Superhero screen history, fan memory intact.
Superhero Stuff You Should Know is built for fans who remember the odd corners as clearly as the blockbusters. It moves from Fantastic Four reunion panels to Batman novel interviews, Superman trailer reactions, and forgotten Daredevil television history with a quick, conversational rhythm.
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Superhero Stuff You Should Know is built around the kind of superhero fandom that keeps receipts, remembers odd releases, and still wants to know why a forgotten screen version mattered. The show is not limited to whatever is newest. A Superman trailer can sit beside a long look at the 1989 Daredevil from The Trial of the Incredible Hulk. A Fantastic Four episode can become a room full of cast memories, release-history confusion, technical hiccups, and affection for a movie that lived through fan circulation more than official celebration. That texture gives the show its shape. It works like a running conversation among people who know the franchises well enough to argue from specifics rather than slogans. Recent episodes lean heavily into interviews and panels. John Jackson Miller talks Batman Resurrection through theater, Pygmalion, Leslie Howard, and Mr. Sardonicus. Adam Shomer discusses Selling Superman as a story about a secret comic-book collection, family trauma, and the personal uses people find in heroes. Aaron Waltke connects animation writing to Star Trek Prodigy, Teen Titans Go, Transformers One, Unikitty, and a childhood shaped by Nickelodeon. The show also carries its own internal history. Andrew's farewell mini-episode frames the podcast as a long weekly commitment, with fatigue, work changes, and affection all on the table. That makes the conversations feel less like packaged commentary and more like fan culture being actively maintained. The strongest episodes begin with a concrete artifact, then widen outward. A cameo becomes a reason to revisit Fantastic Four 1994. A trailer reaction becomes a discussion of studios, platforms, and expectation. A lost Daredevil project becomes a way to place Charlie Cox and Ben Affleck in a longer screen lineage. The show suits listeners who like superhero film and television with production context, convention energy, and a willingness to follow digressions when they reveal something useful. It is casual, quick, and sometimes uneven in the best live-conversation sense. The appeal is not polish. It is the feeling of sitting near people who have been thinking about this material for years and still find new angles inside it.
Made for: For superhero film and TV fans who enjoy franchise history, convention-panel texture, interviews, and deep cuts from before the current blockbuster cycle.
What sets it apart: The show connects modern superhero conversation to older screen artifacts, unmade projects, reunion panels, and fan-preserved history. It treats trivia as a route to emotional and cultural context.
Nostalgic superhero film and TV show coverage, including unmade scripts, deleted scenes, and concept art.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed comparisons and candid creator conversations reveal how superhero stories evolve between early versions and the finished screen work.
Ben and Andrew treat superhero movies as artifacts with alternate lives, tracing how scripts, novelizations, comic adaptations, and deleted material differ from the finished screen version.
A cockroach lands in Max Shreck's coffee on paper; your Batman Returns memory gets cross-examined.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A comic-book collection opens into family strain, collector lore, and why heroes matter.
Adam Shomer's visit gives Selling Superman a clear center: secrecy, family strain, and the weight of opening a 40-year family comic-book collection. The talk keeps returning to a few vivid details, including 300,000 comics, a Superman No.
A career-spanning interview that links Unikitty with Nickelodeon-era TV memories.
Aaron Waltke comes across as someone who moves comfortably between zany comedy and heavier action-adventure work, and that range gives the conversation its shape.
A page versus screen detour that leans on the novelization's extra details.
The episode works best when Ben and Andrew stay close to the odd little differences between page and screen. The Red Triangle's wider crime spree and Catwoman's sabotage plan give the discussion more shape, and the movie opens up a bit when those details are left to breathe.
A spoiler-light first look that keeps Michael Keaton's Batman at the center and leaves the rest broad.
The piece tracks Bat Ben and Speed Drew just after seeing The Flash, and it stays centered on their first reaction to Michael Keaton's Batman.
A Batmobile spin gives the episode a sharp little study of setup, payoff, and Batman movie craft.
The episode is strongest when it slows down over the Batmobile's standing 180-degree turn and treats it as more than a cool flourish. Ben Juan and Andrew first connect the move to the fire breather gag, then return to it as a possible setup Penguin could exploit later when he…
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant explain one topic per episode, from the bicameral mind to Boeing's MCAS.
Multi-part dramatized retellings of scandals like OceanGate's Titan and the Lehman Brothers collapse.
Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins dissect Oscar races, new releases, and Hollywood news.
Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen debate new releases, classics, and their own film rankings.
Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas argue their way through terrible movies.
Bat Ben and Speed Drew give a non-spoiler review of The Flash movie on a Patreon preview episode.
Ben and Andrew compare the Batman Returns comic adaptation to the 1992 film, highlighting deleted scenes and script changes.
This episode features an interview with screenwriter Craig Nevius about his involvement in the 1994 Fantastic Four movie and his decision not to participate in the documentary 'Doomed'.
This episode features a Q&A with the cast and director of the 1994 Fantastic Four movie, recorded after a screening event following the MCU's Fantastic Four First Steps premiere.
Alex interviews Batman Resurrection author John Jackson Miller at GalaxyCon in Raleigh about Batman Revolution, classic influences including Pygmalion and Mr.
Ben Juan and Alex react to the Superman trailer in real time, focusing on an interview where Superman says, “I stopped a war,” while Lois Lane questions whether he illegally entered a country.
Andrew announces his departure from the podcast after nine years of consistent weekly episodes, citing a need for a break due to a new job and increased travel.
This episode features a panel discussion at LA Comic Con 2024 celebrating the 30th anniversary of the unreleased 1994 Fantastic Four film, with cast members and a video message from Joseph Culp as Dr.
This episode explores the 1989 Daredevil TV movie 'The Trial of the Incredible Hulk' and the unmade spin-off series, discussing its place in superhero media history.
Andrew and Ben sit down with Adam Shomer to talk about Selling Superman.
Andrew opens with Ben busy and Aaron Waltke joining him.
This episode interviews legendary comics writer Steve Englehart about his contributions to Batman, including creating iconic characters and stories that shaped the modern version of the Joker.
This episode features an interview with Craig Nevius, the screenwriter of the 1994 Fantastic Four movie, discussing his perspective on the film and his decision not to participate in the documentary 'Doomed'.
Ben and Andrew dig into the Batman Returns novelization and how it shifts from the movie.
This episode compares the 1989 Batman movie comic adaptation to the film, discussing its re-release and features like original pencil prints.