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Continue reading →: THE OVERLOOKED DARK KNIGHT EPISODE 105 – ANDY & MIKE LOOK AT THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN
Episode 105 – Andy & Mike Look At The Dark Knight Strikes Again Welcome back to The Overlooked Dark Knight, the show where Andrew Leyland and Michael Bailey shine a light on Batman stories people tend to…overlook. It’s right there in the name. Originally, this episode was going to be Andy…
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Continue reading →: BEHOLD…THE BAILEY PLANET PODCAST
So…some changes are afoot! It All Comes Back to Superman is becoming The Bailey Planet Podcast. Some of you are reading this and going, “Okay. Sounds good.” And some of you might be wondering why this is happening. For those people, here’s the deal. Back in late 2025 I had…
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Continue reading →: THE OVERLOOKED DARK KNIGHT EPISODE 104 – BATMAN ON THE ONES
Episode 104 – Batman on the Ones Welcome back to The Overlooked Dark Knight, the show where Andrew Leyland and Michael Bailey shine a light on Batman stories people tend to…overlook. It’s right there in the name. This time out Andy and Mike get together to do something similar to something…
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Continue reading →: THE OVERLOOKED DARK KNIGHT EPISODE 103 – MAN-BAT 1, FANS 0
Episode 103 – Man-Bat 1, Fans 0 Welcome back to The Overlooked Dark Knight, the show where Andrew Leyland and Michael Bailey shine a light on Batman stories people tend to…overlook. It’s right there in the name. This time out Andy and Mike continue their look at one of Batman’s…
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Continue reading →: THE OVERLOOKED DARK KNIGHT EPISODE 102 – CHALLENGE OF THE MAN-BAT
Episode 102 – Challenge of the Man-Bat Welcome back to The Overlooked Dark Knight, the show where Andrew Leyland and Michael Bailey shine a light on Batman stories people tend to…overlook. It’s right there in the name. This time out Andy and Mike look at Detective Comics #400, which, in…
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Continue reading →: THIS LOOKS GOOD – SUPERMAN: THE STRANGER
Despite being mostly retired from the week-to-week grind of buying new comics I do check out the monthly solicitations. Mainly to see what collected editions are coming down the pike, but every now and then a new series catches my fancy. Superman: The Stranger definitely fits that bill. From DC…
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Continue reading →: KRYPTONIAN ONION ON MY BELT – MAN OF STEEL TURNS 40 TODAY…HOW I DIDN’T READ IT BACK IN 1986
John Byrne’s Man of Steel turns 40 today. I am working on a small series of episodes for It All Comes Back to Superman (my current Superman podcast, for those that are unaware) that will be coming out later this summer, so I’m not going to be going too deep…
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Continue reading →: IT ALL COMES BACK TO SUPERMAN EPISODE 43 – THE SUPERMAN WARS – AN INTERVIEW WITH WILLIAM BERNHARDT
Episode 43 – The Superman Man Wars: An Interview With William Bernhardt This time out I sit down with writer William Bernhardt, author of The Daniel Pike Series, The Splitsville Legal Thriller Series, and the Ben Kincaid novels, to talk about his newest book The Superman Wars: A Battle for…
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Continue reading →: THE NEW 52 WAS ANNOUNCED 15 YEARS AGO TODAY – 05-31-2026
Fifteen years ago today, DC announced The New 52. If you weren’t buying comics in 2011 it’s hard to describe what a big deal The New 52 was. DC was ending their entire mainstream line and then releasing 52 new titles. Some would replace the ones that were ending. Some…
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Continue reading →: SUPERMAN HOUSE ADS – 05-30-2026 – A TALE OF TWO ADS
Above are two images that weren’t full house ads but rather smaller ads that appeared mainly in the letters pages. If I am remembering something I read on the Internet years and years and years ago, Mike Carlin had a habit of putting small ads like this into other books…
About Michael Bailey...
Husband. Pet dad to two mentally unstable poodles. Podcaster, but not the alpha-bro kind. Amateur Superman historian. Semi-Professional writer. Leap baby.
Mission Statement
The Bailey Planet is a lot of things. Part blog. Part journal. Part ramblings of a middle-aged man that is semi-retired as a comic book reader and collector. Part second home for the podcasts I host or co-host. Part archives for stuff I’ve scanned over the years. Part archives for anything related to Post Crisis Era of Superman.
It’s a lot of things.
The site will be about Superman. And other stuff occasionally. But mostly Superman.
Featured Pages
- HEY, I’VE WRITTEN STUFF
- SUPERMAN HOUSE ADS – POST CRISIS (1986-1996)
- SUPERMAN HOUSE ADS – PRE-CRISIS (1938-1986)
Patreon
I have a Patreon. It is essentially a tip jar for the moment, so I can’t promise exclusive content, but if you could chip in $1 a month that would help the cost of this site and the podcasts I produce. If you can’t, that’s cool. I know times are hard.
My Podcasts…
Friends of Bailey Planet
Hey Kids, Comics Podcast
Superman Homepage
The Fire and Water Podcast Network
Pop Culture Affidavit
Jon Reads Comics
Siskoid’s Blog of Geekery
Relatively Geeky Network
Creative Criticality
KRAD’s Inaccurate Guide to Life
The ESO Network
The Flopcast
Good to be a Geek
The Monitor Tapes
Waiting For Doom
Digging for Kryptonite
All-Star Superfan Podcast
The Geek of Steel
Krypton Report
The House of El
Always Hold on to Smallville
Daily Planet
Geek Out Loud
And Why Not Podcast
Rolled Spine Podcasts
Songs of Experience: A Bob Dylan Podcast
Supergirl: Comic Box Commentary
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Categories
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- Captain America Commentary
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- Flash
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- Green Lantern
- Happy Birthday
- Hulk
- Hulk Smash Bailey Planet
- Impact Comics
- It All Comes Back to Superman
- Kryptonian Onion On My Belt
- Marvel House Ads
- Overlooked Dark Knight
- Power Girl
- Previews
- Ramblings of a Middle-Aged Comic Book Reader
- Saturday Showcase
- Site Business
- Spider-Man
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- This Looks Good
- Trading Cards
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