Superman: The Blog

Recently I published my latest blog on the release of the new Supergirl Blu-ray import from Germany (and also Austria), and as soon as it dropped, comments came out of the woodwork. And let me just say at the start that this was not what I expected. To briefly recap, Plaion Pictures recently came out…

It seems like it’s been a lot more than 40 years since the Supergirl spinoff film was released in theaters, but it’s not. It was 1984 that saw the release of this film spinoff from the successful Superman trilogy from producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind. And now, to celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary, a brand…

Up to this point I’ve covered one particular topic after another in the Superman film universe, so here’s a few quick little bits to share with you that I’ve picked up along the way… First off, I recently completed another rewatch of the Restored International Cut of Superman II to analyze those particular scenes that…

It’s been a while since I’ve posted, hasn’t it? Well, a lot has happened in my life since my last blog. To boil it down in a nutshell, life happened. For a time I lost my mojo, my will to write. It felt like for a time, maybe this is it. Maybe there’s nothing left…

With the release of the latest issue of the Superman ‘78: The Silver Curtain, it’s got me thinking about another popular comic book series that took its inspiration from the Christopher Reeve films in ways both heartfelt and even subtle. I picked up the trade paperback of the landmark DC Comics graphic novel Kingdom Come…

It’s still hard to believe that it was on this day in 2004 that we lost Christopher Reeve. Very few times in my life have I experienced the weight of that kind of loss. Losing a grandparent or aunt or uncle is one thing. Losing a beloved parent, or a spouse, or a sibling is…

With the forthcoming release of the second storyline in the Superman ‘78 series, you would think that there would be plenty of variant editions out there for both series. This past week the Superman Homepage website dropped the announcement for the latest variant cover of the first issue of the original series, and this one…

The news dropped yesterday out of nowhere, and on one hand it was what we were expecting to hear for the past year, and yet on the other hand we definitely didn’t see this coming yesterday. And I have to give credit to my friend Jim Bowers and the CapedWonder Superman Podcast for being the…

You don’t see too many fan films based on the Superman franchise. Usually when you hear the term “fan film”, what immediately comes to mind are the plethora of Star Wars fan films which expand upon that galaxy far, far away and delve into deeper, original characters and their own experiences with the Force. And…

It came as a surprise in my email, and I like good surprises. So it took me by surprise when I read the news that Official Pix is preparing for another autograph signing with the one and only Gene Hackman! This is the fifth signing that Official Pix has done with Mr. Hackman, and for…