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Continue reading →: DC HOUSE AD – 05-27-2026 – ARMAGEDDON 2001
Armageddon 2001 is one of my favorite DC events/crossovers. Full stop. I realize that part of it was because I was 15 when it happened and in the full flower of my person Golden Age as a comic book reader and collector, but it also happens to be a really…
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Continue reading →: DC UNIVERSE REBIRTH IS 10 YEARS OLD – 05-26-2026
Yesterday was the ten year anniversary of the release of DC Universe Rebirth #1. It’s kind of weird because on one hand it definitely feels like it’s been a decade since this came out but it also feels like it was both yesterday and a hundred years ago. Rebirth, as…
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Continue reading →: SUPERMAN HOUSE AD – 05-25-2026 – WHO’S WHO UPDATE ’87
If Superman #8 and Action Comics #591 were my proper introduction to Superman in the comics then Who’s Who Update ’87 was my proper introduction to the DC Universe as a whole. The first issue of this mini-series was on the stands right around the time I picked up the…
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Continue reading →: SUPERMAN HOUSE AD – 05-24-2026 – WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON
I have three sub-folders in my Ads sub-folder in the Images sub-folder of my Superman folder on my hard drive. As I look at that sentence I realize is sounds weird. Not “we shouldn’t talk to this guy anymore” weird. Just, “why are you so anal-retentive about the way you…
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Continue reading →: SUPERMAN HOUSE AD – 05-23-2026 – NEW KRYPTON
The first time I ever walked away from the Superman books was towards the end of the New Krypton storyline. I’ve written about this before, but for those coming in late (or just finding me because of this post) I by 2009 I was going through a very regrettable fan…
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Continue reading →: POWER GIRL HOUSE AD – 05-22-2026 – LET THE REVISIONS BEGIN
Power Girl is one of the many characters that got caught in the wake of Crisis on Infinite Earths. DC got rid of the multiverse (temporarily) for all time and instead of starting over from scratch or just retiring the characters that had their entire existence tied to being a…
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Continue reading →: SUPERGIRL HOUSE AD – 05-21-2026 – SUPERWOMAN
The Supergirl series that started in 2005 was a mixed bag to begin with. The first storyline by Jeph Loeb and Ian Churchill was fine, as was the One Year Later arc that followed it, but after that it was a roller coaster ride. Some issues I liked. Some I…
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Continue reading →: SUPERGIRL HOUSE AD – 05-20-2026 – IT’S ELECTRIC
There is a part of me that will always think it was a little unfair that Superboy and Steel got ongoing series shorting after Reign of the Supermen wrapped up and Supergirl only got a four issue mini-series. To be fair, both Superboy and Steel each had a solid premise…
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Continue reading →: SUPERGIRL HOUSE AD – 05-19-2026 – SHOWCASE ’95
To be fair, Supergirl is not the only character on this house ad, but she is the most prominent one, so I’m making an executive decision in calling this a Supergirl house ad. I was very excited for Showcase ’95 back in late 1994 when the first issue came out.…
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.
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- HEY, I’VE WRITTEN STUFF
- SUPERMAN HOUSE ADS – POST CRISIS (1986-1996)
- SUPERMAN HOUSE ADS – PRE-CRISIS (1938-1986)
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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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