Atom Man In Metropolis Part 10: The Adventures of Superman (November 20, 1945)

“Atom Man In Metropolis Part 10” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 20, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent, secretly Superman, has been lured to a country house by the spy Sidney and trapped in a lead-lined closet containing Henry Miller, a Nazi agent whose veins carry Kryptonite. Overpowered and weakened, Kent is carried to a concealed underground room beneath Sidney's garage. Sidney removes traces of the visit, keeps Kent unconscious, and insists that Miller remain below with him, where they plan to wait until the hero dies. Miller grows restless and impatient while Sidney, calm and controlling, reads, listens to the radio and eats. Kent lies helpless, his mind racing for a way out.

A country house and an underground room hidden beneath Sidney's garage.

Characters: Clark Kent, Superman, Sidney, Henry Miller, Gito

Listen for: Sidney's instructions to Miller about keeping Kent unconscious, and Miller's growing restlessness in the hideout.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.