The Atom Man Part 13: The Adventures of Superman (October 26, 1945)

“The Atom Man Part 13” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 26, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Superman returns to the Daily Planet office and finds a stranger, Henry Miller, going through Lois Lane's desk. Miller claims he is a new reporter who came back for a cigarette case he left behind, and Lois and Jimmy Olsen accept his explanation. Superman then grows weak and dazed in the room, and he begins to suspect that a green stone in Lois's ring may be the cause. He asks Jimmy to take the ring to Dr. John Millison for examination. Millison finds the stone is not kryptonite, but Superman is still unsettled and fears a new threat is closing in.

The Daily Planet office in Metropolis, and the laboratory of Dr. John Millison at Metropolis University

Characters: Superman, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Henry Miller, Dr. John Millison, Perry White

Listen for: Lois's ring with the green stone, and whether Superman's weakness comes from kryptonite or something else

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.