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    <title>Ace Comicals - Episodes Tagged with “Superman: The Man Of Steel Annual #2”</title>
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    <description>Every two weeks your host Greg and his co-hosts Leon and Rahul discuss comics in all their forms; monthly issues, collected volumes, graphic novels, newspaper strips, film tie-ins, TV tie-ins, flip-books, pictures scribbled on the backs of napkins... If it tells a story in sequence through art and text, rest assured we'll have something to say about it. Art and logos by the talented and extremely generous Anthony Smith If you have questions or comments, please reach us at acecomicals@gmail.com or on twitter at https://twitter.com/AceComicals If you like what we do please considering donating to us at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website.</description>
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    <itunes:summary>Every two weeks your host Greg and his co-hosts Leon and Rahul discuss comics in all their forms; monthly issues, collected volumes, graphic novels, newspaper strips, film tie-ins, TV tie-ins, flip-books, pictures scribbled on the backs of napkins... If it tells a story in sequence through art and text, rest assured we'll have something to say about it. Art and logos by the talented and extremely generous Anthony Smith If you have questions or comments, please reach us at acecomicals@gmail.com or on twitter at https://twitter.com/AceComicals If you like what we do please considering donating to us at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website.</itunes:summary>
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  <title>141: ACE COMICALS PRESENTS- THE DEATH AND RETURN OF SUPERMAN PART II</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Part TWO! in our special series dedicated to the 30th anniversary of "THE DEATH AND RETURN OF SUPERMAN"</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, &lt;strong&gt;Greg&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Leon&lt;/strong&gt; are joined by special guest &lt;strong&gt;Marvyn&lt;/strong&gt; for the second episode in our special series discussing, in honour of it's 30th anniversary, &lt;a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Death_and_Return_of_Superman" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;"THE DEATH AND RETURN OF SUPERMAN"&lt;/a&gt;. In this episode we discuss the comic book industry of the early 90s and the impact that seismic events, such as the comic book sales boom and the founding of image comics, had on the descision making behind the story and particularly, the arc that follows &lt;a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Death_of_Superman" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_Funeral_for_a_Friend" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;SUPERMAN: FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Reign_of_the_Supermen" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN!!&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Reign_of_the_Supermen" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN&lt;/a&gt; covers: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;ACTION COMICS #687-688&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN#500-502&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;SUPERMAN #78-79&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;SUPERMAN ANNUAL #5&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL #22-23 &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL ANNUAL #2&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We also talk a little about DCs infamous &lt;a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Bloodlines_(storyline)" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;BLOODLINES CROSSOVER EVENT&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;Greg&lt;/strong&gt; Suffered so that you don't have to!) In the context of it being an interesting bridge between Knightfall and The Death And Return Of Superman. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Foil covers, trading cards, and more variant covers than you can shake a stick at, ITS ALL HERE! So join us as we continue our voyage through &lt;a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Death_and_Return_of_Superman" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;"THE DEATH AND RETURN OF SUPERMAN"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
around the 30th anniversary of the event that taught the world not to take our heroes for granted! &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Send any questions or feedback to&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;acecomicals@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
And also please &lt;a href="http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt; and leave us a review!&lt;/p&gt;

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Ace Comicals, over and out!# Special Guest: Marvyn Lafayette.
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    <![CDATA[<p>In this episode, <strong>Greg</strong> and <strong>Leon</strong> are joined by special guest <strong>Marvyn</strong> for the second episode in our special series discussing, in honour of it's 30th anniversary, <a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Death_and_Return_of_Superman" rel="nofollow noopener">"THE DEATH AND RETURN OF SUPERMAN"</a>. In this episode we discuss the comic book industry of the early 90s and the impact that seismic events, such as the comic book sales boom and the founding of image comics, had on the descision making behind the story and particularly, the arc that follows <a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Death_of_Superman" rel="nofollow noopener">THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN</a> and <a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_Funeral_for_a_Friend" rel="nofollow noopener">SUPERMAN: FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND</a>, <a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Reign_of_the_Supermen" rel="nofollow noopener">REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN!!</a>. </p>

