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Superman and Supergirl, taken one comic age at a time.
Anthony Desiato talks Superman lore with a varied bench of guests: a Superman historian, a review blogger, the owner of Fat Moose Comics and writer Sterling Gates. A run of Supergirl episodes follows her from the Silver and Bronze Ages to her screen history and the 2026 film trailer.
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Digging for Kryptonite goes through Superman history the way a patient collector goes through a long box: one era at a time, with a knowledgeable guest along for the dig. Anthony Desiato hosts. The format is conversational, the host and a guest, and several of those guests come back for more. That range of voices is the show's real asset. Ed Gross, introduced as a Superman historian, talks about a book in his Krypton Talk series that follows Supergirl from the comics to the new film. Martin Gray, the man behind the Too Dangerous for a Girl review blog, says he writes about her often but rarely gets to talk about her aloud. Bernie Gerstmeyer of All Yeah! Comics reacts to the full 2026 Supergirl trailer, after a friend named Devo covered the earlier teaser with the host. Sean Hendricks, owner of Fat Moose Comics, turns up for a spoiler-flagged crossover review, and the two joke about him finally making the main feed after their earlier episodes together stayed on Patreon. Then there is writer Sterling Gates. He looks back on his Supergirl run and the New Krypton saga, and he is candid about the executives who kept blocking his attempts to bring back Linda Danvers. Continuity detail runs deep. One conversation traces Kara Zor-El's origin from Argo City's survival to a later reintroduction in which kryptonite poisoning accounted for her jumbled memories. Another asks whether the Daring New Adventures version of Linda, read in isolation, would seem like an Earth woman who simply gained powers. Titles such as 'Supergirl in the SILVER AGE — The Girl of Steel BEGINS' and 'Supergirl in the BRONZE AGE — Daring New Adventures & Death in CRISIS' show how the show divides up a character's history, and 'A History of SUPERGIRL ON SCREEN (Supergirl Day Special!)' takes the same approach beyond the page. The verdicts stay honest. A Supergirl film is called slow and small in scale, even as its flying sequences and score are admired. The trailer conversation weighs a two-hour movie against an eight-issue comic that spreads its story over months. And an otherwise glowing crossover review, one that praises the art, still questions Doc Ock's willingness to kill everybody. Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel production, and its sister shows include Lighting the Bat Signal, which brings the same fan-journey approach to Batman. It works best as a companion for anyone curious how the Supergirl in the new trailer came to be.
Made for: Suits a listener who wants Superman and Supergirl continuity sorted by comic age and screen version, and who enjoys hearing a historian, a review blogger, the owner of Fat Moose Comics and a series writer talk it through with an enthusiastic host.
What sets it apart: Rather than treating DC news as the main event, it reads Superman and Supergirl as history, era by era and adaptation by adaptation, and it brings in guests who range from a historian to the writer of a Supergirl run. Trailer reactions and new crossover issues sit alongside the history.
Host Anthony Desiato (My Comic Shop History) takes flight with an ongoing podcast series exploring Superman! Digging for Kryptonite is an examination of Krypton's Last Son across time and media, with deep dives into the creative visions, character elements, eras, and individual stories that have shaped the Man of Steel and the larger DC Universe since 1938. New episodes every Tuesday.
Linda Danvers nearly returned; you get Sterling Gates's account of why she didn't.
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A clear look at Supergirl's screen debut, its pre-crisis roots, and the choices behind its reputation.
Anthony Desiato's discussion with Superman historian and returning guest Ed Gross puts Supergirl's screen history in a clear, generous frame, with the film's modest shape doing much of the guiding.
A thoughtful Bronze Age discussion of Supergirl's identity, Earth life, and Kryptonian roots.
Supergirl's Bronze Age is treated here as a question of what a long-running hero brings with her as she moves from one era into the next. Anthony Desiato and Martin Gray, behind Too Dangerous for a Girl, start with Gray's affection for the character: hand-me-down Silver Age…
A Silver Age origin becomes a map of the Supergirl ideas later stories kept, revised, and revived.
