King-Size Comics Giant-Size Fun Episode 010 Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

Do you like over-sized comics? Comics with extended page counts like DC’s 80 Page Giants, 100 Page Super Spectaculars, and Dollar Comic Giants? Or how about Marvel’s King-Size Annuals, Giant-Size Specials, and Double-Sized Issues? How about the physically larger Treasury Comics? Then welcome to the King-Size Comics Giant-Size Fun Podcast, join me your host, Kyle Benning, on a one man mission to brave the elements and review over-sized comics in my car during my lunch hour.

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In today’s episode I’ll be covering one of the most commonly praised, and highly touted Superman short stories of all time. Does it live up to the Hype? Let’s find out. I’m reading the story today from the Prestige Format 64 page collected edition that hit stands on December 4^th 1996 and sporting a Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson cover and a $5.95 Price Tag.

Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow was a two part story printed in the final issue of Superman and Action comics before the post-Crisis Reboot of Superman. This was Superman #423 and Action Comics #483, released on June 12, 1986 and June 26, 1986 respectively. These two issues were collected and released together for the first time in the prestige format “Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow #1” issue that was released on December 4, 1986, so 10 and half years after it was originally published. And that is the way I’m reading and covering this story today, from this prestige bound edition that marked the story’s first reprinting.

Top 10 Songs on June 14^th 1986 were:

1.       There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make you Cry) by Billy Ocean

2.       Crush on You by the Jets

3.       I Can’t Wait by Nu Shooz

4.       Holding Back the Years by Simply Red

5.       A Different Corner by George Michael

6.       No One is to Blame by Howard Jones

7.       Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins

8.       On My Own by Patti Labelle and Michael McDonald

9.       Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel

10.   Live to Tell by Madonna

Top 10 Songs on June 28^th 1986 were:

1.     On My Own by Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald

2.       There’ll Be Sad Songs by Billy Ocean

3.       Crush on You by the Jets

4.       Holding Back the Years by Simply Red

5.       No One is to Blame by Howard Jones

6.       Who’s Johnny? by El DeBarge

7.       A Different Corner by George Michael

8.       Invisible Touch by Genesis

9.       Nasty by Janet Jackson

10.   Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel

Top 10 Songs on December 7^th 1996

1.       Don’t Speak by No Doubt

2.       Un-Break My Heart by Toni Braxton

3.       No Diggity by Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre (Jock jams baby!)

4.       If it Makes you Happy by Sheryl Crow

5.       Don’t Let Go by En Vogue

6.       Just Between You and Me by DC Talk

7.       Nobody by Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage

8.       Mouth by Merril Bainbridge

9.       The Grease Mega-Mix Featuring The One I Want, Greased Lightning, and Summer Nights by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

10.   Fly Like an Eagle by Seal

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