The Comics Code
Episodes
Jerry and Joe Postscript - Looking Back on Season 1
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In a recent panel on Zoom for Kickstarter and Patreon supporters, The Comics Code creator/host Graeme Burk talks with co-producers Graham Kibble-White...
Jerry and Joe - Episode 7 - "Created By..."
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the season finale. By the mid-1960s, Jerry Siegel was seeking work outside his uncredited scripting on Superman. He briefly landed an assignmen...
Jerry and Joe Episode 6 - I Will Smash Superman
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After losing their battle for the rights to Superman, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster watched their lives begin to unravel. Their next venture, Funnyman,...
Jerry and Joe episode 5: Siegel and Shuster v National Comics et al.
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1940s, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster found themselves battling increasing editorial pushback from Superman’s owners—who criticized Joe’s a...
Jerry and Joe Episode 4: Superman Inc.
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Superman may be an icon today, but his publishers weren’t completely convinced he’d catch on. After Action Comics #1, they didn’t even put him o...
Jerry and Joe Episode 3: Detective Comics
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster struggled to get Superman published, their first major work appeared in New Fun Comics — the first comic book to fea...
Jerry and Joe Episode 2: The Lost Supermen
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, writer Jerry Siegel told the story of Superman’s birth as a flash of inspiration during one restless summer night. But the real story i...
Jerry and Joe Episode 1: Secret Origins
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This season, we’re kicking off our deep dive into the hidden history of comics with an epic seven-part story about Superman’s forgotten origins......
Coming Soon: The Comics Code
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From author and podcaster Graeme Burk comes a podcast that dives deep into the stories behind the stories of the first hundred years of comics — the...