Episode 73: Mike Carlin

The Death of Superman was an event that rocked the comics world so hard the reverberations are still being felt to this day! On this episode we speak with the editor for Superman comics at that time and the man who made it possible!

Mike Carlin started out in the business at DC Comics as a high school intern in 1974 and was later hired by Marvel Comics as a writer and artist on Crazy Magazine. Rising to the rank of Editor for Marvel he eventually moved to DC comics where he oversaw the Superman Family of titles and then went on to be Creative Director of their Animation division before retiring in 2023.

Mike discusses being introduced to comics by his mother an avid Superman and EC horror fan, His friendship with Marc Gruenwald, Working with John Byrne and the pure insanity that was the media storm when his creative team decided to kill The Man of Steel.