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The Mechanical Man Part 08

The Adventures of Superman · January 5, 1942 · 11 min · 2,085 words

The transcript of “The Mechanical Man Part 08”, an episode of The Adventures of Superman first broadcast January 5, 1942. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Adventures of Superman plays The Adventures of Superman free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Presenting the transcription feature, Superman. Come to birth, it's a plane, it's Superman! Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from the planet Krypton, who came to earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men.

Superman, who can leap tall buildings of a single bound, breaks a speeding bullet to its targets, then seal in his bare hands. And who disguise this Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle for truth and justice.

But before we join Superman, listen. And now to our story. When Clark Kent and Major Campbell, chief of the espionage division of the Secret Service, investigated the penthouse apartment of Max Teller, head of a foreign spy ring, they discovered two startling things.

One, that the walls and floor of each room in the apartment could be turned inside out by throwing a switch. In this way, the apartment could be made to appear unoccupied. But more amazing was the airplane catapult Kent found on the terrace.

Operated by a compressed air, it was capable of shooting a plane into the sky like a rocket. Provided the plane was equipped with folding wings. Kent surmised this was the case and decided Hela and his partner, the yellow mask, had escaped in that manner, taking Lois Lane with them.

As Kent and Major Campbell walked back along the terrace, they heard the guttural voices of foreigners, and two of Hela's men approached in the darkness. Listen. We're gonna give ourselves up Major Campbell. Don't resist them. Can't you're out of your mind? No, I'm not.

We can't possibly locate Heller's new hideout unless they take us there as prisoners. It's the only way. Now trust me, but you don't know these men. They're killers. They won't hesitate. Wait a minute. Here they come.

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