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August 14th, 2012  Posted at   The Thrilling Adventures of Superman

The Thrilling Adventures of SupermanWelcome to episode 84 of The Thrilling Adventures of Superman. The show’s mission is to explore the history and development of the Superman in his formative years by chronicling the Man of Steel’s Golden Age adventures in comics, radio and film.

A series of strange accidents have struck the fair city of Metropolis! Michael looks at the 17th storyline from the Superman daily newspaper strip, Clark Kent is assigned to the case, but finds the “accidents” are anything but, leading to Superman tangling with the mysterious hooded saboteur behind them all. Also this episode, Michael presents a Spotlight on Superman artist Don Komisarow!

And don’t forget, another episode of the show will be released on Friday, Aug. 17!

QUOTABLE:
I warned you not to oppose me, Man of Steel!
The hooded saboteur

Leaps tall infernos at a single bound!


Context is for wimps


One punch!


Above the city

Intertitles for this story:
Three’s a Crowd
Impasse.
Crashing the Gate.
Creeping Death!
Oops!
What — No Skeleton?
Red-Hot Scent!
He Gets Around
Consternation at the Station
Information, Please
Discovery
Superman Takes No Chances.
Lois in Danger!
Fair Warning
The Double-Cross.
Bomb-Proof!
Unmasked!
(Strips 514 and 523-534 do not have an intertitles in the reprint. Not all papers ran the intertitles and the source for this strips was one that did not.)

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August 7th, 2012  Posted at   The Thrilling Adventures of Superman
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The Thrilling Adventures of SupermanWelcome to episode 83 of The Thrilling Adventures of Superman. The show’s mission is to explore the history and development of the Superman in his formative years by chronicling the Man of Steel’s Golden Age adventures in comics, radio and film.

It’s a special time for fans of Superman. And in this, the latest of the show’s fifth week installments, Michael pauses to cautiously celebrate, as he offers some thoughts on the recently released teasers for “Man of Steel” — and some thoughts on the movie as a whole.

QUOTABLE:
“I just really, really hope that I’ve done everything that I need to do to please you guys, because this is entirely, 100 percent, for you.”
Henry Cavill

Links mentioned in the episode:
Teaser #1, with voice-over by Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent
Teaser #2, with voice-over by Russell Crowe as Jor-El
San Diego Comic-Con 2012 ‘Man of Steel’ panel, a Q&A with ‘Man of Steel’ director Zack Snyder and star Henry Cavill (footage courtesy of the Superman Homepage)

Henry Cavill as Superman in ‘Man of Steel’

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July 31st, 2012  Posted at   The Thrilling Adventures of Superman

The Thrilling Adventures of SupermanWelcome to episode 82 of The Thrilling Adventures of Superman. The show’s mission is to explore the history and development of the Superman in his formative years by chronicling the Man of Steel’s Golden Age adventures in comics, radio and film.

We return to the Man of Steel’s audio adventures this episode for a look at the 17th storyline from the Superman radio serial. After wrapping up the dangling plot elements from last storyline, Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen and, of course, Superman, set sail into a brand new adventure as a wayward turtle leads them to investigate “The Curse of Dead Man’s Island!”

QUOTABLE:
“Aw, please take me along! Please, Mr. Kent!”
Jimmy Olsen

The Superman radio show, obviously, doesn’t allow for scans of images from the story. However, here is a look at a couple spot illustrations, that accompanied the text adaptation of the story in the October 1941 issue of Radio and Television Mirror, as well as a look at that issue’s cover. Art was likely done by members of the Shuster shop. Who penned the adaptations themselves, however, is not known.

Radio and Televison Mirror, October 1941

Boat crash imminent

Superman to the rescue!

Superman vs… giant clams?

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July 24th, 2012  Posted at   The Thrilling Adventures of Superman

The Thrilling Adventures of SupermanWelcome to episode 81 of The Thrilling Adventures of Superman. The show’s mission is to explore the history and development of the Superman in his formative years by chronicling the Man of Steel’s Golden Age adventures in comics, radio and film.

This episode, Michael looks at the Superman story story from ACTION COMICS #30! A snow-storm blankets the city of Metropolis… in mid-July?! What could be the cause? This is only the first of many questions tackled by Superman in this tale — including an end-of-the-story twist so shocking that you’ll never see it coming (and may wish you could un-see it once you do…)!

QUOTABLE:
“Lois in the thick of this! I might have expected it!”
Superman

The cover to ACTION COMICS #30 by Joe Shuster and an inker


The splash


Zolar! (Or maybe the Ultra Humanite… or the Yellow Mask… or Luthor from the future… or…)


Boom goes the strato-ship

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July 17th, 2012  Posted at   The Thrilling Adventures of Superman

The Thrilling Adventures of SupermanWelcome to episode 80 of The Thrilling Adventures of Superman. The show’s mission is to explore the history and development of the Superman in his formative years by chronicling the Man of Steel’s Golden Age adventures in comics, radio and film.

Clark Kent is sent on assignment to cover a professor’s fascinating new bathysphere as Michael looks at the 16th storyline from the Superman radio serial. But, there’s more more than anyone bargained for as harrowing danger, deadly pirates and baffling mystery all cross Superman’s path. Plus, Jimmy Olsen becomes the luckiest boy in the world when he gets his very first face-to-face meeting with a certain red-caped hero!

QUOTABLE:
“You mean, sometimes you wear ordinary clothes like other men?”
Jimmy Olsen

Links mentioned in the episode:
– Learn more about the Beebe/Barton bathysphere by reading Wikipedia and Encyclopædia Britannica Online

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The Thrilling Adventures of Superman is also a proud member of the Superman Podcast Network. And don’t forget to check out the Superman Homepage!