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The Mechanical Man Part 05

The Adventures of Superman · December 29, 1941 · 11 min · 1,849 words

The transcript of “The Mechanical Man Part 05”, an episode of The Adventures of Superman first broadcast December 29, 1941. 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! God! It's a bird, 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 bow, race a speeding bullet to its target, then steal in his bare hands, and who disguise this Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, Paper, fights and never-ending battle for truth and justice.

But before we join Superman, listen. And now to our story. Driven on by the radio impulse from a control panel in Wallace Thornton's laboratory, the mechanical man, a 10-foot steel giant, has within the short space of an hour struck terror into the hearts of all who encounter him, lumbering like some prehistoric beast

along highways, over-plowed fields and through wire fences, never deviating from his controlled course, The steel monster has reached an orphanage outside the suburb of Linwood. There, Clark Kent, over the strenuous objections of Lois Lane, stands guard before the orphanage dining room where 1,000 children are at lunch.

The huge man-made creature plods up the hill, its massive jointed arm swinging, and one blood red eye blinking in its square steel head, Kent is faced with a problem. To battle the mechanical man, he must drop the disguise of the meek newspaper reporter and appear as Superman.

But Lois Lane is watching him from the office of the orphanage superintendent. Will he reveal his double identity to her? Step by step the steel giant draws nearer. Heavy weighted feet thudding on the hard ground.

Bracing himself can't wait for the towering mechanical monster. Keene I sent it on the robot's massive riveted chest. And then suddenly a familiar voice sounds close by. Oh, I'm gonna have to tell you. Lois, go back quickly.

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