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Superman Returns

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Superman-Returns.mp3 Author Stephanie Sullivan Lytle Air Date 6/27/2006 Superman Returns Transcript Born in the weary depths of the Great Depression, turned down by all but one comics publisher in the country, Superman hit newspaper strips and comics in 1938, becoming the first superhero with his own comic book by 1939. […]

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Superman Arrives in Metropolis

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Superman-Arrives.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 6/26/2003 Superman Arrives in Metropolis Transcript It’s one of those dreams that comic book aficionados have: opening up a long-forgotten trunk in a relative’s attic and finding a pristine, if slightly musty-smelling copy of “Action Comics” No. 1, for June 1938. The cover shows […]