest podcast team-up on this week’s Lighting the Bat-Signal, enjoy our DARK KNIGHT RETURNS deep dive now!

📰 EXTRA! EXTRA! 📰 Zach Moore (Always Hold On To Smallville) joins me for “The Brainy Burro” — directed by series star GEORGE REEVES — in which criminals hiding out in Mexico take advantage of a mind-reading 🫏 to commit a bank robbery & frame the Daily Planet crew. 🎧 NOW! Only 2 episodes remain . . .

🦇 Fat Moose owner Shawn Hendricks joins me for an epic discussion of Frank Miller’s seminal Batman tale, including its legacy, personal impact, Rocky 🥊 parallels, & more. We ALSO compare the work to its stellar two-part animated adaptation. 🎧 NOW as we celebrate 40 years of THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS!