Is There Another Part 06: The Adventures of Superman (February 5, 1946)

“Is There Another Part 06” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 5, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Superman and Batman suspect a second masked figure with superhuman powers is robbing banks in small towns near Metropolis. Superman stands watch at the Lordville bank while Batman and Robin wait in Somerset, where a caped stranger attacks them and flies off. Superman wonders whether he has been sleepwalking and robbing the banks himself, since he has recently suffered headaches and lapses into sleep. The pair visit Dr. Alfred Halper, director of the Metropolis Hospital, who doubts Superman could commit such acts. The episode ends with a newspaper report that Inspector Henderson has identified the bank robber as Superman.

Metropolis and the small towns of Lordville and Somerset

Characters: Superman, Clark Kent, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Robin, Dr. Alfred Halper, Inspector William Henderson

Listen for: Inspector Henderson's announcement that Superman has been identified as the bank robber

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.