The Radar Rocket Part 07: The Adventures of Superman (February 25, 1946)

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“The Radar Rocket Part 07” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 25, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jimmy Olsen and Professor Timothy Twiddle travel to the moon in the professor's radar rocket, expecting a brief trip back to Metropolis. Their rocket lands and stops, leaving them stranded. Exploring the barren surface, they encounter small, shaggy creatures with monkey tails and drilling noses that burrow up from underground. The creatures attack the rocket, and the explorers are left wondering how to survive. The Adventures of Superman is a radio series, and this episode aired on February 25, 1946.

The surface of the moon, with a rocket landed among barren mountains and craters.

Characters: Jimmy Olsen, Professor Timothy Twiddle, Superman

Listen for: The strange moon creatures tunneling out of the ground and attacking the rocket, and the explorers' desperate attempts to survive.

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.