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The Comics Code is a podcast that unlocks the hidden history of the comics… and how it became the bedrock of our popular culture.
In The Comics Code, author Graeme Burk tells stories about comics, and its creators, from the first century of its medium.
Using spoken word, interviews with creators and experts, archival materials, dramatic readings, music and sound effects, Graeme tells the stories behind some of comics' greatest creations. Some of these stories have never been told before… or never told fully.
In The Comics Code, author Graeme Burk tells stories about comics, and its creators, from the first century of its medium.
Using spoken word, interviews with creators and experts, archival materials, dramatic readings, music and sound effects, Graeme tells the stories behind some of comics' greatest creations. Some of these stories have never been told before… or never told fully.
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54 minutes
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9 avsnitt
sedan 14 oktober 2025
episodic
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In a recent panel on Zoom for Kickstarter and Patreon supporters, The Comics Code creator/host Graeme Burk talks with co-producers Graham Kibble-White and Andy Hicks about how the idea for The Comics Code came to be, the process of researching Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's story, and the biggest s…
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It’s the season finale. By the mid-1960s, Jerry Siegel was seeking work outside his uncredited scripting on Superman. He briefly landed an assignment for Archie Comics’ revival of their superhero line, but the work didn’t last. When Jerry sued in 1966 to renew the copyright on Superman, DC Comics f…
After losing their battle for the rights to Superman, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster watched their lives begin to unravel. Their next venture, Funnyman, arrived with great fanfare... but was cancelled within a year. Jerry briefly became editorial director for Ziff-Davis’ comics line, but he was unpre…
In the 1940s, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster found themselves battling increasing editorial pushback from Superman’s owners—who criticized Joe’s artwork and bristled at Jerry’s story ideas. Tensions peaked when editorial spiked a story in which Superman reveals his secret identity to Lois Lane… thoug…
Superman may be an icon today, but his publishers weren’t completely convinced he’d catch on. After Action Comics #1, they didn’t even put him on the cover again for several issues. But the Man of Tomorrow became an instant sensation. During 1939 and 1940, Superman made it onto the radio and was do…
As Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster struggled to get Superman published, their first major work appeared in New Fun Comics — the first comic book to feature all-original material. Publisher Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson encouraged their creativity but rarely paid them. Over the next three years, the …
For decades, writer Jerry Siegel told the story of Superman’s birth as a flash of inspiration during one restless summer night. But the real story is far more complex—and far more fascinating. In this episode, we create a timeline outlining the untold history of Superman’s creation, tracing the her…
This season, we’re kicking off our deep dive into the hidden history of comics with an epic seven-part story about Superman’s forgotten origins... and the two young creators who changed pop culture forever. In this opening episode, we first encounter Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster as history remember…
From author and podcaster Graeme Burk comes a podcast that dives deep into the stories behind the stories of the first hundred years of comics — the creators, the controversies, and the cultural impact of a medium that shaped modern mythology.
Using spoken word, interviews, archival audio, dramati…
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