The Radar Rocket Part 16: The Adventures of Superman (March 8, 1946)

“The Radar Rocket Part 16” is an episode of The Adventures of Superman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 8, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Superman and Jimmy Olsen search the moon's underground city for Professor Twiddle and Pogo, who vanished on the moon. In the city of the moon dwellers, Superman and Jimmy fight off two huge prehistoric-looking monsters. They then find Pogo, who has been crowned king by the moon dwellers, and Professor Twiddle, who is studying the creatures. Their friendly visit is interrupted when the moon dwellers learn that a vast army of red ants is heading toward their underground city through the tunnel, and the episode ends with the danger still unresolved. The adventure is from the Adventures of Superman radio series, first broadcast on March 8, 1946.

The underground city of the moon dwellers, beneath the surface of the moon

Characters: Superman, Jimmy Olsen, Professor Twiddle, Pogo, The moon dwellers

Listen for: The battle with the two monsters, Pogo crowned king, and the warning that red ants are coming through the tunnel

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.