Sunday, September 6, 2026

Flopcast 748: Maid of Steel

It might be Dragon Con weekend, but it's still summertime, and you know what that means around here. It's time for our annual robot-themed Top 4 ½ List! And it's a weird one. In honor of this year's new Supergirl movie, we're counting down robots on the covers of Supergirl comic books. (What?) Along the way, we'll meet a robot man named Robotman, a four-armed robot bank robber, a robot who climbs skyscrapers King Kong-style, and perhaps even a juvenile delinquent robot from space. Will Supergirl wear a different costume in every comic we look at? ALMOST. Are we completely out of ideas for robot lists? APPARENTLY. But if you have any complaints, you can write to Supergirl's comic book letter column, which in the early 70s was called "Super Fe-Mail." And that should be the first thing you complain about.

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Show Notes

We're thrilled to bring you an exclusive report from Dragon Con! Here's the scene before Kevin's Supergirl panel on the American Sci-Fi and Fantasy Media Track...

...and after. (She drank too much Apple Pie.)

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Top 4 ½ Robots on Supergirl Comics Covers

A two-parter from 1983 sees Supergirl team up with the Doom Patrol, featuring Robotman!

 

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Earlier in 1983, Supergirl fights a robot at O'Hare Airport! The Mayor can relate.

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It's 1972, and a King Kong-style robot has Supergirl in its grasp!

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We roll back to 1971, and it's time to cover up the Super-flesh. This issue also features a backup story with the Golden Age Robotman!

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Supergirl's original skirted costume lasted until 1970. The letter column in this very issue is about to launch a revolution!