The run
- Network
- Mutual
- Years active
- 1940–1941
- Surviving broadcasts
- 1272
- Genre
- adventure
Adventures of Superman is a radio show which aired between 1938 and 1951 on Mutual and ABC with Kelloggs as a sponsor. While being aired on Mutual it was a 15 minute show but was increased to a half hour aftering moving to ABC.
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1940, in original transmission order.
- 1. FreeOTRShows.com - Superman 01 The Baby From Kry · 12 Feb 1940
- 2. The Steam Plant · 20 Mar 1940
- 3. FreeOTRShows.com - Superman 34 Airplane Disaster · 29 Apr 1940
- 01
FreeOTRShows.com - Superman 01 The Baby From Kry
12 Feb 1940 · 12 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “superman_otr”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
- 02
The Steam Plant
20 Mar 1940 · 10 min
Broadcast on Mutual. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 03
FreeOTRShows.com - Superman 34 Airplane Disaster
29 Apr 1940 · 10 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “superman_otr”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
- 04
Alonzo Craig: Arctic Explorer - Pt 05
5 Jun 1940 · 10 min
Broadcast on Mutual. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 05
Superman Happyland Amusement
15 Jul 1940 · 10 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “superman_otr”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
- 06
The Mayan Treasure - Pt 05
21 Aug 1940 · 11 min
Broadcast on Mutual. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 07
Superman The Curse Of Dead Ma
30 Sep 1940 · 11 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “superman_otr”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
- 08
The Yellow Mask and the Five Million Dollar Jewel Robbery - Pt 14
6 Nov 1940 · 11 min
Broadcast on Mutual. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on Mutual
Mutual in 1940–1941
Other series the network carried while The Adventures of Superman was on the air.
Same seasons
adventure on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The rocket age
Dimension X put Bradbury and Asimov on the air with sound design as the special effect. Every science fiction audio drama since is working in that studio.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of The Adventures of Superman
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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