This is Comic Geekspeak episode 698.

Superman Secret Origin, Issue 1.

Welcome to Comic Geek Speak.

I'm Brian D.

I'm Brian Christman.

I'm Peter Rios. And this episode of Comic Geek Speak. I'm Brian Deemer. I'm Jamie Dean. I'm Brian Christman. I'm Peter Rios.

And this episode of Comic Geek Speak is sponsored by Titanium Rain, produced, coming out from Archaia and written and drawn by Kat and Josh, the powerhouse husband and wife team.

These incredibly talented kids, you know, they're part of the CGS family, and they,

this book is awesome.

Anything from Archaea is always awesome.

That's pretty much the rule now that they've established.

And this is certainly no exception.

Titanium rain is set in the year 2031 and mankind's survival instinct is put to the test when a

civil war in China spirals into global conflict. Nations are destroyed, millions are killed,

and for many, like U.S. Air Force pilot Alec Killian, survival will mean shedding some of his humanity in exchange for biotech and machine.

So now it sounds like, whoa, what the heck is that mean? I don't really know. Well, this is,

it's, it's, you know, on the surface, it looks kind of like a Tom Clancy-esque, you know, war,

political intrigue book, but then underneath the surface,

there's some much deeper, like, personal struggle that's going on with this story.

Bubbling underneath the surface. Yeah, exactly. And the artwork is stunning, absolutely beautiful.

I mean, we all thought that they did a bang-up job on their first book, and this is just,

like, holy smokes. So they did a bang-up job on their first book, and this is just like, holy smokes.

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