With the new Superman trailer dropping this past week, the Escapists- Commander Marvel (Greg) and Knight Shade (Matt) sit down and talk about it and the Man of Steel in general, from his comic beginnings in the 30s, to his TV portrayal by George Reeves in the 50s, to his multiple origin stories on the big and small screen. The question for them, and for comic book movie fans around the world at large, is, to paraphrase Don Mclean in his song "Superman's Ghost," though the the image persists in the video mists, when the movie is released, will a Superman really be there?"

In their first podcast and livestream, the Escapists- Commander Marvel (Greg) and Knight Shade (Matt) sit down and talk about how they came to be such big comic book nerds, and how their love of the hobby and literature have kept them forever young.

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From the public domain, the first meeting of America's greatest heroes...

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Although appearing in a detective fiction magazine, the Green Lama tales can be considered science fiction or supernatural fantasy in that the Green Lama and other characters are possessed of superhuman powers and super-science weapons.

The Green Lama is an alias of Jethro Dumont, a rich resident of New York City, born July 25, 1913, to millionaires John Pierre Dumont and Janet Lansing. He received his A.B. from Harvard University, M.A. from Oxford, and Ph.D. from the Sorbonne; he also attended Drepung College in Tibet.

He inherited his father’s fortune, estimated at ten million dollars, when his parents were both killed in an accident while he was still at Harvard; he then spent ten years in Tibet studying to be a lama (a Buddhist Spiritual Teacher), acquiring many mystical powers in the process. He returned to America intending to spread the doctrines of Tibetan Buddhism (to relieve suffering by removing ignorance), but realized that he could accomplish more by fighting crime, since Americans were not ready to receive spiritual teachings.

He never carried a gun, believing that "this would make me no better than those I fight". Dumont was also endowed with superhuman powers acquired through his scientific knowledge of radioactive salts. Dumont had two main alter egos: the crime-fighting Green Lama and the Buddhist priest Dr. Pali. Additional alter egos included the adventurer "Hugh Gilmore".

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The Shadow was the pulp forerunner of today's comic heroes.

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The origin story of Earth's mightiest hero!

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Another public domain pulp literary figure who is now part of the Dynamite Comic public domain universe.

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From the public domain comes the origin story of a superhero 99.99% of the world has never heard of, and who is now part of the Dynamite Comics literary universe.

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