Ben Wan
- Feb 6
- 2 min read

Mario Puzo's Superman II (1975)

We return to the second half of Mario Puzo's 200+ first draft that became Superman II. Once again, find out just how different Puzo's original vision was from either version of the film.

Chapters

0:13 Episode Introduction & Where We Left Off

By sheer coincidence, Caped Wonder uploaded this script on the day of the release of the first episode (and the recording of this episode)! You can now check out the script here:

https://www.capedwonder.com/CapedWonder_PUZO_Superman_scripts/CapedWonder_PUZO_SUPERMAN_1st_DRAFT_JUL_08_1975.pdf

1:42 Clark's "Lead Suit" & His Fateful Date with Lois Lane

5:22 Superman Gives Up His Powers

10:19 Clark vs. the Trucker(s!)

12:52 Lex's First Crime of the Century - Assassinating the Pope?!

19:23 Lex's Second Crime of the Century- The H Bomb

21:42 Saving Clark & Exposing the Secret

25:18 Break: Social Media Promotion + Valerie Perrine GoFundMe & American Parkinson Disease Association Promotion

Valerie Perrine (Miss Tessmacher in Superman: The Movie and Superman II)'s GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-valerie-perrine-fight-parkinson039s-disease

American Parkinson Disease Association: https://www.apdaparkinson.org/0000d4l/

Check out our link for Barkbox here.

33:53 Lois's Superwoman Dream?!

37:08 Lex's Third Crime of the Century - Bombing Metropolis

41:30 The Phantom Zone Villains

49:36 Lex & Superman vs. The Phantom Zone Villains

54:26 The First Superhero Post-Credits Scene?!

1:02:09 Closing: Fan Comments + Shoutouts

Big thanks to our research assistant Dan Yamat for providing the visuals for this YouTube experience, as well as the usual QC and chapter time codes.

Thumbnail by Dan as well

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