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After Superman came out, it's 1938.

Hitler's encroaching and World War II is encroaching on our shores,

and two Jewish 17-year-old kids are the ones who come up with the idea of Superman.

And it sells a million copies, and no one can understand why.

So what does everyone immediately do is they start making more heroes that have capes and they look like him and have muscles,

but nothing sells like Superman.

And why? Because they don't have Clark Kent. They're missing that key ingredient. The key ingredient

is not the heat vision or the powers of the things or lifting a car over your head, but it's that

part of, man, I wish I could do something that's beyond ourselves and do something right, especially by

other people.

If you're a nerd, you're going to love this episode.

If you're not a nerd, you're going to love this episode.

If you're a nerd, you probably already know Brad Meltzer's name.

And if you're not a nerd, you probably still know who he is.

He's the guy with all the mystery books in the airport.

Brad Meltzer is a prolific writer.

He's written Superman, Spider-Man, and Batman comics.

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