Supergirl's Silver Age debut is framed less as a closed origin than as an early map of ideas later stories would keep revisiting. Host Anthony Desiato and returning guest Daniel Sanchez follow Kara Zor-El's first place in the Superman myth, then measure how much of that…
A full-trailer reaction about Lobo and the challenge of fitting an eight-issue Supergirl story into two hours.
Anthony Desiato's discussion of the full trailer for the 2026 Supergirl film turns into a focused look at adaptation under pressure. The trailer arrives sooner than expected, and returning guest Bernie Gerstmeyer of All Yeah!
Sterling Gates connects his Supergirl run's story design to the editorial choices that shaped its life in print.
Sterling Gates looks back on his 2008-2010 Supergirl run and the New Krypton saga through a grounded publishing question: how those stories should be collected in omnibus form.
Comics history with heat and receipts.
Continuity arguments at Marvel speed.
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Bernie Gerstmeyer count down their top 10 all-media Superman moments to celebrate Superman Day.
Host Anthony Desiato interviews writer Joe Kelly about his early 2000s Action Comics run and Superman stories.
["Anthony Desiato and Superman historian Ed Gross use this Supergirl Day special to survey Supergirl on screen, from the 1984 Helen Slater film to the announced 2026 solo movie.", "Gross also talks about Krypton Talk: Women of Tomorrow, which he hopes to debut at Superman Celebration in June, and says Superman, The Definitive History is getting a lower price and roughly 24 more pages, much of it on James Gunn's film.", "The main argument is that Supergirl keeps getting rewritten because creators treat her as a broader canvas than Superman, and they use Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, Superman Unbound, Smallville, Melissa Benoist's Supergirl, The Flash with Sasha Calle, My Adventures with Superman, and Millie Alcock's cameo in James Gunn's Superman to show that range.", "The episode's strangest stretch covers Ilya Salkind's 1980-81 Supergirl treatment, where Brainiac, a personality-changing machine, and a proposed marriage to Supergirl turn the outline into a kitchen sink of Krypton lore."]
Martin Gray says Supergirl has been his favorite superhero since hand-me-down Silver Age comics, early 1970s books, and Adventure Comics stories.
Anthony Desiato and returning guest Daniel Sanchez read the Silver Age Supergirl material from Action Comics 252 through 376, focusing on Kara Zor-El, the Midvale Orphanage, and the later Fred and Edna Danvers era.
["Anthony Desiato and Bernie Gerstmeyer react to the full trailer for the 2026 \"Supergirl\" film after James Gunn dropped it earlier than Anthony expected.
["Digging for Kryptonite talks with Sterling Gates about his Supergirl run from 2008 to 2010 and the New Krypton saga, with omnibus remapping as the main topic.", "Gates says he pulled about 130 issues from his closet, rewrote the New Krypton chronology in a weekend, and convinced DC that the collection needed three volumes instead of two.", "He points to issue-order fixes like Nightwing and Flamebird in Lois Lane's apartment, Clark joining New Krypton's military, and Cat Grant's article about why the world does not need Supergirl.", "Later he describes the crossover being compressed from a planned six-month event into five issues, then talks through abandoned plans involving Coma, Zod, Linda Danvers, and a Supergirl death arc."]
Anthony Desiato and Sean Hendricks review Superman/Spider-Man #1, including Mark Waid and Jorge Jimenez's lead story and several backup stories.
Digging for Kryptonite host Anthony Desiato and I Read Comic Books host Kara Shamborski examine Tom King and Bilquis Evely’s eight-issue Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, published in 2021 and early 2022.
Anthony Desiato launches Lighting the Bat Signal: A Batman Fan Journey with comic book artist V.
Anthony Desiato and Justin DeVoe review DC K.O.
Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan Journey examines the five-issue Black Label miniseries Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum with host Anthony Desiato and returning guest Mike Sangregorio.
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Bernie Gersmeyer kick off a five-part series revisiting John Byrne's revamp of Superman after the Crisis on Infinite Earths, discussing the changes and impact on the character.
Host Anthony Desiato makes announcements about a summer break, new merchandise, and a New York Comic Con meetup before introducing an episode about Lois Lane.
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Daniel Sanchez count down top 10 Superman moments across time and media.