Stealing Superman: Episode Eight — Special Farewell Issue

About this episode

The episode explores the mystery surrounding Nic Cage’s recovered copy of Action Comics #1 and features a billionaire Superman superfan.

Nic Cage’s recovered copy of Action Comics #1 leaves a series of unanswered questions and prompts a reexamination of what really happened the night it went missing. Plus, we meet the billionaire Superman superfan who has the comic today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• comic books
• Superman
• billionaires
• collectibles
• pop culture

Keywords

• Nic Cage
• Action Comics #1
• Superman
• comic book theft
• billionaire fan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: iHeartPodcasts

Books & works: Action Comics #1

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