The Atom Man Part 12: The Adventures of Superman (October 25, 1945)

“The Atom Man Part 12” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 25, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Clark Kent is taken to a rest farm after his coworkers at the Daily Planet believe he has become irrational. Lois Lane and editor Perry White watch as attendants force him into a straitjacket despite protests. Alone and locked in a small room, Clark slips free, bends the window bars and flies out as Superman toward the Daily Planet offices. There he finds a man rummaging through a desk, a new reporter named Henry Miller, who has been sent to search for information that could lead him to Superman. The story is part twelve of The Adventures of Superman, a radio series first broadcast on October 25, 1945, and this installment ends on a cliffhanger.

The Daily Planet offices and a rest farm in Metropolis

Characters: Clark Kent, Superman, Lois Lane, Perry White, Henry Miller, Olsen, Grady, Dr. Millicent

Listen for: Clark Kent's rest farm escape and Superman's encounter with Henry Miller at the Daily Planet

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.