The Mechanical Man Part 02: The Adventures of Superman (December 22, 1941)

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“The Mechanical Man Part 02” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 22, 1941. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Clark Kent and editor Perry White face danger when the notorious Yellow Mask escapes from prison and hides in the Daily Planet building, seeking revenge. Superman rescues trapped workers, shuts off a dangerous gas main and battles the blaze in the building's basement. Later, the Yellow Mask and his associate Max Heller, in a luxurious penthouse, plan to acquire a giant steel mechanical man, and a government operative named Clark Kent is named as their target. The Adventures of Superman radio series, originally broadcast on December 22, 1941, is presented here as a serial installment.

Metropolis, at the Daily Planet building and in a fashionable penthouse apartment overlooking the city

Characters: Superman, Clark Kent, Perry White, The Yellow Mask, Max Heller

Listen for: Superman lifting a trapped elevator car and rescuing the night watchman from gas fumes in the basement

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.