Elliot Makes Stuff Up

Elliot S! Maggin reads his books. Starting with Miracle Monday, his 1981 bestselling novel that was released with the film Superman II, and with occasional guests, he reads sequential portions of each book until the story is done. Then he reads another one.

Last Son of Krypton - The Gift 02/19/2019

Last Son of Krypton - The Gift The final installment of Last Son of Krypton. It all comes together. Chapters 34, 35 and 36, and the Epilogue. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/8698565

Last Son of Krypton - The Takeover 02/12/2019

Last Son of Krypton - The Takeover Superman tracks the Master back to Earth and finds that everyone at Clark Kent's office is a zombie, patiently waiting at their desks for the interstellar real estate developer to announce that he's taken possession of the Earth. Chapter 32 and 33 of Last Son of Krypton and Significant and Enduring Theme Number 4 - the penultimate episode of this series of podcasts. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/8612954

Last Son of Krypton - Chaos 01/29/2019

Last Son of Krypton - Chaos Here's where the euphemism hits the proverbial. The Master has initiated his outrageous plan and Superman and Luthor decide they are the team to stop him. And the game is afoot. Last Son of Krypton Chapter 28, 29, Significant and Enduring Theme Number 3, and chapters 30 and 31. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/8436563

Last Son of Krypton - The Mad Dream 01/22/2019

Last Son of Krypton - The Mad Dream You'd think powers and abilities far greater than those of mortal men would be enough, but no. The Creator of the Universe shows up to help - and we don't mean Jerry and Joe. Chapters 25, 26 and 27 of Last Son of Krypton and a few extras. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/8348171

Last Son of Krypton - The Interrogation 01/16/2019

Last Son of Krypton - The Interrogation Luthor takes to life in the orbit of Vega like a gryzmish to gerstenzang. This is a guy used to thriving in stir. Meanwhile, Superman isn't doing nearly as well. He's about to come in contact with his mortality. Last Son of Krypton chapters 22, 23, Significant and Enduring Theme Number 2 and chapter 24. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/8261630

Last Son of Krypton - Pocantico to Vega 01/08/2019

Last Son of Krypton - Pocantico to Vega This is the buddy segment of the story. Superman and Luthor go together on a road trip to Oric, the mercantile world orbiting Vega 28 light years from Earth, to track down the purloined Einstein document. And a real-life story about a palm reader, a liar and a lot of shade. Chapters 20 and 21 of Last Son of Krypton. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/8163800

Last Son of Krypton - Old-Timer 01/02/2019

Last Son of Krypton - Old-Timer The Guardians of the Universe have an important message for Superman and they get it to him through characteristically unconventional means. Also, a proposition for a major motion picture. Chapters 17, 18 and 19 of Last Son of Krypton: Oa, The Sociologist and Old-Timer. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/8102972

Last Son of Krypton - The Caper 12/26/2018

Last Son of Krypton - The Caper A master thief gets ripped off and has to go to his arch enemy for help, and we learn more about Luthor and Superman's past. And Elliot talks about a threatening phone call that came about as a result of this book's original publication. Chapters fifteen and sixteen of Last Son of Krypton: The Caper and The Contact. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/8046224

Last Son of Krypton - The Crooked Philologist 12/18/2018

Last Son of Krypton - The Crooked Philologist Luthor struggles with a succession of employees trying to get the stolen Einstein document translated, and Superman deals with the return of Towbee the space minstrel to Metropolis. Chapters 12, 13 and 14 of Last Son of Krypton. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/7963097

Last Son of Krypton - Oric 12/11/2018

Last Son of Krypton - Oric On a faraway world, the mercantile center of countless civilizations for hundreds of light-years around, a wealthy slavemaster plots to build an interstellar real estate empire. And on Earth, Superman agonizes over Luthor's having gotten the best of him in a petty theft. There's more. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/7874135

Last Son of Krypton - Princeton 12/05/2018

Last Son of Krypton - Princeton Lex Luthor steals the last bequest to the world of Professor Albert Einstein by distracting Superman with a platoon of hang-gliders intent on plundering downtown Metropolis. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/7804787

