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Continue reading →: SUPERGIRL HOUSE AD – 05-18-2026 – HER SO-CALLED LIFE
Recently I read Supergirl issues 51 to 74 for a guest spot on Anthony Desiato’s Digging For Kryptonite podcast. This was the first time I’ve gone through most of these issues (I went through the Our Worlds At War issues a few years ago for a guest spot on the…
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Continue reading →: SUNDAYS WITH SPIDER-MAN – 05-17-2026 – …PATION OR THE FINAL SUNDAY WITH SPIDER-MAN
So where was I with the 2002 Spider-Man film? Oh yeah…waiting for it to come out. My wife and I saw the film on opening day and sadly I’m going to have to give some backstory before I get into that story. Because some context is necessary. In February of…
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Continue reading →: IT ALL COMES BACK TO SUPERMAN EPISODE 42 – MARVEL TREASURY EDITION FEATURING SUPERMAN AND SPIDER-MAN
Episode 43 – Marvel Treasury Edition Featuring Superman and Spider-Man This time out Andrew Leyland joins me once again to talk about a team-up between Superman and Spider-Man. Marvel Treasury Edition #28 came out in April of 1981 and not only heralded the return of the Marvel/DC team-ups but once…
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Continue reading →: THE OVERLOOKED DARK KNIGHT PRESENTS…ANOTHER BAT-FLASHBACK – BATMAN VS THE INCREDIBLE HULK
Another Bat-Flashback – Batman vs The Incredible Hulk The Overlooked Dark Knight presents another Bat-Flashback! Recently Andy and Mike have been looking at the original team-ups between Superman and Spider-Man because there are new team-ups between those heroes. Because of this, Mike thought it might be a good idea to…
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Continue reading →: A KRYPTONIAN ONION ON MY BELT – 05-14-2026 – SNEAKING AROUND TO GET SUPERMAN THE MAN OF STEEL #1
Thirty-five years ago today, Superman: The Man of Steel #1 was released to comic shops. Well, maybe it wasn’t. I, like a lot of my fellow comic book content creators, get the release dates of the comics I discuss (along with other information that has proven invaluable over the decades)…
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Continue reading →: WORLD’S FINEST WEDNESDAYS – 05-13-2026 – WORLD’S FINEST 1990 HOUSE AD
It’s another busy week. I have some other pieces that I’m working on for later in the week and I’m working on the latest episode of It All Comes Back to Superman and work has been a bear. Plus I’m starting to work on something big for July, so I…
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Continue reading →: SUPERMAN HOUSE AD – 05-12-2026- SUPERMAN THE SECRET YEARS/THIS DAY IN DC HISTORY
Like yesterday, this is another two-for-one post. And like yesterday, this one is kind of weird. According to the 1976 DC Calendar, May 12th marks the day that Lex Luthor first tried to kill Superboy. At the risk of repeating myself, I’m into niche facts about comics, especially niche Superman…
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Continue reading →: BATMAN HOUSE AD – 05-11-2026 – HARVEY DENT HAD A BAD DAY AT COURT
According to the 1976 DC Calendar, May 11th is the day that Harvey Dent had his face scarred by acid. This is not the weirdest date that was included on that calendar, but it is up there. I mean, I love nerdy, niche, weird bits of information about comics (DC…
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Continue reading →: SUNDAY WITH SPIDER-MAN – 05-10-2026 – SPIDER-MAN’S 30TH BIRTHDAY
I was sixteen back in the summer of 1992 and had my first job. McDonald’s. As first jobs go, it wasn’t bad. I hated that my hands smelled like onions at the end of a shift, but I liked the people I worked with and learned one of the most…
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Continue reading →: BAILEY PLANET ARCHIVES – 05-09-2026 – SUPERMAN CREATORS CIRCA 1990
The image above comes from an issue of Direct Currents, the DC newsletter that you would find at comic book shops in the late eighties through the mid-nineties. It was a freebie and really cool. Over the past decade and change I’ve collected as many of them as I could…
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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