<p><a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Reign_of_the_Supermen" rel="nofollow noopener">REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN</a> covers: </p>

<ul>
<li>ACTION COMICS #687-688</li>
<li>ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN#500-502</li>
<li>SUPERMAN #78-79</li>
<li>SUPERMAN ANNUAL #5</li>
<li>SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL #22-23 </li>
<li>SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL ANNUAL #2</li>
</ul>

<p>We also talk a little about DCs infamous <a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Bloodlines_(storyline)" rel="nofollow noopener">BLOODLINES CROSSOVER EVENT</a> (<strong>Greg</strong> Suffered so that you don't have to!) In the context of it being an interesting bridge between Knightfall and The Death And Return Of Superman. </p>

<p>Foil covers, trading cards, and more variant covers than you can shake a stick at, ITS ALL HERE! So join us as we continue our voyage through <a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Death_and_Return_of_Superman" rel="nofollow noopener">"THE DEATH AND RETURN OF SUPERMAN"</a><br>
around the 30th anniversary of the event that taught the world not to take our heroes for granted! </p>

<p><a href="mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">Send any questions or feedback to</a> <a href="mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">acecomicals@gmail.com</a>.<br>
And also please <a href="http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow noopener">subscribe</a> and leave us a review!</p>

<p>If you like what we do please consider <a href="https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals" rel="nofollow noopener">donating to us</a> at <a href="https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals" rel="nofollow noopener">https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals</a>. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website.</p>

Ace Comicals, over and out!<p>Special Guest: Marvyn Lafayette.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="http://ko-fi.com/acecomicals">Support Ace Comicals</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>In this episode, <strong>Greg</strong> and <strong>Leon</strong> are joined by special guest <strong>Marvyn</strong> for the second episode in our special series discussing, in honour of it's 30th anniversary, <a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Death_and_Return_of_Superman" rel="nofollow noopener">"THE DEATH AND RETURN OF SUPERMAN"</a>. In this episode we discuss the comic book industry of the early 90s and the impact that seismic events, such as the comic book sales boom and the founding of image comics, had on the descision making behind the story and particularly, the arc that follows <a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Death_of_Superman" rel="nofollow noopener">THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN</a> and <a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_Funeral_for_a_Friend" rel="nofollow noopener">SUPERMAN: FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND</a>, <a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Reign_of_the_Supermen" rel="nofollow noopener">REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN!!</a>. </p>

<p><a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Reign_of_the_Supermen" rel="nofollow noopener">REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN</a> covers: </p>

<ul>
<li>ACTION COMICS #687-688</li>
<li>ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN#500-502</li>
<li>SUPERMAN #78-79</li>
<li>SUPERMAN ANNUAL #5</li>
<li>SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL #22-23 </li>
<li>SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL ANNUAL #2</li>
</ul>

<p>We also talk a little about DCs infamous <a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Bloodlines_(storyline)" rel="nofollow noopener">BLOODLINES CROSSOVER EVENT</a> (<strong>Greg</strong> Suffered so that you don't have to!) In the context of it being an interesting bridge between Knightfall and The Death And Return Of Superman. </p>

<p>Foil covers, trading cards, and more variant covers than you can shake a stick at, ITS ALL HERE! So join us as we continue our voyage through <a href="https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Death_and_Return_of_Superman" rel="nofollow noopener">"THE DEATH AND RETURN OF SUPERMAN"</a><br>
around the 30th anniversary of the event that taught the world not to take our heroes for granted! </p>

<p><a href="mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">Send any questions or feedback to</a> <a href="mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">acecomicals@gmail.com</a>.<br>
And also please <a href="http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow noopener">subscribe</a> and leave us a review!</p>

<p>If you like what we do please consider <a href="https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals" rel="nofollow noopener">donating to us</a> at <a href="https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals" rel="nofollow noopener">https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals</a>. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website.</p>

Ace Comicals, over and out!<p>Special Guest: Marvyn Lafayette.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="http://ko-fi.com/acecomicals">Support Ace Comicals</a></p>]]>
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