Hans Hobin's Doll Factory - Pt 06: The Adventures of Superman (July 5, 1940)

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“Hans Hobin's Doll Factory - Pt 06” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 5, 1940. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Superman, who is also reporter Clark Kent, tracks Hans Holbein after the doll factory explosion and the stormy rescue of Lois Lane and Perry White. Holbein has fled by private plane, leaving editor White and a man named Joe tied up on a small island rigged to explode in ten minutes. Clark follows Holbein's plane back to the airport and confronts him on the road, threatening him with the evidence he has gathered. Holbein reveals the island is set to blow, and Superman races to the island through the night. Clark pulls White from a collapsing shack just as the island sinks into the sea.

A stormy sea, a small island near the mainland, a road leading from the Sudbury Airport, and the Daily Planet offices.

Characters: Superman, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Perry White, Hans Holbein, Joe

Listen for: Holbein's confession on the road and Superman's race to the island as the time clock runs down.

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.