Last Son of Krypton - The Anchorman 11/27/2018

Last Son of Krypton - The Anchorman The story moves from ancient Smallville to Eighties Metropolis. We meet the adult Clark Kent and Lois Lane and speculate on the nature of their relationship. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/7699811

Last Son of Krypton - Smallville 11/21/2018

Last Son of Krypton - Smallville Beginning Elliot's classic superhero novel, Last Son of Krypton. A planet blows apart, a space probe lands on a window sill in New Jersey and a prophesy ancient beyond time presages inevitable doom. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/7644035

Miracle Monday - Final Entry 11/13/2018

Miracle Monday - Final Entry The thirteenth and final installment of Superman: Miracle Monday. Reckonings, conclusions and one estimable miracle. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/7541348

Miracle Monday 11/06/2018

Miracle Monday Big fight: Superman versus the devil. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/7453736

Miracle Monday - Getting Affairs in Order 10/30/2018

Miracle Monday - Getting Affairs in Order In the wake of the death of Clark Kent and encroachbing chaos on Earth authored by a demon in possession of the body of the innocent Kristin Wells, the world considers the fate of the planet and that of Kristin herself. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/7366010

Miracle Monday 10/23/2018

Miracle Monday With the death of Clark Kent, Superman feels lost. And we spend a few moments talking about another kind of spiritual loss as well. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/7282472

Late Note 10/16/2018

Late Note I've got a story to add to this week's post. But that involves waiting a day or two. Sorry. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/7205486

Late Note 10/16/2018

Late Note I've got a story to add to this week's post. But that involves waiting a ay or two. Sorry. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/7205438

Miracle Monday 10/09/2018

Miracle Monday The demon takes full possession of Kristin, the Itching Sickness breaks out all over the world, Saturn unleashes scads of disasters and assaults a newsroom full of pundits, including Clark Kent, in a television studio. We really leave our hero hanging out to dry this time. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/7145494

Elliot Makes Stuff Up 10/02/2018

Elliot Makes Stuff Up A demon from Hell makes a deal to get a valuable token from Luthor and Superman has just too much to do. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/7117904

Miracle Monday - The Auction 09/25/2018

Miracle Monday - The Auction The earliest origins of Lexcorp. Luthor contrives to buy a large piece of futuristic machinery disguised as artwork that he created and planted for safekeeping in the sculpture garden of the Museum of Modern Art. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/7088369

Miracle Monday - The Warning 09/18/2018

Miracle Monday - The Warning Superman gets a warning from Max Maven the mentalist at the Magic Castle that matters are about to get dire. In the calm before the conflagration Superman and Lois go out to dinner. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/7059045

Miracle Monday 09/11/2018

Miracle Monday Now let me show you how to write action ... /episode/index/show/maggin/id/7031864

Miracle Monday chapters 6 and 7 09/04/2018

Miracle Monday chapters 6 and 7 Clark and Lois try to set up Kristin with Jimmy Olsen but she runs off with Steve Lombard because she's impressed with his chest hair. And Lex Luthor walks through a wall. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/7003426

Miracle Monday - The Wave 08/28/2018

Miracle Monday - The Wave Superman saves Metropolis from a tidal wave and Luthor holds a press conference from a maximum security cell to announce his imminent escape. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/6976579

Miracle Monday - The Watchers 08/21/2018

Miracle Monday - The Watchers Chapter three of Superman: Miracle Monday wherein we meet C.W. Saturn the agent of Hell on Earth, and Kristin Wells, a history graduate student from the 29th century who is in training to travel to Metropolis in the days of Superman. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/6950382

Miracle Monday - Thanksgiving 08/13/2018

Miracle Monday - Thanksgiving Elliot reads the beginning of Superman: Mirtacle Monday. The Journal, Thanksgiving and Graduation. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/6918072

Miracle Monday Preview 08/01/2018

Miracle Monday Preview An introduction to the stuff Elliot makes up. This is a preview of the audible version of Miracle Monday. /episode/index/show/maggin/id/6878523

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