Superman Day Recap
87 years ago the Man of Steel graced store shelves and today we celebrate. So many great things have been shared today in the Superman community that I thought I’d try and do a recap of everything I came across.
My Local Comic Shop
Shout out to Zenith Comics in Malden, Mass. They had a great display and a nice sale for Superman Day. DC released some free reprints of All Star Superman #1 and a portion of Superman For All Seasons #1. Plus full sized replicas of Action Comics #1 with the original and a new Dan Mora cover.
Podcasts
A bunch of excellent podcasts dropped today. It can typically take me days to get through an episode of a long podcast, but I set aside time today to listen to these episodes:
- It All Comes Back to Superman counts down Michael Bailey’s top ten “bestest” Superman stories
- All Star Superfan ranks the live action suits
- Digging for Kryptonite counts down their top ten Superman moments
- The Geek of Steel tells his Superman Origin Story
- DC Studios Showcase goes through some Superman history (although they don’t get everything 100% correct)
There are a couple more that I haven’t made it to:
- Missing Frames interviews Jason Aaron, writer of Absolute Superman
- Super House of El recounts some of their favorite moments.
- Comic Book Couples Counseling interviewed Grant Morrison!
Toys
So many new toy preorders got announced today. McFarlane has a couple Supermen, a Kaiju, and Metamorpho in their Multiverse line. Plus Metamorpho, Guy Gardner, Mr. Terrific, Superman, and a Fortress of Solitude Playset in their Super Powers line. Funko has a Superman, Lois, Lex, and Krypto in Pop form.
We also got images of McFarlane Superman Robot toys (in both Multiverse and Super Powers lines), Lex Luthor, and Mr. Terrific. Plus a Spin Master Superman with Kaiju.
They’ve got some more toy hints on their Instagram:July Comic Solicitations
Perfect timing for these to come out today! They had been slowly releasing details on the new issues all week in anticipation
Official videos
DC dropped a bunch of videos today. Starting with a promotional video for Superman:
A new behind the scenes look at the upcoming movie:
The cast wishing everyone a happy Superman day:
A #LookUp promo
And this great cape logo evolution video from DC Germany
Misc
- DC sent some influencers Superman Day boxes. What’s a guy gotta do to get on that list?
- Giphy released Superman movie digital stickers and I love them all
- The DC shop had some new merch including a shield evolution shirt & poster and the movie “repeat” shirt that I really like.
- Mondo confirmed they’d be doing Superman: The Animated Series 1/6 scale toys
- Comics Beat had a good list of their favorite Superman stories
- Dozens of great social media posts on BlueSky! Way too many for me to keep track of, but I tried to repost and like them as I came across them.
This is everything I’ve seen so far. Let me know if I’ve missed something!