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Superman Comics Deep Dive and a Look Ahead at James Gunn's Superman (2025) | Cosmic Circus Comics

Superman Comics Deep Dive and a Look Ahead at James Gunn's Superman (2025) | Cosmic Circus Comics

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Vin & Vic break down the main Superman comics influences for James Gunn's upcoming DCU movie. Stick around to the end for mailbag questions!

All-Star Superman (2005) - Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely

Kingdom Come (1996) - Mark Waid, Alex Ross

Superman for All Seasons (1998) - Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale

Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? (1986) - Alan Moore, Curt Swan

Superman: Up in the Sky (2019) - Tom King, Andy Kubert

Superman: Supercorp (2023) - Joshua Williamson, Jamal Campbell

Other Superman comics recommendations: - Superman: Secret Identity - Superman: Red Son - Superman: Birthright - Lex Luthor: Man of Steel

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:42 - Superman For All Seasons

09:02 - All Star Superman

17:41 - Superman: Up in the Sky (2019)

22:20 - Superman: Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

31:22 - Supercorp

36:32 - Superman '78

40:55 - Kingdom Come

50:15 - Superman 2000 (The Superman comic that never was)

53:38 - Other comic recommendations

58:25 - Looking forward to the new movie from James Gunn Superman (2025)

01:20:30 - Mailbag questions answered

01:28:40 - Outro

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