Episode #3: Superman Takes Over: Action Comics #8–19, Superman #1–2, and the 1939 World’s Fair

A fully in-universe KDCR broadcast from January 10th, 1940. Hosts Simon Carver and Robert Reed tackle a jam-packed stack of Superman adventures: Action Comics #8–19, Superman #1–2, and the 1939 New York World’s Fair special. They react to Golden Age Superman’s battles with corrupt bosses, saboteurs, gamblers, cab racketeers, and the sinister Ultra-Humanite, then marvel at the launch of the solo Superman book and his trip to the 1939 World’s Fair. Along the way, they weave in the tense world events of January 1940 and tease upcoming coverage of Dr. Occult and the debut of Batman in Detective Comics #27–34.