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Professor Thorpe's Bathysphere - Pt 01

The Adventures of Superman · August 26, 1940 · 12 min · 2,033 words

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Setting the transcription feature, Superman! The guy! It's a plane! It's a plane! Superman! Now, Superman. Might he visit her from another world who came to earth when the planet Krypton was destroyed by quakes and explosions.

Superman, who can twist, feel in his bare hands, races speeding bullet to its target. In the walks among human beings, this guy is as Clark Kent, news reporter for the Daily Planet. As our story opens, Kent has been called into editor Perry White's private office.

White has another visitor with him, a little silver bearded old man who is immediately introduced to Kent. Listen. Oh, come in Kent. I want you to meet an old friend. Professor A.B. Thor. Professor, this is Clark Kent, my star reporter.

I'm glad to know you, sir. How do you do, young man? Sir, Don Kent, make yourself come to... Thank you. Now then, do you know anything about ichthyology? I can't say that I do. Well, Professor Thorpe will explain that.

To put it simply, Mr Kent, ixiology, as you probably know, is the study of fish. In my case, the deep sea variety. Now, other than you're the Professor Thorpe who's invented a new type of Bratmosphere, sort of a deep sea diving valve?

Yes, yes, I am. That's why I called you in, Kent. Professor Sails from Key West tomorrow to the island of San Matamonica in the Caribbean Sea. He's going to do research on the tropical marine life in those waters.

And you want me to get a feature story in the expedition? expedition? Well I'm more interested in the Bathysphere itself. And what I hear there's nothing like it in the whole world. Oh now you're exaggerating Perry.

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